The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-05-15
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MAINE.
Launch at Bath.


BATH. MAY 13.-Goss & Sawyer launched
to day a schooner of 400 tons named Minnie
Smith, owned by the builders, Francis Cobb Of
Rockland, f. II. Smith s. Co. of New York
and Captain H. r. Arey, who commands her.
A Gratifying Result.
CALAIS, May 13-The derositors in the Cal
ais Savings Bank, which was closed in 1878,
will receive an additional dividend of "a per
cent, making so in all.
Death of a Well Known Roller Skating
Rink Manager.
BURLINGTON, VT, May 14.-Eugene Lalime,
aged 80, was drowned in Lake Champlain to-
day by the upsetting of his boat isa squall A
companion named Walker was rescued in an
exhausted condition. Lalime who was popu-
lar young man, leaves widow and one child.
His body has not yet been recovered.
Postal Changes.
WASHINGTON, May 13.-The following are
the post-ofices changes in Maine during the
past week:
Established Franklin Co., Mrs. Ma
nv e. Blaisdell, P. NJ; Yarmeuthville,
Cumberland Co., Louis e. M. Haskell, T. M.
Death of Elk Gov. G. G. Washburn.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, May 13.-The following has
Just been received from E. B. Washburn, who
is at Eureka Springs, Ark, with his brother
"Goy. Washburn was struck with death at 2
o'clock this morning, and has been in an un-
conscious state ever since. His physicians say
he cannot live till morning.
[LATER.l
EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark, May 14.-Hon. @.
C. Washburn, ex-Congressman and ex-Gov-
ernor of Wisconsin died here at $50 this after
noon of paralysis and Bright's disease.
Cadwallader G. Washburn, whose death
is reported this morning, was the fourth son OF
Israel Washburn, of Livermore, Maine His
older brothers were Israel Washburn, Jr., Al
gernon and Elihu. His younger brothers were
Charles, Samuel and William. Cadwallader
was born in Livermore, April 26, 1878. In
1S41, after brief residence in Boston, here
moved to Mineral Point, Wisconsin, where he
practiced law and bought lands which rose rap
idly in value and made him q rich man. He
was % years old when he settled in Wisconsin
In 1854 he was elected 10 Congress and was
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declined reelection. He was delegate to
the Peace Congress of 1861. Afterward he en-
tered the:military service as Colonel Of the "a
Wisconsin Cavalry. In June, 1862, he was
commissioned as Brigadier General, and in
November, 1862, as Major General of volun-
teers. He served in Arkansas and afterward
at the siege of Vicksburg. After the capture
of that stronghold he was ordered to the De-
partment of the Gulf, where he commanded
the 18th corps. In November, 1868, he COM
manded the expedition which captured Fort
Esperanza at the entrance of Matagorda bay,
in Texas. In April, 1864, he relieved General
S. A. Hurlbut, in command OF the district OF
West Tennessee, at Memphis. This command
he held until the close of the war, when ne re-
turned to Wisconsin. He was reelected to Con-
gress in 1866, and again in 1868, serving until
1871 when he was elected Governor OF Wiscon-
sin for two years. He has been largely inter
ested in the manufacture of lumber at La
crosse, Wisconsin, and with his brother Will
liam in flour mills at Minneapolis. Ills
health has caused much anxiety to his
friends for some time. His brother
Israel accompanied him a few weeks
ago to Eureka Springs, where for time he
seemed to rally, but the improvement was tenn
porary and delusiye.