The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-08-29

From our Exchanges.l


Saturday night, the 18th, Mrs. Eunice Pink
ham and her daughter, living in East Durham
on the Brunswick road, quarter of IL lie
from any neighbors, were avail ened by burg
lars, and TO the question, Whats wanted,
were answered money or life." Mrs, Pink
ham called on an imaginary man to let loose
an Imaginary dog. Intruder said :-"Stop our
noise, know all about this house; get me the
money or will shoot you ooth." With true
womaniy courage they held fast the door OF
their room, and in the absence OF the old horn
which had hung at their bedside for twenty OF
years mere awaiting such an emergency, they
screamed as only frightened women can They
very fortunately aroused Mr.. John Douglass,
who FASTENED to the rescue, and the would be
robber fled in great haste. He gained access
over shed aud through a window aud found
his way from room TO room, through the large
house, by Lighting matches. He went out by a
smash and a dash through window. leaving
the broken glass. burned matches aud badly
frightened women as the only evidence of his
unwelcome visit, but the clothing was missed
1t appears that horse was hisched at an unoc-
cupied house in the psighborhood. A team
was heard by several persons driving rapidly
towards Lisbon Falls.
The corn Canning factory at Vassalboro is In
full operation at the present. time and business
is active. Last year theIe were $4,000 cans
put up there. This year it was expected that q
much larger amount would be canned, but ow-
lug to the drouth it is doubtful if there will bf
coming in succession, as they have, has sended
to discourage the farmers, and there will be
less sweet corn planted in VAssalboro another
season than there has been this.
In Wesley p Balch's stallion trotting races
at Beacon Park, B5ston, Sept 25sn. 26th, q h
and 28th, the following Maine horses are en-
tered:-First DAY. $50 class, n NJ Prescott
Clinton, Gideon Wells: john Fl. May, Carol.
ner, Pilot Knox; G. II. Nelson, WsIerville
Young Rolfe. Third day, 80 class, F G
afr m rIs nnff fphK Kar. II
Greels, Lewiston, HambletoDian Knox.
At town meeting in New Portland last Sat
urday, to see if the town would raise money in
aid Of the proposed railroad from Pennington
to the North village in New Portland, the mat.
ter was laid on the table and the meeting ad.
iourned one week.
The Maine Farmer is to be enlarged the
middle of November, at the beginning of Vol
50, by the addition of one column TO each page
and increasing its length proportioDately.
A woman by the name of Murphy, living in
Halloweli, attempted suicide last Thursday
evening by jumping into the river at Wilson's
wharf, but she was soon rescued by persons
who saw her. Her mind has been deranged
for some time.
Patents have been issued as folloss:-Wil
lard T. WelmaD, Belfasi, adjustable head rest
for chairs; Richmond A. Wentworth. Appls
ton, fish trap or spring hook; Ed win B Fsrris
| Palermo, blottisg paper; Tbos. Adm Crabtree
East Surry. book holder.
went to q man IL East Corinth, aud after tell
ing him of the advantages of the invention in
duced the CorInth man to sign what was said
to be contract. The Corinth man shortly
after found he had been swindled. and that be
had really signed note which the patent right
man had traded with Corinth party for a
horse.
Advices from Mt. Desert are to the effect
that the principal fire on Green Mountain is
extinguished and that the view from the sum-
init Is not impaired by the fires which have re-
Gently been devastating portions of the island
There is still large fire raging near South
West Harbor.
ling recently. brokes both bones OF the righ
leg below the knee.
Rumor has it that Mr.. j. Montgomery Seari
| has leased his Bar Harbor cottage to the Hon
| James g. Blaine for next season.-tN. Y. Tri
bune.
| Nearly one hundred tons Of raspberries hay,
| been sent from Aroostook TO Boston this season
l While family living at Upper Woodstocl
! were pcnicing last Thursday lightning demoi
ished their house.
A union Sunday school convention of Aroos
took county will be held at Caribou Sept. III
| and 18th.
The demand for rentable dwellings in Houl
ton continues unanated, although upwards 0
twenty new dwelling, in addition to severa
| stores with tenements In the upper stories, hav
been erected this season.
Els II. Townsend, Of Dyer Brook Plantation
| sowed five pecks of seed of White Russian
| wheat this year on 100 square rods of light,
| manured ploughed ground. 1t was harvested
last week. and good judges think it will thrasI
% bushels, equal to forty bushels per acre
| He and his son have cultivated twepty-thre
acres OF crop this year, previous to which the
| cleared the land of stamps and stones. The
also gathered twenty-five tons of hay in excel
1 lent condition