The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-12-19
MAINE.
Serious Fire-Mills of the Sandy River
Lumber Company i'm Ruins.

Serious Eire-Mills of fhe Sandy River
Lumber Company i'm Ruins.
Special to the Press)
PHILLIPS Dec. 1S.-The mills of the Sandy River
Lumber Company located ten miles distant from
this village, destroyed by fire at O'Clock this
morning These mills owned by Clark g. Hoop
er of Lewiston, and Rumery, Birnie s. Co. of Port
land. They were valued at $4,000, and insured
for $l4, 900 at the agencies of Prentiss Loring, w.
d. Little & Co., Dow, Coffin & Libby, and j. W.
Mur ger, in Portland. There was little insurance
with agents in Lewiston. The cause of the freis
UNI nown These mills gave employment to from
fifty to sixty men, and as many horses and their de-
structioR win great loss to this section
less rebuilt They were the largest mills in the
county.
Burglars i'm AZ ockIand.
RooKLAND, Dec. 18-B. F. Stevens store was enter
ed by burglars last night and fifty dollars worth of
goods taken. No arrests have been made.
Still Alive.
RocKLAND, Dec. 1S.-Capt Fanjoy, of the Brit
ish schooner Seattle, whose accident has been re-
ported, still lies in unconscious state. Hopes,
however are entertained of his recovery.
The Maine Central shareholders ASSEM-
biiug for the Annual Meeting.
AUGUSTA, Dec. 1S.-The Maine Central directors
and stockholders are ga herring to-day, Messrs Co
burn. Webb, Wilson, Strickland, Hill, Alden and
Others being at the Augusta House. The feeling is
unanimous and strong against the lease of the East
ern road to the Boston g. Maine. The lease is re-
garded as placing the three roads practically under
one management, and it is believed that such
combination would depreciate Maine Central secur-
iies and deprive the people of that competition in
rates which was promised, and which the chief
inducement for granting the charter to the Boston
70 Maine A 10 caffaa ba
in the meeting tom orrow.
[ANoTHsR DEsPATcH.l
AUGUSTA, Dec. 18.-There is quite gathering Of
railroad magnates at the Augusta House this
ming, drawn here by the Maine Central railroad
annual meeting, which occurs to morrow. All the
Maine Central directors present, with the ex-
ception of Willard P. Phillips and Jonas French.
Other prominent railroad men are also present.
A brief meeting of the directors has been held,
and the business of the year closed up No changes
will be made in the management of the Maine Cen
raj as far as President jackson and General Man
ger Tucker are concerned. At the meeting to-
morrow but three of the present directors, viz,
Stephen j. Young, L. Strickland and Jonas II.
French, will probably be removed, and be succeeded
by Samuel C. Lawrence of Boston, Richard Olney
of Boston, and Frank Jones of Portsmouth, n. II.
These new men will be all directors of the Eastern
railroad
Death of a RoclxIand MAN.
RooKLAND, Dec. 49, News is received here of
the death of Capt Thomas Tolman, U. S. A., son of
Hon. jeremiah Tolman of this city, which occurred
on Saturday, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where
he was stationed.
Affairs of the Shaw Bros.
BOSTON. Dec. 1s-The committee of creditors of
the Shaw Bros, at meeting to-day, had under con,
sideration an offer of settlement from Braekley
| Shaw. The proposition is in three FORMS which
will be presented at full meeting of the creditors
on the 9th inst This committee will recommend
| the acceptance of one of the three propositions
| leaving the creditors to determine which. The
| terms of the proposition will be made public in
| Few days. All of them contemplate an immediate
| settlement.
| 1t is understood. says the Advertiser that there
| is growing disposition among the larger creditors
| of the Shaws to consider fayorabiy the proposition
to settle at 40 per cent. 25 per cent cash. 71a per
cent in twelve months, and TIA per cent. in two
| years, on ample security. The New England inter.
est in this settlement is great fourfths of the
whole amount of indebtedness, or So, 900, is
due there. Of this proportion, this State holds 40
| per cent of which Boston has a million and a
| quarter.
ThrOwn from a Team and Killed.
BRUNSWICK, Dec 1S.-Fred Doughty, living on
the Brunswick town farm, went this morning with
| team to the outskirts of the town for wood, and
found this afternoon. two miles from the team,
| in a dying condition. and has since died. 1t is sup
| posed he was thrown from his team and run over.
| [LATER.]
Fred Doughty, reported as having been run over
by team and killed, is still alive but the chances
for his recovery small.
SagadahOc q. j. Court.
BATH, Dec. 13.-The Supreme Judicial Court
opened to-day. Judge Libbey is holding the session
Indie fments will doubtless be found against Will
kerson. charged with the murder of policeman
Lawrence in Bath also against Turner and Hop
kins, charged with murder and rape, in Richmond.
Winter in Earnest.
CALAIS, Dec. 1S. "A binding northeasterly snow
storm has been in operation since about $50 Sun
| day night. Fully foot of snow has fallen accom-
panied at times by twenty-five miles an hour
wind, causing the to drift and pack solidly
The trains were behind time all day.