The Portland daily press., 1883-09-06
FRosr CUR EXCHANGES.


The Coburn Cadets have accepted an invita-
tion TO attend the Stale fair.
Maine farmers will do well not to be in over
haste to sell good sound potatoes that will
keep. The news comes that the New York
potato crop is cut off by black rust caused by
the moist summer in that State.
Miss Lillian Munger, daughter of Rev. Chas.
Munger, late teacher in the State Normal
School IN Pennington, has been offered posi-
ton in Iowa Normal School at $1,000 year.
She has decided, however, TO take special
course in history at Wellesley.
A Freshman class of thirty has entered
Bates and several more are expected soon.
The class will probably number forty, when all
are III. Ihe literary societies have entered up
on their terms work with determination and
zeal which looks as though they intended to do
good wood in the coming year.
barn belonging to the widow of Timothy
Smith, situated on what is known as the mid
die road in Belgrade, about three miles from
the depot, was burned Tuesday morning about
2 O'Clock, together with II tons of hay. 1t is
thought that 1t was set ON fire by tramps
Manson Bowls of Lisbon, N. H, died very
suddenlp Tuesday morning on the Pullman
train between Clinton and BurBham. He
lived but about 15 minutes after he was taken
Ill. Heart disease was probably the cause.
James Savage of Belgrade, who has been
serving out five years sentence in States
prison for wife murder, will be liberated this
month. During his stay there he has been
allowed to go about the yard and buildings
freely and portion of the time has been en-
ployed in driving truck team. BY good be-
havior while there 35 days on every year of
his sentence will be taken off, making it 175
days less.
Monday night valuable horse and S215 in
money were stolen from Joseph Jones of
Somerville. The thief passed through Halo
well Tuesday morning riding the stolen animal
bareback.
portion of The Green Mountain railway at
Mt. Desert was burned Monday night, having
caught from the forest fires. The danger was
soon repaired and trains are now running as
usual
Mr.. G. E. Tilton of Skowhegan has been Sc
cured for Principal of Oakland High School.
He is goaduate of Colby and comes highly
recommended.
The friends of Nathan r. Hart, now in
State Prison for murder, are about making a
strenuous effort to secure for him new tria.
Subscription papers are to be circulated for
the purpose of raising money to defray the ex-
penses Of trial, the amount desired beng
from $500 to $400. The family of Mr.. Hart
has already raised 800 of this amount. There
are many in Knox county who believe that
Hart did not murder Mrs. Meservey and that
be is suffering in prison under an unjust
sentence.
Rev. Henry Blodgett, for many years mis-
sionary in China, who has been visiting in
Bucksport for nearly two years, left Tuesday
for China to engage again in the missionary
work. Mr.. Blodgett has been offered a salary
of 81, 600 year to act as an interpreter but he
prefers to continue his missionary work.
Prof. w. j. Chaplain, now visiting his old
old home in Bangor, has been elected Profess
sor of Mathematics in the Union College,
Schenectady, N. Y.
An association OF members of the Grand
Army Posts OF Northern Penobscot aud Aroos-
took has been organized with FL. o. Perry of
Fort Fairfield, as president; b. II. Putnam Of
Houlton, vice-president and N. I'll. Martin OF
Fort Falfeld secretary.
DIR. G. +. Mabery OF Harvard University has
been elected Professor of Chemistry in the
case school of applied science at Cleveland
Ohio. Dr. Mabery will enter upon his duties
Of bis new position Oct. 1st