The Portland daily press., 1883-10-11


the Kennebec journal, is now editor of the
Journal published at Eaton, Dakota, This
place was named for Prof. Eaton, who formerly
was principal of the Eaton Family School at
Norridgewock.
The services of "Toby Candor'' wv. e. S.
Whitman, Esq have been secured by the
Boston Herald as the Maine correspondent of
that paper, with headquarters at Augusta
Mr.. Whitman was for years the industrious
and capable Maine correspondent of the Boston
Journal.
The railroad across the river is being
thoroughly repaired and strengthened. Work
men have been employed for over q month
repairing the fifth pier. A solid stone wall
resting on the river bed, six feet in height and
some five in width, has been built around the
base and adjoining the pier. This was necessi-
tated by the action of the water, which had
worn away the cement and was undermining
the foundation stones The stone work of the
pier is to be extended up to the spans, the
pillars being walled in with masonry and
allowed to remain. Several courses of stone
have already been laid on the pier. This CUM
pleted, the two spans of this pier will rest on a
solid wall of masonry from the river bed up.
BANGOR.
DIR. G. A. Jordan of Bangor has been appoint
ed and confirmed by the Governor and Council
and has been qualified as a coroner for that
city and county.
AT their last session the Governor and Coun-
Gil heard arguments on petitions for the pardon
convicted of murder in the first degree for the
shooting OF Mrs Atwood of that CITY, The
petitions that are signed by a number of the
most prominent citizens of Bangor, represent
that at the most the prisoner should be held
for nothing worse than manslaughter The
petition is on the table according to the rule.
DRESDEN.
Not long since Mr.. Leonard Stilphen of
Dresden discovered the body ola man, cast up
by the tide, on Swan Island, just below the
Underwood ice houses. Coroner Hodges was
Immediately notified and an inquest was held
over the remains. The body had evidently
been long time in the water and the features
were unrecognizable. The body is supposed
to be that of a sailor who was lost overheard
from a schooner opposite Oler's ice houses in
Dresden. The jury found verdict of ''acci-
dental drowning and the remains were
buried in Cotton's cemetery.
HoULToN.
George w. Maxfsld & Co. of Houlton are
killing 700 sheep per day at their slaughter
house in that town.
LEWISTON.
The protracted drouth before which SO many
water powers have succumbed has not affected
the ability of the Androscoggin at Lewiston to
keep 100000 spindles and plenty of otber ma
chinery running full time and full speed dur
ing the entire season. Parties are negotiating
for the lease of power of the Little Androscog-
gin Water Power Company for manufacturing
purposes.
MAcHIAs
The handsome extra dividend of 81. .507. .35
is to be divided among the permanent deposit
ors of the Machias Savings Bank, of one, two
and three years ratably. This bank has paid
regularly semi-an nnal dividends since incor-
porated fourteen years ago. as large as the
average of the banks in Maine, and is the first
to declare an extra. The bank still holds the
reserve required by law, which amounts to
nearly $15 900 after deducting the extra.
MONMOUTH
County Commissioner G. FL, Andrews of
Monmouth is conyalescent from his recent Sc
we're attack of illness and is able to walk out.
OLD ORCHARD.
Appearances do not indicate a large amount
of building at Old Orchard during the fall and
winter months. M. f. Porter has broken
ground for fifty room hotel on Main street.
The old schoolhouse building, which has been
moved from its commanding site fronting the
sea to rear lot, has been renovated and fin
ished for residence John Norton has his
new cottage on the "heater" opposite the Re-
we're House ready for plastering. Repairs are
in progress upon few of the older cottages.
READFIELD.
The second session of the Augusta District
Association was introduced Monday evening
at Kent's Hill by an able and impressive ser
mon by Rev. G. d. Holmes, after which the as
sociaton organized by electing Rev. A. w.
Pottle president, and Rev. j b. Lapham, Sec
retary. A committee on resolutions was an
pointed and it was voted to hold the next and
last meeting of the association for the confer
ence year the first week in February atAugusta.
RocKLAND.
A Rockland doctor, being the owner of
larger batch of kittens than he wanted, took
pair of them on a trip to South Thomaston the
other day, and dropped them out by the way
side. An honest man saw them drop from the
z1I IL +al c. 6a
succeeded in capturing one of the kittens, and
bringing it to this city, called at the doctors
house, and with pleased countensnce,
when he saw the cat we're too pure and joyous
to be described in public print He gave the
man thirty-five dollars for his honesty.-Rock-
land Courier.
Seth G. Dennis died in Carson City, Colo
rado, Oct 4. Mr.. Dennis was formerly a cit
izen OF Rocklane, where no was at different
times proprietor of the Commercial and
Thorndike hotels. He has been an extensive
traveller in recent years.
sEBAGo.
Within the past two weeks there have been
three deaths of people upwards of seventy-iye
years of age, viz; Mrs. Lombard. at the home
of her son, Henry Lombard, Mr. John Weed
and Mrs. George Douglass. Mr. William
Ridlon, aged ninety-six years, is in falling
health.
Miss Alice Hall of Windham, graduate of
Gorham Normal School, closed a profitable
term of school in New Limington district,