The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-25

Officer Kingsley of Bath, who, il was assert
| ed, before the discovery of the true murderer,
shot the Bath policeman, was in Augusta,
Saturday. He says that he is positive that
there were three burglars at the store door on
the evening of the shooting, and that Wilker-
son acknowledged that there were three, but
afterwards retracted.
E. A. Buck & Co. of Bangor received an
order Saturday from Portland, Oregon, for
three cases of moccasins. The numbering in
terests of that large State will be more fully
developed in the future now that the Northern
Pacific Railway is completed.
Prominent lumber merchants in Bangor are
negotiating for the erection of large steam
saw mill on the shore of Silver Lake. Into
this the lumber from nearly 100000 acres of
heavily timbered land can be driven and the
sawed product can be loaded from the mill
into cars and reach Bangor on the same train
that hauls from Milford, Orono and Saltwater.
Ed. Bithers, the driver of Jay Eye See, was
born in Charleston, Penobscet county. He
formerly worked for Foster Palmer in Bangor
and took care of Gideon, now owned by Mr..
G. j. Shaw of Hastland.
Some person mixed salt with Paris green and
put in the pasture of Sanford Towns of Sebec
which caused the death of valuable yoke of
oxen, the best in Sebec; two cows have also
died and two others cannot live
The first number of "The Classical" a
monthly journal to be published by the Halo
well Classical and Scientific School, will be
issued October 18TH 1t will be sixteen-page
monthly with covers.
Gen. Sawtelle, a member of General Han
cock's staff, recently visited Campobello and
has engaged accommodations there next sea-
son for General Hancock and family and also
himself and family.
Thomas A. Collins, formerly of Bangor, is
the Democratic candidate for sheriff of Gun
nison county, Colorado. He resides at Ruby
Camp the newspaper of which place endorses
him as fitted in every way.
The trustees of the Pennington Normal
| School have decided to change the present ar
| rangement of terms to the three-term plan,
| thereby giving those scholars who teach dur
| ing their course, an opportunity to do so with
| out breaking into their terms.
DIR. N. 7. True, who recently experienced
| slight attack of paralysis is now at home in
| Bethel, and comfortable. His physicians pre-
| dict his speedy recovery.
Ex-Postmaster Charles Prince, ESQ.,, of Au-
| gusta, Ca. has removed to Buckfeld In this
| State and is building house there. Mr.. Prince
is solid man financially as we'll as otherwise,
He is a native Of Maine.
The Times says the fire in the woods at
West Bath is still burning. Friday it spread
Alvah Donnell also in some woods that Mr.
Dixie owns. There is no water in the vicinity
of the fire and it cannot be put out. The fire
is judged to have spread over two hundred
| acres of land, some of which was very heavy
| woodland.
The cells, also doors and locks ON same, OF
| Alfred jail have been put in thorough repair.
Mr.. G. p Babcock, the machinist of Portland
| has just completes three weeks Job on the
same, and he now defies the criminal to walk
out of the cells He will also repair the 10 ,ks
| on the court house and county offices.