The Portland daily press., 1883-09-03
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

The Bangor Commercial says the town of
st. Albans is excited over the reported crook
edness of some of the town officials. The
books of this town have been kept in loose
way for several years, and it is reported that
fraudulent town orders to the amount of from
$4,000 to $4,000 have been drawn.
The Lewiston Journal learns of a wealthy
Boston gentleman, now cottager at Bar Har-
Dor, who feels inclined to sell his summer
house at Bar Harbor, that cost him a number
OF years ago $1,000, for the price recently of
fered, S130,000, and to build anew at Harps-
we'll.
Col Joseph Badger, f9Rnerly Of Gov. Plais-
member of the Legislature from Augusta, and
formerly county attorney for Kennebec, have
decided to move to Minneapolis, Mimi. and
enter into a law partnership in that city They
will start for thatcity as soon as they can close
up their business affairs
The plant of the telephone line from Bangor
TO Rockland will cost about SIPS per mile and
the line will be in operation about the first of
October. The poles and cross bars are already
set from Bangor nearly to Belfast.
The Greenback conference is to be held
Auburn Sept. 49,
Gov. Robie has nominated the following jus
tices of the peace and quorum: IE. III. Dram
mond, Waterville; Edwin Sturteyant, Shirley;
Hiram +. Day, Wesley; George Donworth,
Houlton; George F. Holmes, Portland; A. W.
Wetherbee, Lincoln.
Mrs Polina Falconer died in Lee on the 28th
nlt., at the advanced age of "a years. The de-
ceased was the mother of DR. Hanson of Ban
gor, and much respected lady. She was one
OF the pioneer settlers of Northern Penobscot,
and was the last of a family of fourteen chill
dren. She was the granddaughter of Capt.
Harmon. mentioned in Whittier's "Mog Me-
gone" iD connection with the conquest of the
Indisls at Norridgework.
s. s. Mitchell, of Ssco, has recently become
the possessor of two Thousand manuscript ser
mons, which he unconseiously purchased at an
auction of unclaimed freight in Boston, the
box containing them having been thrown in
with the articles he wanted to get, which were
books. These turned out to be all religious
works, and we're once the library of Connec-
ticut clergyman. Among them is the Old
Testament in Hebrew, published by Tauchniz
OF Germany. This is the finest and most cor
rect edition of the original ever printed. Being
intended for the use of scholars of every civil
lzed nation, its notes, etc, are in the universal
Language, Latin. popularity about it is
tnat the title page is at the end and the pages
are numbered backward SO that the last one is
where the beginning of an ordinary book
would be. The reason of this is that Hebrew
reads from right to left.
A new year of Colby University begins his
week. Some needed repairs have been made
in and on the buildings, and the students who
return or come for the first rime will find all
things in tune and trim, bidding them well
come. To the corps of instructors Prof. L. A.
Butterfeld of Boston, Mass, has been added.
BE will have charge Of the department of
Elocution, in which by his work in academies,
colleges and professional schools he has won
an enviable reputation. By this addition Prof.
Small is relieved and enabled to incorporate in
his department the Political Economy. The
President will then be able to make continu-
GUS course in Philosophy, including in it the
History of Philosophy, and giving to it its
merited attention. AS it has been found i'm
practicable to secure as yet successor to Prof.
Lyford, he kindly consents to retain his chair
for time. The prospect is good for Fresh
man class of forty.