The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-17
MAINE.

| X Rise. - Fall.
MAINE.
Farm Buildings Burned i'm Lcvant.
| BANGOR, May 16.-The farm buildings Of
| A. & A. f. Clement in Levapt were burned
| last night with their contents. Loss about
| 5000; insurance 81 600. Origin of the fire
| unknown.
| Maine Pedagogical Society.
Rockland, May 16.-The Name Pedagogical
| Society began its semi.annual meeting here
| this morning. G. A. Robinson of Augusta
read paper on Geography which was follow
ed by general discussion of the subject. This
afternoon paper on "Moral Instruction" was
read by A. L. Lang of Waterville. Reports
| from the committee on,Arithmetic and Geome-
| try were also given. This evening John S.
Case of Rockland welcomed the society
to Rockland, and at 8 O'Clock there was
an address by Rev. DIR. Pepper on "Symmetri-
Cal Development" Tomorrow among other
things will be the discussion of paper by Ar
thur B. Morrill, of Portland, on Science in
Elementary Schools"
Reported DefaIcation by skipper.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, May 16.-It is reported
that Capt Sylvanus W. Gray of shooner Car
thage, owned By Geo. Steele, decamped from
his vessel at Port Mulgrave, N. S., on the 10Th
inst. having drawn heavy draft on the own
err. He is young man, has heretofore borne
good character and belonged in Castns, Me.
Capt Alexander Landry will take charge of
the vessel. The whereabouts of Gray are uu-
known.
Capt. Samuel Watts Hines.
THoMAsToN, May 16.-The report of the SER
GUS illness of Capt. Samuel Watts, wealthy
ship builder here aad the prospective demo-
cratic candidate for governor OF Maine.is over
rated by newspaper reportF.
The Longfellow Bust.
LONDON, May 16 -The Longfellow memo.
rial committee will send copy of the bust of
Longfellow in Westminster Abbey tn Har-
ward and Bowdoin.
AUGUSTA.
Fifteen acres of grain have been so@n on the
Insane hospital farm.
Quite number of companies on the river
are shipping ice. The product IL worth bat 70
cents ton by the wholesale. Wages of men
are $1.50 day. Freights are low.
At special meeting of the mayor aud board
of Aldermen of Augusta, the city marshal was
| instructed to notify the telephone company tt
| Immediately remove all the telephone poles re-
| Gently erected on Winthrop street, bet weeI
| Water street and the west line of Mount Pleas
| ant cemetery, and, il the company refused tt
| do as requested, to remove them himself.
CHINA.
III. Q. Houston of Portland, now chief clerk
| of the pension Office at Augusta, will deliver
| the address Memorial Day, under the auspices
of Post 106, G.. A. R., South China.
| DEXTER.
| &W. Ell. Lane was ordained pastor OF the Bap
| fist church in Dexter Wednesday. The ser
| mon was preached by Rev. G. B. Ilsley of Ban
| of ordination and Rev. +. W. @. Wiggin oil
| Oldtown welcomed the new pastor. Rev. DR.
Kicker gave the charge to the church.
| GLENBURN.
A house and barn about mile below Glen
| burn Centre was burned one night recently
The buildings were owned by A.. +. Brown ant
/ occupied by an old man named Gro The
| fre was first discovered by neighbors Ths
awakened Grover and carried him out OF the
| house. He had a narrow escape az he woulC
1 in all probability not awoke of his oSn &C
| cord. The furniture was burned and the con
| tents of the barn, including horse and COW
| HALLowELL.
Twenty-one quarrymen were discharged BY
| the Hallowell Granite Company on Wednes
day for lack of work.
The statue of Peace to surmount the York
town monument is now being cut at the works
| of the Hallowell Granite Company, by Mr.. N
G.. Packard with four assistants, and it viii
| take them three or four months from the time
they commenced on it.. 1t is the statue Of 8
| female figure ID feet above the plinth, the
arms extended In the attitude of pronouncina
Tf nOlr c4< Oh Oh Ar
tons on account of the extended arms, anC
when completed will weigh about eight tons
| The cap of the monument with part of tht
shaft is nov set up at the granite yard.
LrrTLEToN,
A new Free Baptist church is to be erected
in Littleton this season.
LAMo1NE.
The East Lamoine Ladies' Aid Society OBJ
served May Day 10 common fashion. Tht
| society made Call upon all who owned lots il
the grave yard, or who felt an interest in the
last resting place for the dead, to meet there
early, and come prepared to give days WORK
In clearing up theslots, preparatory to tbs build
| ing OF d new and substantial fence around the
same. The day was fine and the turnout wal
great. Nearly eighty persons, men, womeI
| and children were there and nearly everyon,
busy, pulling out unsightly weeds or bushes
gathering up or raking together rocks, twigs
etc. A large number of teams were on bant
and did excellent work.
MAPLErox.
A barn belonging to Owen Higgins in Maple
ton was burned last Wednesday, together with
several tons OF hay, new horse rake, calf, q
| shote, and quite lot of farming tools.
colt that was in the basement was barely saw.
| ed. At the alarm of fire, the mill was shu
down and the whole crew fastened to the spot
Mr.. HIS dwelling house was saved although il
was badly damaged. The new school hous
1 nkaA aharf tina dc Ia
damaged. Supposed cause of fire, ashes from
a pipe.
NEW PORTLAND.
About two inches of snow fell in New Port
land Wednesday.
PARKMAN.
Harrison Dow has lately discovered slate o.
his farm in Parkman. PROJECTORS have bee
examining the ledge the past week and say i
is good quality of slate. If it proves extern
sive quarry will be opened by parties from
New York. Mr.. Dow has bonded bis farm.
PENoBscoT.
Mr.. Thomas NJ Perkins died suddenly Il
Boston, Wednesday. He was born in Penob
scot, and in early life left his home in Main
for California. where he was engaged in VAR
GUS vacations until after the completion of tn
Union Pacific Railroad, when he became con
nected with what is known as the Railroad
Express Advertising and Publishing Compan,
For something over year Mr.. Perkins hat
resided in Boston, and had been connecte,
with the Cape Cod Canal Construction Com
pany, and particularly with the building of tn
great dredge that is now excavating the canal
Mr.. Perkins was married in California, an
leaves a widow and two children. He wa
thirty-five years old.
| SOUTH wINDHAM.
Rev. j. FL. Little, by invitation of the G. A
R. Post at South Windham, will give at tina
place the annual Memorial Day address.