The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-05
MAINE.
Fire ina Kenneburnikpors.
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Special to the Press.1
KENNEBUNKPoRT, Jan. 4.-The two story
dwelling house and barn of James Cameron,
between the village and the town house. were
burned yesterday from defective chimney.
Loss about $1400; insurance on the house
$500, barn $780, There was also an insurance
OF $500 on furniture, clothing and provisions,
most Of which were saved.
Report ThRt Judge Esarrows VIII Decline
Reappoiutmen
ITO the Associated Press
BDDEFoRD, Jan. At is reported at the
Supreme Court by an attorney in attendance
that Judge VIM. G. Barrows, whose term ex-
pires soon, will decline reappointmant and an
effort will be made to have Hon. VIM. L. Put
nam of Portland appointed.
Patents 10 Maine Enyenters.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-The following pa
tents have been issued to Maine inventors:
Wm. D. Graves, Jr., Presque Isle, eiler for
loose pulleys.
John W. Lane, Portland, rice hulling and
cleaning machine.
Nathaniel W. West, Alma, roofng clamp.
The United States Court@t Bangor.
At the meeting of the House committee on
Judiciary this forenoon Representative Reed
of Maine was directed to report to the
House bin to change the June term at Ban
gor, Me-, of the District Court from the fourth
to the first Tuesday.
Postal Matters.
WASHINGTON, Jan. A. - The following
changes have been made in the Maine postal
service:
I1Cc% -<n, TNis IN
aker, Goaldsboro,; Sylvanus G. Prince, Orrs
Island; Henry Fitzpatrick, Bancroft Jeffer-
son b. Brackett, Leeds Junction; Orlando
Brown, West Mount Vernon; Orren l.. Stew
ens Portage.
Star service between Rockland and Sullivan
has been discontinued.
BIDDEFoRD.
The Biddeford Journal says that the convic-
tion of the mass of Biddeford people is that
the so-called mystery was nothing more than q
low dirty row in which some persons Of very
doubtful reputation were engaged.
The Biddeford Journal will begin the pubi-
cation OF daily issue today.
FAIRFIELD.
Mr.. H. e. Tuck, collector of taxes for the
town of Fairfield, has finished his labors for
the year 1885, having collected and paid over,
making settlement in full on the 3lst day of
December. The total taxes for State, county,
town and village corporation amounted to
SIS, .02, and was collected without single
abatemsnt or mistake.
FORT FAIRFIELD.
john Case was arrested on SATURDAY. after
noon Of last week, in Fredericton, under a
warrant, for the robbery and burning of the
f. b. railroad station at Fort Fairfield last fall
KTTERy.
Mrs. Oscar E. Blaney is living in her moth
er'S house, the scene of the recent murder
Mrs. Simpson, OF Eliot, is With her, shs being
under the doctors care. Mr.. Robert Novel;,
OF York, has charge of the farm. One of the
Portsmouth witnesses in the Barrows murder
case, on Thursday received notice from the
county attorney of York county that the case
will probably not come before the grand jury
this week.
Rev. w. T. Chase, formerly of Lewiston was
called to the pastorate of the First BAPTIST
church at Minneapolis, Mimi, on Dec. 9th.
at a salary of $4,000 per year. Rev. Mr.
Chase is native of Rockland and graduate
of Colby. His first pastorate was Dover, n
H.; his second was Lewiston, where he served
as pastor during term of seven years.
1t is announced that hospital and asylum
on an elaborate plan, will be erected the COM
ing spring by the Sisters Of Oar Lady of
Lourdes at Lewiston. A foundling system
will be attached to the hospital, and the insti-
tuition will be open to all nationalities aud
sexes. The site and a large sum of money
have been donated by Rev. P. Hevey, former
cure of ST. Peters.
LEBANON.
Rev. H. M. Sawtelle, pastor of the Lebanon
and North Berwick Baptist church, rendered
his resignation last Sunday, Dec. Both, to take
effect the last of March.
OXFORD.
A public library was established in this
town some eight or ten years since by the
nagnifcence of Freeland Holmes whose name
it bears, he having left by his will the sum of
six hundred dollars on condition that the town
should appropriate like sum. The money
has all been expended and the result free
circulating library of 1000 volumes of carefully
selected books. The town makes an annual
appropriation to pay the expense of conducting
the same and repairing the books.
PALMYRA.
Samuel Hackett, the veteran hunter of Pal
myra. has trapped one hundred and six musk
rats the past fall, besides mink and other fur
animals.
sPRINGvALE
The family of Joseph Shaw have been deep
ly afflicted two of their youngest daughters
have died of diphtheria the past week, aud at
the present writing three more of his children
are dangerously sick with the same dread dis
ease.
UPPER GLOUCESTER.
Darius A, Ingraham, of Portland, lectures
at Centennial Hall, Upper Gloucester, this
evening, on the subject, From the Tweed to
the Tiber." On Sunday evening be lectures
on Pagan and Christian temples.