The Portland daily press., 1884-05-31
MAINE.
saw Mill burned .

BAR HARBoR, May 30-Homer & Sons saw
mill at Duck Brook, near this village, was
burned down at 8 o'clock this morning. Loss
about $4,000
Comm .ssiOner to the Cotton EXPEDITION.
BANGOR, May 30.-Wm. f. Banding, editor
of the Industrial journal, has been appointed
by Gov. ROBBIE commissioner from the Fourth
Congressional District to the Worlds Indus
Trial and Cotton Centennial Exposition at New
Orleans in place Of Hon S. o. Brown of
Dover, resigned.
The Alleged Embezzler.
j. f. Fiske of Boston, arrested yesterday
Charged with embezzlemeBt, was bound over
in $500 bail, which was procured
The Shore Liue's Conn ctions.
BOSTON, May 30 Steamer Frances, former
ly of the Stonington Line, arrived last night.
She will run between Annapolis, N s., East
port and Sullivan, Maine, commencing next
Thursday, connecting with the Shore Line at
To Bring Suit Against the Enter matte nal
Line.
EAsTPoRT, May 30.-Eastport and Calais
shippers who lost goods by the wrecked steam
er City of Portland, are organizing for the
purpose of bringing suit against the com pany.
BREWER.
Mrs. Dr. Thelberg formerly Miss Lizzie Burr
of Brewer, graduated last week at the Wo-
mans Medical College of New York city. Her
essay was highly spoken of by medical men in
attendance at the exercises.
FREEMAN.
Elisha Jewett, who was the Oldest man in
Franklin county, died in West Freeman re-
Gently at the age of SO years. Mr. Jewett was
born in Shapleigh, and in 1880 his fathers
family moved to Industry, carrying all their
goods on an OK team and crossing the Andres.
coggin on the ice. At that tine the only
building in Lewiston or Auburn was a small
mill on the Auburn side. Mr.. Jewett was
blacksmith by trade, and served his country
in the war of 1912. He afterwards lived in
Norridgewock, Pennington and Strong, of
| which latter place he was collector of taxes
| for five years.
Mr.. George f. Knox, for some years counect-
| ed with Tiffany & Co., New York, has contrib.
uted paper on "The Mining Resources of
| the United States which has been published
| In government report. He states that sys-
| ttmatic mining for pre- cious gems is only cling
carried on at two points in the United Sta es.
Paris, Maine and Stony Poin, North Carolina,
Some twenty-eight minerals occur ia the UNI
ted States which have been used as gems, and
| OF this number twelve occur in the United
| States only. 1t lie intimated that the value of
the tourmalines taken from Mt. Mica, Paris, is
between $4,000 and $65 900.
PROSPECT.
Lightning struck the chimney of j. f, Lib
by's store during Saturdays shower, knocking
on some OF the brick. It went down the
chimney, along the stove-pipe, and Passed off
from the stove, went through the floor and out
the side of the building But little damage
was done. Sanford Libby had been sitting in
chair by the stove, and had just got up and
walked few steps to the Office when the iight-
and gave Hubert Grant harder shock, MAX
ing him sick for short time, reports the Bel.
fast Journal
TeGUs.
Gen. and Mrs. w. s. Tilton, formerly of the
National Soldiers Home at Toeus, are having
very pleasant journey abroad. They have
visited the principal cities in Holland, Ger
many, Austria, Hungary and Turkey in
Europe; also Athens, Corfu in Greece aud the
italian cities.
wATERvILLE.
The w. G. T. U. of Waterville recently
supplied the schools in town with tempera nee
reading matter, bearing upon different phases
OF tne subject, aud requested the scholars to
prepare themselves for writing temperance ss-
says. To inspire them with special in terest
prizes of silver goblets and drinking cup were
offered for the best essay in each school. The
pupils IN the two Grammar schools, the High
| School and Coburn Classical Institute, COM
pc ted for the prizes. Last Friday evening
| public meeting was held in the Town Hail,
when several essays from each scholar were
read, temperance songs sung by chorus of
school children, declamstions and select read
| lngs, with other interesting exercises. j. G..
| Soule, ESQ.,. chairman of the School Commit
tee, presided. The Committee of Award re-
ported that the prizes were awarded as follows
To Charles f. Goodae of Coburn Institute.
Carrie I. Nelson of the High School, Gertie
Kidder and Lucia Morrel of the first and
second Grammar schools. The ESSAYS read
were all remarkably good and worthy of
prize.