The Portland daily press., 1884-01-16
MAINE.
Plymouth IN. H. Normal SCHOOL.
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plymouth IN. H. Normal school.
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| PLYMOUTH, N. H., Jan. 15.-The examina-
tion and graduation of the State Normal
School here occurred yesterday and today, in
| presence Of a large number of distinguished
guests and friends of the school from Maine.
The new principal (Dr. G. G. Rounds, lately of
the Normal School at Pennington, Me.,) con-
Quoted the exercises With his usual ability.
Among the graduating class (Which numbers
nine) are the following from Maine Ella s..
Mitchell, Yarmouth; Mary Fl. Roberts, Bruns-
wick, Gertrue j. League. Norway.
Election of Bank Officers.
Special to Press)
KENNEBUNK, Jan. 15--At the annual meet
ing of Ocean National Bank today the follow
ing officers were elected:
President-Joseph Dane.
Cashier-Charles Lttlefeld.
Directors-Joseph Dane, Andrew Walker,
II. w. Lord, Nathan Dane, Jr., Edward W.
Morton, Moses O. Mailing, Abm. Hill.
The usual dividend of 8 per cent. is payable,
and the bank retains about 27 per cent. in q
surplus fund.-
Nominations Confirmed.
Go the Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-Tbe Senate today
confirmed the following nominations:
Postmasters- o. Clement of South
Berwick, Me-. James M. Webb of Sacea-
Kappa, Me.
City Marshal White Exonerafed.
AUGUSTA, Jan. 15.-The Mayor and Alder
men tonight concluded their hearing on the
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official conduct of Marshal White. No addi-
tional evidence was presented. The board in
structed the city solicitor to draw up a n port
for their early adoption, exonerating Mr..
White from all the charges.
New Telegraph Line.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-The certificate of in
corporation of the Standard Multiplex Tele-
graph Company was fled today in this city
Their lines will run to Boston, Portland,
Florida, Buffalo, Chicago and the Pacific
Coast. Its capital stock is $25O,OOO.
The Kittery Murder.
BDDEFoRD, Jan. 15.-Mrs. Blaney, wife of
Oscar E. Blaney, has been indicted as an ac-
cessory with her husband and Mrs Barrows
indicted for the Kittery murder.
Farm buildings Burned.
BANGOR, Jan. 15.-The buildings of James
Parsons, situated on the Pushaw road, seven
miles out, were destroyed by fire last night;
also seven horses and one cow. Loss not given.
AUBURN.
Saturday a reduction of thirteen cents per
case for lasters in box work went into effect in
a number of the Auburn shoe factories among
them those of Ara Cushman & Co., GAY,
Woodman & Co.. and Foss, Packard & Co. A
meeting of the Lasters' Union was held Satur-
day night. Monday morning number of the
lasters left work. The cut down fixes the price
at so cents per case. Thirteen lasters went out
of Foss, Packard & Co. A number left the
other factories
John D. Mitchell and Joseph Newell, two
Penobscot Indians of the Oldto wn tribe, left
their wives and went off with the squsws of
two OF their tribe, Sarah Wilson and Mary
Francis. They were arrested near Blue Hill
and taken to Oldtown, where they were taken
before trial justice, and Mitchell and Sarah
were sentenced to ninety days in jail and costs.
and Newell and Mary were held for appear
ance before the grand jury on the charge Of
adultery. They were all committed TO jail
Saturday.
BAR HARBOR.
Mrs. Hunt of New York will build fire eS-
tablshment near the Howard Villa next sea-
son. The stable alone will cost between $1,000
and 5000. The entire cost of the buildings
will be about $4,000.
BRUNSWICK.
A winter meeting and exhibition of the
Maine State Pomological Society and a Farm
ers' Institute OF the Msine Board of Agricul-
ture will be held, jointly, at Lemont Hall,
Br9nswick, Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. %
and %.
FARMINGToN.
At the annual meeting of the Sandy River
National Bank the following directors were
chosen for this year: r. g. Butler, A. W. f.
Belcher, Daniel Beale, Alvan Currier, Joseph
w. Fairbanks. Mr.. f. G. Butler was elected
president and 7. II. Belcher cashier.
HAMPDEN.
Mrs. Della Doane, of Hampden, reached the
advanced age of IS years the fourth of this
month. Mrs. Doane is the Oldest of the well
known SWEET family, children of the late Ben
jamin SWEET of Hampden. The aggregate age
of the eleven brothers and sisters now living is
1923 years, the Oldest aged 8S and the youngest,
Capt. David w. SWEET of Gloucester, Mass.
aged 66. The names OF the others, in the or
der OF their ages, are Mrs Joanna A. Rowe of
Bangor, Mrs. Emily Fl. Mayo of Chicago,
Capt. BENZ. SWEET of Portland; Mr.. James A.
Swett and Mrs. Mary A. Hopkins Of Bangor,
Mrs. Reed Snow of Hampden, Mrs. Jonathan
Burbank of Bangor, Mr.. Charles NJ. SWEET of
Harmon, and Mr.. VIM. A. SWEET of Bangor.
Benjamin SWEET, the father, died at the age of
eigbty-five, his mother living to the age of
ninety-two.
A woman named Hannah Murphy, of Lew
iston, took q dose of paris green Saturday
while laboring under fit of temporary insa n
| ity Luckily the dose was SO large that it or
Grated as an emetic, and her life was saved.
Among the many who visited Lewiston dur.
| ing State fair week was young woman 20
| years OF age. She was prepossessing, and Rep-
| resented herself as a young widow of culture. a
| resident of Florida, where her husband died.
| She had child in her arms. She had been in
! the city only few weeks, when a business
man in Lewiston was astounded to receive a
| notice that action for deseation, coupled with
graver charges, had been entered against him
| He gave bonds for appearance at the Supreme
| Court He has taken in the meantime trip
| to town in Massachusetts,, where he learned
that the young woman had resided. He came
| back few days ago with sound defense. The
| young woman was confronted with an exact
setting forth OF her past history. The result is
that the action has been dropped.
Charles Donham, who was liberated from
State prison last Saturday after three years
| confinement for larceny, was arrested imme-
| diatsly after leaving the prison on another
| complaint for similar crime committed in
| Lewiston, and on Monday sentenced to four
months in Auburn jail.
| PITTSFIELD.
Amaziah Jordan of Pittsfeld, In an insane
| freak last Saturday, deliberately chopped off
| four toes of one foot with an axe.
SAGADAHoC.
Joseph C. Trott was convicted at Bath Mon
| day of an assault on his brother with intent to
| kill, and sentenced to eight years in State
| prison. Subsequently he was called back into
| court and two years added to his sentence on
account of threatening language which he
used.
IN GENERAL.
| Duty having been collected on cassock re-
| Gently imported from Canada into Maine, the
owner, Catholic priest, made application
| through Senator Frye to have the amount re-
funded, on the ground that the article was
| in reply informs Mr.. Frye that where priest
| imports vestments of any regalia or robe as his
private property he must pay duty, even
| though the articles imported are afterwards
| used in ralipious ceremonies. But where such