The Portland daily press., 1884-05-16
MAINE.
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Safe Robbed in South Berwick.
SOUTH BERWICK, May 15.-The large safe of
E. R. McIntire, hardware dealer here, was
blown open in his store early this morning by
burglars who carried away $3.50 in cash
and checks, notes, valuable and private papers
to the amount of from $1,000 to $500. There
is no clue as yet to the robbers.
Attempts at Suicide.
BRUNSWICK, May 10Th William Goodwin,
farmer, cut his throat in two places yester-
day with razor, and will probably recover.
The supposed cause is insanity.
ELLSWORTH, May 15.-James Shea, aged Is,
attempted suicide last night by taking Paris
Green. Remedies were promptly applied and
he will probably recover.
Fire at Princeton.
CALAIS. May 18th. The house and barn
owned by Alhee Keen was burned in Prince
ton this morning. Loss $500; small insurance.
Killed by the Cars.
Mark Upton, aged 70 years and deal was RIM
over on the Grand Southern Ra iroad this
morning, in the outskirts of St. Stephen aud
was killed.
Fire i'm tIie Suburbs of Auburn.
LEwIsToN, May 15th.-The house and barn
of F. R. Jones in Auburn, near Littlefeld's
tavern, were burned to the ground Monday
The fire occurred in the evening. Mr.. Jones
was away from home and only his wife and
three small children we're in the house. A
kerosene lamp sitting on toe bureau was acct
IDENTIFY overturned, the oil catching fire and the
blaze spreading almost instantly in a sheet OF
fire over the room. Mrs. Jones had just time
tn MT hn oh ha
asleep in their beds aud to move out the sew
ing machine. Everything else in the house
was burned. The fire caught in the barn. All
the household property and the house and barn
were totally consumed.
Nominations by the Governor.
AUGUSTA, May 15.-Governor Robbie has
made the following nominations:
Justices OF the Peace and Quorum, Daniel G.
Goodwin, Biddeford; Samuel Tyler, Rock
land; Don A. FL. Powers, Newport; Albert W.
Miller, Hartland; John May, Winthrop; Zeb-
ulon G. Thorn, Acton; William P. Haskell,
West Gardiner; Henry w. Mayo, Hampden;
Joseph W. Patterson. Augusta; John II. Web
ster, Norrdgewock; James Babcock, Liacoln.
Notary Public; Joseph A. Locke, Portland;
William III. Hilton, Damariscotta.
Trial Justcss; George w. Spear, Stoneham;
Isaac L. Spauldng, Richmond.
Dedimus Justice Joshua M. Young, Acton.
Inspector of Fish, John f. Green, Portland.
Inspector of Dams and Reservoirs, Hiram P.
Farrow, Belmont; 9. D. Themes, Portland
Fish and Game Wardens without pay), J.
B. Mitchell, Casco r. W. Walker, Brooks
vile.
AUBURN
The shipment of shoes from Auburn the past
week have been large. The number of cases
shipped is large but not so MANY have been
oh a nri0 ho NJ
last year. The shipments last year were 2760
cases. The manufacturers of ladies' boots, say
they can make their goods only about half as
fast as they ought to fill their orders.
The council of administration of the Grand
Army OF the Republic meets at the Elm
House, Auborn, Friday forenoon, to settle
preliminaries regarding the regular semi
annual encampment this Summer. Last year
the semi-annual encampment was held at
Lake Maranooook, and was tremendous sue
cess.
BIDDEFoRD.
The convention of the York District Lodge,
I. O. G. T., held in Biddeford Wednesd ay,
from the county were present. A grand mass
meeting was held. Wednesday night. The OBJ
ject OF the meeting was to consider steps to be
adopted for the passage of the Constitutional
quarterly meeting. $50 new members have
been initiated, and the total membership of
the District Lodge is now 1920.
BETHEL.
There was snow storm in Bethel Thursd az
and the fields were white.
BANGOR.
1t is reported that quite an amount of the
stock and notes of the Northwestern Car Com
pany are held in Bangor by banks and priv ate
individuals. Some of the most careful inves-
tors hold this stock. The amount owned in
Ranoor ia astiYnatad AFT from Sf00 900 RI Q1sn
900.
FRANKLIN.
The Baptist church at Franklin, has extern
ded call to Rev. A. A. Cambridge, a recent
graduate of Colby, and now laboring temper
Yily at Bowdoinham.
MARYLAND.
The tannery at Hartlrnd will be unable to
run the present season for want of sufficient
stock of bark.
HALLowELL.
Hon. Peter F. Sanborn of Hallowell, who
was Internal Revenue Collector from 1862 to
1873, and was a member of the several legisla-
lures, died on Tuesdoy evening at the age of
70. He was President Of the American Bank
OF Hallowell.
LEWISTON.
The public installation of Rev. W. s. Per.
kins, pastor elect Of the Bates ST. Universalist
church, will occur Thursday evening, May 22d
at the church: The occasion will be made
memorable. The installation sermon will be
preached by Rev. j. @. Adams.
OXFORD.
A number of the weavers at Welchyille
have gone to Charlottesville, Va.
oRoNo.
David McPheters of Orono, an old man 70
years of age, fell from load of hay in his
barn, Tuesday, and was SO badly injured it is
not thought he can live.
STOWE.
All the carpenters hereabouts are having all
the business they can attend to and quite G
number of the new houses contemplated are
already in process of erection.
IN GENERAL.
Patents have been awarded Maine inventors
as follows:
Geo. e. Elliot, Calais, steam actuated valve.