The Portland daily press., 1884-12-29
MAINE.
SaeO and Bidaeford News.
Special to the Prass.l


ceived the ordination of baptism at the Ere,
Baptist church, Saco, this afternoon aud the
right hand of fellowship this evening. Fou,
others were admitted to the church by letter
The York mills 10 Saco which have beer
running on two-.hirds time for the past two
months will start up on full time tomorrow
at slight reduction of wages.
1t is rumored that George H. Boothhy, Obi
diah Durgin of Saco, Moses j. Haines and r
Goldthwaite are to receive the new appoint
ments of deputy sheriff.
(To Associated Press)
A Cold Wave.
WATERynLE, Dec. 27.-The thermomete
registered % to 26 degrees below zero at Wat
erville this morning
STRONG, Dec. 27-The thermometer stood
% degrees below zero here today at $50 a. m
+. MT. VERNON, Dec. 27.-Twenty-two degree
below zero here this morning.
BgckFIELD, Dec. 27.-The thermometer thi.
morning stock ID degrees below zero
CANTON, Dec. 27.-The thermometer ct ,od
at 20 degrees below zero here this morning.
HoULToN, Dec. 27.-This has been the cold
est yet. 1t was 80 degrees below zero at iys
O'Clock in the morning.
FARMINGToN, Dec. 27.- The mercury wa
"a degrees below zero here today and was re.
ported 30 degrees below at Pennington Falls
Shaw Bros Affairs.
Boston, Dec 27.-Another hearing in the
case of f. Shaw & Brothers was held in the In
solvency court at Cambridge today, the prin.
cipal quetion being acceptance of proposal
for composition with their creditors to pay 80
cents on dollar an appointment of an assign
ee. Ferdinand A. Wyman was elected as
signee by ballot Additional claims were pre-
sented and proven amounting to $1SO00O. The
First National Bank of Lynn, objected to the
proposal for composition and arguments were
made upon both sides. Judge Brooks will
probably render decision next week.
Obituary.
WINTHROP, Dec. 28.-Mrs. Lacretia Howard
Leadbettsr, died today after long and pain
full illness OF gangrene of the foot, aged 54
years. She was an aunt to Gen. o. o. How
ard and the mother of we'll known family.
Two of her sons are in business in New Yorh
City.
The Merchants National Bank of Bath
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The Comptroller O
the Currency to-day extended the corporate
existence of the Merchants ational Bank OF
Bath, Me-, to December 81, 1904.
The Governor and COnncii.
AUGUSTA, Dec. 27.-The Governor and
Council meet again Monday and will remain
in session until Wednesday, to finish up the
business of the year.
The ease of Oscar Blaney, the Kittery mur-
derer. viii probably be disposed of by the pres
ent council, as several of the members are IN,
derstood to be not in favor OF leaving the mat
ter for the next council.
Petitions for the pardon of Lawrence of Ban
gor, who was convicted of numbering his mis-
tress in 1870 and sentenced to bs hung, but
whose sentence was afterwards commuted 4
Imprisonment for life, also of Hannah Thorn
dike,the Rocklandsmuredress, will be acted NJ
on.
A Singular Accident.
Saturday night at 10 O'Clock as tender of ,
disabled locomotive was being taken to Port
land for repairs on the rear of special freigh
train, it left the irons at Hallowell. One pair
Of the trucks of the tender dropped out at Hal
lowell station, another pair just below and sc
rods b9low Lowell crossing the top of the ten
der rolled rs feet down an embankment, de-
molishing the shed of a small house and NOV
ing the house six inches. The loss was no
discovered by the train hands until on arriva
at Rich's ice house two miles farther on. Th,
family that lived ia the house were mucl
frightened. The night trains passed all
right.
Fire i'm Brunswick.
BRUNSWICK, Dsc 2S.-Fre today destroyed
the house owned by L. H. Bryant and occu
pied by O. 7. Thayer. Loss S4. 900; no insur
ance.