The Portland daily press., 1885-04-20

opened for navigation tonight. 1t had been
closed 12O days.
Am Editor Cowbided.
BooTHBAY, April IS.-B. T. Cox, editor of
the Boothbay Register, was publicly cowhided
in the street this afternoon. The assailant was
Mr.. Lewis Best. who Immediately went before
a magistrate and was held in $500 for his ap-
pearance in court. An alleged slanderous
article in Cox's paper was the cause.
Fire in Presque IsIe-Roads in Bad Com
ditiOn.
PREsQUE ISLE, April 18.-The new house of
Frank Brown, in the north part of Presqus
Isle, on the Caribou road, burned this morn
ing. The contents were saved. Loss $1200
insured for $500.
The snow is going rapidly. Roads are nearly
impassable except mornings People arc elated
over the railroad prospects.
Escaped from Sail.
MAcHIAs. April 19.-Knights and Parker,
the Grand Menan thieves and Crowley of
Calais escaped from the Machias jail last night
by means of false key. The former were to
be tried in the April term at Calais Crowley
was sent up for ninety days for drunkenness.
A Railroad Man Promoted.
BANGOR, April 19.-F. W. Cram, general
eastern freight agent of the Maine Central
railroad, has been rendered and has accepted
the position of general manager OF the New
Brunswick railroad, embracing 440 miles of
road. Mr.. Cram was superintendent of the
European & North American railway previous
to its consolidation with the Maine Central,
and is a railroad man of much ability. Hon.
e. r. Burpee, the present general manager,
succeeds his late brother, Hon. Isaac Burpee,
as vice president, this arrangement enabling
him to devote more time to other important
enterprises in which he is interested The new
arrangement will take place in about month
BATH.
The new steamer Haytien Republic will sail
from Bath the last or this month for Boston
She is booked to sail for aayti the 10th of May
Next week she will have trial trip on the
Kennebec.
Mr.. Parfait Gagnon, one of Caribou's busi-
ness men, died very suddenly last Tuesday.
He was threshiDg in his barn, when ha was
taken with strange feeling, and said that he
would go into the house little while, and in
five minutes he was dead
FREEMAN.
Starbird's mill in freeman, which manufac-
lures salt boxes, clapboards, staves etc., was
burned last Wednesday night. together with
the machinery and more or less of the partly
manufactured material The engine was badly
injured, but the boiler was not much damaged.
The mill was valued at $1,000; no Insurance.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
FARMINGToN.
On the LIST day Of July, 5000 worth of cor
poration railroad bonds fall due The Farm
ington Journal understands that the holders of
fhaco hNado xrin han fn fba
amount, in the Circuit Court in Portland.
Should they do SO the question must then be
decided on its merits. In 1890, $4,000 worth
more fall due.
GARDINER.
Chief Engineer Haley has forbidden Mr..
Wakefield, the owner of the building occupied
by Gunnell, the baker, to rebuild the part re-
Gently burned, unless he makes the room where
the oven is located fre-proof. A wise precau-
tion.
Quite an excitement was created last week
at Milo by the escape of a deer-slayer from ar
rest BE took the train from Katahdin Iron
Works, riding in box car with some horses.
The game warden jOurneYed by passenger car
attached to the same train, telegraphing to
Milo for an officer to assist in the capture. But
the man adjusted his snow shoes, and when
| the train stopped at the station he jumped
| from the box Car and took to ths fields and
| woods, regardless of the Invitations of the Off
| Ger, who, having no snow shoes, could not fol-
| low him.
| RICHMOND.
| The Boston steamer Star of the East is to ar
| rive next Wednesday.
| The committee on the proposed new school
house has begun its work and is ready to RS
ceive proposals for the erection of the building
WEST GARDINER.
| Arthur G. Burnham of West Gardiner is an
inventor of some note for young man. He
| has invented several appliances that he has
| sold we'll, and now he has patent for opening
| and shutting outside blinds from the inside of
the house, without opening the window. This
invention is practicable, and is being put into
many houses in this vicinity
wATERvMLE.
The Mail says: Mr.. Henry 81. Moore, who
may be remembered by some of our citizens as
the mute son of the late Mr.. George Moore,
has lately been paid 81, 100 each for two pic
lures painted in Paris. We had heard before
that Mr.. Moore had become distinguished
abroad as painter, and are glad to notice this
measure of his merit. Very few pictures are
now sold for such prices, except those of the
sold masters" Mr.. Moore is cousin of Miss
Augusta Moore, the popular writer of poetry
and prose, who was Watervile girl years
ago.
| IN GENERAL.
There seems to be pretty general feeling
among the farmers of Aroostook county that
the future prospect for starch will not warrant
them in putting in so many potatoes as they
| did last year.