The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-02-03
MAINE.

MAINE.
Lost "A $1,000 honda Young Inventor
Special to the PressO
FARMINGToN, Feb. 2.-Mr. Thomas Lamber
OF this village has just met with serious los
from sneak thieves, who in some way obtaine
an entrance to his house, broke three locks aut
stole $1,000 United States bond. There is n
clue to the thieves.
Ernest P. Searles, of this town, about yeal
ago, when IA years of age, invented stean
and warming closet, which took the first priz
at the last State fair, and now he has sent tn,
closet to the Worlds fair at New Orleans.
(To the Associated Press)
The Storm in Calais.
CALAIS, Feb. 2.-The strong gale which
commenced Sunday morning still continues
Snow fell almost constantly until an earl,
hour today, when the sky cleared. Trains OF
all the roads are having hard time, and vii
ps delayed many hours. The city and country
roads are piled fence high with snow, and th
travelling is wholly interrupted No shipping
disasters have thus far been reported
A Good Warm Spoiled.
LEWISTON, Feb. 2.-The young man alluded
to in the papers as mentally ruined and haunt.
log cliffs of Squirrel Island, off this Maize
coast, in January, was visiting in Western
New York last week, when he is alleged tx
have been at Squirrel Island. Ho is in goot
health and not mentally or otherwise wrecke d
Bath Board of Trade.
BATH, Feb. 2.-The annual meeting of the
Bath Board of Trade was held today and these
officers elected
President-Dr. A. J. Fuller,
Vice President-P. M. Whitmore.
Secretary-F. W. Weeks.
Port Wardens-Capt. j. r. Kelley and Johr
Mcdonald.
Committee on Shipping and Navigation
VIM. Rogers, P. M. Whitmore and Warrar
Houghton.
Appointments by she Governor.
AUGUSTA, Feb. 2-The Governor has ap.
pointed DR.. e. A. Thompson of Dover trus.
tee of the Insane Hospital in place of Hon. j
7. Hinckley, deceased; and also W. W. Bols-
ter of Auburn trustee of the Reform School
to fill vacancy.
BANGOR.
Abner Coburn has given $40 TO both the So.
phomore and Junior classes of the Maine State
College as prize for the best Sophomore dec.
lamation and best Junior essay, to be COM
peted for by the members of the classes The
prize has always been known as the "Coburp
Prize" Mrs. I'll. e. Prentiss of Bangor has
generously offered to give the money for these
prizes in the future, and will increase the
amount so as to make them fifteen dollars
each.
Upon the recommendation OF Representative
Boutelle proposals will be advertised for by the
post office department for mail service to be
established six times week between Dexter
and Guilford via Brockways Mills and Sanger
vile. This extension of mail facilities was
much desired by the communities OF the line
and will be of much advantage.
GARDINER.
Mr.. e. A. Andrews is prominent candidate
for the houOrS anu enaola.aea+s OF the GsrGin-
er post office. He has been a lifelong Deul,
ocrat, and has never wayerad in his support Of
that party. There is no mugwump halo around
him.
George W. Buzzen got an ugly wound in
one of his hands from an ice pick in the hands
of fellow workman, Thursday afternoon,
while slowing ice. He will be laid up for a
week or two.
LEWISTON.
The Lewiston and Auburn Ice Company has
BIorSu ouuO tUuS Ol lCe
T. Bingham, Bishop & Co. of New York and
Boston, brokers, will open a branch Office in
Lewiston inside of two weeks. They have a
branch in Portland.
The new editorial board of the Bates Student
volume xiii, is as follows: Editorial board, W
H. Hartshorn, e. d. Varney, A. e. Verrill, e
A. Morrill,, A. e. Blanchard, Charles Hadley
business managers, j. H. Williams and j. W
Gotf. The first number of the volume will sp
pear the first of next week.
LlTCHFIELD.
Mr.. Hiram Morrell, we'll known and high
ly esteemed resident of Litchfeld, disd al the
old homestead at o'clock Thursday evening
last, aged SO years. He was the father OF Hi
ram Morrell, Jr., of Lewiston, and of Mr.. Jot
Morrell, formerly of Lewiston, who now lives
On the homestead farm. He was algo an uncle
of Drs Milton and Newton Wedgewood c
Lewiston. and OF H. K. Morrell, Esq, fol
many years proprietor and editor O
the Gardiner Journal. Mr.. Morrell lived il
Litchfeld over fifty years.
MLLTowN.
Last Monday morning at Milltown small
boy found the body of a baby half frozen IL
the ice underneath barn. The marsha
placed it in the tomb, where it awaits investi
CATION.
Moses Hanscom of Oxford, machinist ant
carpenter in the factory, was severely inj juret
Tuesday. A fellow workman was striking
with heavy sledge hammer, whom the handle
broke and the sledge few, striking Mr.. Hans
com on the top of the skull, cutting gasl
about two inches long, but breaking no bones
He was partly stunned at first, but recovered
enough to walk home.
WINDHAM.
AT meeting of Windham Lodge, Knight
of Honor, held Jan. Doth, the following officer
were duly installed by Grand Officer Rollins:
Dictator-J. B. Jordan.
Vice Dictator-J. S. Smith.
Assistant Dictator-O. P. Weeks.
ReEorter-F. P. Mayo
Financial Reporter. A. Whitney.
Treasurer-T. S. Mason.
.Chaplain-Wm. Libby.
Guide-T. j. Mann.
Guardian-W. Rogers.
Sentinel-Emer Ward.
The reports show this lodge to be in
hourishing condition.
IN GENERAL,
Over two hundred men, mostly from Ney
Brunswick, are employed in the woods at o.
| bow.