The Portland daily press., 1885-03-31


The New England Ship Building Comp mpany
has secured contract to build 1000 ton
ship for New Bedford parties. The moulds
were sent to Canada last week for the frames
and timbers, aud building will be ommanced
in about month The firm is negotiating for
several schooners
Arrangements will, If possible. be perfected
for an establishment here during the summer
months of branch class of the Bertitz school
OF modern languages, the central establish
ment OF which is in Boston.
BELFAST.
The trotting horse George O., owned by Geo.
0. Bailey of Belfast, died Saturday night from
the injury received in the runaway accident
few days ago.
The Mount Desert Herald publishes the
rumor that the Maine Central Railroad Com
pauy will soon erect workshops in Brewer that
will employ two hundred men in building cars.
CALAIS.
For some time past theving operations have
been going on at different points OF Grand
Manan and Campobello, and no cine to the
robbers could be obtained. Last week smoke
house belonging to Mr.. Chas. Patch at Campo
bello, was broken into and nearly 200 boxes of
smoked herring stolen. Mr.. Patch obtsinsd
clue to the robbers and started in purHnit of
them. Arriving at Machias, he engaged
Sheriff Longfellow to accompany him aud the
thieves were overhauled and captured near
Jonesport, with their booty, in a small vessel.
One of the robbers was the notorious George
long term in the State Prison. The other
was Howard Parker, who formerly lived at
Campobello. They were taken to Machias
and in default of bail were lodged in Jail to
await the next term of court at Calais.
EUsTIs.
A man from Prince Edwards Island died re-
Gently at Eustis mills, with lockjaw, caused by
fhn rfrs-, konC
& Son.
GARDINER.
A plumber of the citizens met at Temper
ance Hall, Friday evening and organized law
and order league. The following officers were
elected: Greenieaf Lawrence, president; S. e.
johnson, Miss Mary Williamson, vice presi-
| dents; Mr.. Small, secretary; Miss e. A. Law
renee, treasurer; Greenleaf Lawrence Isaac
| E~er. j. Thomas, @. A. Jack and Samuel
Lane, executive committee; Jedediah Thomas
| agent.
| The Coliseum Company has made 8 very lib
era proposition to the city council fog liz hting
| the streets the coming year. They offer to rQu
| ten electric lights and to take charge of and
furnish gas or gasoline for the street lights now
in use, rot displaced by the electric lights, for
| Sl,OO0 all the lights to be kept running until
| 10 O'Clock p. m. A second proposal is to run
| eleven electric and the gas lights until IL
| O'Clock az night for $1,000.
HALLowELL.
The new building of the Industrial School
at Hallowell is to be completed next summer
with the funds provided by the State, and aid
| for furnishing the building will be solicited
| from benevolent individuals and societies.
HOLDEN.
A singular accident occurred on the Mount
| Desert branch Of the Maine Central Saturday
| afternoon. As the train to Bangor was Hear
| Holden one of the sets of trucks under freight
car jumped the track and rolled down over
the bank and the car moved along as ii moths
ing had happened. A few minutes later when
rounding a cnrve the other set jumped out,
| letting the car down equarely on the track and
not throwing il aside. The passengers got out
and by united efforts the car was tipped over
out OF the way and the train proceeded.
MADISON.
The Kennebec journal says that local
paper ls soon to be started ia Madison
| KENT's HILL.
The literary societies are trying to obtain
Joseph Cook as ono of the lecturers for the
spring term of the seminary.
The gentemens societies have appointed
committees to wait upon the trustees TO see il
| arrangements car be made to have the ibstitu.
! tion furnish one free lecture each term, pro.
viding the societies will conformity do the
same.
sAoo.
Rev. A. W. Runyan, pastor of the Main
street Baptist church, Saco, rendered his resig-
nation Sunday. Hs has received call to be-
come pastor of the Emanuel Baptist church
in San Jose, Gal, and will doubtless accept the
position. Mr.. Runyan has very true friends
in Saco, who will greatly regret his departure,
which occurs the last of April.
The Saco Water Power machine shop shut
down Saturday night for an indefinite time.
The shop has run with scarcity of orders dur
ing the winter, and work will not be resumed
until sufficient orders are received to warrant
it. The shut down throws 300 men out of en-
ployment.
| vAssALBoRo.
The Howard Abbott house was burned last
week, most of the goods being saved The ad-
Joining house, also owned by Howard Abbott
was slightly damaged, and that of Thomas
Williams quite seriously injured, the furniture