The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-05-06
MAINE.
Wafer for RaeIsIand.

RocKLAND, May 5.-The city has contract
ed with the Camden and Rockland Water
Company to supply water for ten years at
$4,000 per year. Ground has been broken and
crew of two hundred men will be put to
work when the pipes, which have been re-
Gently bought arrive. Water will be brought
into the city from Oyster River Pond by the
1st of December at the longest The company
has organized with A. f. Crockett, president;
John +. Berry, and Robert Crockett, directors.
Ten and twelve inch mains will be used.
Fire in Stark.
FARMrNGToN, May 6.-The large building Of
Cyrus Tupper of Stark were burned Friday
night with five tons of hay, and fifteen bushels
OF grain. Loss estimated from $1,000 to Si500;
insurance $500. Cause, breaking kerosene
lantern.
Fire in Brunswick.
BRUNSWICK, May 5.-At half-past 10 o'clock
fire was discovered in Dennison's book store in
Brunswick. The building was damaged to
the extent of about 500, and the stock proba-
bly, three or four hundred dollars. The dam
age is covered by insurance.
RichmOnd's New school.
RICHMOND, May 5th.-A district school
meeting was held in Richmond last evening,
for the purpose of taking iinal action in regard
to the proposed new school house. 1t was yot-
ed to raise $4,000 with which to purchase lot
and build the building the amount to be raised
by issuing bonds payable in ten years, at the
rate OF $500 per year. The lot decided upon
is situated on the south side of Gardiner street
between Centre and High streets. Many were
in roff fho ElaD OF Oh 1aA bv,% ~,
former lot, though farther from the centre of
the village. was thought to have more advan-
tages, and was therefore selected. The matter
OF the building was left in the hands of the
committee with instructions to begin work at
once. The contract will probably be awarded
to e. Fl. Wilkinson of Richmond, he having
been the lowest bidder.
ADDISON.
Mrs. Julia White, who died in Addison re-
Gently, starved herself to death, upon hearing
of the death of a niece, She had poor health
for some time past
BDDEFoRD.
The last issue of the EBiddeford city bonds,
$4,000 in all, were sold by the treasurer FRI
day in Boston for $103.
BooTHBAY.
1t is alleged by Boothhay correspondent of
Dsmarscotta Herald. that the following par
asraph was the cause of Best's hostility to Mr..
Cox and that it was on account of this alone
that he committed the assault. 1t is
taken from the Boothbay Register of August
II, 1878.
'The death OF Mrs. Lewis Best at East
Boothbay, about which there has been SO
much controversy the past few weeks, we are
assured on good authority, resulted from ner-
voos prostration or in other words from brok-
en- heart"
A correspondent of the Bangor Wing says
that two shocks of earthquake were distinctly
felt in Dover Sunday morning about nine
O'Clock.
ELLSWORTH,
The thirty-eighth session of the East Maine
Conference will be held in the Methodist
church at Ellsworth, beginning Thursday of
this week. Bishop Thomas Bowman of st.
Louis will preside.
HALLowRLL.
The Industrial Journal says that the report
given currency in some papers that the Hal
lowell Granite Co. were about to suspend op-
erations at Hallowell for time is untrue.
MACHIAs.
For the first time in the history of the liquor
agency in Machiss, party was brought be-
fore the court on Tuesday last on complaint of
the town liquor agent for obtaining liquor un-
der Ease pretenses, and was fined twenty dol
lars with costs.
RICHMOND.
Miss L @. Dunlap's class in elscntion gave
an exhibition at the Opera House Monday
evening. The numbers on the programme
were veil selected and finely rendered, the
little folks doing remarkably well. Miss Dun
laps numbers were all encored.
sTANDIsH.
Hiram E. Graffam, of Steep Falla had a
very narrow escape from serious accident last
Monday. He was on the river in small boat,
just above the falls, when by some accident
the boat cspsizsd. The swift current took the
boat over the falls, and it was only after
hard struggle that GRAHAM succeeded In
catching the limb of an overhanging tree to
which he clung till help came.
IN GENERAL,
1t is reported that large number of birds
have suffered death throughout the State on
account of the recent cold storm.