The Portland daily press., 1885-01-26
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one time that the bridge might go and aid was
summoned from Hallowell.
The Shaw Estate.
BosToN, JaL. 24.-The details Of the decree
IN the case Of Shaw Bros. allowing the trustee
Mr.. Ferdinand A. Wyman, to sell the proper.
iy to Brackley Shaw, we're to have been ar
ragged by Judge Devsns today, bnt in oonse-
quenee OF the illness of Mr. George o. Shat
tuck, the matter was postponed until Monday.
Charters Extended.
WAsHINGroN, Az. 23 The Comptroller of
the Currency today extended the corporate ex
istence If the tollowlrg banks to Jan. 28, 1875:
Tbs Peoples Ma ioual Bank Of Watervile,
Me-, and the Sandy RIVER National Bunk OF
FaTmington, Me.
Ex-Ghief Justice AppIetOn's HiIness.
BANGOR Jan. 24.-As was telegraphed early
in the week, ex-Chief Justice Appleton has
been seriously i'll at his home here Some
time during the week it was feared he would
not recoyer.and he without doubt had severe
attack Of pneumonia. Today, however he is
decidsdly better, and his speedy recovery is al
most assured.
tS 1bnFk2 tEic thAAgS Oh 1I1VeF-
more Falls,
LIVERMoRE FALLS, Jan. 24-Some time be-
tween Thursday night and Friday morning,
some one set fire to the lower bailding occu
pied by The Maine Wood Turning Co., manu-
fscsurers OF druggists goods. The man went
TO the rear of the mill, ,and one roof shed run
ming back from the mill to the river bank
climbed up over a pile of slab wood, walked
up over the roof of the she'd broke pane of
glass in the upper sash. turned the button
which kept 1t in place, climbed in, kerosened
some lathe turnings under q sorting table, set
ire to them, and went back by the way of the
window again. For some reason, after burn
ing awhile, the fle went out of its own ac
cord, although all around the fire and the
whole mill was filled with inflammabe mater
ial and largo quantities of stock unworked
was also in aud near the mill. A strong
wind was blowing from the west, and had the
fire got under way it would have been impos-
sible to have got it under control. The mills
and stores with quite number of private res.
idences would have been burned The upper
mills were not running at night as usual. The
thermometer was 100 below zero and all the
force pumps in the mills not running on ac-
count of anchor ice. If the incendiary had
succeeded in firing the mill the larger part of
this enterprising village would have been de-
stroyed.
AUBURN.
The petitions to Grover Cleveland for ap-
pointment to the vacancy caused by the
expiration of the term of Postmaster Henry
Little Of Auburn, have been already circulated
in Auburn. They are presented by Delance
Young and John 81. Twombley.
ANsoN.
j. Frank Hiscock of ASson who was arrest
ed in December, 1883, charged with the lar
cency OF IS sheep the property Of Joseph NJ.
Smith was released soon after, the county at
torney having entered nolle prosvqui. There
upon tie defendant, Hiscock, brought two
suits, through his attorney, one against the
prosecutor, Charles f. Smith and one against
n. f. Clapp, deputy sheriff, for slander and
malicious prosecution of said suits, in Somer-
set County. The actions were to be tried at
the December term of court at Skowhegan,
but the defendant made oVertures, in the way
of settlement OF both suits, which the plaintiff
accepted, and the suits we're thereupon dis
continued, which exonerats Hiscock from the
enarge, and partially remonerateS him for the
injury he has suffered On account OF said pros
ecution
BLUEHLLL.
Bobn legs OF Mr.. FRED thompson or Blu6h1ll
were broken at the White Mountains the first
of this week, by falling logs.
DRESDEN.
A few nights ago, a house occupied by Mr..
Fred Baker, was burned TO the ground. The
occupants saved but little of their effects
MACUIAsPoRT.
A case wrs tried before Justice Wilder re-
Gently, wherein pedagogus was iuvovled. 1t
seems that one of the citizens OF Machiasport
undertook during school hours to call the teach
eF to account for furnishing scholar. Instead
OF kicking the meddsr out, as many teachers
would have done, he had him brought before
court where he WAS filel 81 and cost amount
ing to $l4.