The Portland daily press., 1885-03-13
A LINCOLN COUNTY rNDUsrRxI
Beethbay People Shoot Whales off the
shore, and are Making Money in Oil.

BATH March PA large number of people
| in Boothbay are kept busy in an industry
| which has been taken from the Arctic regions.
They are now at work cutting up the fourth
whale which has been taken between Monhe-
gan and Squirrel Islands. The whales are
shot with bomb or shell from a gun at the
shoulder the hunters firing from the deck of a
steamer. 1t is exciting sport, and promises to
| be very profitable Each whale produces from
forty to fifty barrels of OIL and the Cotton car
csss is made into fertilizer. Four have been
| towed in within three weeks, and five more
are killed aud lying on the bottom. Two of
| these are buoyed and anchored, SO that when
they rise, which occura in about ten days, they
| cannot float off.
Fire at North sacS.
| BIDDEFoRD, March. 12.-The story and
| half building occupied as grocery store by
| William Boothby, in the Flag Pond district, at
| North Saco, was entirely consumed by fire
| with all its contents, at aboat half-past ten
| o'clock last evening.
| LewistOn's City Marshal
LEWISTON, March 12.-Capt. John French,
was confirmed city marshal by the board of al
dermen tonight.
Corporate Existence Extended.
| WARRINGTON, March 12.-The Comptroller
| OF the Currency today extended the corporate
existence to March 10, 1905, of the Canal Ma
tional Bank of Portlanp. Me.
AUGUSTA.
Hon. James w Bradbury, an honored men,
| ber of the Kennebec Bar Association, has do
| mated 800 to the Kennebec law library.
BDDEFoRD.
It is expected that Rev. A. s. Ladd of Bid
deford will be appointed to Pine street Metho-
dist church in Bangor, at the forthcoming con-
ference.
BATH.
1t is said that @. B. Harrington has been
awarded the contract to build the ferry boat
for Cape Elizabeth parties, to run between
Portland and Cape Elizabeth The boat is to
be few feet longer and wider than the ferry
boat that runs between Bath and Woolwich.
The steamer State of Maine, of the Interna-
tional Steamship Line, will leave for Portland
this week, to be fitted for her Boston and ST.
John route.
Engineer Dolan's fingers were all taken of
Wednesday. This finishes the amputation, as
result of his frozen condition. and leaves
him in pitiabe plight-toeless and hpgerleSS
BANGOR.
The Morning Star says Rev. r. L. Howard
of Bangor, rendered his resignation March 8
and will take the pastoral care of the Free
Baptist church at Franconia, N. H., about the
26th inst.
| HAMPDEE.
The Hampden town meeting, which was tc
have been held Monday, had to be postponed
on account of the warrants not having been
properly attested by the constable.
HoLLIs CENTRE.
T. @. Mulvey, an aged citizen, station agent
and postmaster, died yesterday morning at
O'Clock. He had been in poor health all win
ter.
LIMERICK.
Last August among the deeds left for recort
with the register of deeds for York county, wal
one conveying Duck Island and Smutty Most
Island from the State Of Maine to Jeremiah
M. Mason of Limerick, for $780, Mr.. Masol
has not yet removed his purchases, the tw'
islands named yet remaining at the Isles o
Shoals.
MT. DESERT.
{ The lumber for the Green Mountain Hous
at Mt. Desert, has been secured at Ellsworth
and franklin, and several car loads have al
ready been sent the Ferry. At Mt. Deser