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The Portland daily press., 1886-10-25

The Argus Saturday morning contained an
item. stating that thieving had been, and
was at present carried on in our post office.
The item stated that about twenty money
order letters had been taken and that official
documents directed to Washington, had new
er reached their destination. 1t was stated
that special postofice agent was hunting
the matter up.
postmaster Palmer told PRESS reporter
Saturday morning thero was not the least
foundation for any such statement; that for
several years there had been less complaint
in regard to losses than ever before. Fur
thermore he said there could have been no
investigation unless he, at least, knew about
it. He authorized the prompt denial of the
story. He said one complaint was lately
made by one of the banks that a $4,000
check Lad failed to reach its destination,
Augusta. Investigation showed that it had
been directed to Portland instead of Angus
ia, and was lying in the general delivery. In
another case Boston man mailed $50 to a
lady in Portland. The letter did not arrive
and could not be found. 1t was discovered
finally in the Boston office, having been left
there in blank envelope without any ad-
dress. The money was all there About 80
letters week are neposited in the Portland
office without stamps, and are delayed for
that reason. There are constant enquiries
for letters delayed by causes like these, but
the number of enquiries is now much below
the average, and there is no reason whatey-
er to suspect any tampering with the mails.
The Portland daily press., 1886-10-25
BRIEF JoTrlNos.

Saturday night the Society of Art voted
to establish permanent art school.
The value of exports last week was $685.
625.7s.
There. were 50 arrests last week of which
IS were for drunkenness.
Bosworth Post will visit Sheridan Post of
Biddeford. Nov. 9th.
The fall and winter time tables on the rail
roads go into effect today.
A break in the water works occurred on
Franklin street, Saturday, near Congress
street
The electric light committee of the Bldde-
ford city council visited Portland Friday eve
ming to examine the lights In use here.
The Samaritan Associations annual fair
will be held in City Hall, November 9th and
10th.
The regular meeting of the US will be
held today at 3 p. m, at headquarters No.
5l9 Exchange street.
Ihere VIII be special meeting of the exc
cutive committee of the Woman's Auxiliary
TO the Y. Nj. G. A. this afternoon at o'clock.
The Grattans will celebrate their anniver-
sary November Srd, at the Falmouth Hotel,
with banquet and literary exercises.
The portraits of DIR. Weeks by Miss Skeele
In Loring, Short d Harmon's window, at
tracts good deal of attention.
squash weighing 40 pounds is on exhi-
bition at Mr.. John Cooper's provision store
on Market street. 1t was raised by c. E.
Bailey of Deering.
The history of the celebration of Cor
hams one hundredth anniversary can be OBJ
tnf,, al 81 Ill n. IT, ~
ing, Short & Harmon's.
There is every prospect of large attend
ance at the Policemen's ball at City Hall to-
morrow night. Chandler will furnish the
music.
The steamer Lewiston has been sold to
the Boston and Bangor line and will go on
| that route in the spring. We understand
| that she brought about $35000
The adjourned meeting of the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen to hear the remonstrants
against tearing down Old City Hall will be
| held this evening in Reception Hall.
A slight fire in house, corner of Merrill
street and Cartons Lane, set Saturday af-
ternoon by children playing with matches,
was extinguished with few buckets of
water
Saturday evening the efficient head waiter
of the Falmouth Hotel. Mr.. John Keating.
was presented 10y the Falmouth Association,
| with handsome gold watch valued at $75
as birthday present
By the bricking of brace that kept a
large number of barrels of -four, in position
in c. b. Varney & Co.'s store on Commercial
street, Friday, rolled down, smashed flight
of sairs, and several barrels burst open.
Burgess & Co. of Boston, who planned the
Puritan and Mayiiower are working on the
plans of an excursion steamer, 65 feet long,
for Mr.. Weeks of Portland, to be used in
Casco bay.
A man answering the description of the
person who committed the recent Saccarappa
robbery was arrested in Aallowell and COM
mitted Friday. Parties from Saccarappa
went there Saturday morning to Identify the
man.
Locking down through Hussey's sound on
clear, quiet day, sometimes apparently
away out at sea, the observer can detect the
outlines of islands with the horizon line be-
low them. Those who have watched the
| mirage and noticed the times at which it
appears say that it is sure sign of an ap-
preaching storm.
The Portland daily press., 1886-10-25
Mail Changes.

The changes of mails necessitated by the
change of time on the Maine Central and
Boston and Maine srailroads today consist
chiefly in the time of closing Eastern mails
at the Post Office. This will be half hour
later in the morning (6.45 a. m.) and at noon,
Q2.15 p. m,,) the arrivals being the same as
heretofore. Southern and Western mails
arrive five minutes later at noon q2.20 p. m.
and five minutes earlier at night, (S.15 p. m.)
the closings being the same except for 600 p.
m. express which closes fifteen minutes later
@. 80 d. M
The Portland daily press., 1886-10-25
Return Of Portland, No. 2.

Portland steamer No. returned from
the Pennington fire about 7.3O p. m. Satur-
day. The run to Pennington was made in
two hours and forty minutes, about twenty
minutes of this time being consumed in cool
ing shot box" On arrival at Pennington
the firemen found the fire had burned itself
out and the Lewiston steamer was playing
ON the ruins. At halt past eight they re-
lieved the Lewiston men in their work and
continued playing until twelve o'clock, at
which time all danger had disappeared In
order to get water the steamer was obliged
to pump it up for almost 30 feet and then
force it through fifteen hundred feet of pipe.
In spite Of these drawbacks, the engine
worked splendidiy and drew lots of praise
from those who watched it,
The Portland daily press., 1886-10-25
PERSONAL.

l.. L. Hight of Portland, Harvard SO, has
poem in the last number of life.
Rev. Mr. Phelan, pastor at the Preble
Chapel, is quite i'll from severe cold and is
confined to the house.
At meeting of the Board of Health held
Saturday afternoon, Mr.. Sayward was con-
tinued as health officer.
Mr.. j. II. Gaubert and wife will leave
loday for Columbia, S. c /, to spend the win
ter with their son, DR.. A. L. Gaubert
The wife of Senator Hale of Maine will
soon go to Europe with her three sons to
remain there several years.
The First Congregational Society of Ban
sor have extended call to Mr.. C. ii. Cutler
If the Andoyer Theological Seminary to
become their pastor.
Elgn C. Verrill, Fred G. Cobb and Charles
FL. Cook were admitted in the Supreme
Court, Saturday, to practice in all the courts
Of the State.
William Spellman hacker and trainer of
z. III. Conley year ago, is now in Halifax,
n. s., in charge of the carriage shop of his
brother, ex-Alderman Thomas Spellman.
Captain Keyes, former publisher of the
Pennington Chronicle, was in town, Satur-
day, to see Architect Stevens about plans for
new residence He first heard of the fire
after arrival here.
Hon. w. W. Thomas, Jr., is still in Stock
holm preparing his history of Sweden,
which he will by permission dedicate to the
King of Sweden. The work will be published
simultaneously in America and Sweden.
Mr.. Frank p Sargent of Terre Haute, Ind,
formerly of this city, Grand Master of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Flremen, was in
the city Wednesday ievening on flying visit
20 the brotherhood of Portland.
Congressman Long has. telegraphed Con-
gresham pingley asking him to speak on
the fisheries question in some of the coast
districts of Massachusetts. Mr.. Frye has
also been invited to speak in the State.
Much credit is due to Sergt. d. c. Murphy.
signal observer at Eastport, who was form
erly stationed here, for his conduct during
the fire. He went to the top of the custom
house, in the midst of the fire, and removed
his instruments TO place of safety, though
the most of the United States mail and Gus
tom house records, in the same building,
were lost
While at Senator Camerons house in Har-
risburg, on Monday night, Mr.. Blaine found
book in the library treating of the history
of early Pennsylvania families. In it he dis
covered remote kinship between his
mothers ancestors and the family of
McCormicks, from which came Senator
Camerons first wife, and traced it back to
the connecting link. When he retired to his
room for the night, Senator Cameron, miss
ing the book from the table and suspecting
that his guest was losing sleep, followed him
to his room and caught him sitting on the
bed with his overcoat ON and the book open
in his hand. Senator Cameron took the
book from him and said he felt tempted to
do as his mother used to do with him under
similar circumstances-blo out the light.
The Portland daily press., 1886-10-25
SUPERIOR COURT.
BEFORE JUDGE ROY NV.


SATURDAY.-Peter Ebbesen " James NJ. Hutch
lnson. heplevn for COW and calf. The defend
ant pl claims the COW BY purchase from one Neils
feterSen. The plaintih formerly carried on th,
milk business and lived with Petersen Petersen
assisted him In the purchase of his cows and Their
bn ,s ao,ne BUSINESS transactions between them
was bought by him, and that Petersen never had
any any lllle 10 her. Petersen claims that he bougb
% lhe cow aud ne and his wife psid for her. The
plaintiff admits that Petersen made the trade viii
the butcher from whom the cow was purchased
ns because although both paitiff and Petersen are
w lhe money furnished by Petersen's wife was none,
she owed plaintiff. Decision reserved
L. M Webb for plaintiff
Emery S. Ridlon vs. woodbury. s Pennen Sc.
@ l@ioil on An account annexed to recover S2O1O for
epdan services as an attorney at law in de-
Sht td 10 ior REPRESENTATION during the war The de-
nrnscu,i iau an attorney IN Washington who was
P,unecn9.lhg tne claim In the department and tbt
plainlins services were rendered In prenarine ~
TTislag letters ana making powers Of at
torhey. me defendants claim as filtered through
me alembic Of his cOunses mind is FIRST thai fRe
SItatuies OF the United States and the rulings ul
chorn;1ss Snsion department prohibit any attorney
@ sahK more than ten dollars in any case inyoy
y anile clam for pension, bounty or transp5rtafio,
osSpne lhat evtn If he is to recover he lair value
nrea tne prices charged In the writ are
ull a 9nanle lle and exorbiant Decision reserved
4. .. hldlon pro Sc. 'S'si 'e"
uu,an, p s.o w. II. Motley for defendant.
sumPslt sa on promissory note as foil vs. 'S
TweIyes months a,,a CORTLAND, Aug. /, 1879.
the order Of osS 1yss, after , t promise to pay t.
ceived. WIN interest, value re-
fSigned)
q nis nots was endorsed on the bark % soilosvs
sons sy ~ 70 the order of W. X Stevens q Par.
Parsons % eigM Tbe sIS .I,,, was the signt re of a.
maker and nn1 ~ suit i against The defendant as a
ID IN, te e note which made out his case The defeppd pdd
face ehss II he psper pa I'm but eme that on the
dorser, and therefore conld "nt w. = l1 slsp an IT,
" wien declares against him as ioint ' and
Frank W. Robinson for plaiuti0
L. Nj, Wpbh fn, dofaodaut
The Portland daily press., 1886-10-25
The SpoiIs in Bangor

In about eight weeks the office Of collector
for the port of Bangor will be vacant. About
the middle of February the term of Office of
the present postmaster will expire, and II is
OF course expected by the Democrats that
some Of their party will be appointed to the
position. Strange as it may seem, they are
likely to be disappointed in regard to one of
the offices. For the position of collector it is
SAID that four citizens have signified their
Willingness to forsake private enterprises for
the public good. They are William It. Pier
son, james L. Rawson, Edward Connors and
Lewis Stratton. The former is declared
however, TO be out of the race, on account OF
trouble with the government several years
ago regarding duties on imported lumber.
AZ tnat time Judge Webb. then United
states Dlstrlct Attorney, prosecuted in the
name OF the government, and obtained judg-
ment IN one court. The case was then taken
10 hlgher court, but before it came to trial.
Hon. John A. Peters, then member of Con.
gress, VINO defended Mr.. Pierson, settled the
case py paying the government quite sum
:, For the position of postmaster there are
tnree known candidates; Fred Cummings
ex-may0r O1 Bangor, Frank Owen, manager
Oh tne opera House, and Charles Bliss, man
aeer ol tne western Union business at that
point. cummings is a coal dealer; became
mayor Dy accident, and, while in that office.
performed an act that has made Bangor the
iiaugnlng stock of the country. He vetoed
the standard time" bill, and when next he
ran lor the ONCE was easily defeated.
The Portland daily press., 1886-10-25
a Hard Blow,

Last Tuesday, Nelson Leighton, who lives
ON Fore street, was struck by John Blades
with heavy stone, and received what may
prove fatal injury. The trouble between
the two men originated from liquor case,
in which Leighton testified against Blades.
Blades has been arrested, and bound over to
appear before the Municipal Court, Wednes-
day. Leighton was able to go to the police
station to enter complaint against Blade,
but has since been regarded as in a danger
GUS condition.
The Portland daily press., 1886-10-25
THE STATE
HANCOCK COUNTY.

AANCOCk COUNTY.
The Industrial Journal says that at Bar
Harbor new houses, are cropping up like
weeds. George A. Barron the well known
contractor, is building three cottages on
West street for Mr.. William B. Rice, which
will cost $25, 900, and he is also erecting two
houses for himself-one on Ledgelawn Ave
nue., to cost $500, and one on Hancock
street to cost 5000. The Catholic church of
Saint Sylvia is to be enlarged to accommo-
date 800 more people than at present. Eley-
en- new buildings are to be erected at Long
Pend the coming winter, and in the vicinity
OF Otter Greek several transfers of land have
recently been made, preliminary. it is sup
posed, to the erection of new cottages. At
Northeast Harbor Mr.. John Hopkinson Of
Cambridge, Mass, is having a summer house
built, near that of his brOther-in-law Presi-
dent Eliot Of Harvard University. A piece
OF land bought last March for 5000 sold re-
Gently for $500. An acre Of land some dis
tance from Bar Harbor was bought two
years ago for 500 and sold lately for $500.
Sales of land have been made at $4,000 per
acre, and building lots command fabulous
prices.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
1t looks now as though the bridge case at
Gardiner had reached a settlement The
stockholders held meeting Monday fore
noon, and voted to accept the award Of S20,-
671, made by the county commissioners, and
$1,000 additional for timber en- hand for re-
pairs, and tools not included in the award
AT the meeting OF the committee Of the city
and the committee of the company, the
former offered to give the amount asked for.
provided the tools and everything were in
cluded. At subsequent meeting Of the
company this concession was made and the
trade ratified The Kennebec Reporter says
that the company is to retain possession of
the bridge until January 1st, 1887. The to-
tai cost OF the bridge will not be far from
$4,000
Mr.. Dennis Berry and Miss Phebe Trask
OF Sidney were married last week. The
groom is 76 years old and the bride "a. Mr..
Berry had both hands blown off in firing a
salute for Stephen A. Douglass in 1860
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
DR.. Fitzgerald of Dexter, has invented a
smoke stack and spark arrester which he ex-
poets will be big thing for the railroads.
-Four French boys have been tried in Dex-
ter for shooting heifer and COW belonging
to Mr. Clukey.
Bangor's contribution for Eastport amounts
to nearly $1,000.
PIscArAQUIs COUNTY.
Elbridge Flanders Of Dexter, is to build a
mill in Kingsbury for the manufacture of
spool stock.
YORK COUNTY.
CaptainIGeorge Jordan of Saco, formerly
sea captain, but now retired, says that in
1873 he had occasion to remodel his house on
Storer street and in so doing had the old
fashioned brick chimney 1t contained torn
down. From the bricks of the same he has
constructed large cistern, four new modern
chlmneys, built the foundation for four
posts of the cid house and then had bricks
enough left to construct large house.
Kate Maloney, confined in Biddeford jail
Tor drunkenness. attempted TO commit sui
eide last week.
The Portland daily press., 1886-10-25

Delegates to the State convention.

Thus far Mr.. w. S. Corey has received
lists of those elected to attend the Y. M. C.
A. State Convention from only five of the
State associations. Biddeford has elected
ten, but has not forwarded the names. Au-
gusta has chosen five; three from the associ-
alton and two from the boys branch Ban
gor has chosen about twenty. The following
lists have been received.
Foxcroft and Dover-C. b. Kittredxe. w T..
Whltemore, w. A. Pratt, C. G. Nichols, S. j. Law,
Ivory Douglass.
Bowdoin College-O. d. Sewall, C. j. Goodwin.
+. G. Russell, c. f. Hersey, II. Merrill p Mar,
ston, Z. X. Stearns, II. G. Jackson, L. L. Adams
l. d. Robinson, G. 4. Cary, III. Card, A. w. Toi-
man.
Bates College,. s. Pendleton, c. C. Smith. w.
G. Wheeler, g. II. Libby, G. f. Garland.
Colby Uniyersity-Orris L. Beverage, Cbas. E.
Cook, Fred M. Perkins, Chas. II. G0odale, John
A. Shaw, Nelson s. Burbank.
Four delegates will be present from the
State College at Orono.
The other associations are expected to send
large delegations.
The convention bids fair to be largely at
tended by representative young men of the
associations in the State. Many others will
be present as corresponding members from
places where no association exists.
Rev. j. L. Withrow, ID. d., of Boston, will
speak on Friday evening, subject, Sound
Doctrine and Sound Morality" Other dis
tinguished speakers will also be present dur
ing the convention
The Portland daily press., 1886-10-25
G. 1. Eox,s Art Talk

There should be large audience present
at the Art-Talk to be given by Mr. Charles
l.. Fox, at Rossini Hall this evening. Mr..
Fox's late lecture before the Sketch Club
showed how thoroughly at home he is on his
subject and how Interestingly he can put it
before his audience. The title of tonight's
talk will be Beauty and Art, and their def
nitions by natural laws. The talk will
dwell on the difference between the different
schools of painting, the qualities necessary
to become good art critic, etc. The lecture
will be free to all, and will be of great
value.
The Portland daily press., 1886-10-25
RAILWAY MATTERS.
TIE SHORE LINE.

Col. Green, the protector of the Shore Line
railroad, last year wanted guarantee Of
$4,000 from Eastport to complete branch
to that town. The town held a number of
meetings and the vote was very equally
divided, but they rejected the proposal
by small majority. This was very lucky
thing for them now, as the town is at present
100000 in debt. To increase il to s1oO. .DO
with the present outlook for business is
more than any one will hear to. So Col
Greene can get but very little encouragement
The Portland daily press., 1886-10-25
STATE POLITICS.
A CONTESTED ELECTION CASE.

n VO-N t1zotf1D H11hCIIUN ClAsE,
At the recent State election the candidates
for representatives in the Legislature from
the class composed of the towns Of Bradley,
Clifton, Eddington, Greenbush, Greenfield,
Holden and Milford. were John Scott, Dem
ocrat. and w. HI. Scott, Republican. The re-
turns as announced by the Secretary of State
elected W. H. Scott by vote of 391 to 3S4.
1t is said now that an examination of the
records of the town clerks shows that John
Scott is elected instead. 1t is expected that
the matter will come before the Legislature.
The Portland daily press., 1886-10-25
SUBURBAN NEWS.


CAPE ELIZABETH.
MI. Fritz Jordan Of Portland, contem-
plates purchasing the large field bounded Dy
high ana Pleasant streets and the old ferry
road' at Cape Elizabeth, and open up that
ana other real estate which he owns with
new streets for building purposes.
Mr.. Edgar Littlejohn had saved about
sloO. and for safe keeping he put the money,
which was in bills, in small tea box, and
placed the box in the oven Of the kitchen
stove. Friday morning his wife, forgetting
ABOUT the money, kindled fire in the stove;
nater ds sne remembered about the money, ana
opened the stove to find it badly charred.
Costmaster Palmer thinks a few OF the bills
are good. The rest are mere black strips.
:. me contract for lighting the new street
ngnts Igli at Ferry Village has been given to Mr..
"lilam turner, the lowest bidder
DEERISG.
The "Eramathian Adelphi' club of West
brook Seminary held their first meeting Of
this term last Friday evening. A large
number OF the students manifested their in
terest in the society by being present. The
company was highly entertained during the
first of the evening by many fine musical Sc
lectlons, both vocal and instrumental. fol.
lowed by reading which was particularly
noticeable, and a recitation by one of the
young gentlemen, which was finely rendered
A very animated discussion took place on
the following resolution
RESOLVED, That intemperance has caused more
eyil and suffering than war.
The arguments were unusually pointed
and weighty, and displayed good deal OF
ability on the part of the students. At the
close OF the discussion the reading of the so
ciety paper "Westbrook Echo,' excited
much applause. The meetings are to be hel(
as often as convenient throughout the year
The Village Improvement Society is boom
ing. A large number Of life members have
been added. Hon. B. G. Northrup, LII ID.
will lecture in Lewis Hall, Thursday even
ing, on the improvement of our towns am
rural homes. A large committee of citizen
has been raised to prepare for the fair sool
to be held.
While at work on Forest Avenue, Deerine
Saturday morning, the steam roller go
ditched by running over place beside tn
road where the water company had filled ii
new earth over water pipe. The stree
1 Commissioners men finally succeeded in ex
Treating it in the afternoon.
The Portland daily press., 1886-10-25

FRED Plaisted, the oarsman, returned to
Portland Saturday night, and will resume
business with M. F. Davis & Co. He thinks
OConnell of this city can beat either Conley
or Ryan, who will pull for the New England
amateur championship next Saturday. He
Is satisfied with his season. He has got
The Portland daily press., 1886-10-25
ACCidanfG

Miss Lizzie johnson Of this city, met with
serious accident while visiting friends at
Harpswell recently. She fell and injured
the cap of her knee while going to church
and sustained severe injury to the cords of
the leg. 1t was about mile from the church
where the mishap occurred, and though
Miss johnson walked that distance, she
tainted on reaching her destination. The
young lady is now at her home on Merrill
street, and if under physicians care.
The Portland daily press., 1886-10-25
Suicide ar AnIiie

Mr.. Samuel Locke of Hollis, who has been
suffering from dependency for some time
past, committed suicide Friday His wife
died two years ago and he never recovered
from the shock. He was about SO years of
age. He was brother of Stephen Locke of
biddeford, and uncle of Hon. j. A. Locke
and Ira 5. Locke of this city. His funeral
took place yesterday, and it was largely
attended by his friends and neighbors.
The Portland daily press., 1886-10-25
United Fellowship.

Cumberland Council, No. 81, of Portland,
gained two members of Glass A October 1S,
making thirty-two members now in good
standing in that class.
Arrangements have been made by the Su-
preme Council with w. A. Rice of Bangor
to work in Massachusetts, in organizing
councils. Professor Rice has instituted
more councils than any other deputy in the
order
The Portland daily press., 1886-10-25
MARRIAGES..

Ella j.. Edwards " - '' O''Pp' ~" WIS
U,isd ih dops.ham, Oct 7, by Rev. L. c. Guild John
of Topsham 1 ''A'' oeA"'o y iiasAoii
Ella Tovthaker '''1 mss
,v,ndtn IN Lisbon. Oct: IA, George H. Smith of North
"niuhdin ana Miss Rose 4. Lane Of Lisbon.