The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-12-17
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| AroostoOk county.
ASDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.
The steam mill at Lisbon Falls will run al
this winter, as the lumber business Is very
| active.
In the Auburn and Lewiston shoe facto
ries, for the week ending Wednesday, Dec
10Th, 1886, the total number Of cases Of shoes
shipped was 1549, and the weight Of leather
received, 1l8.609 pounds. Last week there
were shipped 2757 cases, and the weight oi
leather received was 129,875 pounds. In the
corresponding week Of 1855 there were ship.
ped 1905 cases, and S6,l8l pounds Of leather
were received.
Monday the selectmen Of Turner metAxith
the supervisor Of schools 10 see what meas.
ures should be taken 10 rebuild the sehoo
house which was burned Sunday morning
They decided to call a town meeting and lay
the subject before the town next Monday
As to the origin Of the fire, the general iln
preston seems to be that it was incendiary
The selecctmen Of Turner say that the
building OF the new iron bridge at Keene's
Mills, and the rebuilding Of the school house
VIII Increase the taxes for the next year
about $1,000.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The store Of Gilmore Brothers In North
Brewer, received visit from burglars Tues
day. night. They stole some handksrchiefs,
pocket knives. cologne, tobacco and about
81 in money.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Messrs. Thomas Sanders, II. c. Swasey
and Mr.. Wentworth Of Massachusetts,, rep
resentatiyes Of the Skowhegan Slate Com
pany, have been to East Madison to look
over the railroad situation. II there Is no
prospect Of better transportation facilities
they will sell out their quarry and stock
farm at East Madison, says the Somerset
Reporter.
The Madison Bulletin says 1t Is quite prob
able that another woolen mill will be built
mere next season, on the site now occupied
by the grist mill.
A pulp mill is talked Of at North Anson.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
An effort Is being put forth to establish the
sardine business at Addison, 10 be controlled
by home capital, says the Machias Repebli-
can. 1t Is proposed to raise $1,000 for the
erection Of building Two thousand dol
lars OF the amount has already been sub
scrlDed, and the prospect Is that the balance
OF the sum will be readily taken up.
The appeal Of ID. N. Fenlason, one Of the
Wesley Shaekers, for a new trial has been
refused, 50 he will be sentenced to the State
prison in accordance with law. The trial OF
these these Shaekers has cost the county between
5000 and 5000. Their offence was the
burning OF the buildings Of Game Warden
Muns0n. Of Wesley.
WALDO COUNTY.
George Hunt, brakeman on the Belfast
branch, broke his leg at Thorndike station
recently.
A little daughter of Eugene Reynolds. who
lives about a mile from Burnham village.
swallowed about an inch of the large end OF
a nile Friday. The little girl is between three
and four years Of age. As yet she has expe-
rIenced no particular Inconvenience from
the piece Of foreign substance in her stom
ach, says the Progressive Age.
There is now deposited in cash In Belfast
Savings Bank, 81, 1,152, on the fund for sol
diers' monument. There Is an active move
ment TO ensure the completion of the work
The temperance people of Belfast are hav-
ing considerable difficulty in enforcing the
law, according TO this article In the Journal:
Many have believed, and with them the
Journal, that few fearless and determined
men could stamp out rum-selling in Belfast
IN very short time. The men have come
forward and the attempt has been made, but
It has been only partially successful There
were more difficulties In the way than we
had supposed. There is law enough. but the
trouble Is in enforcing ii. 1t Is dificult to
obtain warrant. III one is secured 1t is on
y after encountering insult and insolenee.
Then the difficulty is to have the warrant
served. In both efforts every possible OBJ
structlon Is placed In the way. Then. no
sooner Is the warrant issued than the person
against whom 1t is drawn is by some means
maui uW dAC VI tue ldct, anu mas ample time
TO put his place in order before the officers
can visit 1t, and the seaxch Is OF course a
fruitless one. 1t Is understood, however,
that the crusade is to go on"
YORK COUNTY.
Joseph w. Gilpatrick, ESQ, died at the
residence of his son in Limerick, last Fri
das, aged Sc years. He had served his town
In the legislature and held many positions OF
trust in the town, being for many years
chairman Of the selectmen.
The Sunday breakfast talk, which Is to be
published in Saeo every Saturday night, has
appeared in its first number. 1t Is newsy
ana neat, and VIII be In great demand, no
doubt, at the breakfast tables Of Biddeford
and Sac0.
Elias Clark, who deals In ready-made
clothing and gentlemen's furnishing goods,
In BlddefOrd, and also runs branch store
In Saccarappa, has failed 1t Is not known
as yet what the full amount of his liabilities
are, but the lowest estimate places them at
$4,000, while one or two OF the creditors
predict that they will reach $4,000, and over
His assets are variOusly estims ed from
$4,000 to $4,000, and consist OF tl,s stock of
goods IN the two stores and the az counts on
his books. 1t is said that the latte. will foot
up about 5000. The heaviest CT, ditors are
New York, Boston and Portland firms, and
there are several in Biddeford, and one, Will
liam Emery, in Alfred. IL Is said that Mr..
Clark owes one firm in New York, S7.7OO,
and among his Boston creditors Is the firm Of
Louis N. Cahen, wholesale clothing dealers,
1t Is also reported that his local creditors are
well secured