The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-11-30
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Death Of Rev. A. p. rlnkar

Death of Rev. A. p. Tinker.
LEWISTON, Nov. pa Journal special
reports the death of Rev. A. p. Tinker at
Denver, Col He was formerly paster of the
Congregational church at Auburn.
Anson Phelps Tinker was born in Old
Lyme, Connecticut in October, 1912. His
fathers financial miscarriage left him early
to his own resources. After securing good
common school education, he accepted
place in Brooks clothing store in New York
city, beginning at the foot of the ladder and
climbing. But he was not satisfied with mer-
camille life, and preparing for college he en-
tered Yale and was graduated at the head of
his class. He accepted position as tutor in
the college and, after two years successful
service, entered Andover Theological school,
His father died while he resided in Auburn.
HIS mother survives him. and now resides
with son in Concord, N. II.
In 1873 Mr.. Tinker preached his first SER
mon in High st. Congregational church ,lAu-
burn and was caned.to the pastorate. He was
granted few months leave of absence for
the benefit of his health, and took a voyage
down the Mediterranean, returning in 1874.
He set Immediately about his work in Au-
1 uuth. ilio ScIuOuh SOON dlLTdCL6u more
than local attention for their feryor and
power. 1t was found necessary to enlarge
the church edifce. A parsonage was built for
the pastors family and the growth of the
church and congregation was large. Janua-
ry 20, 1880, Mr., Tinker sustained a great loss
in the death of his wife who left two young
children. Mrs. Tinker's maiden naMe was
Martha White of Weymouth, Mass.
| In 1881 Mr.. Tinker again married. His
second wife was Miss Maria Walker who
died May u, 1882. De cember T. 1882, Mr.
| Tinker accepted call to Detroit, Michigan,
leaving Auburn January. 2nd, 1885, amid
universal regret. sla"
Temperance in Brunswick.
BRUNswIcK.I NOV. 29.-There is temper
ance revival in Brunswick and the citizens
are waking up to the necessity of stricter
enforcement of the law. A rousing meeting
was held in the town hall last evening aud
several enthusiastic speaches were made
The principal speaker of the evening was
President Hyde of Bowdoin College. He
delivered the ablest and most interesting lee
ture on temperance ever listened to by a
Brunswick audience. The meeting was held
under the auspices of the Womans Christ
ian Temperance Union. Before adjourn
ment the following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:y
Whereas, Drunkenness is more frequent
in our village than it ought to be in COM
munity protected by prohibitory law, there
| FORE
Resolved, That we respectfully call the at
| tenti0n of the selectmen to this fact, aud re-
quest them to give the police such instruc-
ti0ns as shall prevent the illegal transporta-
tion and sale of intoxicating liquors in our
community.
The Kennebec Ice Harvest.
| AUGUSTA, Nov. 29.-The ice cutters of
the Kennebec are getting ready to gather a
big harvest the coming winter. The partial
failure Of the crop last winter is not in the
least discouraging to them. Such q season
as that comes only at very long periods and
is not thereby likely to be repeated the CON-
| ing winter or for many winters in the future.
There is but small quantity of ice left in
| the houses along the river banks nnsold.
| BY the time navigation closes the houses
will be practically empty. Many new houses
have been built the past season. There must
therefore be more work in the ice season
than usual, SO that it will make labor in de-
mand and business brisk while the harvest
the least expensive to produce and the one
that has the most labor in it according to
value. With favorable weather the crop
harvested on the Kennebec next winter will
be immense.
An Old Soldier Burned to Death.
CALAIS, Nov. ga fire at Milltown, N.
| b., Saturday night, totally destroyed the
house and out buildings recently purchased
with the back pay of q pension, and occu-
! pied by Barney Ryan. A portion of the con-
tents of the house were saved The total
loss is $500; no insurance. The fire origi-
mated in a barn and was well underway
when discovered. Ryan and an Italian
workman entered the barn to endeavor to
save the horse and cows, but were driven
out by the heat and smoke. Ryan made
second attempt and was buried under falling
timbers His charred remains were recov-
cred from the ruins. The deceased was an
American war veteran about fifty years of
age. He leaves wife andtwo children in
destitute circumstances.
Death of Byron Somes.
Boston, Nov. 29.-Byron Somes, night
| editor of the Globe and one of Boston's best
known journalists, died after long illness of
| typhoid fever at his home in Boston High
| lands tonight He was a son of Hon. Daniel
| Z. Somes of Biddeford, Me-, and his early
| life was passed in Washington, ID. c. His
| journalistic career has been wide and varied,
Notwithstanding he was only 28 years old at
the time of his death. Leaving the Boston
Globe staff three years ago he joined the edi-
| torial force of the New York Star, which he
left to take the managing editors chair in
| the Troy Telegram Office A year later he
| started the Troy News. After an extended
| travel through the West he returned to Bos-
ton in April last, and up to the time of his
sickness was an efficient worker in the
| Globe office.
Lumbermen Taking to the Woods.
BANGOR, Nov. 29.-The lumbermen are
now going into the woods for the winter.
| The coves of Moosehead Lake are freezing
over and the steamers do not expect to be
able to transport men and teams across the
lake after next Wednesday. There has al
ready been fall of foot of snow in some
places and there is prospect of getting to
work early. The preparations for cutting
are about that of average years. There hav-
ing been many logs stranded in Dead river
last spring, operations will not be as exten-
sve there. With the logs to come down
there will be not far from an average cut
Death of a Prominent Belgrade cltI-
zen.
BELGRADE, Nov. 29.-J. L. Heath, Esq,
prominent citizen of Belgrade, died of pneu-
monia, Sunday morning, aged about 70 years
Mr.. Heath formerly resided in Augusta, and
was for number of years city marshall OF
Augusta. He was leading Methodist, and
prominent temperance advocate. The
funeral will occur Wednesday at 10 a. m.
From Bar Harbor.
BAR HARBoR, Nov. 29.-Papers are in
circulation for subscriptions to the stock of a
new newspaper, to be issued at once. The