The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-02
AUGUSTA TOPICS.
Trials and TribulatIons Of the "Ciant
oxie Company,
Burns Prepared to Commence Trade
in Uncle Sans Buildings.
vassaIboro's School FIourishIng In
sSpIte of Its MIsfortunes.


AUGUSTA, Feb. IAN Augusta firm OF
young men are advertising and selling pro-
prietory medicine. They started out under
the name of the "Oxie Nerve Food Compa-
n.y." but hardly had their advertisements
appeared when they received a letter from
The 'Moxie Nerve Food Company" charging
that the Augusta young men were infringing
on their name, and threatening legal action.
Quite warm dispute arose and the Augusta
firm finally decided to appear as the "Giant
Oxie Company
Mike Burns continues on the war path and
proposes to present problem for the Bath
Law and Order League to solve by pushing
his scheme of making rum shops of Uncle
Sans custom houses. He has one hundred
cases of liquor in the Bath custom house
and says he shall shortly proceed to the Sag
adahoc city and dispose of it regardless of
the State laws. Customers will be given an
order for one or more packages, which they
will present 70 the proper customs officials
and receive their goods. Burns is confident
that he cannot be reached by the State au-
thorities.
A well known Augusta rumseller who has
been driven out of business here has gone to
Lewiston to open shop there, taking car
penter with him to fit up the establishm ent
and build hiding place for liquor.
The SUM of $4,000 has been raised or
pledged towords the new school building to
be erected in Vassalboro in place of the one
destroyed by fire last summer, and plans for
the structure are now being drawn by Lew
iston architect. The total sum required will
be $1s,00O Building operations will be
opened as soon as the season win admit, and
the work pushed to completion. 1t will be
wooden bsilding with wings, and large
tank will be constructed in the attic to con-
tain water for use in case of fire. The
school is sprospering remarkably well con-
sidering the drawbacks with which it has
been afflicted Its membership now num-
bers over seventy.
There is prospect that a new hard wood
floor will be laid in the rotunda Of the State
House. The Improvement is needed one.
as the present floor is rough and filled with
crevices.
Some other Matters.
AUGUSTA, Feb. There appears to have
been a strong effort made to induce the Gov
ernor to nominate physician of another
school on the Board of Health in place of
DR.. Horr, whose time expired January 31st,
and large number of petitions were sent
forward to the Governor from various parts
of the State, but none Of them presented the
name of any particular man for the place.
Notwithstanding the right to petition and
the many good names thereon, Governor
Marble thought he could not well overlook
the fact that DR.. Horr is regarded as very
efficient member of the board withsno COM
plants TO the contrary; that his three years
experience made the reason for his reappoint-
ment of still greater value to the sanitary
interests of the State, and unless some
cogent arguments could be presented to
show that the appointment of another man
would result in distinctly greater benefit to
the cause. he regarded it bis duty to select the
old member, DR.. Horr. The board, in fact,
/, not a medical board. OF the six ap-
pointees by the Governor, three are physi-
clans, one lawyer, one Jan ex-college pro-
fessor, and one civil engineer. The secre-
tary and executive officer of the board, Dr.
Young is elected by the board, and as one
of the board puts it, II would not have him
changed for any other man in Maine" The
members of the board were chosen solely
or, at least, their qualifications to work on
health board. Two Of the board are Demo-
Gratis.
Governor Marble and his secretary were
busy Tuesday and Wednesday, attending to
correspondence accumulated during the past
week Of the snow blockade The Governor
will return home Friday or Saturday, and re-
turn to Augusta Tuesday pext for the pur-
pose of making batch of important nomi..
nations to be confirmed at the next session of
the Council the 18th inst. He examined and
fixed his signature to S325,ooo in registered
bonds, Tuesday. They go out of the State.
The young folks of the Congregational So
ciety of this city, cleared some SOC at their
80 cent "crazy SUPPER" so called, given at
their chapel, Monday evening.
A party of Augusta people drove out to
Weeks Mills, twelve miles from the city, on
Wednesday evening of last week to give
surprise party. The great storm made its
appearance, the roads were blocked and they
had not arrived home today.
The wife of Edward A; Wentworth Of Sid
ney, who was killed Sunday evening, will be
entitled to pension of $12 month. while
all the children under is. of whom there are
six or eight, will receive $4 from the pension
department each month.