The Portland daily press., 1889-08-30

An animal supposed to be a wolverine has
been recently killed in New Gloucester. He
had killed sheep and calves and badly fright
ened one or two boys before he was catured.
He was shot by Sullivan Hackett.
A Belfast man recently shingled the roof
of cottage and then called his neighbors to
admire his work, 1t was admirably done,
the only trouble with 1t being that the
shingles were put on butt end foremost.
Some Of the Colby University BOYS
ofiiciated as ushers at the recent wedding of
Miss Lulu Osborne Hanlin, daughter Of
Colby's colored janitor and adopted daughter
of Prof. Hamln. Miss Hamlin was
married at her fathers house In Wateryille
to Mr.. Common. teacher in the college for
colored students where she has been teaching
in the South. DIR. Pepper performing the
ceremony.
The people of Northport and Pencbscot
have been a good deal puzzled lately by a
roaring noise. They first heard it when a
circus and menagerie were in the town, and
attributed it to the animals in the latter.
wouldn't work. One theory now is that the
sea serpent on his way to Bar Harbor. An
other attributes it to sea lions, while third
makes swarm of seventeen year old locusts
responsible.
The terrible midnight assault upon Mr.. 81.
s. Houghton, of Wilton. by Walter FL.
Moore, his rapid detection and his speedy
trial, sentence to State prison for life, and i'm
mediate transportation to Thomaston, is still
| fresh in the public memory. The county
| commissioners of Franklin county have been
| auditing the bills and approving them and
have now found out just what 1t cost the
| county to punish that terrible crime. The
| figures look like this: Judge Chambers bill,
| $5.57; witness fees. $40 46; Sheriff Sylvester,
| $2650; Constable Horn. $3l I; Detective WOr-
NELL. $76,70; Deputy Sheriff Pike. $llo.71;
total, $e70.94. deputy Sheriff Pixies bill in
cuded considerable work done by Wilton
parties. The commissioners think that, con-
sidering the magnitude of the crime, the
cost Of the punishment was exceedingly
| light.
The "Greenback district convention" for
| the fourth Congressional district, which met
in Bangor, Wednesday, consisted of DIR.
| Ladd, Mark A. Mclaughlin, of Carmel, a
| farmer and retired sch0olmaster. Solomon
| Gee Of Orono, a farmer, Albion Gates of
| Carroll, farmer, who came 20 miles to at
| tend the meeting, Lieut.. Hatch. military in
structor at the State College. who is sort
of godson Of the Greenback party, having
been appointed to West Point on the NOM
nation of Greenback Congressman, and
viewed the proceeding as an interested spec
tatOr, a nice looking old gentleman from
Hampden and two newspaper men.
DR.. Laid opened the convention" by
| reading the cali, and on his motion Mr.. Nc
| Laughlin was elected chairman. MIR. Gee
| served as secretary. Messrs. Gee and Gates
were appointed committee to nominate
delegates from this district to the national
| Greenback convention that is to meet at
Cincinnati September IL. They attended to
their duty and reported the names of Mr..
Mclaughlin, Mr.. Gee and Mr.. Isaac Phillips
| of Monson, lumberman. The gentlemen
were chosen. The same committee were
told to name a district committee, and on
their report Mr.. Mclaughlin, Mr.. Phillips
and G. E. Church Of Cherryfeld, general
merchant and harness manufacturer, were
chosen. DR.. Ladd and Mclaughlin were
elected to represent the district on State
committee
After the routine work eof the convention
Dr. Ladd addressed the large audience. He
said he became soft money man in 1887, at
the time Gen. Jackson removed the deposits
from the United States banks, and had been
| one ever since. The Greeubackers, he said,
| cured the hard times of 1873. and then gave
way to the Democratic party, which ran four
years on the brains the Greenbackers left
them. when we take hold again." said
DR.. Ladd, II hope to God 1t will be to stay.'
The convention was very harmonious, and
no policemen were needed to keep order.