The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-12

- aiu retains few shares so as to CONTINUE
n'o service on the board of directors. ~
1ass nc thinks the road will pay IN low
' Du' ne has other interests In winch no
.lHnoy can be utilized at present 10 pe''ei
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.
oon,n ~ d mitchell says the militia goes lneo
will he aoi business this year; and that passes
Hinder n Issued to visitors very sPaiin nr;t;.
cisms OF Companies Will he forwarded to
knowinn ~ az once so that they can NC
fnr thag 70 criticisms made without waitins
ava '"o" pupllcation year later.
Inc Calais Times thinks the plan of the
mai Maane central is. no doubt. to sell its section
T 1ona dIiaa.staaWamkeag to Vanceboro 10 lne
XMa ntao aclfc, build the direc line Irou
saanE ta to northern Aroostook, anu
strnctjn n1 ~ Mew Brunswick trafhc ~ c az
Grand southern and New Brunswick roads
az Oalals. The people of Washington eoun.
. w apP, o;a such programme because ~
t WoIru n anu greatly in the development OF
t 700, Ot IL commercial Importance for their
t t1Mhs Oh PASSPORT and Calais. which, they
trade.
a ame berwick PEI man who fourteen years ago
nal1ed ms infant boy Harrison K. O. G. r.
y. 4: 4; 7. W. w. Aaron Lothoctas Quit
ansque GapPdner Stockbridge Hunt Pierce
Goodwin Dow, will do well to be gathered to
MS fathers before that boy gets;out into the
world and appreciates his situation.
The Bar Harbor Record calls for sub
scriptlon TO erect monument over two
graves that certainly should, as reminders of
the settlement of Maine, be marked endur-
lngly Near Hulps Cove, Mt Desert, a
small weather-worn, wooden cross marks the
a iass resting res place Of Bartnolo%y de Gregoire
was the granddaughter of Antoine de lie
| Motto Cadillac, brilliant French officer,
VINO was at one time c0mmandant of Mack-
nav and Detroit and governor of Louisiana
10 him was granted by the French king, in
1888, the island of Mount Desert and a large
part of the mainland ON Union river. His
granddaughter claimed his estate in success
ion in 1856, and the General Court of Massa-
chusetts granted to her and her heirs 1000
acres. For time the family lived at Hull's
Cove. In 1872 they began to sell off the es-
tate, until at the time of their death in 1870
not an acre remained
The Bangor correspondent of the Boston
Herald writes that the Madawaska lands
deal has been settled much to the relief of
ALL" Yes, the landowners are relieved of
their squatters, the squatters are relieved of
fears OF suits, the State treasury Is relieved
OF good round sum, and there are a few
other fellows who are no doubt relieved
Speaking of the misfortune of the Augusta
stallion Cushnoe at Fairfield last week, an
Augusta correspondent says SIN every
heat the field seemed to combine to beat the
Augusta stallion and it was simply impossi-
Bile for him to win another heat" All is if
Cushnoc was beaten by combine his
owner couldn't have lived in Augusta long,
The girls at Squirrel Island are famous
swimmers, If they are all SO capable and cool
in the water as Miss Maud Stanwood. This
young lady. according to adespatch from the
island, accidentally fell overheard while
yachting Friday. She went under and the
yacht passed over her, but when she emerged
she struck out and cody called out: "Luff
her up captain and I'll climb abo ard
The Hon. Arthur Sewall will entertain the
President at Bath for various reasons. Mr.
Sewall is hospitable and not insensible to the
honor OF entertaining so distinguished a
Blaine and will do anything for Mr.. Blaine
and Mr.. Blaine's guest; and then Mr.. Sewall
is a business man and knows it will be a good
thing for Bath and for Maine for the Presi-
dent to see what Bath is capable of. Said
dent Harrison's visit to Bath next Wednes-
day is to mark a new departure for Bath en-
terprise. President Harrison Is deeply inter-
ested in the development of the American
navy, shipping and commerce, and believe
he win be happily impressed with the capa-
bilities of Bath for modern ship building in
all its branches. | have invited number of
representative men to meet the President
and join ia welcome and in reviewing the sit
uation here"
Good news for the fishermen! Mackerel
have actually appeared at Biddeford Pool in
arge numbers. From 400 to 800 pounds
Gay are are taken ennt by fisherman and the fish
Pool fishermen are favored above their
brethren on the rest of the Maine coast.
"Higgins Beach has become the New
Mecca for Lewiston and Auburn says the
Auburn Gazette, but for all that they cannot
get Uncle Hiram Higgins to sell an acre of
the farm that includes the Mecca. Rumor
says he has been offered a cool $4,000 for
his property and proposes to have $4,000
the last twenty-five years of his life, seen the
ancestral acres appreciate in value at the
rate of something like 100 per cent. per an
mum. So he milks his cows and feeds his
hens, and plants and harvests his crops with
the stoical indifference of Grecian philoso-
pher. Mrs. Anna Louise Cary Raymond is
to be one of his summer neighbors, she hay-
Ing purchased cottage site just south of
his beach.
The Bangor electric railroad is something
no enc in that city dares to become too ia
miliar with yet. Saturday, one of the con-
ductors. while seeing to some Of the machin-
cry OF his car, was knocked senseless. A
doctor resuscitated him, and he will be all
right In a few days.
One of the most amusing incidents of the
PraSidQuf'S vieit 0paurrad of Am r.,
the general rush that surged up around Mr..
Harrison two arms were extended on oppo-
site sides Of the crowd-one a small, delicate
one, and the other the hard, horny hand of
son of toll The owner of one could not see
the owner of the other, but in the excitement
OF the moment each thought he had the hand
of the Chief Magistrate and shook away
right royalty. Then each wendell his way
homeward satisfied with himself and the
whole world.
Maude Abbott, the would-be suicide whose
freaks have agitated Eastern Maine is to he
married today in Bangor to Sprague. her
lover. The City Of Bangor ought to be glad
to give the bride away.
Last summer the people of the little town
of Eliot in York county were so ambitious
as to attempt Midsummer Fete. The
daughter of Prof. M. G. Farmer originated
the idea, and 1t was carried out so success
July budt IL Will 10 ttpcdteu tllS wear on
August 14th and 18th. The opening address
will be made by Rev. Edward Everett Hale.
ID: D., of Boston, who will be followed by
other prominent speakers. The Salem brass
band Of % pieces will furnish music. A Biz
tent holds the people aud speakers. while
other tents serve for the cafe. The main
tent will also contain booths representing
foreign countries, with young women in al,
tendance in the costumes Of the different
nations, who will exhibit for sale articles Of
their own handiwork and also things from
TUNES are genuine and those In the Russian
booth were designed by friend in ST.
Petersburg. The Invitations were etched
In Paris by Mr.. Arthur Dow of Ipswich.
whose pictures in the salon this year have
attracted such favorable notice. He will be
present and superintend the decorations of
the art department, assisted by Messrs. Hen
yon and Munsell, American artists, who
nave also been represented In the salon. Mr..
DOW has sent from France box of beautiful
Things Tor the fete and boxes are expected
from England and Russia On the whole it