The Portland daily press., 1889-02-06

The Lewiston Water Board has elected |.
G. Downes to fill out the unexpired term OF
the late Captain l.. G. Peck, as Superlntend-
ent of tie Lewiston Water Works.
Just before the adjournment Of Mondays
session Of the s. j. Court in Auburn, Rich
ard and Warren Myrick, father and son, in
dicted for assault with intent to ravish, were
brought in and arraigned. Both pleaded
guilty and were at once sentenced to the
county jail, with hard labor, for two years.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The weekly pay roll of the Edwards Man.
ufacturing Company is now five thousand
dollars; or in other words, as payments are
made fortnightly, it amounts to $4,000 each
two weeks. Work on the new mill will be
commenced Just as soon as the weather in
spring will permit. Some Of the machinery
for it has already been ordered and Supt.
Cole says the weekly pay roll one year from
now will be seven thousand dollars instead
of five.
KNOX COUNTY.
Knox county men are wanted for positions
Of trust and work Of skill everywhere. Col.
l. S. Bangs of Waterville. granite contrac-
tor, has soldiers monument TO furnish. and
E. j. Miller Of South Thomaston, has been
engaged TO cut the statue. This statue will
be duplicate Of the Union soldiers statute
which is the work of Mr.. Miller. he ex-
poets to go to Waterville the last of the
month, and will be there about three months.
Rockland's population at present is $500,
the largest in the history Of the city, and as
one of her business men remarked, if Rock
land was a western city the figures $500
would warrant the claim of 1900 popula-
tion. Rockland was set off from Thomaston
and Incorporated July 28, 1913, under the
name of East Thomaston. The name was
changed to Rockland in 1850, and its city
government organized in June, 1854 Its
population in 1850 was 5052; in 1860, 1917,
1870, 7074: 1880, 1899. The satisfactory
growth shown since 1880 will be still more
marked when 1890 swings into line as the
city Is now seeing Its most prosperous days,
new families moving In, new houses going
up and new business enterprises constantly
springing up.
+. Cobb & Co., of Rockland, contracted
with the Jonesboro Lumber Company, for a
frame for 300-ton, three-masted, centre
board schooner to be built in their yard at
the South end the coming season. She will
be the same model as schooner Milford but
twelve feet longer on the keel and deeper
hold. She will have a hard wood bottom
and hackmetack top. Lewis Brewer will
be master builder.
OXFORD COUNTY
The annual meeting of the Paris Manufac-
turing Company was held at the Office of the
factory Friday. February 1st Judge George
A. Wilson was elected president; George d.
Crockett, secretary and treasurer; Olban A.
Maxim, superintendent and agent; George
b. Crockett, 0. a. Maxim, Charles Gushing,
George A. Wilson, Elbridge Forbes, S. p.
Maxim, George Mckee, G. f. Howland, w.
j. Wheeler, directors.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
The Sagadahoc Gun Club of forty mem
bers are arranging to import 1000 king birds
for use on their Bath range. Theiywill be re-
leased from traps and are expected to furnish
much more sport than the clay pigeons which
have been used heretofore.
WALDO COUNTY.
The winter term at Freedom Academy
closed Friday. The spring term opens
March 5, X. III. CroxfOrd, A. b., principal.
Hon. A. j. Billings has fitted up room for
commercial students on the second floor of
provements at an expense OF 500.
Mrs M. E. Miller of Brooks, is now sole
proprietor Of the clothing factory, and Is in
creasing her business as fast as help can be
procured.
G. III. Rich, ESQ.,, of Thorndike Station,
has sold his place TO I. S. Keen Of Freedom,
and removed to Bangor. He has a position
as express messenger on the Mt. Desert rail-
road. Mr. Keen succeeds him as express
agent here.
YORK COUNTY.
VIM. Il. Frost of WATERFORD, visited Bid
deford Monday. William got drunk, fell
down flight of stairs into the cellar of j.
b. Palmer IL Co.'s grocery store and went to
sleep in box of straw. The straw took
fire from Williams pipe and he came near
being burned to DEATH Passersby dragged
him out nearly suffocated and handed him
over to the police.