The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25

teacher, received a strange birthday gift
Monday. 1t was quart of ripe field straw
berries picked by her father in Windsor on
that day.
There is much guessing about the name OF
the Judge OF the Supreme Court who Is about
to resign. IL Judges Libbey and Danforth
would explain their intentions there would
be less uncertainty.
The Kennebec Journal wants every young
man who read and profted by the Elm Isl
and stories to send Rev. Elijah Kellogg a dol
good idea. His address is North Harpswell,
Me.
Rev. ]. T. Hawes, pastor Of the Congrege-
tional church at Litchfeld Corner, who Is 81
years old last week Joined the Juvenile
Temple, declines to surrender the palm Of
old age to DIR. Carruthers Of Portland who
is only so years old.
The Springfield Union has good word for
Maine manufacturing: Lewiston, Me-. il
one Of our great New EDgland centers Of the
manufacturing industry, and the present
prosperous condition of the mills there, as
brought out by their recent annual meetings,
Is matter for general as we'll as local con-
graduation"
A Maine drummer has made a sensation
by telling the Auburn Gazette that the
ACblOho VI buC Dtdtt arc IulI Oh
thieves and highwaymen. ready and willing
TO attack a traveller who Is unable TO defend
himself and cannot get away. The drum
mer says he see many Of them Ia his drives
over lonely country roads, but has succeeded
in avoiding thsm. II this drummer carries
or much cash as Imagination, he would bet
ter watch out" as they say out West.
The controversy in Bangor over the alleged
outrage Of the girl Of feeble mind, has become.
of pOrtentOus magnitude, II we may Judge
from q sentence IN an open letter written by
editor has brought out "his mud-slinging
machine and has coughed up his barrels Oh
mud and slime, even on to the very skirts OF
His Honor, the Mayor, the City Marshal
Court, and in fact on everybody who did not
think best to take any stock In his mad and
excited advice"
The recent death of one OF the Weston
family OF Jonesboro, prompts correspon-
story OF the heroism Of Mrs. Hannah Wes-
ton, one of the Revolutionary matrons Of
Jonesboro. Mrs. Weston, on hearing that
our troops were out Of ammunition, can
vassed the town of JonesborO for lead and
powder, and finally spent the night in melt
Ing mp pewter spoons and running them into
bull Is. The next day she employed young
lady 70 go with her, and taking the ammuni-
foot seven miles through the wilderness by
the aid Of spotted trees, to Machias, where
our men were stationed,
A Maine man, Captain A. 2. Loud, Of
HampdeD, has just returned from Alaska,
where he is special government agent to
look after the seal fisheries. Captain Loud
left the seal islands August u. on board one
Of the Alaska Commercial Company's
steamers, carrying the last catch OF seals,
100000 in number. which that company will
make under the present lease. The compa-
can do any more business and Captain Loud
thinks there will have to be fewer seals
killed In the future as they are not so plenty
as they have been. He says there has been
quite a diminution Of seals on the Islands
owing largely to the killing OF the seals by
marauderers or seal pirates.
Frank Clergue Is back In Bangor from
London, where he has been shipping TO Per
sIa machinery for boring petroleum wells.
Persia is said to be great oil field, but the
wells are practically unw0rked. They have
never been bored at all. The way the ma
tiyes get the oil is to excayate holes or rather
hollows in the ground where oil flows, walt
for the excavations to ill and then bale out
the oil in buckets, put 1t up In skins and
transport II on mules. Mr.. Clergue has un-
and machines into the Persian oil fields, with
a view to developing a great industry that
shall dispute the markets Of the world with
the oil of Russia and Pennsylvania. The
great advantage Of the Persian oil Is that Ii
Is ready refined. In its natural state, Just as
1t flows from the earth, this oil Is as pure
and white as any other oil that has come
from refinery.
Maine claims the Oldest oficer In the
United States army. At recent meeting Of
the United Service Club in BROOKLYN. N
a member asked: who is the oldest officer
in the service since Gen. Harney's death?"
Gen. Hannibal Day was claimed by an army
man, and Commodore Henry Bruce by 4
navy ofhcer, but an ex-offieer present spoke
up and said, You are both mistaken, aud,
what Is more, Gen. Harney, at the time Of
his death, was not the oldest, either in years
or by entry into the service. Harvey was
born IN the year 1900, and entered the service
in 1918. while Commodore Henry Bruce was
born in 1898 in Maine, when IL was part %
Massachusetts, and entered the service ia
November, 1918. The oldest Ofiie,l Ia azc
and by entry into service Is Second Llruttu-
ant Michael Moore Of the army retired LIST,
who was born In South Brooklyn In l796, ,and
enlisted at Governors Island, New YORK
harbor, in April, 1912.