The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-02-07
Samuel c. PIilsbury,
STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Pittsfield claims to be the banner town in
point of number of buildings erected during
the past year, which number forty, and
the prospects for next season were never bet
ter.
A state paper figures out 200 enterprises in
augurated in this state in 1889, requiring an
investment of four million dollars aud an
additional working force of five thousand
people.
The Farmlngton Chronicle reminds its
readers that Maine towns at the approach
ing March meeting will be required to ap-
propriate money for supplying free text
books are wanted and the cost of the same it
is for the selectmen and school officers to de-
termine.
The amounts paid by the county of Ken
nebec for the prosecution and commitment
for the various crimes are as follows: In
toxicating liquors. prosecution, S3,49045 I;
commitment, So So; drunkenness, prosecu-
tion, So, ,357 66, commitment, S42S SO; tramps.
prosecution, S532.06; commitment, 1856. .66; ;
other crimes. Sl,272.u5; commitment, S25i 81.
Rockland working men are jubllant; 25
lime kilns have been set atire since Monday
morning. Very little lime has been burned
have secured employment since the kilns
started. The lime business in Knox county
promises to be better this season than
during any recent year Over 80 kilns have
been started in Knox county this year,
The Bangor & Piscataquis Railroad Off.
cials furnish the following facts about the
slate industry during the past year: From
the Monson slate qaarry has been shipped
go carloads, from the Blanchard quarry 81
carloads, and from the Merrill quarry al
Brownville 1S5 carloads. The total amount
makes 34,l16 squares. This would slate a
roof So acres In area.
General Manager Furber OF the Boston 6s
Maine Railroad has placed signs all along
advertisements being placed or printed on
| the fences, and hereafter the eye OF the pas
| sengels will not be greeted with large, flam-
| ing paintings. 1t is estimated that there are
| $500 or $500 OF these signs between Boston
| and Portland, which advertising agents have
| placed on fences or rocks, which cost the
advertisers $4,000. All these signs will be
| destroyed.
People who think that a minister's life 1:
| one Of more idleness than anythi elst
| should read of the work of Rev. S. f. Dun
ham, Methodist preacher Of Swans Island:
| sour pastor. Rev. S. E. Dunham, divide,
his time equally between this place and Gott';
Island, crossing the bay each week In ar
| open boat a distance of seven or eight miles
be holds services in the following order
| preaching on Swans Island at two o'clocl
Sunday afternoon. followed by Sabbath
School, and a social service in the evening a
| seven, class meeting on Wednesday night
| prayer meeting on Friday night. At Gott':
| Island, Sunday services in the same order
| with services through the week on Tuesday
and Thursday nights, class meeting ON Sat
urday might've services besides the sun
| day School In one week.
In addition to his laborious dpIies a'
preacher, he is hard student and the ROCK
land Courier. Gazette, from which the pre-
| ceding extract was taken, says
| early in December as we were In need OF
| furnishings fur the church, he took winter
| trip from fremont to Boston, to select them
| f,r MS The .esuit is that our church Is now
| furnished with as handsome set of pulpit
| furniture, In solid walnut and plush as can
| be found ia any church In Eastern Maine"
Truly the duties Of the Methodist worker
have not been much sottened by the passage
| of the wears.