The Portland daily press., 1890-02-08

ports the snow from Is inches to 9 feet deem
IN tne vicinity OF his camps and the teaming
eXceilent DE has been troubled considera
bly, as have all the other lumber operators
oy slckness In his camps having Sometimes
taken three to four men out of his camps the
same day. He thinks the general cut will
De lighter than estimated by previous re-
ports.
Ten looms are now running at the Lewis
ton Mill on turkey red damasks, and ten
more looms are coming. The Lewiston
makes damask that is highly admired by
all ana that Is said to compare handsomely
with any. A great pile of ranges" of pat
buyers. The Lewiston is making from 400 Zoo
70 1000 bags day. They are rushed with
work and are selling we'll ahead at the pres
ent time. The new offices of the mill are
very pleasant.
The sagaclty of the fox also of the mart.
ridge is well illustrated in the the following
incident, says the Waterville Sentinel. Rev,
a. .. Ladd OF Auburn, preached in Mon
mouth Sunday mnrniug. In the afternoon
ne rode out into the country few miles TO
preach On his way out he saw large fox
WITHIN easy gun shot, and on his way back
ne saw two, one of them only few rods
away de also saw partridge very near
oy. Would any Sabbath breaker hunting
ioi game have been favored with such
VI iol ohot MOI mucn. Foxes and
cartridges know the difference betwes0 a
Methodist parson with umbrella and hymn
Dook and shooter with gun and game bag.
The Piscataquis Observer sticks a bodkin
into another bubble of speculation in this
wise: The report has been circulated
through the papers that Mr.. Frank E. Dus-
tln. formerly of Dexter, from which place he
vent to Oakland, and afterwards to Fort
Payne, Ala. has recently made a cool s5O.-
wv. seliing interests for which he gave
Sio,ooO ana receiving therefor 100000. But
ms ms family at Dexter discredit the story.
lhey say that while Mr.. Dustin invested
reference to any such deal as the one de-
scIlDed, though In frequent communication
with his family. They consider the story a
wild tale set on foot by reckless boomers to
advance their own interests
The unparalleled heroism of Iewis,on
lady, who refused to scream in PRAYER time.
seems almost beyond belief. 1t was at a
prayer-meeting, and in the midst of the ser.
vice, says the Journal, mouse made its way
across the room and crawled in among the
folds OF the trimming of her dress, Did she
swoon. or scream. or go into mysteries, or do
any other ridiculous thing? Not she. Ad
roitly passing her hand down over her dress,
she located the little "varmint," and held
MN last TIL the prayer then being offered
and deliberately retired to the adjoining
room, and with the assistance of the janitor,
dispatched the intruder.
Business is looking up at the Bath Ship
yards Arthur Sewall 81 Co. resumed work
on their $50 ton schooner Wednesday, The
keel has been laid for some time, but there
was lack OF some of the timber. Now all is
in the yard, the platform is up and framing
will go rapidly forward. Timber is also on
the way for the two 1000 ton schooners at
the New England yard and work will be re-
sumrd when it comes. The Drake schooner
is almost ready to go into the water. The
stern frame of the Deering schooner is nearly
completed and will soon go into position,
Nearly all of the square frames of Kelley q
Spears four master are in position. The
the New England yard. The keel Of a lis
the Donnell yard.