The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-03-15
STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Stain and Cromwell profess not to feel dis
couraged at the outcome of their case. They
say that no decision can make them guilty Of
Barron's death.
Mr.. Charles Milliken, landlord of the Au-
gusta House, has sold one-half Of his stal.
lion, Bronze, to DR.. Henry b. Palmer OF
Phillips, for $780,
Citizens of the town of Sweden cannot
gr0wl about the burden of their taxes for
year at least. Reports presented at town
meeting showed balance on hand large
enough to pay the bills for the current year,
and no tax levy was made.
The high pressure at which the ice Dusl-
ness Is working is shown by the fact that the
mails are entirely too slow to be used In COM
munication. The Gardiner telephone ex-
change and telegraph office are consequently
being worked to their utmost capacity 10
convey the frigd information.
Mrs. w. f. Todd of Calais-wife of the
man who owns the stallion Lumps-Was run
away with last week and for snort time
was in extreme peril. A young man named
Gardiner succeeded in stopping the runaway,
however, and, like Sam Shirk in the tale, he
received his reward. In this case 1t was
fine gold watch.
Ellsworth people are deriving some crumbs
of comfort out of visit to that city OF
Messrs. Casey and Brady, of the shoe firm of
Casey Bros. of Dennis, Mass. The Ellis
worth people, taught by their experience
with Burrill, Houghton 81 Co., are trying to
bind Casey BROS. to iron-clad agreemepts to
city that learns by experience.
DIR. F. Fl. Gardiner of Washburn, Aroos-
took county, is man after the Bidde-
ford Journals heart He wears fur coat
made not of wolf skins, but of the skins of
the VOLTS civilized cousin, and 1t was tanned
by the Doctor himself There are nine ca
mines less in the world than there were
when the Doctor began to get ready to make
his coat. He is now engaged in collecting
the necessary furs to make similar gar
ment for his wife.
Tho burning of Wingate Hall at the State
college has aroused the professors and the
boys to the advantage Of fire escapes. The
rooms on the two upper floors of Oak Hall
have been provided with escapes. They
consist of a sufficient length of one inch
hemp rope, with knots two feet apart. to
reach from the room windows to the ground
at some distance from the building Ropes
frequently play an unpleasant part in col.
eye life; but 1t is to be hoped that these
will be used in case of fire only.
There is one inhabitant of the back dis
trict of country town who does not grudge
tne money spent on improvements in the
after the last heavy storm and seeing that
the sidewalks had not been touched with a
shovel, he, walked into the selectmans
ofice and throwing down a fifty cent piece
remarked: Hire man and have that side.
walk cleared of snow before someone gets
hurt and the town has bill to pay" Would
there be more like him.
Some of Bangor's prominent men realize
the value of life insurance, and carry large
amounts s1no mt Hon; E; R. Burpee, carries
J. Fred, Webster carries $4,000; d. N
Fairbanks $4,000; Chas. Woodland and Hon
+. A. Wilson each carry $4,000; George
Wheelwright carries 900; Ezra Storms has
from $40 600 to $50, 900; the census supervisor
maintains $4,000, while Judge Peters has
| $4,000.
=. The voters of Eddington have grievance
IL seems that as the regular time for town
meeting came around this year, the warrant
| which is always the voice crying In the will.
derness, announcing the date and the bust
ness OF the meeting, came not. Investiga.
tlcn disclosed the fact that the good man re-
quired to notify and warn the qualified yot.
ers to meet. ETC., had placed the missing
document in his inside pocket and had for.
gotten all about 1t. The meeting will occur
on the lItn.
At the recent city election in Ballowell
queer work was made of the returns by some
of the ward officers One of them closed mn
his ballot box otter the voting was done, and
reading the direction on it ITO be Returned
to the city clerk" carried it to that official to
count the ballots. On this account the Hal
lowell Register thinks the city charter and
Of study in the city schools, for the benefit of
future wardens and ward clerks. The re-
terial.
The coming summer will be one of ae-
tiyity on the Kennebec. The new Water
vile BOAT will appear upon the opening of
navigation and the Kennebec & Boston
Steamboat Company are making prepare
tions to improve their service. The Kenne.
bee q Boston line did good business last
| year, dividing three per cent and clearing
off $4,000 of their debt. They propose t.
clear out the rest of it this year. The
and Boothbay. She is too much of a boat tC
prove profitable on the upper river.