The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17

ST2lS.3. Net price per pound OF butter paid
| to patrons p cents.
Burnside Post of Auburn has voted to
| send gross of flags to the G. A. r. depart
ment Of Georgia to be placed in the cemeter-
| les wherein were buried Union soldiers who
| died at Anders0nville. The department. of
| Georgia has over 10000 graves to look after
Memorial day, and the G. A. r. in the North
feel like helping them all they can. Burn
side Post will also send gross of flags to
Phil Kearney Post at Port Richmond for the
cemetery at Petersburg.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Mr.. Kimball, OF the Lake Shore railroad,
who owns land at lslesboro, is the gentleman
who is interested in the proposed steamboat
ae from EHeslhna s bans e sna
on. the lakes, and next month proposes to
| bring her down the st. Lawrence through
| scot Bay.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The stern wheel steamer Della Collins met
with serious mishap near Hall0well Thurs
| day. A log became mixed up in the wheel
and the engine had to be stopped to get it
out. In the swift current she soon became un-
Manageable and narrowly escaped colliding
with some vessels lying at the wharf.
Ever since the proposed retirement of
State Librarian Hobbs was announced ap-
plications for the position have been coming
in at the State house, There are more than
so now on file.
The Wateryille Masonic Building Com
pany has let the contract to build the new
Masonic block in that city to NJ. G. Foster &
Son for S14,500 The Waterville House will
be meved Immediately from the site of the
new building on Common street and opera
tions shortly begun. The block is to be built
from plans by K. <. Lewis of Gardiner.
sAGADAHOC COUNTY.
The yard room Of the Maine Central at
Rath ia hninO inaraacod hu al
along side the freight house, to the head of
the wharf on the southern side.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The second annual reunion and supper of
the Bloomfield academy class Association
186S-1S72 is to be held at the Quinnebasset
House, So. Norridgewock early In June.
At Fairfield office there were mailed during
week ending May II, 1874 letters, 329 postal
cards, 1876 local delivery letters, 1909 other
parcels; total 3,203; weighing 277 pounds
The postage amounted to S4S.36.
Hon. l. NJ. Weston of Michigan, has been
in Skowhegan having come down from Mad
is0n where he has been for several days look
Ing after the affairs OF the Sulphite Pulp
Mill at that place. He expects to have the
buildings and machinery ready in short
time.
Horace burlington q Co. of Wateryille,
and Joseph Boiler Of Skowhegan, who have
formed co-partnership under the firm name
OF the Sk0whegan Brick Company have pur
chased piece Of land in Skowhegan of Will
liam G. Heselton, on the south side OF the
river on east side of Maine street extension
nearly opposite the corner of Maine and
Bloomfield streets, and are fitting up the
plant with buildings and modern machinery
to make permanent business of manufact-
uring bricks. They propose to make pressed
bricks as well as the ordinary building quail
ity. The Company proposes to employ IL to
10 men, and but for the rain would have been
at work striking brick Tuesday last They
will use water from the public water works
by running pipe from point near Bloom
field street.
The Maine Central carpenters gang is at
work in Fairfield rebuilding the freight sta
tion and platform.
A very neat arrangement is made among
the mill owners along the Kennebec when
log gets by its mill by accident or freshet the
log is sold to someone below on the river
who RATS 1t when 1t comes salong. The firm
of w. S. Moulton Of Randolph take what
pass Fairfield. Some 250000 feet escaped
in the recent freshet.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The eighth annual exhibition of the East
ern Maine Fair will be held in Bangor Sept.
2-5. 1t is hoped that race between Nelson
and Alcryon can be arranged.
The Bangor Commercial says that man
named Cavanaugh belonging in Orrington
went to Boston short time ago ostensibly
returned with a fine animal and was recev-
ing congratulations from all of his friends on
account OF his success. But early last Satur-
day morning Cavanaugh was called upon to
deliver the horse to the officers Of the law, 1t
being claimed that he was stolen from sia-
BILE in Providence, r. l., claim which was
not met with any great resistance on the
part of the holder. 1t is said that when the
officers went after the horse Cavanaugh
asked permission to go into his house for a
few minutes to obtain certain papers which
was granted. He was gone longer than they
thought was absolutely necessary and they
went after him but he could not be found.
The papers which are still OBTAINING him.
were said TO be the bill Of sale Of the hol SCI
Whether Cavanaugh had anything te do with
the stealing or not, remains to be seem
PIscATAQUIs COUNTY.
William Heughen, formerly conductor on
the Katahdin Iron Works Railroad. mas
leased silver Lake Hotel. 1t is thought
there Will De more guests than usual this
season. 1t certainly will be much nicer now
the furnace has shut down.
WALDO COUNTY.
There were handled at the post Office at
Searsport last week 1912 pieces of mail mat
ter-ll60 OF which were letters. The greatest
number OF pieces handled in one day was
314
The mail despatch Of Belfass was as fol
lows; first class matter 4,4l7, second class
996, third class 4,340, fourth class Az, other
mail matter 290, total weight S7SlDs, postage
S137S9.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
DIR. 4. p. Babb of Eastport has been reap
pointed 10 the position of Pension Examin-
ing Surgeon which he held from 1862 TO 1885.
Henry G. Copeland has been appointed by
Collector Leavitt to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Geo. W. Kinds, Inspect