The Portland daily press., 1890-07-17

III we get no rain before ten o'clock To-
night said Jerry, the Lewiston meterolo-
this month New moon in the w west t to.mor- s1n
row and fair and nice and cool all the rest Of
the month. Eight days rain in August but
no more rain in July"
The Bangor Whlg says that the aDpoint-
ment Oh Miss Mary 5. Snow t0 be supervisor
OF schools in that city gives universal salts
faction. Miss Snow has been teacher In
that city for several years and member OF
the committee, and has lately been advanced
to the position Of superintendent.
The Pittsfeld Advertiser gives a bit Of
testimony, that speaks volumes for the
efficiency OF the prohib tory law in the
country towns.
A sick LADY In Palmyra, recently received from
relative In Boston two bottles one containing
whisky and the other brandy, and not a person
10 the neighborhood could tell which was which,
until some one found an old lady who had worked
In her youth IN hotel where she had acquired
the desired knowledge
Does the BiddefOrd~ d~Standard know what
II Is to run amuck? Or~loes II really mean
to explain Its raids on all sorts Of people on
the ground that as it says Nrequently a re-
porter runs amaek Of a man whose actions
it is difficult to account forl@' Running
amuck Is generally considered t8>>.mean, In
steam engine practice, getting the IAhrottle-
vaIFS-stlek open so that steam eannot &c cut
off aud ths7rsine stopped. Dgsz-ts1stans-
daru mean this? N
The Stakeholder Of New York has this
good word for the Queen City. Seyenty-tWO
trains now arrive at and depart from Bangor
every week day, and there are thirteen trains
In and out OF the city on Sundays. whereas a
few years ago the trains at this station
could he numbered on ones fingers. The
great Increase Is not entirely due to the sum-
mer resort travel, for this part Of Maine is
growing and its business Is tapidly expand
ing. The time Is not far distant when the
Maine Central will be obliged TO extend its
double track to Bangor.
The visit Of the squadron to Bath resulted
10 reunion OF two former naval cadets
who had not heard from each other for
years. President Lincoln In 1862 appointed
K. w. Sturdy and Eugene Greenleaf to the
academy. Trouble with his eyes obliged
young Greenleaf to leave after a short time.
and although correspondence was kept up
for short time, the young men lost sight OF
each other. When the Baltimore reached
Bath Mr.. Greenleaf on looking over the list
Of officers observed that the the navigating
ship he found that 1t was his old-time
friend.
West Pitch. Auburn's would-be summer
resort has sensation. three swords having
been found In the river near the falls. Two
Of the blades were OF the short, blunt toad
striker" variety, the blades being about two
feet long, the handle Of bone finished In brass
with knights head at the end, having no
guard. The third was moro ike military
weapon. The Gazette thinks that three
corneIed duel might have taken place near
the falls last spring and these swords being
the damning evidence of guilt were thrown
overheard. More probably that man out In
Denver who wanted to confess a murder
done In Lewiston knows about them.
The Lewiston Journal copies from the
Boston Record this good story. "A young
divinity student from Harvard. who Is pass
ing portion of his vacation in West Goulds-
boro, occupied the pulpit Of the quaint little
| chapel there on a recent Sabbath morning.
| Waxing eloquent with his theme, he sought
| to embellish his discourse with numerous
| flights Of poetic fancy aud allegOrical Illus
| trations. Pausing a moment alter one OF
| these supremeamental efforts, he continued,
| And now, my friends, let US listen TO the
| low, sweet prelude At this juncture a COW
| beneath one Of the windows launched forth
| into a series Of such vigorous, discordant
| bellOwings as would have made the. from
| bone player of a German street band green
| with envy. The crimson flush OF the young
| mans face riyaled the hue on the statue OF
| the venerable John Harvard.