The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-18
STATE TOPICS oeiNrEREsr.

The people of Damascus, the town be-
tween Etna and Carmel. now feel that they
are entitled to recognition as inhabitants OF
this terrestrial sphere, as Conductor owens
trains now stop there, an arrangement when
has not long been in force.
The Lewiston Journal tells that Saml
Flewelling, of that place, has bronco
which has taken him in road cart 80 miles
In two hours. Pretty tough yarn, eh?-Pltts-
fed Advertiser.
Pretty tough horse too, but broncos are
built that way.
This News comes from Strong: "Will
Lovejoy, aged less than II, whose father the
village blacksmith, was taken sick early last
winter and until lately has been unable to
be In his shop, has, during all this time car
of seven in good shape without mourning
any debts"
The Augusta New Ake has candidate for
the position Of longest imprisoned man dur
ing the war. Mr.. Chas. V. Parker of New
Sharon was taken prisoner three different
times; was a prisoner three weeks at one
time, then for four weeks, at another time
twenty-five months, making his total i'm
prisonment 769 days. This, we think, is the
longest prison record yet reported
The students of the Maine State College
are about to add another study to their cur
riculum, that of management of fire appara-
tus. Having received a fine new hose carri-
age they have formed company to run 1t.
The new hose company will begin practice
at once and be allowed a drill day once in
two weeks to keep themselves in trim. 1t Is
to hoped that other things besides legs will
be educated In managing the apparatus.
The Lewiston journal says: There are
hat har fo1f
that has made so many people blind to home
chances for investment. while 1t magnified
those at distance, is at last lifting. Down
in Bangor, the other day. the Y. M. G. A.
engaged man to lecture on the beauties
and attractions OF Oregon, but afterwards
fearing the address was to be of the boom"
variety in the interests of that state, they
asked the speaker not to deliver 1t. They
do not propose to run any risks of being in
any way responsible for leading any more
Maine men into financial difficulties"
rhe Auburn city government has invented
a method of securing adjournment OF its
meetings at seasOnable hours in the eve
ming. Other boards of aldermen aud COM
mon councils sit and wrangle together until
today becomes tomorrow by several hours,
but the Auburn fathers never do that.
Reports of their meetings always conclude
with 'the meeting adjourned at = O'Clock,
and the city fathers INDUCED in a treat OF
soda at the.expense of Mr.. so,and-so, " the
treater being different man each time. Soda
will often DO wonders in securing peace and
harmony.
Still another from Belfast the. land of can
didates and yarns. Last week somebody
telegraphed from Boston to Belfast that
Fred Baker of the latter city, member OF
the crew of schooner sailing between Bel
fast and Boston, had been shot in Boston
and that his body was on the way to Belfast
hot q
mistake or hoax. The Journal says, there
are two solutions of the matter. One is thai
Fred telegraphed home that he was short
and the operator took 1t off shot," dropping
the 'r." Another that Fred sent the tele
gram to pay off an old score. Recently he
was in Rockland and some one telegraped
him as as joke that his wife was dead, and
Fred may have thought to get even by tele.
graphing his own death. Queer ways they
have of joking in Belfast as we have before
remarked.
The Bath Times gives this account of ont
| sailing vessels business for the year: There
| has been general impression that coastinl
vessels were paying pretty well just nov
and have been for a considerable time, par
ticularly the smaller ones, but it is doubtful
| If many of them can show better recort
| than the three masted schooner Ethel +
| Hawley. This vessel of 225 tons, was bull
| by George and has recently completed hel
| first year of service, paying over to hel
owners a net income of SO per cent-or really
a trifle better than that. for at the time
these figures were made there was matter
of $160 still due the schooner in New York
A shipping syndicate recently reported {
semi. annual dividend of IL per cect, an(
reckoned that a pretty fair paying invest
ment las indeed most men would feel in
clined to do) but the Ethel f. Hawley walk
right by that without wink and takes hsl
place at the head"