The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-03-18
THEY ARE NOT ALL FOOLS,
1Boston Herald
ANOTHER BIG JOB FOR SPEAKER REED.
Lowell Mail
STATE TOPICS oFINTEREsr.

Calais is agitated over a threatened cpl
demlc OF diphtheria. 1t is reported by the
Advertiser that the filthy condition Of the
schools and of the city streets and general
laxness Of sanitary rule which has been
responsible for the prevalence of the disease
In years past, will be so this year unless
something is done at once to better the con-
dition of things
And now comes report that the people of
ELLSWORTH are trying to induce Gardiner
Bros. of Haverhiil, Mass, to move into the
deserted shoe factory in the former city
They are said to have offered the factory
free OF rent and taxes If only the firm will
come Ii they will remain in the city for
ten years they will receive the factory as a
present.
There is one spot In Maine where no profit
Will be made in ice this year, Silver Lakesin
Dexter Extensive preparations were made
for harvest and the work of scraping the
surface began. 1t was found however on
getting down to ice that it was peppered as
full of cinders from locomotive smokestacks
on the nelghboring Maine Central, as
railway whistle. port Is apt to be of shot,
and work was stopped.
Another instance of the defeat of the pop
nlar will by technicality has come to light.
The town of Sebec at its annual meeting
t voted $500 toward paying for the survey Of
two-thirds of all the voters of the town not
being present and voting, the action was
invalid, and the money;will not be paid by
the town. This is another forcible object
lesson to the stay-at-homes on town-meeting
day.
Bath can sympathize with New Orleans in
small way, for the Ship city, like the
Crescent city, has slight superabundance
Of water on hand at present. The flood is
along the street called Water, but not meant
to be that, between Vine street and the
Maine Central station, and has filled several
cellars. The city drain is too small to carry
off the overflow. 1t is hoped that when the
ness to New Orleans will leave Bath.
Some of the parishioners of Rev. 1. Fl.
Barrows of Tenants Harbor, ST. George
have had their belief in a personal devil
restss he-d s,Ast anishsa on eIeaaent sarmnn
on that unsavory theme and had commenced
to administer the communion when length
cause fell to the floor. There was panic
for an instant, many of the people thinking
that the prince q darkness was coming In
bodily shape.
HTruth is informed that the Mount Desert
hotel keepers shave recently made all their
arrangements with the different colleges for
the supply of walters during the summer.
This year the tables are co be attended by
sophomores only, and freshmen will be used
only as bell boys. An attempt was made to
secure. chambermaids from Vassar and
Wellesley colleges, but the matter has not
reached a successful ISSUE" This is I'M
doubtedly "sarkasm" on the help of former
years, but it falls harmless from their
heads.
No sooner is one branch of the famous
Barron case disposed of than another comes
up for notice. 1t is said that now that Stain
and Cromwell are going to prison, persons
claim the reward Of $1,000 offered by the
bank officers for the detection of the
murderers. This will be likely says the
Eastern State, to give rise to some very in
teresting legal questions regarding the statute
of limitations, liability withdrawal, ETC., and
may result In another 10 years legal contest.
and the production of some evidence not yet
brought into the case against the prisoners.
The Piscataquis Observer, observes as
follows:
Some of the towns in the state are showing
a disposition to ignore the free text book
law. They claim that there is no penalty
attached to such violation. Some have asked
information on this subject and have been
told on good authority that the penalty
would be the same as regards violation of
the free text book law as If they refused to
comply with the law requiring the town to
raise school money, the result being that
these towns would not receive their share of
the state fund.
If the Observer will kindly set before the
public the names of those misguided towns
it will confer a public favor
The Pittsfeld Advertiser throws a little
needed light on the cause of the numerous
accidents that have occurred on the Cana
dian Pacific line. The cause has always
been given as spreading rails" and the
Advertiser says: Railroad men of expe-
rience say it is due to the construction OF
the rail, which has height of IL inches,
while the base is only 3 7-8 inches. The
trains are run at high rate Of speed, and
the engineers cannot, as matter of course,
be familiar with and thus enabled to adapt
the speed to the many curves Of that part of
the road in this State, and hence a strain is
put upon the rails which they cannot stand.
The.rail used on the G. P. is an excellent
one to be used where the road runs on COM
paratively straight line, as does the @. p. in
sharp curves to be encountered the rail
should have a boarder base. The Maine
Central rail, which is of the same height as
that of the c. P., has base of IL inches,
or SO OF Rn inch more than the G. T., and
the Fail used on the Bangor 81 Piscataquis
mas base of inches to a height of inches.
1t seems to be a fact that either the G. P.
engineers must become more familiar with
the section of the road over which they run,
and regulate their speed accordingly, or
there will be more accidents to be reported
as the result of spreading rails"