The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-11-20

to 9S in several thermometers on Main
street, Houlton.
Hon. Joseph ID. Emery OF Caribou, is at
work securing the right of way for the
Bangor & Aroostook railroad aud arrang-
Ing the land damages between Hoult0n
and Caribou.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Maine Farmer says: "Messrs. j. q.
Houghton g. Co., cable that some Maine
apples were sold at Fridays auction In
Liverpool, and realized for sound barrels /.
Baldwins, So "a to S3.27; Greenlngs, $3.50
to 81 Sc; Kings, So So; Ben Davis. So 90 to
$500. The demand was very active. The
decline In prices Is due to the heavy ar
rivals.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Eighty years ago Castlns had a regular
newspaper. CasGine was then the shire
town of the county and nearly as large as
now: IL Is a noble and historic old town
and Is good for lots OF history In time to
come. The paper was called the Castine
Eagle. A copy of IL Is now well pre-
served. The style was ancient and the
print paper was OF coarse texture, as were
all papers In those days. 1t was headed /:
Castine, Tuesday, February 20, 1910. Print
ed every Tuesday at Castlne, mouth of
Penobsc0t river, District of Maine. By
Samuel Hall. No. Is, Vol. /.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
NJ. S. Ward has taken the contract TO
build l6 houses for the Manufacturing In
vestment Company in Anson. He
now has a large crew Of men and Is push
ing the work along as rapidly as possible.
He will build nine cottages this winter.
The Madison Bulletin says: "The town
daddies have purchasedl1200 feet Of 'Amerl-
can Eclipse rubber lined hose, and now
our village can congratulate Itself that 1t Is
comparatively safe In case OF fire."
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The second Merchants Day" In Ban
gor, Wednesday, drew a lot Of people.
The following officers of the K. & N. A.
X. r., have been elected: President, q. p.
Stetson clerk and treasurer. A. T. Thomp-
SON. The Maine Central Company was
authorized to build side track at How
land to the pulp mill from the main
line.
The new Gullfor saw mill Is nearing
completion. The large chimney, which Is
eight feet at the base and 85 feet high, was
house will be completed soon and the
boilers put in.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Rev. George Mills, with his daughter, ar.
rived at Dennysville few day since. He
has accepted the call to become settled pas
tor of the Congregational society there.
WALDO COUNTY.
There will be hearing November 80
before the Governor aud Council on the
pardon case OF Mrs. Martha Crockett, on
Swanyille, now serving life sentence ~
Thomaston for the murder OF her hus'
band.
The new Catholic church In belfast NH wIli
be dedicated on Thanksgiving pay luz
dedication will be performed py Dlsnop
Heaiev Of Portland, and priests assisting
The exercises will begin about ~ O'CLOCK
HInn mass will be celebrated at the dedlcd-
tiOn.
The construction train on the Belfast
branch reached Belfast last week. Decid-
al improvements will be made here, but IL
is possible tnat part Of the work may go
over to next spring. The increase in bust
ness demands more yard room. The COM
pany Is filling In the basin will make the
earth bridge 10 or IL teet wider. Tne back
track will be extended to the bridge and
the track to the tarntable will be straight
ened. A cut over track will be laid to the
railroad wharf. This will facilitate the
work Of loading or discbarging vessels at
the wharf