The Portland daily press., 1892-09-30
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

Forty-nine little Squaw Hollowites at
Bar Harbor, were made supremacy happy
one day last week. Miss Merris, an at
tache of the house of Vanderbilt, has
gone to this uninviting place every Sum
day through the summer to teach these
ragamuffins. On the day in question,
with the assistance of Misses Alice and
Marguerite Shepard, the daughters of
Col Elliott F. Shepard, she gave them
their fill of ice-cream, cake and other
delicacies. After the Sunday school
class had had their fill the little Indian
children came in for share, and after
ward each mother was presented with a
package of tea, sugar and other groceries
Miss Shepard stood behind the rough
table and served the cream. while little
Marguerite carried it around to the boys
and girls. Guy Cushman assisted Miss
Shepard sand Margaret Beddy helped
Marguerite.
A stock company has been formed at
Bar Harbor for the purpose of construct
ing swimming poolon the Bay shore
near the village. DECREASE Fox, one of
Bar Harbor's most progressive summer
residents, is chief mover in the enter
prise. 1t is now proposed to transform
natural cove on the shore into bath
ing pool, and to have in connection with
it, bath houses in which hot and cold,
fresh and salt, and Turkish baths may
be enjoyed by those who wish to pay for
them.
The returns from Portland S city clerk
received at the office of the secretary OF
state are subject for remark if not for
criticism in that they contain no mention
of the vote cast for Hon. Thos. B. Reed,
Republican candidate for Congress. OF
course this omission is not of the slight
est importance as affecting the election.
These returns also show that 1901 votes
were returned in Portland for Edmund
B. MaIlett instead of Edmund B. Mallett,
Jr., Republican candidate for Senator
And in this connection an advantage of
the Australian ballot appears. 1t is a
matter of common knowledge and easy
of proof that all the ballots cast for MI.
Mallett bore his correct name SO that the
mistakes were due to the carelessness OF
wardens and clerks in making the re-
turns. Under the old system of ballot
ing these discrepancies would at least
cause considerable trouble and an noy-
ance.-Augusta Journal.
The programme for the observance of
Columbus day at Colby will include
music appropriate to the day, an address
to the students by Prof. Smaller Matthews
an Grafton by D. E. Bowman 93, and a
poem by Miss Deeds '93.
The Maine State Free Baptist Assooia-
ton, which has just held it's annual
meeting at Pittsield, gave endorsement
to the course of Sheriff Cram of Cum
berland county in enforcing the prohibit
tory law, and congratulations at his re-
election in the following resolutions
which were given a unanimous passage:
RESOLVED, That we congratulate Sheriff
Cram of Cumberland county upon his triumph
ant reelection and that we pledge him our
heartiest sympathy and support in the good
work he has so faithfully and efficiently done
for the past two years.
Resolved, That we earnestly urge upon the
sherifs in all tile other counties of our State the
duty of emulating the example Of Sheriff Cram,
and ask them to do the work which he, by his
example has demonstrated can be successfully
done even under most unfavorable circum
clio