The Portland daily press., 1892-12-10
STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST.

An unusually good year is reported at
the Belfast marine railway. Twenty
two vessels have been hauled out, of
which number thirteen were large three
masted schooners. Fifteen of the ves-
sells are owned outside of Belfast. Be-
sides the vessels taken out on the railway
Carter & Co., and D. w. Dyer have re-
paired quite number in the docks.
Moses NJ. Thompson Of Bingham goes
to Little Moxie on an exploring trip in
company with Mr.. Edward Ware of
Waterville. City Marshal Bunker of
Waterville plans to join them the first OF
the week.
The large and handsome three master
in Sawyer's yard in Millbridge, is nearly
ready for launching. She is something
over eight hundred tons measurement
and built from the best materials that
Hugh Kelley Of New Haven, Conn, and
she will be commanded by Capt Haskell
of Deer Isle. She will load with paving
stone for New York
DR.. HaineS of Ellsworth, has received
one hundred carp from the United States
Fish Commission at Washington, D. G.
These are to be planted in a few shoal
ponds near Ellsworth that at present do
not contain fish of any kind. Some of
the carp, however, will be placed in the
main river above the upper dam. The
carp is as good eating as bass and null
tip1ies very rapidly. It frequently at
tains weight of twenty and thirty
pounds.
The fall term of the Maine State Col
lege will close on Friday, December 23rd.
Previous to this year the term has ended
four weeks earlier but it was decided to
try change this year and continue it if
it proved satisfactory.
The quarterly meeting of the Episco-
pal Board of Missions and Woman's Aux
iliary will be held st. Marks, Angus
ia, next Tuesday and Wednesday. Bishop
Talbot, missionary bishop of Wyoming
and Idaho, will deliver missionary ad-
dress on Tuesday evening, and also be-
fore the Woman's s Auxiliary on Wednes-
day morning.
1t is announced that the citizens of
Eastport will petition the next legisla-
ture to incorporate the city of Eastport.
1t will be Names twentieth CITY, If the
present plans mature.
Capt. II. N. Fairbanks will introduce
into the legislature this winter bill to
provide for compulsory vaccination. The
captains trips in the pursuit OF business
into the lumber regions has called his
attention to the need of some sort Of
legislation in this direction and an in
tention on his part to push the matter Is
reported.
A petition for the pardon of Benjamin
Chadbourne, now serving life sentence
in the state prison for being implicated
in the murder of Alvin Watson some
years ago, in Parkman, is being circu-
lated through Piscatquis county and the
people are taking greet interest in it.
Over two hundred signatures were Sc
cured among his former acquaintance
in Parkman. Chadbourne is quite aged
and in poor health.
A young man and waman patrolled
Upper Main street. Lewiston, until late
hour last Saturday night. They passed
back and fro in front of the house where
the young lady lived. The young lady
was signalled to come in. She did not
| heed, and an irate father appearing on
the scene tried to separate the pair, or
dering his daughter to 60 into the house.
The ardent young man thought it was a
case of fight and sailed into his prospec-
tive pa with as much vim as if he were
facing Sullivan. After piling the young
lady's father up in heap, he continued
the patrol until both were tired.
Take one Every Three Hours.