The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-01-08
MAINE NEWS.
West Paris Manufacturing Company in
Assignee's Hands.
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lopecldl W bilo TreSS.
WEST PARIS, January 1.-The West
Paris Manufacturing Company assigned
this. morning to George A. Wilson, as
sets, 100000; liabilities, $4,000. The
business will be run by the assignee with,
view to manufacture the stock now OIL
hand preparatory TO final disposition of
the property. This plant is splendidlJ
equipped, and offers good Inducements;
to anyone to continue the business here.
as the product of the factory has now be-
come favorably known and is in good de-
mand everywhere.
Androsccggin County Farmers.
LIvERMoRE FALLS, January THE,
Andfoscoggin County Farmers Institute,
meeting provided for by the State Board
of Agriculture, convened here today.
The general subject of cooperative but
ter making was opened by Hon. u. A..
Gilbert, secretary of the Maine Board of
Agriculture. Other subjects discussed
were the breed for butter-making, by
Charles E. Wheeler; profits of the busf-
ness, Q. " Knight; corn as fodder
crop, Thomas Daggett; farming for a
living, Hon. E. r. French.
Mr.. Smith Gets His Insurance.
SACo, January THE first verdict at
this term of the York county supreme
court was rendered tonight in the suit of
Samuel p. Smith of Biddeford VS.. the
California Insurance Company. The
insurance was for $500, insurance on
property burned at Woburn, Mass. The
jury brought in a verdict for $164S.S0.
Mr.. Ford May Not Accept.
BIDDEFoRD, January Radcliffe II.
Ford, who has been appointed United
States consul at Leghorn, Italy, says he
has not yet decided whether or not to ac-
cept the appointment. He put in his APP
plication two years ago, he said, and he
was at that time ready to take up at
Short notice a consuPs duties, but now
his private business affairs will not allow
of SO abrupt a termination, and unless
he can satisfactorily arrange them he
may not see fit to take up residence in
Italys sunny cline.
John Haines Suing Nelson.
B1DDEFoRD, January &c. II. Nelson
of Waterville was in town today to Sc
cure counsel to answer to law suit
which John f. Haines has brought
against him, and which will be tried at
the present term of court. Mr.. Haines
sues Mr.. Nelson for $500, he alleges, are
due him as wages, while in Nelson's en-
ploy. He was to have received, accord
ing to agreement, he says, 800 per
month and expenses, and he says that
not only did Nelson neglect to square up
his wages but that he was obliged to pay
out matter of 1929 while on the west
ern trip, for expenses, which should have
been included in his salary. B. f. Ham
ilton will look after the plaintiff case,
and George F. Haley after the defend
ants.
Maine Notes.
The late Mrs. Seward Garcelon of Oak
land, Cal, has relatives in Brunswick
and in Auburn, who, it is understood,
will share in the benefits of the large es-
tate left by her. Her husband Dr. Sew
ard Garcelon, was cousin of ex-Gov.
Garcelon of Lewiston. DR.. Seward Gar
celon was born near Garcelon's Ferry in
Lewiston, was graduated from Bowdoin
College, and settled in Benton, after
wards moving to California
O. Ell. Nelson is said to have made a
deal with Beverly (Mass.) parties for his
favorite stallion, Colonel Osgood, receiv-
ing the neat little sum of $1,000. Colonel
Osgood is brown stallion, 151 hands
high, sired by the famous Wilkes.