The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-08
Knox Gas & Electric Company.
Especial to the Press.1

RocKLAND, February lone OF the
most important corporations ever re-
corded in Knox Registry of Deeds, was
put on the books by Register Miller this
afternoon. 1t is known as the Knox Gas
& Electric Company, and has a capital
stock of two hundred thousand dollars.
Its purpose is to supply light, heat and
power by the manufacture and distribu-
ton of gas and electricity in the City of
Rockland and in the towns of Thomaston
Warren, Camden and Rockport. The
directors are George E. Macomber, j..
Manchester Haynes, Fl. L. Shepherd, E.
K. O'Brien, William S. White, William
T. Cobb and Sidney M. Bird. George
E. Macomber is president and A. D..
Bird treasurer. The following prominent
men are among the the stockholders: j..
Manchester Haynes, John +. Hill and
T. Cobb, A. F. Crockett, William s..
White and Sidney M. Bird, Rockland; FL.
L. Shepherd, Rockport; e. K. O'Brien,
Thomaston; Fred E. Richards, Portland;
Galen c, Moses and F. Fl. Twitchell,
Bath. The corporation is consolidation
of the Rockland & Thomaston Gas Light
Company, the Camden & Rockport
Electric Light Company, and the Thorn
aston & Warren Electric Light & Power
Company.
| Rockland Board of Registration.
Especial to the Pressl
| RocKLAND, February Capt. E. j.
Farwell, formerly clerk of the Rockland
Board of Registration, has been appointed
to fill the vacancy accustomed by the re-
signation of Poet Wight MI. Farwell
is prominent ward five politician and
solid Republican.
Can't Get Into the Harbor.
SOUTHWEST HARBoR, February r.
The three-masted schooner, Rebecca
Taulane, Capt. Studley, from Boston for
Somes Sound, Mt. Desert, to load granite,
arrived at Southwest Harbor Thursday,
January rs, and found the sound frozen
over. Mr.. Brown, owner of the granite,
is under obligations to deliver the granite
at Deer Island, Boston Harbor, in Feb
ruary. He telegraphed to the revenue
steamer Levi Woodbury., to come and
break the ice. She came February 2,
steamed up the sound and examined the
situation, went back and anchored near
the Rebecca Taulane. The captain of
the Woodbury. said he would break YES
sells out of the ice but would not break
them in. Therefore he left the harbor
early Friday morning. The Taulane is
still here.
portIapd. CapitaIists aft Tocke,s Mills
LocKE's MILLS, February Hon. W.
T. Emmons of Saco, and Hon. Eben E.
Rand of Portland, were at Locke's Mills
last week looking over the spool mill
property and it is rumored that their
visit was in the interest of capitalists in
Portland and Saco with a. view of pur-
chasing the entire plant Of the American
Bobbin, Spool and Shuttle Company at
this place and adding some new indus
tries to those already in operation.
Report of the Mechanic Savings Bank.
LEWISTON, February I'm the SUI
preme court this morning the reports of
the committee appointed to examine the
affairs of the Mechanic Savings Bank was
made. The reports shows deficiency
of ten per cent. Judge Walton ordered
the deposits scaled twelve and one-half
per cent. 1t is expected the bank will
resume next Tuesday.
Hon. Joseph Hobson's Funeral.
BIDDEFoRD, February THE funeral
of Joseph Hobson, Saco's first Mayor,
whose death occurred at West Buxton,
was held in the. Saco Congregational
church, this afternoon and was attended
by Elk Mayors and members of the pres
emit city government. Stores and places
of business in thecity were closed during
the funeral. F aE
Death in a Lumber Camp.
BANGOR, February IA special to the
Wing from Greensville Junction says:
John G. Washington of Hillsboro, N. B.,
died at Kineo last night, the result of a
sudden attack of cramps in Perry's lum-
Der camp.
Prospect of Settlement
LEWISTON, February 1.-THE mule
spinners' claim, for ten per cent adj
vance, is still hanging. There is prospect
of a settlement without friction. All the
spinners are at work.
A Maine Centenarian.
CLEVELAND, o., February William
Tillen of Dexter City, Ohio, died today,
aged 103. He was born in Maine and
lived in Noble County, over so years.
Maine News Notes.
Mrs. Wallace Main of York, living on
| the main road near the Kittery line,
dropped dead on the floor of her sitting
room about o'clock Sunday evening
She had just welcomed two callers and
in the act of calling for their wraps she
| fell PROSTATE and died without a word.
She was apparently entirely well up to
| the very few minutes of her DEATH
Massachusetts Grand Army.
Boston, February 7.-Commander-in-
Chief Weissert, G. A. r., arrived in this
city this afternoon to attend the annual
encampment of the Massachusetts, depart