The Portland daily press., 1893-05-10
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

pt'eoA ny oHo NeW OK panic last week.
A well known barber lost, it is reported,
$2700. The loss caused him to ATTEMPT
suicide with razor, but the attempt was
frustrated, friends catching him in the
act. Several wealthy farmers have lost
heavily, mortgaging their farms. The
operations which proved SO disastrous
were carried on through branch of
Baldwin Brothers of Boston, at Hotel
Haselton. When the Office was first
opened the operators won large sums.
But soon luck turned and it is said that
the loss to Skowhegan since last Deem
Der will amount to $4,000.
Down in Charlotte, Washington coun-
ty, maple syrup makers have lately been
considerably annoyed by deer drinking
the sap, a drove of nine having paid
visit to the maple orchards at one time,
Rev. DR.. Cheney, the venerable presi-
dent of Bates College, is suffering from
declining health, and a young man will
probably be asked to accept the position.
Two men are prominently mentioned for
the position, Rev. Martyr Summerbeli,
d. d.. pastor of the Main street Free
Baptist church of Lewiston, and Prof.
g. G. Chase, now at the head of the Eng
lish department in the college,
F. S. Carr, Esq, one of Sangerville's
old and prominent citizens, had narrow
escape from drowning Saturday. In
company with his son. F. Fl. Carr, one of
the owners of the Sangeryille wooden
mill, he was standing on the dam near
the mill, endeavoring to remove flush
board. when he made mis-step, falling
into the water where the current was so
strong that it dashed him against the
dam with considerable force, drawing his
legs under the gates. His son, who is a
strong man, could not pull him out alone
and with difficulty held his head above
water until assistance arrived. He was
taken out bruised and unconscious and
carried home where he soon revived
One of his legs was quite badly hurt but
it it thought that the serious effects will
only be temporary.
A large number of commercial travel
ers met at the Bangor House Sunday af-
ternoon and organized the Travelling
Mems Relief Association The follow
ing officers were elected: President, R.
w. Sawyer; vice president, W. T. Davis;
secretary and treasurer, G. Fl. Smith;
directors, r. w. Sawyer, W. T.. Davis, G.
Fl. Smith, j. Fl. Blanchard, B. F. Beal,
I'll. R. Whittier and S. S. Canedy. A
meeting will soon be held to adopt con-
stitution and bylaws. The headquart-
ers of the association will be in Bangor
and the membership will be limited to
the travelling men who come to Maine
The purposes are relief in cases of sick
ness and the membership has been
placed at $2, while, If necessary, assess
ments will be made.
The Penobscot Indians have estab-
lished village. which will form a part
OF the chronological exhibit at the
Worlds Fair, and which in point OF local
interest will be second to none in that
interesting department. The Indians
while in Chicago will live in three tepees
built of birch barck, matched on poles,
which meet at the top, forming a cone
shaped tent, about 16 feet in diameter
and 70 feet high The interior is decor
ated with deer, moose, caribou and bear
skins, along with many other trophies of
the chase, such as the mounted heads of
these and other animals. They will give
exhibitions of the pow-wow and the
dances, which are still kept up in the
tribe.
Delegates from local unions all over
the state, met at Lewiston Saturday and
the Grand Union of Pipers.
Plumbers and Metal Workers of Maine.
The following officers were chosen:
Grand president, f. Arnold, Auburn;
grand vice president, Fl. w. Straw. Port
land; grand recording secretary, Walter
Field, Lewiston; grand treasur er, j. FL.
cCarthy, Portland.
The county attorney and sheriffs have
been making determined efforts since the
kennebec grand jury rose to capture the
two men indicted for burning school |
house in Clinton. The fugitiyes have
taken to a bog in the town of Canaa n
containing about 1000 acres that is al
most impossible in places, except to ex-
perienced woodsmen, and here they
live in concealed cabins and under
ground dens, armed and defiant, one of
the worst gangs that ever infested this
part of the country. The officers have
decided that they can only be captured
by a large posse of woodsmen fully
armed, and. perh0ps, with the help Of
Deputy Sheriff McNally, who has been
engaged five days on the case, saws:
They have several secret hiding places,
Including two or three caves dug in the
bog. Last Friday stumbled upon one |
OF their camps ina deep ravine. 1t was
covered with brush, and ii / had not
CHANGED to go within few feet of it / |
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