The Portland daily press., 1893-10-24
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

A Skowhegan dispatch to the Lewiston
| Journal says the failure of Hon. |. O..
Winslow of St. Adams was one of the
most disastrous which ever occurred in
this county, being especially lamentable
because q large mum Der Of farmers, who
will severely feel the loss, are among the
Sufferers. The following figures are given
by parties interested in the affairs of the
creditors Winslow's liabilities will
amount to something like S45, 1000. OF
this, SIS, 900 is due 400 farmers for milk
and cream furnished by them at the
several butter factories which Mr.. Win
slow operated. 1t is claimed that he owes
his own and his wife's rel atives $12, 000
He also owes 1000 for creamery sup!
plies, salt, appliances, etc. A debt of
$1,000 is secured, it being represented
that Brown, Decoric & Co. of Boston
have bill of sale Of the Vassalboro
creamery on indebtedness of $500, while
Green & Co., also of Boston, are pro-
tected $1,000 worth by security on lumber
in ST. Adams. Both these firms are
wholesale dairy dealers. Mr.. Winslow' S
assets are understood to be light. Mr..
Winslow is a member of the Maine Senate
and served ON the educational, land
fisheries and game, and State college
committees. He is lecturer of the State
Grange and under the auspices of the
Grange was prominent in the movement
to introduce the teaching of agriculture
in the common schools In the Senate he
was chairman of the so-called listing
system of valuation for purposes OF tax
alton.
In the midst of the changing Of the
Bangor church bells, Sunday evening,
there was new sound, at least new to
the usual quiet of the Sabbath evening
The bell on the old City Hall was ring
,,ntian of tho Conrpd p6rf
given by Dora Wiley. Bangor has never
been favored with such a Sunday eve
ning's programme for Miss Wiley's was
not the only attraction to music-loving
people. In Norombega hall, Mrs. Potter,
Pullen's Orchestra and other talent were
holding forth. Sacred concerts were
stopped in Bangor some time ago, but
known whether the churchmen of the
city will put their foot down now or not.
Aroostook railroad is done and the track
laying is being pushed rapidly forward
A case which has created widespread
interest is coming up for trial in the
Supreme court in Augusta, that of
Charles T .Stackpole of Gardiner VS.. A. K.
Perkins of Skowhegan. Mr.. Perkins sold
the horse Cunard, Jr., to Mr.. Stackpole
under a written guarantee that he was
sound. After the purchase, a quarter
crack appeared in the horses foot and
the plaintiff claims that it existed pre-
vious to the sale, having been filed up
with cement and smoothed over SOFAS not
to be d1scerned. The Observation-Disclosures
this and says the animal was sound,
bringing numerous witnesses The price
paid was $780, The case was tried in
kennebec county at the October term,
1890, verdict being rendered for the de-
PENDANT. Hon. Orville D. Baker, counsel
for the plaintiff, took the case to the law
court, where new trial was granted on
the ground of newly discovered evidence.
Hallowell feels the hard times. Samp-
sons oilcloth factory has shut down, the
Hallowell granite works have curtailed
operations and Milliken's mill is closed.