The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-10

John B.smith & Co., of Lewiston
nave the contract for plumbing the new
masonic building at Augusta.
Portland experts worked twelve hours
at Saco Wednesday before they could
erect an entrance into the big vault of
the York national bank. The door to
the vault is opened By an fold fashioned
com bination lock, worked with a key.
tuesday afternoon, after the vault had
been closed, Cashier Parcher went to it
for book, and found that the lock
would not work. Ali efforts to open the
door being in vain, experts were sent for.
The experts first ripped off a small mid
die plate, partly covering the lock, and
tried to drive the rest of the lock
through the door. This was a had job,
and they worked all day before they
could open the vault.
Thus far this season the steamer
Penobscot is beating the new City of
Bangor of the Boston & Bangor line
regularly. The new boat is not meeting
expectations in point of speed.
The Peabody family held reunion
Wednesday at Topsfeld, Mass, where
Lieut.. Francis Peabody of Lewiston was
among those who sent letters of regret.
Charles Peabody of Topsfield was elect
ed president.
The Ladies' Improvement Association
of Squirrel Island have elected these
officers: Mrs. Wallace H. White, Lewis
ton, president; Mrs. Rebecca White,
Boston, .1st vice president; Mrs. Seth
Carter, Auburn, clerk; Mrs.:'.O. Foss.
Auburn, treas Mrs. Wallace White, Mrs.
J.C. Wood, Auburn, Mrs. Charles Mutell.
Springfield, Mrs. Fl l.. Pratt, Lewiston,
Mrs. e. M. Bowman, Newark, n. j., Mrs.
Lewis Chase, Rochester, n. Y. Mrs. e. j.
May, Lewiston, directors.
The Bath Times says: 1.-The work on
the ram Katahdin is now steadily pro-
crossing, and as soon as those plates for
the coming tower, which have proved
so difficult for the armor makers of
fashion, arrive the craft can be quickly
completed. She should he ready for a
trial in a..month. The board of examiners
arrived Wednesday to look her over and
consider minor changes.
A level headed Phillips m an has, in
place of a dog, two coset lambs that
follow him about with the devotion that
characterized the famous one that Mary
owned. They are far more useful than
the average canine and are exempt from
the operation of the dog tax.
A company of mon have been examin-
ing the pot holes on the Lewiston Falls
this last week. Two of the holes were
cleared out on Saturday with much
labor, and very peculiar things were
found in one of them, including the Jaw
bona of MI oil HI w. 81.
dog, stone resem bling a stone Ratchet
| owned by the Lewiston grammar school,
and two hone spear heads. These dis
| coveries have excited the antiquarians,
and it is probable that more explorations
will result
A good story is told of a Dixmont doc
tor who was called in to treat patient
and left her some tablets with strong
admonition to careful usage of the
same. The tablets were left upon a
stand, and while the patient was out of
the room FOR short time a pet cat got
upon the stand and ate the whole OF
them, twenty-seven in number, and
| strange as it may seem, pussy did not
| experience any i'll effects from her large
dose of medicine.N 1t is needless to state
| that that patient has little faith in tab
| let's.
The Bangor Commercial says well
known railroad man CHANGED to look
into an empty freight car at Bangor, and
| found'a tramp curled up in it fast
| asleep. Awaking him he learned the
tramp was bound to Waterville. The
Iailroad.manssaid all right" and passed
along. When he train reached Leeds,
seeing a light in the car, he looked in
| and found IS tramps enscouced there.
| He let them stay on the promise that
they wouldn't light anysmatches endan-
gering the car.
| A number of liens have been put or
the new Bangor City Building by par.
ties who haven't received their pay fol
| work done.
Tomorrow morning, on the occasion Of
the visit of Dahlgreen Post to the
National Home, Togus, there will be al
| at the Home. 1t will be an interesting
sight. The extraordinarily hot weather
through July has burned the grass feeo
so badly that the amount OF milk col
lected from the cows has shrunk from
125 gallons to SO gallons.
There will be short crop of potatoes
in New York State, and reports from
Chicago and the Pine and Kanabes
county potato fields indicate that tn,
yield will hardly exceed one third of tn,
usual crop. This makes the outlook
very bright for good prices for ARGOS
took's large crop.
A lady in Houlton left her residenc
the other day for visit elsewhere, ant
placed her valuable diamonds in satch
ell which she put under the carriage seat
When some miles distant from Houltol
the satchel was missed. The carriag
returned to Houlton, and Policeman
Lincoln was notified. Soon man cam
along the street with the satchel in hi
hand. The lady's name was marked OF
it, but the finder had no idea VIVA
valuable property it contained.
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