The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-11-17
sTATEToPICS OF INTEREST.

A little girl in Gorham. on first discover
ing the electric lights. and seeing the moon
at the same time propounded this 'conun-
drum: Mamma does God know that we
have got electric lights?' Yes,' replied the
mother, he must know it because he knows
everything Then, mamma, why don't he
take in the moon.''
People in the eastern part of the State
are very much interested in the case of a
demcnted man who.is declared to be living
| in the woods on MolunkIs stream in very
destitute and precarious condition. He
has been seen but few times during the
summer and seems to have no desire to
meet with any human being, as, he fees
away like deer on being discovered.
Thomaston mans COW. yielding to a
satanic impulse to create trouble waltzed
into nearby cabbage garden and gorged
herself upon the succulent fruit" The
nefghbor of course was irate. and called
upon the proprietor of the cow in very
heated frame of mind. Said he: sYour
COW has eaten "a dozen of my finest cab
bages!'' Don't worry. my friend. don't
worryu' replied the owner; who ever heard
The fines and costs collected in andre
scoggin County the past year amounted to
$7,4SS. 80 for the Supreme. and $l,6ll.S3 for
inferior courts. There were 243 prosecu-
lions including l46 for violation OF the liq-
uor law.
Miss Nellie. Waldron of Pittsfeld, who was
thrown from her carriage and seriously in
jured, several. weeks ago. by,.reason of a car
of the Maine Central Railroad Co. obstruct
ing the highway, has brought suit, through
her attorney, F.sW. Hovey, against the com
pany in the sum of $4,000.
Belfast has potato of the crop of 1898
which was allowed to lie on a bench ever
after it was dug. Last summer it cracked
open, showing Eve small but perfectly
formed potatoes on the inside.
A steel rail was placed by some miscreant
across the Maine Central track just below
Riverside, Thursday afternoon. and nearly
wrecked Jewett's train. Luckily the train
slowed up just in time to escape.
The board of State assessors are nearing
the end of their work. They are waiting
for the Savings Bank.returns. from Bank
Examiner. Written. Maine's shipping is de-
creasing in value, and the past year has
been improbable in this line, hardly any
money being made by it. The rates have been
growing industries Is the manufacture of
pulp.
NO Nd; ioI,
Insurance Company was ORGANIZED in Gardi-
ner, Tuesday, and these officers elected;
J. B. Pike. president; j. R. Peacock, secre-
tary; D. J. Libby. treasurer; J. P. Pike, ].
r. Peacock. d. J. Libby, John S. Niles. e.
6. Edgcomb. ]. ". Peacock. j. H. Law
renee. Martin Peacock and G. ". Hopkins
directors.
An Augusta lawyer says that in Aroostook
county there are more cases of insolvency
than in any other in Maine, due to people
residing in more thicklv settled sections
| becoming in debt, and resorting there to
seek fortune. They would get start and
| being pressed by the creditors became insol
vent.
Efforts are being made for the establish
| ment of State Normal School at Houlton
The directors and several of the large
stockholders of the WIscasset Quebec
Railroad met at Wiscasset Friday and unar-
| imously voted to push construction to
| Burnham as soon as possible.
Mr.. Walter Richards of Belfast, has
curiosity in the shape of a lamp chimney
that has passed through fire and melted in
TO perfect fish, he scalloped top making
an exact resemblance of the tail. and the