The Portland daily press., 1894-12-21

off the namesoff Bucksport from the LIST
of the towns under the jurisdiction of
the Western Hancock Municipal Court,
and that the town be permitted to re-
sumo it's former method of procedure un-
der a trial justice.
There are now between 70 and so
tramps in..the Belfast Jail. 1t has been
decided to work them. The county lot
will be fenced and the rocks on the los
will be removed and the larger ones
sunk. The tramps will be made to do
the work. Two made their escape while
out the other day.
Mrs. Frank Eaton, of Steub ben, has re-
ceived letters from her husband, who
disappeared so mysteriously several
months ago. He reports being drugged
and carried on board ship bound for
Halifax, where he had a severe sickness,
and was left at hospital.
Rabbits by the box and barrel and
crate load are going out of West Frank
lin to the New York and Boston markets
They sell.for Is cents apiece. and it is
a poor boy who cannot set snares
enough to catch ten day.
The ice houses on the Penobscot river
are practically empty. as only about 5000
tons remain along the entire river front.
The supply on hand was rapidly dimin-
ished by the vessels which took it away
since the river has been open, and there
is consequently very small supply on
hand.
Captain Butman, of the steamer Fam
ny Collins, reports that there is very
good fishing at Isle au Haut, Some of
the small boats caugh over 100 Goldfish
in few hours Monday. There has al
so been very large shark troubling the
fishermen about Oyster Creek, Mount
Desert, very much lately. It has driven
some of them SO near into the surf that
they were afraid of swapping their boats
The visit of the United States gunboat
Castine to Castine has again been post
poped until next week. The Rockland
Star-thinks that fruit dish purchased
for the steamers reception year ago
last August, is likely to be little out
of date before it really gets into Uncle
Sans hands.
A brass band has been organized at
Thomaston under the leadership of Isaac
Burken, composed of ten pieces, and will
hold weekly rehearsals.
AssBoston,; newspaper has had for several
weeks reporter travelling up and
down Maine to see whether the prohibi
tory liquor law is enforced. His revela-
tions will continue through series of
articles
Mr.. e. A. Farwell of Saco, while hunt
ing in the Rocky Mountain region, got
separated from his companions, and
came in such sudden contact with a
grizzly bear that he had no time to use
his rife. He was near a very large
boulder, which had leaning against it
about ten feet of the trunk of a fallen
tree. 1t WAS somewhat decayed, but
bore his weight while he scrambled up
to the top of 1.-THE boulder. Mr.. Farwell
says he was thoroughly frightened, and
that the firstssthing he did when he saw
the bear was tosgrab his rifle. Once on
top of the boulder, Mr.. Farwell remained
there until his companions appeared
and shot the bear.
A new secret order is being started in
Lewiston, called the Knights of the Mys-
tic Chair. Fifty signers have already
been secured, and the lodge will be
formed when the mum Der has reached rs.
Forest and Stream says that in one
day two moose, two caribou, two bears
and 57.deer had..been received at Bangor.
OF course this was the catch of a large
extent of territory, but it was the record
of only one day, and that of every other
day was very large.
1t is a strange process employd in kill
ing western turkeys, geese and chick
ems, which are huddlcd together in the
Copant q Andrews building near Pen
ley's beef emporium in Auburn. The
bird is caught and its legs secured in
slip moose. They are then hung up, a
heavy iron weight is attached to the
lower jaw. "A bent wire is attached to
the iron weight. and the wire is put in
to the lower jaw of the bird. The
weight serves tc stretch them out at full
length. The operator then cuts the
birds throat, and just at the right time,
when the bird has bled enough, he rubs
the body back and forth with his hauds,
and the plumage, pin feathers and all,
come off.
The contest over,the Bangor and Brew !
er toll bridge is likely to be one OF the |
lively nghes OF the coming legislature. |
Mayor Beal OF Bangor claims that as the |
public of Brewer and Bangor have paid |
toll for many years, they are entitled to |
possession of the bridge, regardless of |
the rights of the stock holders. About |
half the stockholders are widows or or |
pans, or trust estates. II Mayor Beais's |
theory can be carried out with regard to |
hotels and circuses, it is evil |
dent that an era of'good times is upon the |