The Portland daily press., 1894-05-26

one of the city assessors the other day.
I'm plate in quite large shipments is
being received at Eastport direct from
Swansea, Wales, on through bills of
lading, and is stored in the Cempany's
comes to Boston By steamer, thence by
sailing craft to Eastport. The duties
are paid at the United States Custom
House there.
Two Bath citizens are reported to have
given $40, 900 to Good Will Farm. Their
names are withheld, however
Up to Thursday s2,63S had been SUBJ
scribed for the Norway sufferers.
Horace Cole had some matches. pop
corn and a corn pepper in a brick oven
| the Norway fire without injury, and
Mr.. Coles family have since popped the
corn and eaten it.
1.-THE prospect is now good for that
WOODEN mill at East Machias. There are
26 owners in common of the water power
the present time. Mr.. Ulmer represent
| ing the Portland Loan and Building as
sociation Portland, as looked the prop
erty over, and agrees to build 10 set
wooden mill if the pri vilege can be con-
veyed to that association free OF cost. Of
the 26 owners about half will give their
individual interest gladly for the good
of the town, but the other half will not
do SO but will sell at figures aggregating
about $1,000. The agreement of all but
one shareholder has been obtained and
| the price definitely fixed. Practical
woolen manufacturers stand ready to
lease the mill for term of five years, put
in the machinery and operate it, with
the privilege of purchase at the end of
the five years.
While fishing for suckers last Thurs
| day night some one laidehiS torch on
a dry rail Gloss to the end of the bridge
across little Furgeson stream near George
| G1lman's, at Harmony, and as a result
the town is minus a bridge. Elmer
Brown has taken the job to rebuild it,
and is at work on it now.
Mrs. Joe Pease Of Athens has wonder
| in shape of cucumber vine. 1t sits on
| the window sill and the vines run on
trellis, completely FIJI the window. There
are hundreds of blossoms on the vines,
making it one mass of beauty; there are
also thirty cucambers, one of which is
over three inches long. 1t would pay
| one to go some distance to see cucum-
bers growing SO luxuriantly in house.
| There is a movement on foot to pu blish
a local newspaper in Waterville in the
| French language. This movement has
not yet fully crystalized, but without
doubt such a paper will be published,
| and it is expected to make its appearance
about the first Of June. AS the French
population is about 5000 it would seem
that such paper might receive fair
patronage.
ED. Bailey is experimenting at his
furniture factory at Fcxcroft with a
device for the manufacture of mat
tresses.. The machinery is so far per-
fected that from coarse poplar wood ex-
celsior is made, a tick 1illed, the mat
tress finished and ready for the bed or
market in fifteen minutes
Tue st. Croix News says: "There seems
to be quite an opposition Undertaking.
to the proposition to the giving of S10,-
900 by Calais to the proposed belt line
connecting the railroad system in ST.
Stephen with Calais, by the way of
Milltown. 1t is claimed that it will be
no real benefit to Calais, buu on the con-
trary, deprive number of our citizens
of quite an amount of revenue"
The rats had be come troublesome
around Hudson's store in Guilford re-
Gently, SO couple Of traps were set in
the cellar 1T night, ara The next morn
ing the clerk placed tie catch on the
platform in front OF the store SO that all
could see it. Now hold your breath
while we tell what there was in the trap
The traps contained II rats, three in
one and eight III the other, all alive
and squirming like a lot of snakes.
He was a new clerk in Rockland gro
Gerry store.ss A customer ordered peck
of split peas. There was none but whole
ones in the store. "What'll do,n uuer-
led the clerk. split some,n answered
the proprietor, who was somewhat of
| wag; and good part of that afternoon
the innocent clerk sat on a soap box in
dustriously and laboriously splitting
peas one at time with big jackknife
Prominent business men of Camden
are considering the forming of a syndicate
for the pupose of buildin a sac, 600 brick
block at Elm and Chestnut streets.
| -
Six of Rockland's charming young So
ciety buds have formed a skirt dancing
class, and glory in dainty dresses made
especially for the occasion. The young
ladies do not exactly propose to make
the art profession, but have reached
that degree of proficiency where they
can watch professional efforts with COM
placency.
The following officers for the tenipor-
airy oranization of the new Machias com
pany have been elected: Ell. Bryant.
captain; WE. Gardner, first lieutenant
Frank T. Crane, second lieutenant.
An unusually large crop of potatoes
will be planted in Aroostook county the
present season. In some localities the
crop will be doubled, and generally the
crop will be increased fully so per cent.
Almost remarkable case, that probably
cannot be duplicated in Maine, exists
in what is known as the Lee school
district in Foxcroft, where mother
and two daughters are attending the
school taught by Miss Mary Weston
The three are legal pupils, all being be-
tween the age OF four and twenty.one
years.
Rt. Rev. Henry Nicely, d. D.. bishon of