The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-15


| and managers of the Androscoggin
Water Power Co., and who have Large
| timber interests in Byron and on the
i head waters of Swift river are making
| preliminary surveys for a lumber railroad
| up Swift river with a view of getting
estimates for the constructor of such a
road. This road, if constructed, will
connect at Rumford Falls with the
| Portland & Rumford Falls railway.
| The State muster will probably begin
| August 13Jh.
On the first ballot of the jury in
Getchell case, the vote stood IL for con-
FICTION and one for acquittal. 1t is said
| by those who know that there had up to
that time been no talk upon or discussion
of the case.
1t is hardly to be expected that a May
basket in this land of the free should be
mistaken for dynamite bomb but the
wife OF an Augusta pastor susplclously
| eyed huge basket left on the doorstep
one evening last week until her husband
came home and risked his life by picking
1t up But the good woman could not
be blamed for her suspicious because out
of the plethorio basket the long neck of
black bottle protruded. When the
basket was got into the house its goodIy
contents were seen. There was fruit,
confectionery, ETC., and the bottle proved
to be nothing but Congress water. The
ladies who arranged the basket gave it
into the care of some hcrrid man to
hang and he arranged the bottle into
suspicious prominence and inserted a Il.
D. pipe and box of tobacco.
Ed. Copeland, of Rockland is building
a IS foot yacht for David Fuller Of
Thomaston.
1t is understood that female hose
company has been organized in Thomas
ton.
At the close of an entertainment at
Hurricane Isle hack drove up with
William Coggan at the reins, but the
horses became manageable and ST arted
for large precipice, but Tomas Sullivan
dow 20 feet high and saved the occu-
pants.
have been closed on account of scarlet
fever.
In May of last year Rockland's output
of lime was $40, 600 casks. This year the
May output will be less than 10000.
Wednesday only Is kilns on the railroad
were in operation.
William Medium of Hurricane Isle
claims to have invented an instrument
By means of which one can see through
dense fog. If this is true William will
soon have money to burn.
The lumbermen still complain of low
water in the driving streams, and they
fear that many logs must be "hung up"
Stetson & Gilbert's drive is on the South
Branch below Penobscot brook, and
there are 800, 600 of logs above Penobsco
brook, which will have to be left unless
there is a rise of water soon. Lie.
Moore's logs are Is miles below Canada
Falls, at Swans Island.
John Spofford of Boston, who built
the addition to the State House, has
been chosen as the architect of the new
Masonic Temple to be erected at Au-
gusta.
The Stockton correspondent of the
Belfast Repu blican Journal states that
several times pieces of coal have been
that oil has been noticed on the water
in the springs at the bottom of the hill.
It is thought by many that with careful
prospecting a mine might be located
there.
Officials and counsel of the W. So,
C.P. r. and B. & A. roads held a meeting
at the Waterville Trust and Safe De-
posit Company's bank Thursday, to
consummate deal for the Sebasticook
& Moosehead road by the W. & @. Com
pany, with a view of extending the
same to Brownville, to connect with
the C.P.R. and Bangor & Aroostook
railroads. If the deal is made the S. &
NJ. will be made with both the C.P.
Rand B. ga. with fine winter har-
Dor on the coast
A Rockland child four years of age has |
his smoke after each meal. When two
years old he was seen to clutch at the |
smoke from pipe some one was smok- |
ing. He grew thin and pale and finally |
the doctor gave him a paper of tobacco. |
Since then he has grown fat and thriv- |
ing.