The Portland daily press., 1894-11-01

VIII naruly entruSG their tate to Demo-
| cratic promises when they have it in
their power by electing Republ
House to put tariff uinkering absolutely
beyond the reach of either party.
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.
Camden raised 1000 barrels of cucurn-
bers the past season for the Boston mar
ket. There were rs acres, the average
| was 81, 600 an acre. and the total of ST.
500 was paid the farmers for little Gu
| cumbers for picking
George Knights of Poland, the wife
mudrerer, is the oldest man in the
State prison. He came in 1857 and is II
| years of age. Micah Norton of Kings
| field is Is years of age. Both are serv-
ing life sentences. Micah is still in the
hospital.
| The Gay-Woodman Company shoe fac
| tory in Lewiston will be started up
| Tuesday morning by the assignees to
make up the stock on hand.
Al a stockholders meeting OF the Sc
| bastcook & Moosenead railroad held at
| Hartiand Tuesday evening, the follow
| ing were elected directors: q. D. Lancas-
ter and Frank W. Hovey of Plttsfeld,
Amasa J. Moor of Hartland, J.A. Brad
bury of Saco and Wesley Vanwart o.
Fredericton. Frank W. Hovey, ESQ.,, wat
cho en- secretary and treasurer. At 8
meeting of the directors q. d. Lancaster
was chosen president and general man
ager.
Clarence Romeo of Biddeford. the ten
year old boy who notified Conductor
Roberts of the mail train that there was
a,Wild freight Car on the main line some
three weeks ago and thus prevented a
serious accident, was presented with $40
by the Boston & Maine corporation Sat-
urday.
Col. H. G. Staples missed the eagle from
Oakwood park Augusta, Tuesday morn
ing, and was una BILE to learn where it
had gone. Later some one took it for. a
wild eagle and shot it. The bird had
been two years at lakewood Park and
was very valuable.
The case of Miss Libby, the school
girl charged with larceny in Augusta
was brought before the municipal court
in that city Tuesday. The testimony
showed that Miss Libby and other girls
in the school had been spending money
lavishly, ssand that two ladies in the city
had lost 1T. The case will be decided
Saturday.
III. Chase, who contracted to move
the soldiers monument at Dexter has
got the work completed. The monu-
ment was hauled down from the hill
Saturday night. and Monday morning
was put imposition.
1t is said that some of Fairfeld's young
ladies have adopted the fashionable fad
OF snuff taking.
An Ohio street lady in Bangor, while
on her way down town Tuesday after
noon was somewhat surprised to see
fox make it's appearance in the street
only a short distance away. The fox
was startled as well as the lady, and it
made it's way rapidly through Boynton
street toward Court. Where the animal
came from is unknown.
HON.. r. Talbot of East Machias re-
Gently presented the Methodist church at
Jacksonville with a handsome silver
communion service.
A North Berwick wonIan who was in
Woodstock, N. B., recently, was surprised
to see child's dress that she bad sent
to India two years ago. 1t had gone out
in missionary box and the child who
wore it was the daughter of mission
airy and had been sent home at her faith
er's death not long ago.
The annual initiation ard banquet of
Colby chapter of the Delta Epsilon,
Greek letter fraternity. occurred Tues
day evening. The following men OF
of the order Arthur W. Cleaves. Fred
R. Dyer, Fred 6. Getchell, Ira F. Ingra-
ham, John z. Stephenson, Levi r. Pat
terson, j. Owen Wellman, Harry NJ. Gray.
Charles E. Quincy, and Carleton e. Her
rick. After the ceremonies of initiation
had been completed an address, Era
ternal Greeting" was given in Chapter
tion Fraternity" delivered by Hon.
e. F. Webb, class of '61. After these ex-
ercises were completed, the company
took a special train for Skowhegan,
where they banqueted at the Heselton.
A mum Der of Bowdoin men were pres
ent. Among the alumni at the ban
quet were Hon. Lewellyn Powers, Hon.
N. /
The total valuation of real estate in
Camden this year is 81 800, 1888; valua-
tlon OF personal estate, S27S, 1908; total
property, 81 6S9, 316. The valuation last
year was 81, 5S1, 1889, making the hand.
some increase in valuation for this
year of s57, 4s7. The tax on real and
personal estate is 500, a5l.22. There are
6S7 polls, which at 50. so each. make a
total ofs1, III. 500. This gives total lax
Of s24, 66s72. which is in the hands of
Tax Collector CT. Miller for collection
The rate OF taxation is Ola. The mum
Der of polls last year was 7O2, a falling
off of Is for 1894
A big bear, Weighing $50 pounds, was
q portion of the freight of the Frank |
Jones "wednesday morning The bear |
was killed back of Cherry field, and was |
sent through to Boston by express.