The Portland daily press., 1894-09-26

for which he has been sitting during the
summer to Willard, the Massachusetts,
artist. These portraits are now all COM
pieted except the final touches. One
College and the otherEto the new Lithgow
library at Augusta. Although in his
ninety third year, Mr.. Bradbury came
almost daily to the capital for the sit
tings.
Work was finished in the corn factory
at Fairfield Saturday night. The pack
was some over 300,0 cans of excellent
corn. which would have been some
larger if the company could have had
cans to pack the corn which was hauled
in.
Bath Iron Works may yet secure the
contract for the three gunboats awarded
to the Newport News Company, as there
is rumor that the latter company
finding its contract so low, has decided
to give up the job.
The will of the late Horace
Williams of Augusta was filed
for probate Monday, and allowed BY
bonds in the sum of So, ooo, COO, probably ably
the largest probate bond ever given in
the county. 60
The milk question at Waterville has
been Investigated thoroughly by the
board of health, together with its medi-
cal adviser, DR.. f. G. Thayer, who have
come to the conclusion that there is no
further danger to be appreheuded in
using the milk from the milk firm I'M
der investigation, if proper care is exer-
cised in handling the milk at the farm.
The presses for the Maine Democrat,
Augusta's new paper, are being set up.
The basement of the Riverside block,
going arrangements Tor the publication
of the paper. The first copy may be
struck off next week. The presses will
be run by electric motor.
Tommy Merchant, one of the youthful
burglars now confined in Belfast jail,
tried to make his escape recently. He
made saw out of an old knife and went
to work on one of the window bars. His
little scheme was discovered, however,
and now Tommy has little room all by
himself.
Thomas Powers has sold about 40 acres
of land near Crockett Cove in Sunset to
summer visitors.
Typhoid fever has been prevalent in
Ellsworth for some time past. Several
cases have proved fatal.
There are now 325 pupils in the Bangor
High School, which is the largest num-
ers will be increased next Monday by the
addition of Miss Harris. daugher of
Hon. A. W. Harris of East Machias Miss
Harris is graduate of Brown Univer-
sity, and comes to Bangor very highly
recommended.
John F. Fitzgerald, of Boston, who has
apparently captured the Democratic con-
gressional nomination in that district
from Congressman O'Neil. is a Der
of the Robbery club, which has spent
several summers at Old Orchard, and
one of the leading spirits of the club
1t was he who led in the cheering for
Cleveland when the Republicans at Old
Orchard had their flag raising, and it
was he. who in reply to the chairman,
said that it was any mans right to cheer
the name of the President of the United
States whenever ne heard it mentioned
Mystic Rebekah Lodge. No. 81, was
organized at Glovers Hall, Monday,
with So charter mem bers. A bout 20 men,
bders of the Rockland Rebekah Lodge
performed the initiatory services.
collation. was. served at the conclusion.
A meeting of the Thomaston board of
trade has been called to take place in
the early part of next week to consider
the propositions made by two Tillford,
Mass, gentlemen of starting a shoe fac
tory in that place, who offer to bring
100000 worth of business. The Camp
bell block, situated at the upper corner,
which was used for a shoe factory a
number of years ago, could, with
small outlay be made into a modern
shoe factory.