The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-25

Canada. All the fremen in the mari
time provinces, Bangor, Portland, Lewis
ton, Augusta and Montreal, will be in
| it.
At the franklin Co., Republican con-
vent to be held on Tuesday, june
Goth, at Pennington. F.E. Timberlake,
ESQ.,, of Phillips was selected to preside,
with j. w .Brackett of Phillips and j. M.
5. Hunter of Pennington, secretaries.
Two large white dogs, bulldog and
Mound, terrorized the live stock of
Bucksport and killed eight sheep from
Ihey drove valuable horse far from
nome pasture and were still pursuing
their bloody career when Eugene
Coombs, with his trusty rife and un-
errlng aim. laid the ferocious brute low.
frank Hussey of Bradford shot a 400
pound bear in his pasture Tuesday morn
Ing. The bear had been getting fat on
Hussey's lambs.
1t has been decided to omit the annual
field day exercises of the Maine division
OF Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias,
this year, for the reason that the gen.
eral encampment is to be held in August
in Washington, D. c., much further east
than is the usual custom.
The Lewiston County Historical Socie-
ty has elected these officers:
President-John M Glidden.
] Vice President-Fr Franklin T.. Crane
Trustees-John M. Glidden, Thomas
q ziol
Bryant. j. Martin Turkey, John N. Drum
mond, Rufus G. Chapman.
Treasurer-A. J. Phelps.
Secretary-William D. Patterson.
The Androscoggin drives are now as
| far down as Jay.
The Turf. Farm and Home was moved
| from Auburn to Waterville YESTERDAY.
and the next number of that interesting
paper will be issued from the Office Of
| its new home.
Maine Commandery KIT. will attend
| the exercises of laying the corner stone
| of the new Masonic Temple in Augusta
June IA. Maine, Dunlap and Trinity
Master of Masons and lodges, who will
| perform the ceremonies.
Inspectors Staples and Atwood were
| in Bangor Wednesday. Capt. Atwood
| says that out of II boats inspected re-
! Gently SIX were new to Maine waters.
Ira 6. Hersey, Houlton, had seven men
at work Wednesday preparing the ground
| for 2, 800 straw berry plants.
| A little child of Mr.. Chas. White of
| Houlton accompanied some older children
down to the bank of the stream the other
| day, and while walking around, she hit
her hand against some raspberry bushes,
scratching it considerably. On her re-
| turn home her father asked her what was
| the matter with her hand, and she re-
| piled II cut it on preserve tree.n
There is an old chaise at the farm of
| Augustus Sawyer, who was supposed TO
be murderedtar Monmouth Centre, that
his grandfather used to use. 1t is very
peculiar vehicle. having only two wheels
and these being nearly double the cir
| conference of an ordinary carriage and
| were large and heavy. 1t has covered
| top not OF as artistic design as would
be seen on carriage today. The springs
| are of several layers of leather and
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| L he shafts are heavy and curved under
| at the ends. The seat has two separate
| cushions and the back was not very
| high. The distance between the two
wheels is about Is inches wider than
an ordinary carriage of today's mako.
! Furnish & Staples of Augusta have in
vented a combination lock for trunks,
doors, chests, drawers, padlooks, and in
fact almost any place where lock is
used. All are made of fine quality of
brass and highly polished. The face
contains figures similar to that on any
lock of the kind. These locks are as
| secure and intricate as most any safe
| lock, and still can be locked and un-
locked very quickly, if fastened for that
purpose, and would then puzzle anyone
not familiar with them. They can be
| set on several different combinations.
| A pretty but foolish married woman
in Steuben eloped the other day with
the red headed juggler of the shaker
Matchless Show Whether the color of
his hair kindled the flame which is to
| consume the frail woman is not known.
| but he certainly will not be able to star
| again as the matchless performer. These
| considerations have thrown the town of
| Steuben into state of excitement.
Two coastwise captains met at Owls
| Head last Sunday and conducted relig-
ious services. They both believe in
resting from their worldly labors on
| Sunday and wherever Sunday oyertakes
them they make harbor if possible
| 1t is safe to assume that their vessels do
not carry perishable cargoes.
| Gnuirra1 TsIand ia nof to have th at po,.,
hotel this year, but her next door neigh
Dor. Capitol Island, is more fortunate,
as first class structure is to be erected
| there at once.
| There is mother in Augusta who got
out her fly screens unusually early this
spring. CHANGING to glance into the
crib where baby was sleeping the other
day she noticed it's face covered with
what appeared to be flies. They were
| marvelously tame she thought on trying
| To hrusha them AWAY without sIlccass Il