The Portland daily press., 1895-08-09

E. Carr has sued the town of Bowdoin-
ham for the sum of $4,000, for being re-
sponsible for the death of his son, VIM.
E. Carr, by an up express train, about
one year ago, at the kindlingwood fac
tory crossing.
Alfred L. Maillet, formerly general
agent in Lewiston for the New York Life
Insurance company, and who is alleged to
have suddenly disappeared from Lewiston
some two years ago with some of the
company's money, was arrested at Fitch
burg Tuesday by Detective Fred L.
Odin and brought to Lewiston Tuesday
night. He is charged by the company
with the embezzlement of S150.
There is some talk of extending the
Swift River railroad through and tapping
the Canadian Pacific. A distance Of only
40 miles will separate them when the
present Swift River line is completed,
and it is through a richly wooded coun-
try. If this should occur it would boom
the Rumford Falls road, as it would then
be one of the principal thoroughfares to
Canada.
The Machias Union fa7s: "The Old
Maids HILL is generally avoided by
most bicyclists, especially the lady riders,
bnt one day last week Miss Carrie Means
rode her bicycle up the hill, to the top-a
feat not equaled BY many of the gentle
man riders.
Tuesday evening, the corner stone of
the Fairfield Textile Mill was laid with
short speeches from the stockholders and
others Music was furnished by Water
vile Military Band. The mill is built by
homo capital and will be three-storied
and basement, 20Ox100 in size, to cost
$35, 900 and be completed Oct. 1st
An enterprising and original grocer of
Camden has three young pigs. OF course
that, but he has named them for the
three most talked-of men of the Camden.
Warren Rockland baseball mines, that is,
Buck, the terror, Sockalexis and GRANDMA
Morse Now this aforementioned grocer
proposes to give the nanlesake of the pig
whose respective team wins each game.
an extra supper and see which will grow
the fatteSt.
How, the Hancock hamlet, known as
Egypt, received it's name, is told by the
Ellsworth American. During the war war
of 1919, the settlers in what is called the
Taunten district were hard pressed by a
famine. On what il. known as Butler
Point near the dividing line between the
towns Of Hancock and franklin, lived
Mr.. George Butler, who was possessed Of
large and productive farm and cor
respondingly large and generous DISPOSE
tion. Hence it came to pass that when
the people Of Taunton found they had
no corn or ''punkins, they drove down
to Farmer Buffers and were supplied
from his well filled store house Among
them was 'Uncle'' Eben Wilbur, who,
when asked one day as he drove by in a
team where he was going replied Down
into Egypt to get some corn" And ever
since the locality has been known by the
name he gave it.
They're not SO sure as they were of
catching Charles Morris, who shot Game
Warden Collins at Connor on the st. John
river last week. He is entirely out of
sight. Deputy Sheriff Lancaster of Old
Town, Constable Maloney of Bangor and
Game Warden McCausland of Guilford.
who went to Chesuncook and vicinity to
turned. Morris didn't come along, and,
having urgent business at home, the 'offic-
ers named took back tracks, while the
other members of the expedition, Deputy
Sheriff Nichols of Foxcroft, Clarence
Morris, brother of the fugitive, and a
guide kept on to the Allgash, but they
failed to find their man.
The sheep ranch, which Frank p. Ben
net, proprietor of the Cotton & Wool Re-
porter, has established In Freedom, may
yet prove a paying Investment. Mr..
Bennett is to add 900 sheep to the number
already on the ranch and get ready for a
Republican administration.
Mr.. Arthur Smart of Augusta told a
Miss Burgess of the CITY,. to whom he was
paying attentions and who declined to re-
ceive them that he had revolver in his
drews put Smart under $500 bonds