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The Portland daily press., 1895-08-05
LOST IN THE WOODS.
Seth Rowe Exempiifies the Saving that q
Man VIII Walk in a Circle.

Seth Rowe Of Oldtown, who myster.
iously disappeared last Saturday forenoon
while on bluebelrying trip at the Costi-
gan bog, has lat last been found, after
large parties had searched for him night
and day ever since his disappearance.
He was found in the woods about half
mile from Sunkhaze stream, near Costi-
gan, alive and well. Mr.. Lamb and Mr..
Adams, who found him took him to Cos
tigan in a canoe
Mr.. Rowe states that when his COM
panions left him to return to their car
riago for dinner on Saturday, ,..he went on
picking blueberries and walked away a
| little distance.
Some time later he shouted to his COM
panions, but received no reply. He then
started to return to the place where he
left his friends He walked about for
some time, a I'D finally came to thefconclu-
sion that he was lost in the woods.
The longer he walked the more confused
he.became, and finally became SO hope
lessly mixed up that he had not the faint
est idea as toswhere he was.
All his shouts andEoutcries were man.
swered, and in a little while it became
dark. He fpicked few blueberries to
eat, and drank water from the streams.
Saturday night his first night in the
woods, there came UP fearful shower
| but he found shelter under a big tree
which protected him fairly we'll. Light
ming struck tree only short distance
away, and splintered it down to the
ground. He was much affected by the
| shock.
Sunday morning he resumed his tramp
| ing about, but he found nothing but
| dense woods and a bog, and the longer
he tramped the more discouraged he be-
came
Ali he had to live upon was blueberries
| and water.
| At night he got under tree and cover
ed himself over with bark.
To make a long story short, he wan
| dered by day and slept as comfortable as
possible by night, and so it went on for
six days and five nights, until he had
given up all hope of being able to reach
civilization again.
This forenoon he tramped about for a
time and aobut noon he was completely
broken down in spirit and body, and
lay down to die.
This afternoon two men of the scratching
party, Adams and Lamb, found Rowe
| underssa heap of bark at theTfoot of tree.
Rowe was unconscious and was able to
recognize his friends, although very. weak
They had something with them to sus-
tain his strength, and they carried him
safely out of the woods to a stream
where he was padded down to Costigan
and from there taken home by train to
OIdtown.
The meeting..with his family was a very
affecting one.
1t was found that Rowe had, in his
wanderings been walking around in a
circle three or four miles in circumfer-
ence
At no time was he more than mile or
two from his friends, who had been
searching for him ever since last Satur-
day afternoon.
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-05
DEERING.

A special meeting of the Deering Board
of Mayor andYAldermen was sheld Friday
night Absent, Aldermen. Cobb and Lib
by. 1t was voted to lay out Oak and
Bryant streets. Petitioners for the laying
out and Strengthening of Central ayen ue
had leave to withdraw. An ordinance was
passed to besengrossed that no street be
accepted less than fifty feet in width. Pc
titions for abatement of sewer taxes from
Woodfords' Congregational church and
Trinity Chapel weresreferred to the city
solicitor for his opinion. Attachments of
sewer assessments of Mr. Bolton, j. S.
Kicker, Mrs II. H York and J. G. Ellis
worth were granted. Petitions for sewer
on Forest avenue from Oak to Maple
street was referred to next city govern
ment; reports recommending a sewer
on Lincoln street and one on Pitt street
were accepted, and petitions for one on
homas street and one ION Bryant street
were referred.
An order was passed that the Westbrook
Electric Light and Power Company place
80 incandescent lights with poles, lines
and equipments, the council to decide up
on the location. An order was intro
duced fcthorizing the Mayor to serve
notice.on The Deering.. Electric. Light Com
pany Marsh Bros. to remove it's poles
and lights before August 9Th, and that
the city will not pay for lights after that
date as the contract has been broken.
The Oakdale Hose Company, accompa-
MED by the Mayor, aldermen and several
OF the city council of Deering, went in
Fairfield's barges to Copeland's on the
Cape Saturday on their annual outing.
Games of various kinds were INDUCED in
and a free dinner was served by Landlord
Copeland.
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-05
BY BALLOON TO THE POLE.
The Contemplated Trip of MI. Andree-Ar
guments in Its Favor.

| nj. Andree informs me, says writer in
| the Boston Sunday Herald, that, starting
fro m the Norsk Islands of Spitzbergen,
| travelling at the same rate as on some
of his previous balloon expeditions, and
given favorable wind, he ought to reach
| the North Pole in 10 hours. But even if
| he does not travel more than 81 kilome-
| tresper hour-which is the mean speed of
the wind at the particular elevation he
proposes to adopts hours should suffice
to carry him to the coveted goal. So far
as the polar regions are concerned, the
natural characteristics which are detri-
mental to exploring the earth's surface
serve to facilitate balloon exploration.
| The total absence of vegetation enables
| the balloon to travel steadily, there being
no danger of it's tow lines becoming en-
| tangled in trees. This consideration is of
| great Importance, seeing that photo
graphs are to be taken during the whole
of the voyage and constant jerks would
| be disastrous to the work on board. The
continual sunshine serves to maintain an
evenneSs of temperature, and consequent
ly the variations in the carrying power of
the balloon will be very slight. The
snowfall in the summer is not heavy,
and there is no likelihood of the balloon
Ii
warmer regions
"All these points Enthusiastically indi-
cate the superiority of balloon over a
boat or sledge for exploring such coun-
try, - said NJ. Andree ''and they are not
merely scientific deductions, but the re-
suit of personal experiments, Therefore
I feel am justified in putting them for
ward -
M. Andree proposes to start, with two
others. in the early summer of '96. He
will take the balloon as far as the Norsk
islands, where large shed will be erect
ed in which the balloon will be filled
with gas; here he will await favorable
wind to start into the unknown. The car
will contain dark room for photography
and we'll protected sleeping accommoda-
tions for the three travellers. The roof of
the rooms will be boarded to form the
floors of the upper story, which will have
a balustrade and serve as q promenade.
Photography being an important feature,
1000 plates will be taken, though these
will not be developed until they arrive
home again.
The balloon will be provisioned for four
months, and it will also carry canvas
boats, sledge, tent, life-saving apparatus
nents, an electric battery, also an electric |
cooking stove.
The explorers hope that a favorable |
wind will carry them right across the |
pole NJ Andree has aready experiment. |
ed in the matter of steering q balloon, |
and has so far succeeded that he can |
divert it's course to the extent of 27 de- |
grees from the direction the wind is take
ing. This may be an immense advantag-
to him-F'rom s'To the North Pole, -
Boston Sunday Herald, Aug. 4, 1895.
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-05
E. !, S. PENDExTER!|!. ]!
An Ordinance Regulating Bicycle
Riding in the
CITY OF PORTLAND.
Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen and
Common Council of the City of Portland, in
City Council assembled, as follows.

Be it ordained by the Mayor. Aldermen and
Common Council of the City of Portland, in
City Council assembled as follows.
SEC. 1. No person shall ride bicycle.
tricycle., yelccipede or other such vehicle OF
propulsion upon any footpath or sidewalk
IN the city OF Portland. or upon any foOt-path
Or turf in any of the public parks, prone
nades OF other public grounds of the City OF
Portland.
SEC. 2. Any person using bicycle, tri-
cycle, velocipede or other such vehicle of pro-
city OF Portland shall be required to carry at all
times suitable alarm bell which shall be
seasonably sounded, and shall be for the pur-
pose of giving warning to pedestrians and oc-
cupants of other vehicles of the approach of
such bicycle, tricycle.. yeiocipede, or other such
vehicle of propulsion.
SEC. 3. No persion using bicycle, tricycle.,
velocipede, or other such vehicle of propul-
sion on the public streets Oh parks of the city
of Portland, shall ride such bicycle tricycle.
yelocipede, or other vehicle of propulsion in
reckless OF dangerous manner. and without
at all times keeping such bicycle, tricycle.. We
locipede. or other such vehicle of propulsion
under proper control, and in no case shall any
person prOpel such bicycle, tricycle. yeloci-
pede, or other vehicle of propulsion in the pub
lie streets or parks of the city of Portland at a
rate of speed greater than eight miles an hour.
SEC. 4. Any person violating the provis-
ions of this ordinance shall be liable to penal
ty not exceeding twenty dollars for each
offense to be recovered for the use of the city
by complaint before the municipal court for
the city of Portland.
SEC. 5. All ordinances or parts of ordi-
nances inconsistent herewith are hereby re-
pea,ed.
SEC. g. This ordinance shall take effect
when approved
Approved July 80, 1895. jly31d1w
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-05
Portland & RumfOrd Falls R'y.
In Effect june "a, 1898.

In Effect June "a, 1895.
DEPARTURES.
$50 A. M. & LOS P. M. From Union Station
for POLAND, Mechanic Falls, Buckfield, Cam
ton Dixfeld and Rumford Falls.
$50 a. m, l.05 and 5.10p. m. From Union
Station for Poland Springs, Poland AMI
Mechanic Falls
Saturdays only train leaving Portland $40 p.
n connects with train on P. & II. F. R'y rum
ming through to Rumford Falls.
$50 and ITO a. m, LOS and 5.1o p. M, for
Poland Springs.
Stages connect at Poland Springs Station for
Poland Springs, and at Rumford Falls for An
dover and Rangeley Lakes.
Through passenger coaches between Union
Station, Portland and Rumfard Falls.
Through tickets ON sale for all points
ON p. u r.. f. Rsy.
R. C. BRADFORD. G. P. & 7. Agt
Portland. Maine.
L. L. LINCOLN. Superintendent.
FebIOdtf Rumford Falls. Maine
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-05

My boy was taken with a disease re-
sembling bloody fux. The first thing I
thought of was Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Di arrhoea Remedy Two
doses of it settled the matter and cured
him sound and well. 1 heartily recon-
mend this remedy to all persons suffer
ing from like complaint. l will answer
any inquiries regarding it when stamp is
inclosed. 1 refer to any county official
as to my reliability. VIM. ROACH, j.
P. Primroy, Campbell Co., Tenn. For
sale by Landers & Babbidge, Druggists,
and G. B. Woodman. Westbrook.
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-05
Island Notes.

Long Island seems to be still the favor.
ite resort for picnic parties.
The line of applicants for mail at the
Peaks Island postoffice is getting longer
every day.
= Canadian tourists are more numerous at
the islands this year than ever before.
There are exciting races for the last
boat to Long Island every night.
Mrs Lea and daughters have taken the
Clement cottage, Great EDiamond Island,
for this month
DR.. Fl. W. Foster of Montreal is enioy-
ingssa brief vacation at Peaks Island.
Mr. william II Green of New York city
arrived at Peaks Saturday for a two
weeks stay.
W. f. Kirby of Boston and William e.
Robinson of Cambridge were among the
recent arrivals at Peaks Island.
George 2. Sloane of New York is regis
tered at the Union House, Peaks Island.
George S. Gatler of Montreal is spend
ing this month at Peaks Island
A. M. Diny of Boston is spending this
week at Peaks
Among the recent arrivals at the Peaks
Island House are Mrs. J. II. Josselyns of
Dedham, Mass. e. H. Hartman and
wife of Bridgton, Me. Wilson Crane of
Augusta G. E. Drown and family of
Melrose, Mass, and Mildred S. Brown OF
IlsiSu 13OSlOI
R. S. bingham of Montreal is spending
a few days at Cushings Island.
q. Fl. Armstrong arrived at Cushings
Island Saturday for two weeks stay.
Mr.. +. s. Palmer of Boston is sum
merlng at Cushings Island.
Among the recent arrivals at the Otta-
wa House are Miss Ella Kittredge OF Bar
Harbor; Mr. Frank Robertson of Montre-
al Mrs. 6. p. Thomas of Portland, and
II. Burbank of Boston.
There was hop Saturday night at the
Ottawa House.
About a dozen young people from the
Ottawa House went on a sailing party on
Capt. Randalls sloop Geneyra Saturday
afternoon.
at Peaks Island leaves tonight lor New
York to fill seasons engagement
The Cottage City arrived from New
York last night with one hundred and
seventy five passengers on board. This
isrsthellargest passenger list that it has
carried this season.
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-05
SOUTH PORTLAND

The new petition of the electric road
to be acted on at town meeting Wednes-
day at 2 O'Clock asks permission to lay
tracks from Sawyer street, along Front
and Picket streets to connect with the
track on Sawyer street and turning into
Broadway, also to lay tracks from Willard
street over Danforth' S Hill to the boun d.
ary lines of Cape Elizabeth and South
Portland. The track at Willard has been
set over to the side of the street and
work will be resumed on the road to
Cash's Corner. Four cars are all ready
to go on the rails.
Mr.. S. P. Mayberry has portrait en-
titled the Cardinal in his study, present.
ed the Pope to the Lady Superior of the
Convent at Charlestown, Mass, that was
destroyed by mob some sixty years ago.
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-05
GRAND TRUNK
RAILWAY.

On and after MONDAY. June 25th, 1895
trains will run as follows:
LEAVE.
For Auburn and Lewiston no. $40 a. NJ
l.lO. 13O, 5.15 and 80 p. M
For Gorham and Berlin Falls and Island Pond,
$40 a. M, 1.30 and $50 p. m.
Gorham. mixed, 3.30i and 5.15 p. m.
For Montreal and Chicago, 40 a. M, s 80 o, m.
For Quebec, $50 p. m.
ARRIVALS.
From Lewiston and Auburn, 1885, $50 and
11.45a NJ, $40. 5.15 and $40 D. M
From Island Pond. Berlin Falls and Gorham.
7.35 and 11.45 a. M, and $40 D. m.
From Chicago and Montreal. 7.35 a. M, and
$40 p. m.
From Quebec. 735 a. m.
The 8 80 m train runs through to Montreal
daily. Sundays included. Attached to this train
is Pullman for Montreal and Quebec except
ing Sundays; also through Pullman for Chicago
excepting Saturdays arriving at sChicago the
second day at Loo p. m.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on Night
trains and parlor cars on day trains.
TICKET OFFICE NO. 1T MIDDLE
STREET, AND DEPOT AT Foot OF INDIA
L. j. sEARGEANT GenI Manager.
Portland, June 25th. 1895. june24dn
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-05
RELIGION IN THE UNITED STATES,
Over Twenty Million COMMITMENTS are
Members in 143 Denominations.

A large quarto volume, containing the
statistics of churches in the United
States, has just been added to the pub
lished reports of the census of 1890 1t
gives the returns of 143 distinct denoml-
nations and 1856 independent organlza-
tions, with a total Of 20, 6l2, sos COM
municants or members. Only one rellg-
ious body is omitted in the enumeration.
No list of the number of worshippers at
the Chinese temples was obtainable, for
none was kept, the assumption being that
every Chinaman who has not actually de-
parted from his ancestral religion is in
cluded among them.
Great as are the number and variety OF
denominations, all except about 8 per
cent. of the total of members belonged in
1890 to 26 denominations only. In five of
the denominational families alone We're
over II, 600, 600 communicates out OF the
whole number of 20,000,000 and over.
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-05
STATE TOPICS or INTEREST.

The postoffice at West Sumner was en-
at the office were in safe keeping, and
only few stamps and So in money were
secured. The letters in the office were
carried away. Entrance was effected by
breaking window in the rear of the
store. No clue.
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-05

Sea Moss Farine. Tooth
some, Nutritious, Econom-
ical 25ct. package makes
10 quarts various dessert
dishes. Receipts with each
package. Write for Fairy
Story Book, illustrated.
Buy Farine of all Grocers,
OF package mailed on re-
ceipt of rs cents.
Lyon Manufacturing Co.,
Is South FiftS ST., Brooklyn. n. Y.
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-05

More than three-f1fths of the en- tire
number of communicates in New York
city, accordingly were Roman Catholics.
In Chicago, Philadelphia and Brooklyn
that church had respectively nearly two
thirds nearly one-half, and nearly two
thirds
In the Union New Mexico, which is
strongly Roman Catholic, had the great
est number of communicates proportion
ately to the population, or 68. S5 per cent.
Next came Utah, the seat of Mormonism,
with 81. 60 per cent. then Arizona, large
ly Catholic, with As. "a per cent. Among
the States South Carolina, a Ba ptist
stronghold, had most communicates pro-
portionately, or ALT per cent. Rhode
Island came next with 42. "a, and then
followed North Carolina, another Baptist
stronghold, A. 35; Massachusetts,, 42. II,
and Connecticut, Al. 49, The percentage
for the other States and Territories
ranged from 80. "a for Pennsylvania down
to 1893 for Oklahoma. In New York it
was So. 21.
The returns of the Protestant denomi-
nations show the very remarkable in
crease since 1880 of 1886, 1913 or 42.5 per
cent, though meantime the increase in
population was only 24.S6 per cent Com
parative statistics as to the Roman Cath
olics were not obtainable, but presumably
their rate of increase must have exceeded
greatly that of the general population.
From the great mass of the statistics of
the report many figures can be selected
for interesting discussion hereafter. IN.
Y. Sun.
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-05

1t appears therefore that OF the total
church membership, about seVen-tenths
were Catholics, Methodists and Baptists
combined, and about three-tenths Catho-
lie alone. About four r-sevenths OF the
Protestant membership were Metho dlsts
and Baptists alone; or, in round figures,
8, 900, 600 out of II, 600, 900. In the number
of their organizations, or churches and
congregations, both the Methodists and
L lists far exceeded the Roman Catho-
lics the explanation being that the Cath
olic parishes are much greater on the
average, some of them containing as
many as IA, 600 communicates, About
one-half of the Roman Catholics were in
the 1874 cities of population of 25, 600 and
upward, where the proportionate repre-
sentati a of the two others is compare
lively small Even The Episcopalians, of
whom there were only $40, 500 in the
whole Union, exceeded the Baptists in
their urban membership, and came not
far short of the Methodists, nearly one
half of their communicates also being in
the cities. More than three quarters of the
Jews and of the German Evangelical
Protestants were in the cities, and nearly
one-half of the Unitarians. Proportion
ately to the population the number of re-
ligious communicates was greater in the
cities than in the country. In the 1874
cities containing an aggregate popula-
tion of 13, ,989. 568 there were $500, 018
communicates, or one in every 2. Ga in
habitants; in the country there was only
one to g. o. The greatest number was in
New York, $50, 954. This city takes the
lead also in the value Of it's church pro-
perty, nearly $55, 600, 600; but Philadel-
phia has the first place in the number of
church edifces 664, or 100 more than New
York. Philadelphia, therefore, rather
than Brooklyn, is entitled to be called
the City of Churches. 1t has one church
edifce for every 1,577 of population to
Brooklyn's one to 2, 1O5. Chicago comes
third, one to 2. 900, and New York fourth,
one to 2, S38. Proportionately to the pop
ulation the number of communicates was
somewhat more in the smaller cities than
the greater. New York, Chicago, Phila-
delphia and Brooklyn have nearly one
third of the population of the 1874 cities,
but considerably less than third of
the communicates.
The great body of the church member
ship in New York city was divided thus
among the denominations:
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-05
RAILROADS.
Portland & Worcester Line
PORTLAND & ROCHESTER, r. R.
STATION FOOT OF PkEBLE STREET

On and after Sunday June 80, 1895,
passenger Trains viii Leave Portland:
f0r worcester, Clinton, Aver junction.
Nashua, Windham and Epping at 7.3O a.
M and 1876 p. IN.
For Manchester M Concord, and points North
at q go a. IA. and l2.3O p. m.
for Rochester, SpringvaIe. Alfred, Water
Doro and saco River at 7.3o a. M. 1890 and
5.3O D. N.
For Gorham at 7.3o and s.45 a. m. 1890.
500, $50, and 6.20p. N.
F0r w Westbrook, Cumberland Mills, West
brook junction and Woodford's at 7.3O.
945 a. M. 1890. soc. $50. and
Sunday trains leave Portland for Rochester at
6.15 p. m.; arriye from Rochester at $50 a.
m.
The 1890 p. m. train from Portland connect,
at Aver junction with "Hoosac Tunnel
Route" for the West and at Union Station.
Worcester, for Providence and New York
via Providence Line" for Norwich and
New York, via Norwich Line" with Boston
Albany r.. r. for the West, and with the
New York All Rail via "Spr ngfield."
Trains arrive at Portland from Worcester
at 30 p m. from Rochester at $50 q. m,
at e.4o. $50 and 4 1896 is'~ a. M. 0rns n.so'
For through Tickets to all points West and
South, apply to F. H. COLLINS. Ticket
Agent, Portland. Me.
ZOO j. W. PETERS. supt.
Je29 dtf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-01
REAL ESTATE.
BUSINESS ON THE EXCHANGES

William Halls have purchased from the
estate Of Henry Drummer the block front on the
east side OF Lexington-ave.. from Ninety seventh
TO Ninety -eghth-st.. measuring 2ollxls5xloOxl25x
lOo1lx7o and also plot the side of Ninety
eighh-st 100 feet east of Park-ave. 1ooxloOu. The
plots were purchased in partition In 1895 by Mr.
Drummer before lexington-ave. had been opened for
about $500
Folsom Brothers have sold for II. II. English to
A. f Davis No East Sixty hrst-st.. a four-story
Alfred Dodge has sold to John A. Anger No. 2as
East Fourteenth-st., four-story and basement
brownstone dwelling, 2sxloS.3.
bidders numerous at the broadway Peal
Estate Salesroom yesterday. The parcels offered
consisted Of private dwellings. tenement houses and
realized were considered fair. avn '"e ''''''
and 81 St, Nicholas-ave, two nve-story brick dwell
tnss 4sSNx g. irGesulsr, to the plaintiff Angus
William NJ. Ryan sold in foreclosure No 300 West
One hundred-and- thirty eghth-st., three-story
ward A. price and E. G. Boardman Executors executors. for
-" also az voluntary sale plot OF about two
Webster and rs@0ay
enth-st lcS.7xlo5lx4s 7x62.7. to IL. so:enger. for
Philip 4. smyth sold in foreclosure the south
west corner OF Amstrdsm-ave. and Sixty-fourth-
ST. hVe-siory brownstone tenement lot &5xlOo. to
. George r. Read sold in foreclosure No..lo2 West
i9x7sS to the plaintiff the M rGMs Lie Ih-
surance Company. for $1,000 also in partition, No
i o na S 10 e. Has6SSsT G srss
James l.. Wells sold in foreclosure No 2I West
TO the pan LOUIS LOUIS P use sieber Tor $3.50
d. T. Ingrsham & Co. sold in foreclosure No.
S sn Fast lot to- W. so!es
H C. Mapes & Co. sold n foreclosure lot eox2oS.
on Turnpike. or Harlem Road, unonport. to j.
r. v Harnett & Co. sold in foreclosure Nos: 80
ssreesiorv brownstone dwellings, lots each lSSx
cell, 10 J. L. Warner for 81, 400.