The Portland daily press., 1895-01-19
sTATEToPIcs OF INTEREST.

Ex-Mayor Staples of Biddeford had some
| mail in the postoffice when the city build
| ing burned. Strange MS it may seem, it was
| recently discovered among the debris in
| fairly good condition. There was a check
which had not been burned, but looked as
| if if might have come down from the days
| of the flood.
By reference to the inventory of the es-
tate of the late Horace Williams, of Angus
| ia, some of the large items may be named:
| Three thousand nine hundred and eight
shares Chicago 6 Northwestern Railway
| Co., S412,294; Sioux City & Pacific bonds,
$50, 358. 33; Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri
Valley Co., mortgage bonds, S126, 1851 ;do.,
unstamped bonds. $62, HOS. 80; Milwaukee,
Lake Shore &Western Railway Co., bonds,
s., 923. 81; Cedar Rapids & Marion City Rail-
way bonds. $50,69S.61; Chicago & North
western, Railway Co., $52, s3S. 33; do,
| S4l, 772 %; cash on hand. Sl24. 52O.43. The
collateral inhe ritance tax on this estate
will probably amount to $4,000.
| The Maine Lumbermtn and Landowners
! Association was organized in Bangor on
| Thursday, with Hon. DE-. Davis, as chair
man. At preliminary meeting held yester-
| day a committee, consisting of Hon. D. F.
| Davis, f. Fl. Appleton and Wilson Crosby,
| was chosen to prepare plan of organiZa-
| ton. Nearly every lumberman in Bangor
and vicinity is in terested in this associa-
| ton. 1t is to be a state organization and
will be strong one.
| The objects of the association are to better
| protect preserve and promote the growth
| of the fotests of Maine; to adopt the best
| possible means for protecting our forests
against destruction from fire. insects and
wantom and wasteful use of the axe; to as
! certain the best, most judieious and most
economical method of cutting logs; to secure
fair, honest and equitable system of
scaling the same and to do all other things
that may be necessary to protect and foster
| the forests interest of Maine.
| A petition is In circulation, and is being
quite generally signed, praying the legisla-
ture to establish municipal court at Pitt
| field.
| Workmen have begun to tear down the
old wooden bridge between Fairfield and
| the Island preparatory to the erection of
| the new iron bridge. 1t is no longer posi-
4 BILE for either teams or foot passengers to
| cross and signs are posted to that effect at
Benton and Benton Falls. A temporary
structure is being laid across the ice and
swift water above the bridge and it is hoped
/, that it may be strong enough for teams to
l cross. q
| The wooden mill at Abboe will be enlarged
| and the capacity Increased fifty per cent.
Among other improvements five or ST K knit
| ting machines will be added.
There is very little sickness at the Insane
| Hospital at Augusta although there 500
| patients there.
| The racer, "Dhrimundhroo,' of Lewiston.
| has been purchased from John Cody by
| Michael keefe, and the great flyer can be
| seen any evening speeding will. the fast
| ones on the lower end of Lisbon street. 1t
| is understood that the price paid was big
| one.
st. Luke's Episcopal church. Kingman.
which was the first church built in that
place. is rapidly lessening its Indebtedness.
There Low remains only $12O to be paid be-
fore the building can be consecrated. OF
this amount $50 issalreadB. assured, and If
the young ladies wonk as hard to raise the
balance as they hayet too reduce it to it's
present condition, the probabilities are
| that we shall have visit from the Bishop
to consecrate this pretty little edifce about
Easter.
A dividend of per cent was declared at
the meeting of the Merchants Insurance
| Co., Bangor, Thursday.
Miss Anna Sleeper. of Sherman Mills. is
teaching the town school five days in the
week, hunting for deer Saturday, and play
ing the organ in church Sunday, besides
teaching one of the Sunday school classes.
Mrs. Inez G. Sleeper, of the same town.
was out hunting deer with her husband.
The latter saw no game or signs of game,
| but his wife suddenly whispered stop
minute" and then raised her rife and shot
| deer.
| The people ofeAthens and Canaan are anx-
ious to secure connection with Skowhegan
| by telephone.
| The works of the Manufacturing and In
vestment Company. at Madison, are being
| got unQef way. fooul Ioo men are now at
work and the machinery and processes
work smoothly after the long watt
The largest load of starch ever hauled
| from Limestone was hauled to Fort Fair
| field last Friday by j. M. Wards team The
net weight of the load was $3.50 lbs.
| Caribou will soon make an earnest and
| determined effort to secure a new court
house. Her citizens expect the aid of all
| Aroostook men in the legislature.
Scandinavian Meeting.
! Rev. o. G. Ting of from Manc ter, N.
H., will preach the gospel to the Scandina-
vians Sunday evening at 7.3O at the Y. NJ.
| G. A. hall. All interested are cordially in