The Portland daily press., 1895-12-11
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

81 TAI IOFlCS Or iiN GnEoas
There is nothing to be said about the
shoe factory any further than that the
money has been secured and Mr. Wood
bury notified to that effect. Two very
desirable building sites have been ten
dered to the committee but as yet neither
has been accepted. So that Eastport will
have a shoe factory in operation IN d
short time is now an assured fact
Another fortune, not mythical, long
awaiting claimants, has been brought to
light, and additional interest is conferred
in it from the fact that some OF the helrs
are residents of PASSPORT. The amount
involved is some $32, 900, 900 and IS the leg
acy left by Count De Grasse, who died IN
Paris in 1885, leaving as his heir broth
er Antoine, who deserted from the
French navy, going to Spain, tn once to
Bathurst, n. B., where he died lgno-
rant of his title to his brothers estate.
and now his descendants are making a
claim to the fortune and are confident
of their ability to prove their relation
ship. Daniel DeGrasse, father OF IL. W.
DECREASE, is a lineal descendent Of An
thoine DeGrasse.
1t is understood that the appropriation
made by the last legislature for erecting
new building for the State Normal
school at Pennington, is nearly or quite
exhausted, SO that none of the rooms
will he finished at present The walls
and ceiling of the hall on the second
floor have been covered with sheathing
paper and seats will be temporarily put
in SO as to make it useful and convenient
until more funds are appropriated for
Its completion. The windows are not all
IN and the tower on the northwest corner
is incomplete, and the entire vastibule
is wanting. But the building is very
substantial and satisfactory so far as the
work has progressed.
Superintendent P. A. Libby of the
Waterville & Fairfield Railroad Co., is
the owner Of fine imported English
bloodhound which was presented to him
by H.. B. Goodenough, who has recently
returned from England. The dog is a
splendid specimen of bloodhound and is
one of the few of the kind in this section.
Mr.. Libby, by the way, is q great adj
mirer of animals and has quite menag-
erie. He has pair of black bears, pair
of raccoons, and 10 red foxes
Friday afternoon special train hauled
new snow pillow through Waterville for
the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad. The
pillow was very similar to those in use on
the Maine Central but was very much
wider. 1t was SO wide that it had to be
hauled through sidings at many stations
as it would not clear the depot platforms.
Th5 Portland Company built it.
The sportmen have one more month
in which to hunt big game and many
will take advantage Of the time, but the
number will, Of course, not be nearly as
large as during October, which is the
part of the year which attracts the most
sportsmen owing to the cold weather.
| Big game is plenty and it is only neces-
'sary to go to the right places to find 1t.
| Wednesday the Methodist Episcopa
church at Old Town was rededicated.
Waterville has a chance to secure new
city building on rather an interesting
plan. On of its own citizens offers to
erect structure to be known as a city
building, which will cost $50, 000 to con-
tain municipal court room, superior
court room, city offices, city lookup with
steel coils and an opera house with a
seating capacity of 1900, tn building to be
| constructed as nearly as possible fireproof,
having slate Roof and all modern equip
| ments in every particular, pro-
vided the city will take lease of She
rooms needed by them or a term of 10
years at an annual rental of $500.
Wednesday the barn of Franklin W.
Shorey on Ridge road from China to
| Palermo, was seen to be on fire and it
was soon consumed. About 10 tons of
hay and some farming tools were burned
No insurance. The premises are not
| now occupied.
BY the upsetting of a lantern, the
storehouse of Warner Taylor farmer at
| North Augusta, about three miles from
the city proper, was burned at g. 30
o'clock, Thursday morning. The loss
was $500.
The Androscoggin county commission
ers were in session Thursday in Lewiston
at their rooms at the court house and ad-
justed the loss on the recently burned
! county workshop. They received the full
amount of the insurance, which was
S3OOO Charles e. Greenleaf represented
the commissioners and Spencer Rogers Of
| Portland, the companies in the adjust
ment. The commissioners have decided
to rebuild the workshop and make it of
wood.
The butcher found in a Gardiner cows
stomach, gold dollar, two lead bullets
and dozen 10-penny nails.
| We have heard of some famous dams
being built both by nature and art. and
here is one that deserves to go on record
with the others George Tubbs lives