The Portland daily press., 1895-05-22
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

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Mr.. Heman Whipple of Solon, has re-
ceiyed letter from the men who swim
died him out of 5000 postmarked An
ousta In it they informed him that
whiIs he was reading those lines thev
would be sailing on their way to Europe
Thev expressed the hope that this would
he lesson to him and warned him To
hereafter be on the lookout against
sbaIners of every sort. Concluding. tber
stTnsted he would profit by his expert.
ence with them and on account of it be
a GOOD, thorough, business man."
A little boy aged seven years, son of
francois Anclair, of Lewiston, was run
over nv a horse. Saturday and received
injuries that resulted in his death.
The Gardiner Register says: "How
this Carnival does stir 'em up to put
things in shape. A certain bank cashier
was seen washing the big window of
his banking institution at O'Clock this
morning, and when asked whaG hes was
doing responded: why, didn't you
know there vas going to be carnival
in Gardiner next week.
The State will be able to weigh it's
own coal in, the future Workmen are
now engaged in setting hye-ton Fair
banks scales at the rear OF the Capitol.
at Augusta, which will cost when COM
pleted about S225. The State digs the
pit, furnishes the lumber and builds a
twelve-inch brick wall.
A Riverside farmer planted his sweet
corn when the weather first commenced
to grow warm and was rubbing his
hands and congrutulating himself that
he had stolen quite a leap on his spiing
work. The corn had been IN the ground
a week when, in some manner he made
the exasperating discovery that he had
selected as seed some corn that his wife
had boiled and dried three or four years
ago.
The Maine Homeopathic Medical Asso.
citation will hold its annual meeting at
Augusta, June 4.
The electricity had merry time in
the Central Piscataquis region In the re-
cent shower. In Shirley it stuck twenty
times in thirty minutes. In Elliottsville.
it did fully as well. 1t struck three
times near the residence of Harrison
Davis, besides hitting right and left
with great liberality in other parts of the
town. In Millimanic it took a ride on
the telephone wire. Ten posts were
smashed in the distance of a half mile.
Alewives have begun to appear at East
Machias and several barrels have been
caught.
The mills at Cherryfield are turning
out 100,0 900 feet of long lumber per dag.
In the suit against the town of Lubec,
brought by Miss Rena Mitchell, for in
iuries claimed to have been received by
falling into hole in the sidewalk on
Water street, the jury awarded the plain
tiff S1100. The case will be carried up on
exceptions.
The Woman's Suffrage question has
been settled in one family in Crawford,
and in consequence thereof one of the
p rominent citizens is wearing badly
swollen nose and pair of black eyes.
The gentleman in question being an un-
usually considerate specimen Of his sex,
knowing the feminine weakness, one day
lately carried his wife to Calais to see
the new spring styles. When on their
way home they overlook "a former adj
mirer of the lady, and No. bearing him
no malice, offered him a lift on his
journey. His better half had the reins,
and being in very jubilant frame Of
mind, was endeavoring to rouse the
horse to like state, when her husband,
being merciful man, therefore merci-
full to his beast, took the reins from her;
at that she jumped from the wagon, her
admirer following, picked up some rocks
and began stoning No. /, and aftsr
mutilating him as much as her con-
science would allow, took back tiacks,
accompanied by No. 2, and has not been
heard from since.
A warrs Mt has been posted calling
meeting at Libby Hall, Machias OH
Thursday, to see if the town will vot. to
take water for the pui pose of extingmsh
ing fires, etc., provided company is
formed for the purpose of putting in and
maintaining water-works.
Not all the big trees have been cut in
Aroostook. Last week one 81 Ia inches
in diameter was sawed at an Ashland
mill.
Correction
The editor of the Bangor Whig in
dulges in some rather vehement remarks
concerning the Boston Herald on ac-
count Of the appearance in these columns
of an allusion to an alleged incident,