The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-12-18
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST

The most important deal in Maine
| timber lands for long time is reported.
An Ellsworth Syndicate composed of
Mr.. E. H. Greeley and others, Including.
1t is said, Senator Hale, has purchased
township 4, range II, situated on the
North Branch OF the Penobscot, near
| where 1t joins the South Branch and the
Mulheudus stream. Some months ago
the syndicate purchased all of the town
ship except the interest held by the heirs
OF q. G. Stems of Bangor. Now they
have purchased the Storms interest.
This township is joined by Pittston, and
contains fine growth of spruce. There
is an operation of g. 10n, 600 feet of lum-
Der now going on there, and the lum Der
can BIZ landed in either the Kenne boo or
the Penobso0t rivers.
A short time ago, 3. 8. Brick, super
lntendent of schools in Belfast, proposed
that there be school organized for the
purpose Of teaching such scholars las are
backward In their studies, and for a
GLASS of scholars who have. left Eschool on
account of being larger than the average
attendance. A subscription was circu-
lated to raise the necessary sum to defray
the expense which was obtained without
any difficulty. The school will be held
In what is known as the old Frye school
building on Miller street. and will be
taught by Miss Lucy A. Mcdowell, of
tnat city. The school will be opened
Jan. 18th, 1897, with the regular city
schools and will GENE under the same
authority and restrictions. This expert
ment will be tried and If beneficial,
which cannot be doubted, will probably
be made permanent part of the school
system.
At Republican caucus in Litchfield
to nominate candidate to the LeRisla-
tufe to succeed Oramandal Smith, re-
signed. H. M Starbi was nominated,
receiving III votes to SO for DR.. Ken
drick.
Shipments Of spool wood from Bangor
to the United Kingdom have been unus-
ually large this year. T. J. Stewart q
Go. shipped 8, 600, 900 feet in steamships
Arecuna, Corinthia and Neparima;
/, $780, 600 In steamships Solicitation and
sibun. Formerly all the spool wood ex
ported from Bangor went to Scotland,
but this year considerable part of the
shipments were to English ports. An
other feature of the foreign trade was the
revival of the European deal business.
Between 1866 and 1876 large quantities of
5pfuC0 u6hIS WoT0 6ApOItou lTUul DduRUT
to 81 eat Britain and the continent, but
for twenty yearsspast, until this sudden
revival the trade has been dead, so far
as Maine has been concerned, Canada
supplying the European market. This
year an order was placed in Bangor, and
two steamships, the Cundall and the
Usk, carried about 1850, 600 feet of Penob-
scot lumber to England.
The committee on the order Of exercises
for the centennial celebration of Augusta
met Wednesday afternoon. at the resi-
dencs of Hon. j. W. Bradbury. Mr.
Bradbury was chosen chairman and
Melvin S. Holway secretary. To was
voted to hold the celebration on June 8,
1897; to invite Chief Justice Fuller to
deliver all Grafton. A post will be select
ed later. Rev. Mr.. Weston of Washing
ton, d. c., will be invited to deliver the
prayer atsthe literary exercises. 1t was
voted to have parade and that the citi-
zens be requested to decorate their
houses in the day time and to illuminate
them in the evening. 1t was also pro-
posed to have a barquet In the evening.
"Death in the wilderness" tYuthfully de-
soribes the ending of the life Of Cyrus
Savage. of Patton village who died at
Lawler Bros Damp on the Allegash
stream on the 8th inst, of pneumonia,
after three weeks illness. DR.. W. L.
Merrill. Of Patten, visited him, having
to travel 80 miles, for the most part over
rough woods road and across lakes,
running great risks on aocout of the thin
ice. the horses ON several occasions break
ing through with their feet, and the last
sixteen miles he had to walk. The team
with the remains of Mr.. Savage was two
dava and q "a Or, tho road Mr. EQvaua