The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-05-22

Cutler s. Co, of Boston and St. John,
and others. The mill will have a capacity
of 80, 600, GOO feet of lum Der per year and
all Of the output will be shipped by rail
to Bangor and then loaded upon vessels
for Boston, New York and the sound
ports.
There was slight blaze in the rear end
of the building occupied by Call & Crock
or on Front street, L edmond, Wednes-
day. The fire is supposed to have started
from an exploded lam p which Mr.. Call
had un1ntentionally left burning. The
damage Was slight.
Already 81, 6S5 has been subscribed for
the celebration of fourth of July in Au-
gusta.
Lorenzo Lambert and Thomas Jackso n
nave been arrested in Augusta on a
charge of breaking and entering Col
Elias Milliken's barn near the Hallowell
line Pincers for turning keys, reviewers
and punches of keys were found in their
possession. jackson is colored.
A Gardiner merchants wife hung a
black veil on the door knob Of the back
door to air. An undertaken of the city,
to whom the merchant was indebted for
faVors, saw the VEIL and supposed some
body was dead at the house and that he
had been sighted for some :other under
taker who had secured the funeral ar
engagements. When the matter was ex.
planned the cigar were On him.
1t is now said that taking the valua-
tion Of the city Of Waterville as fixed by
the State assessors and deducting the
for dohx DO
come and go on toward a city building
before reaching the debt limit.
The Union Veteran Union of Maine
is making rapid strides under the COM
mand of Gen. @. s. Emerson of Auburn.
Since Gan. Emerson took command there
have bsen seven new commands organ
lied in that department..
United States Marshal Burton Smith
was IN Augusta "Wednesday, on the onse
of John K. Boynton of Togus, charged
with retail liquor selling. The marshal
and Boynton went to Portland on the
afternoon train.
DR.. W. L. West, formerly of Belfast,
now practicing as veterinary surgeon
in Ellsworth, recently had curious case.
horse was reported as suffering from
CHAMBERS, but glance showed the doc
tor that such was not the case. A dis
charge which the owner and others mis-
took for CHAMBERS was from q mass Of de-
caying food which had accumulated in
an abnormal enlargement of the aesopha.
gus, or gullet. The mass was removed
and the horse recovered.
The Hancock county conference of
Congregational churches, will be held
at Green's landing, Tuesday and We'd
nesday, June I'd and 3d.
The ordination of Rev. q. H. Hemon
which was announced to take place at
Southwest Harbor, Tuesday, May 10,
has been postponed to May 49, at the
Union church, Southwest Harbor, to ac.
commodate the council of ministers, some
of whom could not be present ON the
former date.
Belfast has formed new hose oompa-
ny of Is men.
Since his survey of Half Moon lake
for "A water supply, Capt. Baker has re-
ceived SO much encouragement that
Searsport's water works are practically
assured.
Mr.. g. B. Elwell of Northport, has a
piece of land that is almost impossi BILE
to plow owing to prolific crop of rocks
above and beneath the surface. The
Belfast Journal says: ITO avoid break
ing plows and chains he hit upon plan
to have other animals besides oxen do
| the breaking UP. Hs bought some good
healthy pigs and turned them loose in
the field, and we venture to sayssthat by
fall that piece of land will be thoroughly
plowed, if those pigs have to root hog
or die in the attempt"
| A little Buckf1eld boy named Turner,
who lives up Oh the side of Streaked
Mountain, has been wearing pair of
| mittens this winter, the history of which
cannot be duplicated in the United
| States. They were knit for him by his
gra ndmother, Mrs Lysander Monk, and
in their construction she used yarn that
her own grandmother carded and spun
| many years ago.
An egg trust has been formed by the
Belfast egg dealers. wherein the price
of eggs has been fixed at 10 cents per
dozen. This is chiefly among the dealers
who have coolers, although 10 cents is
paid out of the stores at present.
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