The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-05-07


find the large tim Der which will be nee
essary, but work Will begin at the oarli-
est possible moment. The new storysWilI
be Is feet high, and the roof will incline
sufficiently to cause the water to pass
down through the centre of the roof into
a large tank from which the different
tenants in the building will be supplied.
Contrary to expectations, it is said
that all the logs buried in the big ice jam
on the hennebeo below Richmond this
spriUg have been saved and are now rap
idly being RATED. The several concerns
losing logs combined forces to save them,
agreeing at sell them to the highest bid
Ter aGterward. Milliken of Richmond has
thus far been tho largest purchaser, hav-
ing bought 1900, 900 feet out Of the lot of
5,001 900 5ayed Crosby of ''back rive r''
has ordered 1000, 000 Bradstreet of South
Gardiner, takes 500. 600. and the balance
will he sold in small lots. The salvage
expense is estimated at % cents per stick.
nine Of which are reokoned to a thousand
feet, and the logs are sold at the present
time at $40 per thousand, which Is said
to leave but g small margin for the mill
owners.
The ti5bys' Island correspondent of
the Machias Union says: 6The price
of Holsters is so low, fishermen are pre-
in price. Massachusetts on one side of
Maine taking all Holsters above inches
in length (steamer loads are coming in
from Nova Seotia), and the Provinces
canning them from 9 inches upward,
have almost entirely crippled the lobster
business on our coast and no doubt fish,
ermen feel more like plugging the legis-
lators under the ear than plug zing lob
STEERS over the thumb.
Architect Spofford, OF Boston, has pre-
pared plans for new city government
building at Waterville, which will in
clude, besides accommodations for the
transaction of city business, a court
room, public library and theatre.
The lower Penobscot salmon is either
exceedingly wary or remarkably scarce
this season.
Jock" Darling returned to Bangor
Tuesday morning. He says that the com
ing season promises to be great one,
with plenty Of the big game.
About six years ago an East Monmouth
mans COW met with an accident whereby
one foot was caught and in wrenching
herself clear she broke and twisted one of
her hind legs below the gambrel Joint so
that the fragments of the bone protruded
from the flesh. A neighor to her owner
procured salt box and placed the broken
part o. the leg, which he first bandaged
as beas he might in it. and hen filled the
bog with oalclne plaster. With such sup
port the cow stood mp and laid down and
hobbled about, during the process of the
limbs healing, and Mr.. Jones affirm 8,
writes the correspondent, that during the
time there wes hardly a percept1blo slack
In her flow of milk. In due time the box
and plaster were removed, and the cow
emerged with as strong leg as ever she
possessed.
At meeting Of tbs stockholders of the
American Banking and Trust company
of Auburn Tuesday the following direo-
tors were eieotedi N. W. Harris. VI. W.
Bolster, Fl. II. Quincy, Frank R. Conant
of Auburn; J. E. Briggs of Winthrop; S.
T. Holbro6k of Freeport; E. P. Win.
sRtop of Portland, Fred W. Hapton was
essesed treasurer.