The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-21
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

Edwin, Il. Gerald, one Of Clinton's Sc
Ieotmen the owner Of a Jersey bull. met
with an accident Sunday. While driving
him into the barn he turned on Mr.. Ger
aid with his horns and threw him by
the side of the fence. His cries brought
ont his wife with the pitchfork, which
attracted his attention until they got Mr..
Gerald out of the yard. 1t was narrow
escape from death. M r. Gerald Is con-
fined to his bed unable to move his head
or arms, his body being fearfully bruised.
This frigid weather is bringing out the
"reminiscences. So far the record Is held
by Waldo county veteran. who remarks
~ remember one cold snap, way back
In the forties. I'd brought in big back
log to try to keep the family comforts BILE
In the evening, and was sitting before it,
thinking. All at once I noticed that
some thing looked queer about that stick.
and, will you believe it? While one end
Of that log was blazing and roaring as
comfortable as could be, the sap that the
fire had thawed out of the other end had
frozen before it could get time to run
down, and there it was all hardened into
icioles.
In the action Of the creditors of Webb
q Briggs, the grocers who recently
failed, against j. e. Briggs and Eugene
Bailey, Of Winthrop. under the statute,
Governor Cleaves has been retained with
Whittemore s. Fisher, of Augusta, to
conduct the defense, and each suit will
be contested and vigorously defended.
The compromise offer of ~ cents made
CD the part of the firm to the creditors
will be withdrawn.
The Belfast Board of Trade reports that
the Crosby Inn can be rebuilt on it's old
site for $2S, 600. including Lot, and pay
annual dividends of 81 per cent A Hfty-
four room hotel can be built, corner
High and Miller streets, for $50, 900 to
pay per cent. The Crosby will rent for
81, $780, and the other for $4,000. A com
mittee was appointed to canvass for stock
and report at future meeting. 1t is
hoped to have hotel by July 1st.
Mayor Hanson, of Belfast, has received
q latter from the Heating Wheel Co, of
Holyoke, Mass, the company that is
seeking another place to do busiI ess
They write that they want building 300
feet long, 30 feet wide with two floors,
the whole to cost about 800, 600.
The second tournament at checkers be-
tween Stockton Springs and Belfast, was
played at the Elm City club rooms in
Belfast Saturday. Belfast won at both
ia bles. the SCORE standing eleven games
to the credit of Capt Baker Charles, and
three to Mr.: Levi Griffin; six games
for Mr.. f. W. Brown and three for Mr..
Levi Griffin.
The Bar Harbor G. A. R. Post is at
tempting to erect a monument to the
dead soldiers at that town.
Several of the farmers at East Orland
have got up quite an industry in furnish
ing frewood all fitted for the stove. In
utilizing circular saw run by horse
power it is manufactured SO cheaply that
people are buying it generally and teams
are kept running almost continually to
supply parties in town and Bucksport.
A great haul was made to the ice
houses of S. q. Webster, Augusta, Tues
day, from the river above the dam, it is
claimed the largest by horses ever made
on the river. In the ten working hours
four horses hauled 700 tons of ice that
was of excellent quality, IS inpches In
thickness.
Waldoboro boasts, and it has q right to.
of man 81 years old who has recently
cut and piled n cord of four foot wood in
eight hours. Who said this is the age
of the young man?
United States Deputy Marshal PRESCOTT
came through on train No. Wednesday
night, for Portland, with Thomas Whit
tier of Easton, to be tried for violation of
the internal revenue law.