The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-29


liquor If it was not forthcoming. The
! Bangor News of yesterday contains fac
smile of the following agreement, which
bears the signature Captain Il. S.
Long" The News received this paper
from Mr.. Burns, one of the par.es to It:
Bangor, Me-, Oct. '97.
"In consideration of Twelve Dollars per
month do hereby agree not to have P.
H.. O'Donohue (Somerset Cafe) or burns
and O'Donohue searched or seized for
liquor selling.''
Engineer Keith and his crew are NOV
ing up. towards the Pennington terminus
of the Franklin, Somerset q kennebec
| railway at good pace.
On Wednesday evening dinner was
given in Bangor in honor of Judge Enooh
Foster, who is presiding at the October
term.of court, by members OF the Penob-
scot bar, and while it WAS an impronptu
and informal affair, it was none the less
enjoyable. 1t was game dinner OF ten
courses. The following were present:
Judge Foster, Gen. Charles Hamlin, j.
H. Robinson, P. H. Gillin, M. Laughlin,
D. w. Mason, W. Y. Patch, G. j. Hutch
ings, b. c. Addition, Sheriff G. W.
Brown, Clerk of Courts G. F. Sweet, j.
f. Gould of Oldtown; H. j.. Chapman,
D. Rice. Gen. Hamlin was the toast
master and toasts were responded to by
number of those present. The following
toast to Chief Justice Peters was Impress
lively responded to with all standing:
''Not with us in body but in our hearts
we drink to his health and speedy re-
covery and return
Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Cunningham, of
Short Hills, N. j., with their guides,
Wilmot Patterson and Harley Patterson,
of Rangeley, arrived in Bangor Wednes-
day on their return from q hunting trip
in the Provinces and the Maine woods
of many weeks. Both Mr.. and Mrs.
Cunningham shot moose.
The insurance adjusters representing
the various companies on Wednesday made
| an adjustment of Sc, 865 on the recent fire
which destroyed the grand stand of the
Eastern Maine State Fair Association at
Maplewood Park, Bangor.
The directors of the Waterville Savings
bank held long session Tuesday, debat-
ing the question of joining the manage
ment of the Waterville & Fairfield hlec
trio Power and Light Co. in the PROPOSE
| ton to reduce the rate of interest on the
bonds and expend the sum of $40 900 for
the purpose of putting in q steam plant,
and otherwise improving the plant,
which includes the Waterville & Fairfield
electric railroad. This matter has been
hanging fire for many months and upon
| the decision of the Waterville Savings
bank depended that of other banks hold
ing the company's bonds The Waterville
Savings bank voted to cut the interest
down from to per cent. 1t is expected
that the other banks will follow the &C.
ton of the Waterville institution.
While hunting for deer Saturday after
noon BERTHE, the seventeen years old son
of Edward Greenlaw of Mapleton, met
with probably a fatal accident. He was
climbing over log, with the muzzle of
the rifle toward him, when in Some man
ner the gun was discharged, the bullet
entering his body just below the ribs. At
last accounts he was in very critical
condition, and but slight hopes are enter
tanned for his recovery. DR.. Boone
locate the bullet.
Stillman Slower, Milbridge young
man, who has been spending the past
two years in the Klondike region, was in
Bar Harbor Saturday on his way to his
old home. Mr. Slower is not speaking
favorably Of the Klondike country, bnt
says he expects to return next spring to
work his claim, which is situated about
fifty miles from Dawson City. He left
there about three months ago, coming as
far as Seattle by sea. Mr.. Slower thinks
that a great many people must be starv-
ing in the Klondike, as food was very
scarce at the time of his departure.
For some time past says the Bangor
| haG qnEnActQd
has been a combination among the men
employed in various capacities on the
railroads whereby game was taken out OF
the State illegally, but up to Monday
night the wardens had been unable to get
any positive information.
When the II. 10 train from the east ar
rived in Bangor on Monday night, how
ever, there, were two deer, one of which
was marked to Claude D. Scribner, Ban
gor Scribner is a brakeman and his run
Is on that train, so that when he claimed
the deer, saying at the time that he
| bought it in Kingman. the wardens made
no objections, but when Scribn er turned
and sold it to the porter OF the Pullman
car to take to Boston they seized the deer
and carted it away.
There have recently been ten cases of
diphtheria in the village of Buckfield,
three of which resulted fatally. Saturday
a call was issued for meeting Of citizens
and board of health to convene in the
evening at the post Office. At this meet
ing great interest was manifesto and O..
r. Hall, NJ D., an old practitioner of
large experience, especially in diphtheria,
spoke at considerable length. At this
meeting the board of health were in
structed to secure sufficient supply of
antitoxine and look after matters In gen
eral. Those who are now sick and report
ed convalescjng are Mrs. +. +. whining
ton. Mrs. o. q. Hersey and daughter, a
young son of Vernon Allen and young
daughter of Walter Turner (who has lost
his eldest) and the young son, whose
case is considered doubtful