THE PORTLAND TRANSSCIPT, June 9, 1887

                                                           CITY MATTERS
                                                      (Glances About Town)
          The  Portland Club on Wednesday evening entertained Honorable A.B. Beard,
     State Treasure of Massachusetts, who made a vigorous and acceptable speech on
     political issues.
           Mr. Gardner Floyd of this city, a submarine diver, was successful in recovering,
     last week, the body of the McNally boy, drowned at Lewiston, through the conditions
     were unfavorable, owing to driftwood and obscurity; this makes the fourth body Mr.
     Floyd has recovered at Lewiston and vicinity within a few years.
           Two veterans of 1812, Messrs. Smith and Lowell, aided the squad which
     decorated the graves of the soldiers of that war in this city on Memorial Day.
          Mr. Samuel Trask is to erect a block of two handsome brick houses on the corner
     of Spring and Vaughan Streets.
          Mr. Osgood will open the Hope Island House on the 15th inst.; he has improved
     the approach to the house by removal of the old stone wall and built a neat waiting
     room on the wharf, summer visitors will find Hope Island a very attractive resort.
          The first volume of York Deeds, published by Mr. J. T. Hall, under the direction
     of the Maine Historical Society, will be ready for delivery about June 10th.
          Parker & Nagle, of this city, on Saturday, shipped a keel boat and a center board
     surf boat to New Orleans for use in the bayous; they are each 24 1/2 feet long, white
     oak framed, cedar planked, brass kneed and copper fastened.
          Schlotterbeck & Foss will soon start  an apothecary store at Knightville.
          A child of Mr. John Batty, Federal Street, has died with malignant diphtheria, the
     house  is quarantined.
          Mr. Jenks opens his house on Great Chebeague on the 14th inst., and expects a
     liberal patronage this season.
           B. A. Atkinson & Co., have furnished two sets of elegant drawing-room furniture
      for the Glen House.
          Captain Barre, of revenue cutter Dallas, now undergoing repairs after her winter
     work, says that in some respects the weather during the past winter was the worse he
     has known in thirty years.
          On Tuesday evening, June 14th, at the First Parish Church, Rev. Dr. E. E. Hale,
     of Boston, will read his popular story, "In His Name," and there will be a
     musical entertainment in which Mrs. Clark Cushing and Mrs. Morrison will favor
     the audience with solos and quartettes.
          The Reverend W. C. Stiles, of Pittsfield, N. H., whose wanderings have occasioned
     so much anxiety, passed through here Saturday on his way home in charge of friends;  
     he was dressed in clerical garb, but had a broom in one hand a  straw hat in the other,
     and several felt hats tucked away in pockets; he is demented from overwork, and has a
     hallucination that he is over-run with engagements to preach all over the country.
          While Augustus Hill was at work on an elevator in a Commercial Street store,
     Tuesday, he fell down the shaft from the fourth story, breaking his leg and  elbow, but
     not sustaining internal injuries, it is thought.
          The Back Bay and Fore River Commissioners organized Tuesday, by the election
     of Judge Symonds as chairman.
  
    
 
 
          
         
 

THE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, June 9, 1887

                                                          DEATHS
          In this city, June 1st, Johannas, child of Olaf and Marianne Warenskyold, aged
     2 months.
          In this city, May 31st, Ethel M., daughter of E. F. Edland, aged 3 years, 4 months.
          In this city, June 1st, Elizabeth Cotton, aged 67 years.
          In this city, May 31st, Elizabeth L., widow of the Samuel A. Nash.
          In this city, May 31st, Lucy A. Oliver, wife of Thomas Payne, aged 29 years,
     9 months.
          In this city, May 30th, Michael Conley.
          In this city, William J. Ricker, aged 29 years, 11 months, 10 days.
          In this city, June 2nd, Cynthia A., wife of W. H. M. Leavitt.
          In this city, May 5th, at the Home for Aged Women, of which place she has been
     a resident for 11 years, Miss Sarah Rice, aged 80 years.
          In this city, June 4th, of acute bronchitis, Eben Nutter, only son of Clinton R. and
     Emma O. Jones, aged 6 years, 10 months.
          In this city, June 6th, Annie Callan, aged 18 years.
          In this city, June 6th, Harry E., youngest child of Mahlon S. and Flora E. Hodsdon,
     aged 8 months, 12 days.
          Ferry Village, June 6th, Capt. George V. Crockett, aged 73 years.
           Cumberland, June 4th, James Winthrop, infant son of Edward H. and Carrie
     H. Trickery.
           Buxton, June 4th, Hannah M., wife of Aaron W. Milliken, aged 66 years.
           Boston, May 31st, Mrs. Eleanor  E. March, formerly of Portland, aged 50 years,
     6 months, 15 days.
           Woodfords, June 3rd, Edmond C. Merrill, aged 77 years, 10 months.
           Cape Elizabeth, June 2nd, John Hull, aged 76 years.
           Cumberland Mills, June 2nd, Annie E., daughter of Benjamin and Mary Graffam,
     aged 27 years, 3 months.
            Weston, May 27th, Charles Megquir, aged 79 years, 3 months, 22 days.
             Gray, May 30th, Polly G., wife of the late E. B. Woodbury.
             Cumberland Center, June 2nd, William L. Prince, aged 62 years, 2 months.
             Bath, June 1st, Susan A., widow of Dr. George W. Haley, late of Peabody, Mass.
             Topsham, May 30th, Roland H., son of Charles H. White, aged 22 years, 3 months.
              Leeds, May 25th, Elizabeth A. Moore, aged 21 years, 2 months.
              Benton, WilliamPaul, aged 63 years, 2 months.
              Kennebunkport, May 31st, George Smith, aged 66 years.
              Bath, May 29th, Robert Holmes, aged 45 years.
              Brunswick, May 28th, Frederick C. Reed.
              Woolwich, May 20th, Mrs. Lois Brookings, aged 100 years.
               Bridgton, May 30th, Charles H. Bryant, aged 30 years, 10 months.
               Biddeford, June 2nd, Josephine Hanson, aged 42 years, 3 months.
               Saco, June 2nd, Abraham Lord, aged 77 years, 10 months.
                Rockland, May 27th, Mrs. Maria Larrabee, aged 89 years.
                Kaukaku, Illinois, May 29th, Almena M., wife of Honorable Charls R. Starr,
          only sister of the late Augustus E. Stevens.
                Auburn, New York, May 30th, Mrs. Sally N. Gross.
            
           
         
        
          

THE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, June 9, 1887

                                                          MARRIAGES
          In this city, June 6th, by Rev. D. W. LeLacheur, William A. Merrill of Buxton and
     and Annie Horne of Deering.
          In this city, May 31st, by Rev. A. H. Wight, Fulton J. Caddell and Ida F. Curtis, both
     of Portland.
          In this city, June 1st, by Rev. C. H. Daniels, Otis Blake of East Pepperell, Mass., and
     Miss Emeline M. Phillips of Portland.
         Ferry Village, June 2nd, William Willard and Ruth Parsons, both of Cape Elizabeth.
         Bridgton, June 1st, Rev. George W. Barber, of Standish and Mrs. Olive P.
     Bertlwell  (?) of Hiram.
          Lewiston, June 1st, Coral C. Chick and Annie S. Cheever.
          Limerick, May 29th, Frank Smith and Jessie M. Hill, both of Cornish.
          Deer Isle, June 1st, Elmer Pearl Spofford of Deer Isle, and Leonora Alphena
     Rich of Boston, Mass.
          Belfast, May 30th, George O. Grindle of Brooksville, and Mrs. Rosalia Harrison
       of Belfast.
          Liberty, May 29th, Henry H. Skinner and Laura G. Warren, both of Searsmont.
          South Standish, May 28th, by Rev. George W. Barber, Lewis W. Berry and
     Lizzie E. Taylor, both of Standish.
          Gardiner, May 28th, Frank E. Hewitt and Sophia J. Henderson.
          Auburn, May 30th, Frank Jones of Turner and Millie A. Snow of Lewiston.
          Bear River, May 26th, Capt.  Fred H. Pearsons of Rockland and Belle M.  Copeland
     of Bear River.
          Auburn, May 28th, Dwight F. Faulkner of Turner and May Debson of Lewiston.
          Waterville, May 31st, Arthur Spencer and Florence Phillips.


         

THE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, January 16,1875

                                                   MAINE MATTERS 
                                                     WASHINGTON
          Mr. N. M. Gardner, of Machias, deputy U. S. Marshal, died last week of the suicidal
     injuries inflicted one week previous. The cause was mental depression.
          The house of Benjamin White, Topsfield, was recently burnt while the family was
     absent for a short time. When they returned to get their supper the building was in ashes,
     and nothing was saved to them except what clothes they had on. The Calais Advertiser
     says that it probably caught from wood placed under the stove.
         
                                                             YORK
          Honorable J. H. Burleigh last week sent an open letter to the Secretary of the Navy,
     in which he replies to the denial of Com. Howell of certain statements made by him
     in a recent speech in  Congress. He re-affirms his original statement, gives his reasons
     for so long a time, and closes with this remark to the Secretary; I had the strongest
     regard for you personally and hoped we could sail in consort, but my experience in
     the navy yard and in the naval committee convince me that you were a more risky
     navigator than I care to follow."
          Biddeford has a last elected city treasurer. The Democrats not voting, James G.
     Garland was unanimously chosen.
         George Lee, of Bromfield, Mass., about 30 years old, committed suicide at Biddeford
     on Monday by cutting his throat with a jackknife.


          IN GENRAL.  Professor Morse say that there are probably not over 100 moose in
     Maine, where not long ago they were annually killed by the thousands. He thinks the
     species will become suddenly extinct, the conditions growing more and more unfavorable
     for it continuance. In his lecture last Saturday evening he alluded to the extinction of the
     race of giant lobster, on the coast of Maine. Fisher have thrown back the small lobster
     found in their traps, destroying only the large ones, till now the race of large lobsters
     is nearly extinct.
     The following patents have been issued to Maine inventors: J/ A. Knight, Auburn, map
     drawers and exhibitors; H. H. Harvey, Augusta, brush handles.

THE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, January 16, 1875

 
                                                  MAINE MATTERS
                                                     PISCATAQUIS
          A correspondent, "Perley," writing from Monson says: There are seven slate quarries
     opened in the town. The Eastern is owned and worked by L. E. Norris. They have gone
     down about 100 feet, and made an underground tunnel of 75 feet. The Dirigo Company
     has G. A. Mathew for superintendent, and they have gone down 90 feet. The Hebron
     quarry has gone down 85 feet; the Cove, Eureka and Imperial are the names of the
     other quarries. They employ about 100 men at the average rate $2.00 a day. The
     Piscataquis is a new quarry, just opened on the farm of E. Hughes, a Welshman, in
     Williamsburg, and it is one of the best yet found. There are two in Brownville, with
      a force of about 200 men now at work. Mr. Merrill is now hauling his slate to Bangor
      with horse teams, rather than patronize the railroad.
          The lumber mill occupied by T. Sargent, Milo, and owned in Bangor, was burned
     last week.  A correspondent says that the loss is  between $10,000 and $12,000. No
     insurance. This is a severe loss to Mr. Sargent, as all his capital was invested in the
     mill, and the only means of supporting his family.
          We learn that the Piscataquis Observer, which has lately found some reason for
     discontinuing its visits to our office, has been enlarged, put on a new dress, and Edes has
     sold a portion of his interest to F. D. Barrows, of Boston.
         
                                                           SAGADAHOC
          The case of Marianne Robinson, appellant vs. Francis Adams, et al, executors of
     will Mary N. Green, has been settled. Mrs. Robinson, the heir at-law, recovering about
      $20.000, less counsel fees and other expenses.
                                                             SOMERSET
          The Somerset Railroad is now open from West Waterville to Madison, twenty miles,
     fare $1.00.The track from West Waterville to Norridgewock is very smooth, and the train
     runs with a gliding movement quite in contrast to the bumping  on some roads. From
     Norridgewock to Madison the rails were laid after frost set in, the track is not yet
     properly ballasted, and the car rock like a ship at sea. The passengers car, by the way, is
     is a very elegant one, and the rolling stock on the road is first class. The passenger
     traffic is light on this road, just now, but much freight goes over it, consisting largely
     of potatoes, for which $5000 a week are paid out at Madison.  Five miles above Madison
     is the flourishing village of North Anson, having a large trade with the surrounding
     country. This village owes to the enterprise of the late Joel Gray the possession of a fine
     hall, the largest probably of which any village of its size in the State can boast. The citizens
     have started a course of lectures, in this hall,the present winter, the first of which was
     delivered last week E. H. Elwell, of the Transcript; the second, we believe is to be
     delivered this by Rev. G. W. Bicknell, of this city.
                                      
                                                                WALDO
          The grocery store of Joseph Clark, Winterport,  was burned last week. Loss $,2000,
      insured for $1,500.


    


     
         
         
         
    

THE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, JANUARY 16, 1875

                                                           MAINE MATTERS
                                                           ANDROSCOGGIN
          During the last three months of 1874 five of the oldest citizens of Green died, viz;
      Mrs. Mary Mower, 92; Jacob Parker, 78; Jabez Pratt, 85; Mrs. Clarissa Morse, 78;
      David Thomson, 89.  Mrs. Nason, aged 93 is the oldest person living in the town..


                                                             CUMBERLAND
          A little daughter of Mrs. Jewell, of West Baldwin, struck a needle in her breast last
     week, piercing the lung and breaking off. Dr. Swasey of Cornish extracted it. If the
     needle had gone a half inch further it would have pierced the child's heart.
          The blacksmith shop of W. F. Weeman, Sebago, was burned January 4th.
          The following officers were elected last week by Cumberland Co. Ag.
      (Agricultural?)  Society; S. T. Raymond, Westbrook, President; George E.
     Chadbourne, North Bridgton, W. B. Skillin, North Yarmouth, H. H. Boody, North
     Windham, Vice Presidents; Frank Noyes, Portland, Treasurer; Samuel Dingley,
     Sebago Lake,  Secretary. Mr. G. W. Woodman was unanimously re-elected
     President, but was obliged to decline, owing to his business engagements.
           The spring term of the Greely Institute, Cumberland Center, begins Mary 15th.
     W. R. Hemenway, Principal; M. G. Buxton, Assistant.
           Three tenement houses at the center of Gorham village, occupied by Irish families,
     and owned by Honorable F. Robie, were burned last Saturday morning. No insurance.
     The Irish families lost their all, and contributions were promptly made for their relief.
          
                                                                FRANKLIN
          The barn of W. V. Dudley, Freeman, was burned lately, with several cattle and a
     horse.                                                   
                                                                    KNOX
          We last week alluded to the serious accident to Mr.Shibles of Rockport. He was
     blasting through frozen ground, while at work upon his well, and retired behind the
     house for safety. A piece of rock was thrown quite over the house, and struck him
     in the face, as he was looking to see if any of the earth was thrown into the air. His
     face was crushed in a shocking manner.
          The Knowlton Platform and Car Coupling Co., recently formed at Rockland, with
      a capital of $50,000 at paid , has succeeded in introducing its invention upon the Old
     Colony Railroad in Massachusetts., and trains of care are being fitted for the
     Pennsylvania Central and Baltimore and Ohio roads. Mr. C. H. Knowlton has invented
     a freight car coupler, very simple in its action, which does away with the necessity of
     going between the cars to shackle.
          The store of M. S. Spear, South Warren, was burned last week. Partly insured.


    
                                                    
        

THE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, January 16, 1875

                                                         CITY ITEMS
                                                  (Glances About Town)
          At a meeting of the Ancient Landmark Lodge, Tuesday week, Stephen Berry stated
     that it was the semi-centennial anniversary of the membership of Charles Fobes, the
     Treasurer, and he gave a sketch of his Masonic life; there was present Jonathan Smith,
      Oliver Gerrish and Marcian Seavey, who were compeers of Mr. Fobes, who spoke
      warmly and feelingly of their life; a committee has been appointed to present a
      present a suitable memorial to Mr. Fobes in commemoration of his fifty year member-
      ship.
          There was a leakage of gas in one of the offices over Dr. Loring's apothecary shop,
      Exchange Street, on Thursday week, and Mr. Purvis thought he would find out some-
      thing about if by lighting a match; the result was he found himself thrown violently into
      the hall, with his hands burned; two other men were also thrown down, the large front
      door wrenched from  their hinges, plastering thrown down and glass broken.
          The Provident Society is greatly in need of clothing for the poor; send any spare
     garments on hand to Colonel J.  H. Thompson, City Building.
          Mr. George D. Jost, whose house was twice set on fire, had the misfortune to fall on
     the ice last Friday, fracturing the small bone of the leg and badly spraining the ankle.
          Ex-County Treasurer Pennell visited his office on Friday week, and turned over
      $20,294.26 to Mr. Harding, the new Treasurer; we hear of no trace of robbers as yet.
          Honorable G. W. Woodman was elected President for the ensuing year, and in his
     speech of acceptance drew a very flattering picture of the business prospect of Portland.
          Mrs.. William E. Edward, whose death is this week announced, was a daughter of
     the late Joseph M. Gerrish, for many years published of the Daily Advertiser.
          Mr. Ira P. Farrington has been elected President of the Casco Bank in place of
      S.  E. Spring, who declined re-election.
          Rev. G. W.Bicknell gave his lecture, "Through by Daylight," in  M. C.  M. A. course
      to a large audience Tuesday.
           Ex-County Treasurer Pennell visited his office on  Friday week, and turned over
     $20,294.10 to Mr.  Harding, the new treasurer; we hear no trace of the robbers as yet.
          Robert E. Williamson had his shoulder dislocated by a snow slide on Commercial
     Street, last Friday.
          The Portland Mechanic Blues had a pleasant reunion at their armory last Friday
     evening, at which, an interesting history of the company, written by Adj. Charles
     Roberts was read.