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MAINE NEWS NOTES. The Solon pulp mill, which has been closed for a year, will start up with been rush April 1st. The machinery has repaired and put in first-class condition. Great piles of wood in the adjoining towns are ready for sale to the company. But the farmers will demand cash payment this time. Poland Spring Ricker brothers The hustlers but they also play in could good are A local geologist says they down the hotel and let the and yet have a source tear luck. run waste, their fortune, spring on premises whence to amass a all their land is underlaid by as fine granite as as there is in the state. Lewiston's death rate the past year Cal- is as to cause alarm. Secretary such of the board of health has a serious subject lahan to present in his annual is report due alarming condition and to but to causes the not tenement blocks and big the epidemic, the part. in massing which of the same play an important Merchants' National Bank of the of has called a for the purpose While on a percentage stockholders Gardiner The affairs meeting basis. understood of settling its is made it is found no statement poor notes have been the bank that some the securities held by the among is thought best to close up and and business. it The amount of assets liabilities is not stated. strikers in the Sico cotton rather mills The to stay out indefinitely scale of have work at the at Lewgo to The Androscoggin a than wages. voted week, reduced mill and small iston portion was There of opened the was employes last a little trouble returned gates, at first, as to and work. lively of scenes which around one of the the strikers excitethe result arrested for assault, but the ment was calmed down later. recent item from Cleveland, Ohio, that A appeared in the papers stating 91, is the has indy of that city, service age in the T. P. H in active to this oldest banker With all due respect obliged to country. Hallowell feels K. Baker, gentleman claim. Judge H. desk in the dispute his 93d year, is at his day, in his Institution every and now Hallowell no bank Savings has a more active or effi ient Co. treasurer. The store of Cyrus in K. which Littlefield the & post Goodw Mills, broken into early at is located, was safe blown open office Tuesday morning, the stamps, $70 psworth of postage numerous a gold Two and in silver, $100 value watch stolen. and and some adjoining money used pers of were also entered The tools the secured stores work from were the taken tills. from the village in blacksmith shop. built Old Orchard pier Company, now being is a noteThe Berlin Bridge in that it is the by worthy the undertaking of its kind in this OCEAN pier another country in that It it has to cope pier. It a is to that be tide also, longest is similar unique in with asserted greater respect landthan any long. while it is for ocean 1,800 feet no other iron pier than 1,000 feet there is this country end more of the pier there 31 ing in At the ocean water at low tide or long. be 17 feet of maximum difference Orchard being 14 feet. between at will high tide, high and the low tide at Old its held Trade State Board of at Portland Wed- atThe meeting with a good discusThe were nesday semi-annual and Several Thursd interesting following resolusions tion tendance. had a unanimous had. Maine passage: State Board express of to Trade the That the hereby Hon- Wm. convention United States. and in the our and statesman Spain. in resident Resolved. of most the assembled hearty approval attitude approba- That Mc erials now he will be able and with honor the people tion Kinley, of and his hope calm without pending war with we realize, party the ends That of dignity to our country without of the trust desired of this desire country. the alleviation in Cuba. will sufferings do all that deprecate power to If war should President or thousands That class we of people our war and but avert the same with there honor 10 pledge within to ourselves country. within our power to desuit in his we course and and our flag. was fend our Fred country Rackliff by of the St. discharge George She of and a accidentally Mrs. killed the 25th ult. from Friday night, returning a double gun. barreled gun husband were lantern and went out, and it her neighbor's, with The a Mr. Suddenly passed while he relighted his wife to hold. and Mrs. Rack- disthe gun to across the road in some way the conbird being flew frightened. of the Rackliff's gun, head, charged liff just one going barrel damage. over Mr. Mrs. Rackliff at the dis- betents but doing no more frightened barrel, and dropped discame still of the first second barrel her was in the charge gun and contents the striking almost instantly. the charged, its killing her 50 years of age. children Beside the in the family. back Mrs. Rackliff and husband was about there are several