The Republican journal., 1870-05-05
LETTER FROM ROCKLAND.
Business---The Streets---The Liquor Law
Hotels---P
Correspondence of the journal
ROCKLAND, MAY 8. $40.

ROCKLAND, May 8; 1870.
Mr.. EDITOR: | thought letter from this ocali-
ty, containing few items, might be interesting to
the many readers of the journal, though there is
nothing OF importance taking place here, at this
time Business is dull, as it is throughout the
whole country. The manufacture of lime, W hch
Is the principal business Of the place, is not paying
much to those who are enga ged in it, this spriug
and there is not neaT much lime being burnt as
there was at thi, time last year. The mud, of
which we have an abundance here at certain sea-
sons of the year, has dried up, and streets and
crossings are again passable by pedestrians Dur
ing the fourteen or fifteen years that this place has
beer city, there has been expended on highways
ard sidewalks sum in principal and interest ex-
ceeding in the aggregate one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars; yet, with all this great outlay,
permanent improvement has been made upon our
streets or sidewalks, and person visiting our city
after rain storm, will find it in the same condition
aS they might have found ii ten years ago, with
mud from Six to eight inches deep in the streets,
and the sidewalks and crossings ''pa.t finding
out
Quiet reigns throughout the city, with the OK
ception of in occasional row on The Point y os
it is ealled--a place that will comp are with YOUR
puddle Dock" The police, bv their efficiency
have suppressed much of the ruffiansm that once
existed here. The Mayor and Aldermen are ont
with proclamation to those who deal in the .tar-
dent that on and after the first day of Nav. they
and all others who may hereafter dispense any of
said beverages, without having been first chosen to
do so, Strictly for medicinal and mechanical pnr-
poses" will be prosecuted How much of a raid
will he made during the coming few weeks | am
Im1hlp ia fell. h1t | lIn txi1 hn inst
to satisfy the longing Of the radical temperance
mrh, and he the means OF retaining them one year
longer within the Republican party However.
the temperance folks have succeeded in elccting
one OF their own stripe 10 The police Judgeshp
and they confidently believe that the morals of this
little community will be greatly promoted thereby
Our hotel Accommodations, which We're heretofore
considered not Of the first class. promise to he i'm
proved during the coming season. Mr.. Lyndc, the
former landlord Of the Thorndike House, is erect
ing large and commodous Hotel on Main street
the front Of Park street, which is to have be
tween sixty and seventy sleeping rooms, and viii
be very accessible to the cars and STEAMBOATS, il
has also q fine view of the harbor and surrounding
country Mr.. Lynde expects TO have il in readiness
10 receive the public about the first Of July
Mr.. Andrews of the Thorntke House, il 10 have
a large addition built to his house The coming
season. which, when completed, Will give him His
office and dining room ON the lower floor
Politics are very quiet among us, and very little
discussed at present. KnOWltOn would have been
the fayorite candidate Of the dominant party in this
locality for Gubernatorial honors, had he not al
lowed himselfto be slaughtered by the Progressive
Age man. | learn that, after he had Civ en- his
friends to understand that he would be candidate.
he has suddenly become disguised with ''things
that are of earth earthly, and is hereafter to give his
whole attention To things which are more .he:lyen-
ly and divine The third party movement in thi4
County last year was almost an entire failure
Elder Frat and few others being all that .ssturk
The most OF those who in the early part of The cam
paign, boosted Of this zeal and courage in the cans,
Of temperance, either from fear or the hope offayor
abandoned their idol, and at election voted for
Chamberlain. Whether the two elements will he
able to unite upon a man this year is somewhat
doubtful NoNEN.