The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-08-31
Generalities.

steamer lintld, running DcIWen lortlailu anu
Yarmouth, y. s., went ashore near the latter
port on Sunday night, and is Il total loss.
The cars will RIM a, far rs WaIdoboro' on
the hno> a LinroIn Railroad this week it is
sad
The bridge OH the Central dlroad At Carmel,
has been entirely rebuilt
| Besides burglars, Portland has larbor thieves
that rob vessels with much skill aud enterprise
About half the escaped Sing Sing convict
have been rccaptmed.
The Colt eXcurSioni>ts met with mishap,
| we learn, on their late trip East. 1t seems
| that when the party reached st. John, they in
| vested largely in silks, kid-gloyes etc, and
| when they reached Rock land, on their return,
I were priding themselves on having secured
the goods free of duties. But it seems one OF
the party was government detective, placed
| aboard expressly to attend to such matters, and
at RoeIlland he telegraphed the facts to Boston
50 that when the party arrived there they hat
| to pay duties on their purchases.
The farmers OF Manitowoc, Wis, are a good
| Leal exercised by the less Of large numbers Of
/ ~hcop-nearly three hundred-through the op-
/ erltiOus of some mysterious animal. They are
| all KILLED in one manner, and left without any
| tearing OF The carcass. There are no marks Of
! violence except "a small mole behind the ear-,
| from which the blood is sucked and the sheep
/ left otherwise in perfect shape. A local paper
| suggests that the destroyer Of the Hochs Is
| species of bat.
I;oCKLANn. Aug. ~ The Knox County
| Republican Convention, was held here to-day,
| The several toWns Oft the county were well rep
| resented, and the deliberations were harmoni-
! ouS. Hon. George Thorndike presided, and
! the following nominations We're made. For
| senator, Timothy Williams of Rockand; Flor
| County Attorney, Jonathan p. Ciley of Rock
land; for County Treasurer, Gilman 5. Bar
| lows of Camden; for County Commissioner,
| VIM. II. IIOdgmam, of Warren.
| \ REFRIGERATOR CAR, on an improved plan.
! is nearly finished ut the shops OF the Maine
! Central Railroad CO., in this village Ii is de-
/ signed Tor I" route between Bangor and Br~-
1 tom, and Is 80 constructed that meat may h-
| kept IN il oven during the warm weather, in
good condition for long timc-much Longer
| than viii be needed FOR it, transportation.
I lWalcrElIlc Mail.
The Calais Advertiser announce. that Cot
| lcctor Nhiddcn Is about to sue it for libel and
says: We Shall do our best to furnish him With
| lots of fun OF the same sort We see the CITY
authorities have commenced an action against
| INN tor the recovery Of the $1,000 he got out eff
The city, it is alleged unfairly. 50 that between
1 the libel suit and the city SUIT, he must have Il
jolly good time Of it,
I Twelve hundred ev-conlederate soldiers met
4 at the Roanoke Fair Grounds, Thursday, GOV.
/ Reynolds, Con. Shelby, and others addressed
them, Politics were not alluded To, The meet
Ing passed resolutions that ii is the duty of all
! to turn thcir backs upon the past, and grasp
/ nnulON the duties and responsibilities Of the
I future.
\ careful observer oh womm'4 rights says
! 81 have ~ecn women 80 drNrlle thlt they Wef.
/ afraid to rrir iur fear at the horse runuu2
/ away afraid to walk for fear the dew might
fall, afraid 10 sail for fear the boat might upset;