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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-30

Totals 5s2 1854 8s3,S47 s3.77s 159l37 Rep
Giving Grant 759, 1877 plurality over
Greeley; 725, 1853 majority over all.
The vote for President in 1868 stood as
follows
For Grant and Colfax Bob 1873
For Seymour and Blair. z, 100000
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-05-08
Letter from Rookiand.
Correspondence of the journal.


RoCKLANp. Way J.
The anniversary Of Inc Rockland Temperance
Reform Club was celebrated Thursday eve May
lst 10y Il temperance mass meeting at FarWell
& Ames Hall. The services Of the RockIand
Band were engaged to add TO the interest of the
OCCASION and a big crowd assembled to listen to
the remarks Of the various speakers, The hall
was well filled, and the speakers congratulated
the club for the work performed during the past
year. After listening to the flattering remarks,
which We're nterspersed With emusic by the
band,' the crowd We're invited to "shA ont"
their spare change TO forward the good work,
and as an appreciation the friends of the cause
''pooled in" the enormous sum of $3.50 elbow
is that for hghf' When YOU touch their pockets
they amt there. The city government the same
evening passed in both branches an order al-
thorizing the city marshal to prosecute forth
with all violations of the liquor law. As yet
"everything is quiet on the Potomac" and peo-
pie are waiting to see whether this new move
is to amount to anything further than / mere
show.
A few rows on the point. the past week, have
made things lively for the police. Several per-
sons have had "heads put on them" with great
success.
Saturday morning at about three O'Clock an
alarm of fire was given, and the fire department
was promptly on the spot. The lire was
supposed to be in the shoe shop of "A. X. Bins,
situated in the second story of the Srotford
Block. The boys reeled of the hose and got all
ready for action, when their efforts were sum
marty checked, by the appearance of the nno-
cent cause Of the uproar. 1t appears that one
of the workmen was finishing Il Job and COM
mencng early he had recourse to a fire and
light. The air being damp the smoke settled
to the ground, and the dim light gave all The ap-
pearance of first class coniagrati0n When
broken in upon he wanted to know .what the
devil the reason was they couldn't LET a fellow
alone" Some OF the boys on the hose wanted
to ''put him out" anyhow.
The Bangor Cornet Band give grand prone
made concert and ball in this city Wednesday
the 18th.
The bows of Rockland Engine Co. No. 9 are
round with a paper after funds to purchase
them an engine. The city fathers should make
them IN appropriation for their ''>punk' if
nothing more.
Mr.. Henry Litchtield took an Involuntary
cold bath Saturday afternoon while rowing a
racing Shell in the cove in the rear OF the
Masonic Block. He caught his oar in the WA
ter and ere he could eXtricate it lie was
''spiit al in heap" into the raging seal No
Insurance.
The wife OF Mr.. John r. Berry died .udicn-
ly Sunday morning at about seven o'clock. She
was out on the street Friday afternoon, Went
home, was suddenly taken i'll, and in . few
hours relapsed into an unconscious state and re-
manned so until her death. VIM.
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are continually on the search and on which
they tatten. A merchant however scrupu-
lous he may be, and however desirous he
may be to comply with the very letter of
the act, may come to grief by an errone-
GUS Interpretation of the law as to cost
and market value, or by an Interpretation
which should bring him into conflict with
laws which may be twisted into having
more than one meaning. He knows that
he IS logged by men, even if they are not
OF his own counting house, who are ex-
perts in detecting technical violations of
the tariff regulations, and who will prove
him to have been a rogue in spite OF the
best intentions. If he is a tmid man he
may submit to the exacton of blackmail :;
if the case is one difficult of explanation,
he pays any sum demanded rather than
suffer an exposure which may damage his
reputation; at BEST however disposed to
take his stand upon an unblemished char
acter and his rights, he may, by the tech
nicalties of q law, which is trap alike
to the unwary and the careful, be COM
PEELED to make the best terms he can with
those into whose power he has unhappily
fallen. The inevitable result must be, in
the long run, to drive honorable men out
Of business, wlio will not take such chances
of ruin both in reputation and purse, and
put itinto the hands of INSCRIPTIONS agents
Of foreign houses, who will keep no books
and cultivate short memories.
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who for short was called Horn, took possession
of this little Island and gem of the sea before he
had arrived at the age of hundred years, hav
ing been cast away there. the only other sur
vivor from the wreck being Rebecca Judith
Chaples, by whose united efforts the island was
peoped. See ''Sewall's Ancient Domnions."
Hon. Jason NJ. Carleton, counsel for the widow
of the late Brun, informs me that her title is
good. He said that there was at one time some
question about the legality Of her marriage. but
that he saw the Judge himself, and was in
formed by him when and where the marriage
took place. In honor to the widow. Mr.. Garlic
ton proposes to give a grand excursion to the
Island some time in June, for the benefit of the
members of the bar of Lincoln and other
counties. S.
WIsCAssET, 7th.
After hearing the testimony of various board
ing house keepers, dress makers &C., the court
allowed Mrs Call four hundred and fifty dollars
for support of self and child until Oct. term
when question Of alimony will be settled.
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Lynch Law.

We regret, as we think every citizen of
Maine should, the recent act of Lynch law
in Aroostook county. The murderer was
of undoubted guilt, and taken rcd-handed,
it is true; it is true that the force of ex-
ample and the safety of the community
demanded punishment. But it is equally
true that the administration of Justice
can never be entrusted to the selt-con-
sttuted authority of a mob impeled
by its indignation and passion for reveng e.
1t is liable to make fearful mistakes.
Total innocence may by the force of cir
cumstances, be made to look 50 much
like guilt AS to carry conviction to any but
the calm elaboration of a legal tribunal.
Even the latter sometimes commits errors.
The violent acts of mob are always an
aflront to the sovereignty Of the state,
whose rights and powers it usurps. And
besides these considerations, all who par
ticipate in the taking OF life under such
circumstances are legally guilty of muir
the Aroostook rutfan is claimed to have
been. ...
For all these considerations, and tor the
good name of our state, we regret this
first act of execution by Lynch law within
her borders. We trust that in other eases
of aggravated murder the guilty person
may be surrendered to the rightful
authorities, to 90 through the lawful
processes Of trial and punishment. II the
murderer's lite is to be taken. as We be
lieve it should be, let the law take it,
And we must be permitted to doubt, were
the execution of murderers certain under
our laws, whether the persons who took
Cullen would have executed him. The
fear that he would escape, through the
prevailing tenderness towards criminals
probably sealed his fatr,
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Railroad Disaster.

MONTREAL, May :. This morning, at
80 O'clock, as the Portland express, on
the Grand Trunk Railway, was passing
the twcnty-seventh mile post. near SoiX
ante the three last cars. Il Pullman and
two others, left the track, from spreading
of the rails, broke the couplings and rolled
down an embankment over thirty feet
high Thirty-two passengers more or
less injured were brought to Montreal by
the forward part of the train. The others
were left at st. Hyacinthe and Beloiel.
Several are frightfully hurt, Most Of the
passengers were Americans. The follow
ing are the names of a few Of The injured =:
George Thurher, Of Upton, Quebec, was
seriously injured internally and badly cut
about the head. He had to be left at St.
Hilaire; the Very Reverend Dean Slack,
of Bedford, Quebec face bruised and cut
and several ribs broken; A. F. Parker, of
Worcester, Mass, aud VIM Taylor are
now ut the Ottawa Hotel, bruised Mrs.
Brooks and Geo Brooks. OF Sherbrooke,
slightly injured; q. Fl. Greeley, Of Bos-
ton, badly cut about the legs-had mar
row escape from burning to death, the
stove having fallen upon him, setting fire
to his clothes.
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The Maine Central Railroad Company
on Sunday got their track extended to the
bridge on the east side of the river, at
Kendall's Mills. The transfer of passen-
gers can now be made in ten minutes.
The transfer of freight is being done with
large number Of teams. At citizens
meeting, held at Andrews Hall, at Ken
dalls Mills recently, it was decided to
oppose the project of the railroad COM
pany to abandon the bridge at Kendall's
Mills and go on the east side of the river,
and to employ the best counsel to be had
in the State. Should the Maine Central
succeed in getting the right of way, and
build their road, it would probably result
in the building of another road from Ken
dalPs Mills to tide water. Much feeling
is manifested by the manufacturers Of
lumber, who ship every year eighteen
million feet of lumber, all of which has
to 60 by rail
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One Hundred Boys Escaped.

WORCESTER, May s. About 100 of the
400 boys 1T the Westboro State Reform
School escaped this morning. By con-
certed effort. as they We're marching into
the ward from breakfast, the file suddenly
broke, and they rushed tor the gates.
The officials recaptured as many as they
could conveniently collar, but most of the
boys scattered through the fields and got
away.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-05-08

While the towns between Rockland and
Bangor are voting aid to the Penobscot
Bay and River Railroad, a threatening
cloud has arisen The Massachusetts
Legislature is about to give permission
for the Eastern and Boston 4 Maine Rail
roads to consolidate, and probably to lease
connecting lines to Halifax. The Portland
Press says
The contamination of the plan will be the
death blow to a competing line between Port
land and Bangor and diSpel all the expectations
that may have arisen in consequence of second
line between Portland and Boston.
Since the above was IN type, the Press
publishes the following
1t is due to the Boston & Maine railroad to
say that we have seen a communication from
President White of that corporation, in which
he gives it as his unqualified opinion, forine d
by an intimate acquaintance with the leading
stockholders, that they will never consent to
the consolidation of the Eastern and Boston &
Maine roads.
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The failure of the postal telegraph in
England to keep pace with expenditures,
under circumstance in every way favor
able, will be apt to settle the huge job
proposed for this country, where every
condition is against it. With evidence
that $4,000 have been sunk in the
experiment on the other side, even the
genius Of Palmer will now fail to inflict
the system on the United States. This
official disclosure will put a final quletus
on another Of the pet schemes of Cress-
well, endorsed by Grant. Ridiculous as
the failure is, it is still far less absurd
than other Improvement schemes emanat-
ing from the same quarter.
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The latest ticket for Massachusetts, is
Gen. b. F. Butler for Governor, and Mr..
Hoy,, originator Of the Sumner resolutions
of censure, for Lieutenant Governor. This
will be bad ticket TO catch the temper
ance vote, considering Mr.. Hoyt's dis
graceful appearance in the Legislature
recently, yet it ought to prove successful
in a State which censures Charles Sumner
and sends b. f. Butlerto Congress Tri-
bune
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-05-08
event hell bent.
For Governor Kent,
For Tinpeoapoa npJ Tv1n,. too "

FOf IlppecanOe ana lylcf 100.
That was disastrous defeat to the
democracy, but the party lived to see the
state and the country, in these latter days,
bent a good deal stronger toward the sui
phureous regions. However, the Judge
may now be considered as the Penobscot
candidate; but let it be remembered that
lightning don't strike twice in the same
place.
The bar OF Penobscot has rendered.
and Judge Kent has accepted u compli-
mentary dinner on the occasion of his
retiring from the bench Of the Supreme
Court.
-Oakes Ames has had an attack of
paralysis, and is in a very critical condi
ton. He is SO years old
David Cargjll, Of Augusta, has been
reelected Grand Master of the Masonic
bodies of Maine
A three-masted schooner Of $50 tons
has just been launched at Bath
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neraIities.

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HuicIue ny Juihp'hs iito '"0 ''eo
The Hon q : Cox il likely TO be the success
sor in Congress OF The late James Brooks.
col Jo.nnh A Deane died very suddenly in
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9V''0"N'" " '0 ii'hS'" i'eN' W.
The wild oranges of Florida make a wine
which gets man so drunk that he sleeps two
Jay ''''' '''-'i'' 'e'0ie waning
A New Hampshire man has the leather strap
which has thrasned the family through three
genci nations.
,,,,
Friday. while at work on a lam of logs at the
mouth of kennebec River. His age was 80
years.
,,.,
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jured by beng struck by the overhead bridge
at West Wateryiiie.
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the market.
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NorwaIk. Ohio. in t.lf. condition.
t4e Argus shYs lh4' iI9n. r; y. ,. amlih was
n",ilic" ny N.,Sl "l'i, ih!'i >u.N' '"dI III tle
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he had recovered Nerdlct for S632ooo
Alfred Burns, Master of the fishing schooner |
san Cannon of WnldObOro fell overheard at |
fortahd saturday nght Whlle gong on board
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One of Barnum'S vans containing wax work :,
had its top stripped of by striking Il railroad
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We have published history Of the
murder of Mrs Hedges in Eureka, Hi
nois, and the fact that the crime was inn
puted to Mrs. Workman, the wife of 4
Methodist minister who held guilty rela-
tons with the murdered woman To the
surprise Of the community the Grand
Jury has refused to lndict Mrs. W.,
although the evidence of her crime is con-
elusive.
administration papers are graphing
with the conundrum which anxious sub
scribers are asking -"How can the re-
publican party be against the salary steal,
when the President signed the bill?" They
wrestle fearfully, but it throws em every
time.
A man in Portland advertises "Want-
ed, a woman to bushel, and make button
holes" The button hole business will be
readily understood, but what in the
world is hid under that bushe?
The astronomers think there is a
planet between Mercury and the sun. The
presumption is that the recent winter was
not felt there.
The Maine Central has decided not
to rebuild the Kendall's Mills bridge A
track will be built on the east side of the
river from Wiuslow to Benton, and there
connect with the old track Thus persons
coming east from Augusta will cross the
river but once, and that on the iron bridge
at Augusta.
In his will, Louis Napoleon says that
1T is the soul Of my ilustrious uncle that
has always inspired and sustained me-"
His illustrious uncle would never have
declared war against Prussia, and got
such u terrible pounding.
Hon. James Brooks, representative to
Congress from one of the New York city
Districts died in Washington on the 3Oth.
Mr.. Brooks was a native OF Maine, having
been born in Portland in 1907. He grad
uated at Waterville College, and adopted
the profession of journalism, making his
first appearance us writer for the Port
land Advertiser. Originally a whig,
when that party broke up he joined the
democracy. He was for many years
editor of the New York Express. in
which paper he made a LARGE fortune His
reputation a S an honsrable man was never
clouded until the unfortunate Credit Mo-
biier affair, and it is believed that the
excitement and chagrin attendant upon
the investigation had much to do with
fastening his death
In spite of all our repeated callings
upon Barnabas for that promised custom
house investigation, there is no response,
and we conclude that he must be gone
out of the neighborhood. This supposition
is greatly strengthened by the following
paragraph from the Bangor Wing of
Monday
A gentleman on the East side of Kenduskeag
stream had his flock of hens stolen from the
roost on Thursday night.
The lst book of Samuel, 18th chapter and
10Th verse, says: ''Now there was no Smith
found throughout all the land of Israel.v
Strange, wasn't it? Lewiston Journal.
But further along in the volume it says
"there was heard the voice Of one crying
in the Wilderness" That was John.
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REPUBLICAN JOURNAL.
THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1878.
EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
WILLIAM H. SIMPSON.

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General Grant" says the n. Y. Even
ing Post, lis not a quick-witted man, but
ii is marvellous that even he did not see
how great chance for achieving an
almost unhounded popularity Congress
gave him in raising his and their own
salaries. 1t was simply his duty to refuse
to sign a bin that contained provision
so disgraceful aud so dishonest as that
which gave a gratuity of $4,000 out Of the
United States treasury to the members OF
q congress just going out of existence.
Had he refused his sanction to it, and
given notice that he should call the new
Congress together to pass q new appro-
priation bill, he would have done himself
infinite credit He took the other course
we are sincerely sorry to say, to his
great discredit."
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Supreme judicial Court.
JUDGE DICKERsoN PRESIDING.

In the case of John Hawkins ". Loren Rose,
on trial when we went to press last week, the
jury gave plaintiff a verdict for the amount
claimed, Sl71.7l
Mcclellan, Williamson. BOYLE.
Belcher vs.. Simpson. Defendant was sued
for rent which she claimed her husband should
pay. Verdict for defendant
Nose. Hubbard
In the ease of John Dckey vs.. Francis A.
verdict of So. As was rendered against the lat
ter, the Court set aside the verdict and ordered
new trial, at request of plaintiff. Judge Dick
erson commented with severity upon the mani
fest perjury in this case.
Mary A. Downing, libt. vs.. Lcmont Downing.
Libel for divorce on account of adultery of the
husband. The parties reside in Searsmont.
Divorce decreed Custody OF minor children
given to libellant.
Williamson.
The following rescrlpt has been received from
Androscoggn Co:
Samuel Edwards ct al. VS. Thoma, r. Moody
Judgment for pltt's. for amount of original
judgment, with interest from date of rendition"
Williamson. Fogler
At the annual meeting of the Trustees of the
Waldo County Law Library, held during the
recent term Of Court, the treasurer reported Il
balance of 1922. IA in the treasury. The num-
Der OF books added during the past year was
lightweight, at Il cost of $277.4S,
Candidates for the republican nomi-
nation for Governor are increasing. The
Bangor Wing presents the name Of Judge
Kent, and feelingly alludes to the time
when, in the doubtful hard cider days,
Maine
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A Georgia judge fined four lawyers So
each for laughing in court, the other day.
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and 81 Park Row, New York. our authorized
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