The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-05-14

shade III New DIRK.
The Maine Democratic State Convention will
be held in Portland, June 23d.
Shadd is speaker of the Mississippi House.
and Mulct is chief clerk. It is a seay concern,
all round.
The contract Of William II. Glover < Co., for
$50,524. to build the new Rockland court house,
has been accepted.
Concha has armed the negroes in cuba. Now
we shall see on which side the armed negroes
will decide to fight
The Press reports that the women's temper
ance movement in Portland. is meeting with
encouraging success.
Aparty of men are digging for gold il Bridge
port. They've struck d rich vein Of quartz
but its quarts of water.
They kept an Indian woman two days in the
lock up at Bangor. because she refused to tell
where she got her liquor.
indianapolis has gone democratic for the first
time in eighteen years. eecting their Mayor and
carrying 8 wards out of 10.
The most popular Judge in Missouri lust now
is the one who has decided that woman is not
an old maid until she is 81.
\ Delaware baby >wallowcda railroad ticket.
and was choked TO death Damages claimed
from the railroad. 5l00.000
A prevalence of the measles is reported in
Connecticut, but there's one town there not at
all alarmed. It's Haddam.
1t is reported that Gen. Butler will open the
campaign in Massachusetts BY a speech at
Fitchburg, on the l1th of June
Charles Summers vgnette is being engraved
to go on Il shinplastcr. Something like naming
your dog after your grandfather
TO let the public know the advantages Of that
beautiful place for Il summer resort.
The latest footing up Of the Western press
shows l5i papers that sustain the Presidents
veto, - that oppose it and - on the fence
The '.premium chrome" dodge ha, been
adopted by IN onterprisng dentist who gives Il
photographic drawing with each drawing of a
tooth.
a gentleman bought Il piece of land on the
outskirts of Providence thirty wears ago for
$500. He recently refused $4,000 for the same
property.
Decoration Day this year promise to be
,ignalized by floral memories OF blue ana gray
alike Time indeed, works wonders \. Y.
Com. Adv.
There is said to be well, active man. living
within half q mile Of the village of Damar>cott;t
who has not been down town" but once dur
my zen NtdfS.
The sewing machine agents of indianapolis
are using each other targets for pistol prac-
ticc. Now let other cities follow the example
till it becomes Il tidal wave.
Governor Tngersol was inaugurated at New
Haven on Wednesday. 1t was grand day.
There We're over 5000 soldiers in line. and the
spectators numbered 10000.
The Changers of Illinois will hold their State
Convention for the nomination of a State ticket.
on the 10th Of June. The Republicans hold
their convention on the ETH.
The following States did not give single vote
for the Centennial: Vermont kentucky, Hi
nois, Missouri, Kansas, Michigan, iowa, Mime
sofa. Oregon and West Virginia
New orleans is wondering how il can pre-
Vent the hundreds Of drowned-out negroes from
Hooking to that city and drifting as they inrYi-
table will, into larceny and burglary.
The piers OF the Bucksport 4 Bangor Rail
road bridge will be completed in about two
months and the Superstructure Will be put on
Immediately after their completion.
The petition Of Alice Mason snmner-formeI.-
y married to the late Senator Sumncr-tor per
mission to change her name to Alice Mason was
granted by Judge Amcs in the Probate Court.
Five hundred imported singing birds have
been recently SET at liberty in Burnct Woods,
Cincinnati, hy the president of the Accimati-
zatloh society OF that city At MS own EN-
penSc.
Men nj WORK building stone wall in Berwick
Thursday. removed \ l.lrae stone and tn1InI
unlerit :. dead infant vrnnnnJ in ,.lnth uhi.b
looked aS though il had been there several
months.
The Cumberland Grand jury which had Just
risen has reported about 30 indictments against
liquor dealers, and the County Attorney gives
than $500 and costs
oregon ie'uN OH Ill state elections on the lI'>t
ol June. -FOUR SCI OF candidates III the field
)enoGratlc healed ny 'ioN. troNrr, native OF
and temperance tickets.
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N!u'N T NY 10y r.niu cue, Two Young men
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,''l tIi t tt ",it =" '''e MISSES h'''
At New Bedford there has been clunLt a col-
nm measuring hEe leet III enslh ana Two rect
~ ~ tlrtululclehct; aia weighing MY pounds, IN
He >'4 Una; oi llc nsil were ipuh" elNe" her
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o -, ','l VI leNs' roy pt tc
Their business with him was concluded he WAS
picked up, ,ay Is, the Dallas Herald "aN full Of
lead As Il Wc-tllled pin cushion with pins
,
all 1t e9S n ul't lie
illosU las oIAple circumstances $4,000 l" RAISE
If these figures are approximately correct the
investment in many instances il Il dead failure
Young James Gordon Bennett, proprietor Of
the New lork Herald. walked ten mile foot
race the other day for $4,000 stakes, His com
nett. with commendable entcmri>r. wnn thr
race.
Let 1t not be forgotten, as Of course it viii
not be, that a cold wet spring means Il strong
and luXnriant crop of grass, with large haryests