The Republican journal., 1875-07-01

The Bucksport National Bank is putting in !
new Halls safe, which weighs 1900 pounds.

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way home in single night.
Winterport cheese factory is receiving about
a ton of milk per diem. for which ten cent, per
gallon is paid at the house
Alice Brown, known as the fasting Girl of
Evansville, Ind, is dead. She ate not Il mouth
full for Fifty days previous to her death.
The citizens of Bucksport Center have Sc
cured 81 80 towards Il cheese factory. Eighty
seven cows have been pledged Tor the same
The Waldoboro News records the death of Il
venerable German citizen of Waldoboro Dea
Jacob Shuman, at the advanced age of 80 years.
The well near the house of Edward Z.
O'Brcn ThomaSton, frozen up during the
severe weather of last winter, is not yet thaw
ed out.
The canker worms have nearly destroyed the
foliage in Portland. The trees on State street
look as if fire had swept through them. and
are nearly leaieIess.
The Tennessee farmers are recovering their
prosperity slowly. Just a they get little
money saved up the circus comes along, and
the hard times begin over again
The Chicago Times thinks the platform adopt
ed by the Democratic Convention in Maine is
excellent, and would form a very good basis
for the organization of Il National party OF sen
| eible and honest men.
The June term Of the United States District
Court in Bangor. which opened Tuesday, Judge
Fox presiding, closed Friday, haN ing disposed
of all the business before il.
The quantity of iron to be used in the cou-
Strucion of the Centennial buildings will ag
@re@ate about GOOO tons. of which more than
iive-siNthS will be wrought.
Last wear by this time in Montreal over sixty
vessels had been chartered To carry lumber to
S,utb tnpIt.r fTbiS pni\ vs., ar br,.4
are known I" be entered for that voyage.
A burglar who had entered the residence of
+. NJ. Phipp> at NHtlck Friday night, WAS dis
| covered by PhippS in his daughters room and
Shot four times. Ills miuric, are fatal.
| Hon Charles H. Haskell of Portland has
| been appointed by the President Is Centennial
Commissioner for Maine, Wee {. +. kimball,
and has received his commission
The Philadelphia Press says that there j.,
| every prospect that during the tentcmnial. next
| year, the chargrS for living at hotels in rhla-
| delpha wilt be reasonable and fixed,
| The Maine Democratic platform is a sound
| As amy pine tree in the state, and the candidate
! for governor was Il brave and ~killfu soldier
in tile war for the Union. Boston Herald.
4 naval force with steam launches will be
ordered to the mouth of the Rio Grande To look
after our Interests there and cooperate with
llit army Ill luc Suppression ~ hcAlc;tl flldS.
Tp in Ncv Hampshire, they purpose 10 deal
| " lh cramps" hy putting them in Jail. Thal'>
| lust where thcy belong. New England ought
not To tolerate such IN institution within her
| borders,
| Mr.. Beach ~ay~ tnat >ing pNid Eecclcred
and wrote ragged edged letters but forgrs to
add inpres>iVrly that the lady di,h't have her
hands folded Is i'll PRAYER. In fact she was
! doing her weeks washing.
Red loud and spotted Tail appear 10 be PAR
ticularly fond Of drtw-pnkcr. why can't the
| Government send over for General S'heucE to
come over and play them Il little game for the
Black Hills: Washington Chronicle.
Admiral Werner Of the German navy gave a
banquet at kicl, Thursday, in honor Of Admiral
| Wor,len and the officers of the United States
squadron, and Friday evening the Americans
We're guests of Admiral llcnh at dinner.
James Van Mani, former President of the in-
| ooN tnl Market Savings Bank, New y ORR, has
been found guilty q appropriatng monies Of
| that bank, and the Supreme Court ha~ render
ed u Verdict for the creditors against him for
| Sfl"S
Jefferson paNi. lu~ accepted the position OF
| president of the Texas Agricultural College,
| which was recently rendered him with Il salary
! of $1,000 Year. The ladies Of Houston have
been holding ''moonlight etcs" to buy It home
| stead for him.
A man named Andrews WAS freed by n bear
while gathering gum III the Woo'I~ al Warren
y. H., ON the nth ut., ana was kept there
| from o'clock in the morning until O'Clock in
the evening, when he WAS relieved by some
fishermen who happened 10 hear his shouts
The Observer rccount~ the exploits Of some
Dover roWdic~ Who Stole Il ladder, and about
| midnight said ladder, with It roWdy- lit the head
| of it. WAS discovered by some ladies III a win