The Republican journal., 1875-01-07


as an outrage on propriety.
Washington's birthday was celebrated
under the auspices of the Temperance
Society at the Unitarian Church. An adj
dress was delivered BY Rev. Dir. Cutter |
The patriotic boys Of the village closed the !
evening with tar-barrel illumination
For Two or three weeks before this date
we had very severely cold weather On |
the morning OF the 10th the mercury stood
at twenty-five degrees below zero, The !
bay was so frozen over on the Goth that 4
party from Castine came across ON skates
and an iceboat.
At the annual spring meeting. March
18th, Prescott Hazeltine, James Gammons
and Abram n. Noyes We're chosen Select
men, Nathaniel Patterson. Clerk, and Dan
lei Haraden, Treasurer The monies rails
ed were $500, 90 Tor schools, 100000 for
paupers and insane. 1000, 90 for Incl
dental expences and 100000 for payment
OF debts. At an adjourned meeting held
April I'd the sum Of 100000 in cash was
raised Tor making and repairing highways
and bridges, and for the first time Road
Commissioners We're chosen in lieu of sur
veyors. The Commissioners chosen were
Hiram o. Alden, James White and Thomas
late Isaac Allard to keep all the highways
IN town, with the exception OF those in the
village district, in repair for the term OF
five years for the sum OF $4,000 per year
According to the Report submitted to the
Meeting, there We're then titty-siX miles OF
highways in the town
The steamers began to make their ap-
pearance this month They were the w
I +,
miral, Capt. William Hutchins, the Coy
emor, Capt Thomas Rogers, and The Pc
nobscot, Capt Samuel Seymour, which
ran until July when She was sold to run
on the route between New 1ork and Phil
adelphla. She was succeeded by the Ken
nebec, Capt Asa NJ Sanford The Secor,
Capt Thomas Il. Sanford. piled between
this place and SedgeWlck. We mlsseu the
State OF Maine and the pleasant face of
her gentlemanly commander, Capt. Sam
uel Ill. HoWes. He had been on our waters
about fifteen Years. commanding success
lively the Bangor, Telegraph, Charter Oak,
Governor and State OF Maine steamers.
lie died at Cambridge Mass. on the 23d
Of March.
The first gun from Washington under
the new administration heard in this local
ity, was before the close Of the first month
| of its existence. Our postmaster, Nh Will
liam /. Colburn was the victim his brother
in law, Mr. Charles Giles, came mantully
| forward and occupied the post OF danger.
| lie removed the post-ofiice to the room now
occupied by Doctor Sylvester, st the june
| ton of Maine and Beaver streets, early in
| May; it continued there during his official
| term. Mr. Giles, it will be remembered
| fell at the battle OF Baton Rouge, August
| 9TH 1862. The earth that covers him in
his last sleep once belonged to President
! Taylor; the same from whose hand he re-
| ceiyed his appointment as postmaster.
| Aboutnoon of April 9TH George A. Dur
| ham, son of the late Jonathan Durham.
was found dead in his harm suspended by
a rope from one of the big beams 1t was
supposed from the fact that his neck was
dislocated, that after adjusting the rope he
leaped from the beam. lie was about
% years of age, unmarried, in easy
| circumstances pecuniarlly, intelligent, eX-
emplary in conduct and highly esteemed
among his acquaintances. No cause for
| the act could be sumised save sudden
mental arrangement
| The musical season was opened by
| Thayer's Minstrels, who gave several con
| certs at Washington Hall early in April
! Mr.. Howard, the american Ole Bull',
| talked with his violin at the Court House
on the 10Th of May to small audience !;
| he deserved larger one but-"he was
| only fiddler THE Saxonian Orchestra
| performed at the same place on the 18th
| Of June.-The celebrated Hutchinson
| Family sang at the North Church in the
evening of 4th OF July.-In the evening Of
the 9th Mr. Mooney, the "lrish vocalist,
| gave musical entertainment consisting
Of Irish songs and ballads at the Court
! House.-Thc Elenas, two Italian boys,
| Annibale aged fourteen and Lucini eight,
| gave two concerts this month the eldest
! played on the piano, the youngest on the
| vlolin.-Charles Curricr and Company
| cove snunrai ealo7i~al entertainments. con-
I nected with the drama, AZ WASHINGTON
Hall. The draanatic preponderated over
the musical-the spirit over the under-
standing The Riley Family, consisting
of three sisters, aged respectively eight,
twelve and sixteen, and one brother, gave
vocal and instrumental concert at the
| Court House on the first of November-
| DIR. NeSs's Oratorio and Concert Com
pany" gave lone Of their inmitabIc and
| unique entertainments at Washington
Hall on the evening of the 4th Of October.
There are some living, probably, who re-
member the attitude struck by the princ-
pal female artistic preparatory to commence
ing her Fancy Hornpipe0, and the Gun
certain sound given forth by the we'll
creased tddle-strings on the occasion
The man who furnished evidence 81 his
identity by the transfer of the black wig
is not forgotten probably nor the rise in
the market value Of hcn-rut which sue
cceded the entertainment 1t was
unique, certainly, before and behind
tho curtain, and would be '.inimitable". it
IS to be hoped, in these days
There was an exhibition Of statuary at
the same hall for several days in April
it consisted of twenty-three figures and
was said to be representative Of the trial
OF Our Savior before PLATE The figures
were described in the hand-bills as exceed
ingly life-likc' The likeness TO PLATE |
was recognized at once by one Of our
observation-disclosures who still lives waiting |
patiently ton the day when "be shall 80 |
up in 4 tery Chariot
Early in June Maurice &. Blake, Esq,
Of Camden, was appointed Collector Of the
Customs for this District in place Of Hon.
Alfred Marshall, removed; he entered on
the duties Of his office on the ID OF July
Ills subordinate officers We're Isaac n
Fetch, Dep. Collector and Inspector, and
Horatio n, Palmer, Inspector, Soon after
the expiration Of his official term Mr.
Blake went to California and established
his residence in San Francisco, where he
still resides occupying q judicial station
the duties Of which he is performing with
credit to himself and to the acceptance Of
the community
Fourth of July passed off very quietly.
There was less display OF patriotism than
usual in the way ct punch, guns, clauker,
and bells; an indication that the pride,
pomp and circumstance of rum and gun
powder had in measure departed. A
large number of our people passed the
day out Of town many went on an eNcur
sion trip made by the steamer Governor
The only public parade Of the day was
that of the engine companies, who turned