The Republican journal., 1876-07-13
bid you notice the gorgeous sunset of Monday

Did you notice the gorgeous sunset of Monday?
Tinker mackerel have come and are caught in
| small numbers off Little River.
| Steamer New Brunswick arrived from Boston
| Tuesday morning, having taken place of the Cam.
bridge while she is undergoing repairs. The New
Brunswick is fine boat, with excellent accommo
datons The officers Of the Cambridge have been
transferred to her.
The following cases from Waldo county have re
Gently been decided by the law court at bangor
i. N. L. IL X; Co. vs.. Geo. w, Cottrell. On re
| port. Judgment for defendant
hudson Emery and al. vs.. Joseph c. jackson. On
defendants motion and exceptions. Motion and cN.
| ceptl0ns overruled.
Inhabitants OF Palermo vs.. VIM. Brown. On re
! port. Plaintiff nonsuit
| SUDDEN DEATH. Mrs. Edward Fenno died at the
residence Of her necc Miss Ellen Rockingham, in
this city, Oh Tuesday afternoon of heart disease
She expired in less than hour after the attack.
Deceased was the wife Of Edward Fenno formerly
OF Augusta, now of Washington, u. c., and daugh-
ter of the late Rev. William rockingham. Mrs F.
came here in feeble health, resulting from the heat
and malaria of Washington, but nothing was antici-
pated like the sudden and fatal attack which took
place.
The scenery Of Belfast Bay has long been admired
by lovers of nature for its beauty and in fact is not
surpassed by any locality on the coast of Maine. w.
Z. Iutt!e, photographer has executed Il set of
| stereoscopic views, twenty-nine in number, com
prising all the principal points of interest from
Northport to Belfast, including views at Wesly an
Grove. Saturday Cove and the City of Belfast. They
are executed in artistic skill, numbered with the
name of each view on the back. As Il whole the,,
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oramic entertainments they are the first complete
series published in this vicinity Read his advertise
| ment i'll another column.
SEARsroR1 a fire on the night Of the 9th inst.
seriously damaged the store OF Mrs. NJ. b. Nichols,
occupied by Porter Brothers furniture and cloth
ing store Loss store covered by insurance. The
stock of Porter Brothers insured in Bangor for
$1,000. Loss same s 1l13 This is the second fire
happening to the same premises and the same par
ties within the past eight months.
ANcoLNvILLE. The fragrance of made hay
begins 10 be refreshing, and there is promise of
fair crop There are said be tons of old hay
hand among the farmers in Crops that are
growing look promising, except The apple crop,
which will be Il failure i'll this sccton...... The clat
tcring sound of moving machines is all the music
we have had since the 4th......The nominations Of
iil9cn and Hendricks take well here; it could not
have been bettrred.
FRANkroEr. The celebration of the Fourth at
Frankfort was avery happy occasion. The sunrise
WAS greeted by blasts from the granite qualres and
salutcs from artillery. At O'Clock there was fan
tasuc parade At 8 O'Clock procession formed
under direction OF John Pierce, Esq. Marshal of the
Day, rs follows
Chief Marshal.
Aid Aid
Monroe Conet Band.
Mount Waldo Granite Company, 100 men, Capt.
Edward c. Batchelder.
Orator of the Day
Prospect Fife and Drum Corps.
Eastern Granite Company, 60 men, Capt. Charles
DoWnry.
Goddess of Liberty.
a Company of 90 Schooi Boys, Captain Walter
Towle.
Sclectmcn of the various towns that
part Of Frankfort, ana invited guests.
Aged men OF the town drawn in 4 large ancient
carriage.
Mammoth Chariot containing forty little school girl,
singing national airs.
After the procession, the crowd gathered At the
grand stand, where an organization made, With
Capt. w A. Rogers President. sketch of the
early history of the town read by T.. T. Treat,
Esq. Miss Mary II. Ward read the Declaration of
Independence. Marcellus Emery, Esq, delivered
the Grafton, which is spoken of rs thoughtful,
scholarly and exceedingly interesting production.
public dinner then served followed by toasts
and responses. IN the evening there was display
Of fireworks. 1t q very we'll conducted and
thoroughly enjoyable occasion, without an accident
or the presence of drop OF Intoxicating liquor TO
mar the happiness OF the occasion.
rHE FREEDOM MAIL RoEEEEY. il. b. Vose,
the assistant postmaster at Freedom was last week
held to bail in the OF $1,000. TO appear 1or trial
t itp NO Y tpt a he amt otR atb
the first Tuesday Of September. The Wing gives
the following account of the
Complaint was made some two years ago about r-
Irregularities in registered letters passing through the
Freedom Po5totlice, but the matter was explained
away 1T the time. About three weeks ago a com.
plant reached the Department. of the loss of reg
istcrrd letter mailed III Montvl Centre, to Kendall
whitney, Portland, containing about SO. The
mail WAS sorted al the Freedom Office Mr.. w II.
Bigel0W upon examination, found that the record
Of letters in transit at the Freedom office ials
fled, which was suspicious, and Nose, the acting
Postmaster failed TO account satisfactorily for the
letter. Mr.. ;igeloW then made Il careful eNanina-
ton about all the registered letters that had passed
through the oiice Tor several months and found that
some of them had been detained from two or three
days TO several weeks Tracing the letters he also
found that the envelopes had been opened and re
seated, and from the destruction of correspondence
etc, about these detained letters it was shown that
Vose had opened the letters, used the money de
tanned the letters until suspicion had become thor
oughly aroused, and then he would take the money
from some source, probably from opening still other
letters, and r"~ea and send the missing ones for
Mr.. Bigclow found six cases Of the kind aside from
the MontYlc case. In1our OF these portion of the
money hal been abstracted and the letters sent
along.
sufficient evidence having been found against
Nose he was arrested and brought to Bangor assert
ing his innocence of any tampering with the mails
in any way, and that he had never touched the
Monyille letter. ON being confronted with the csi-
dcnce gathered by MI Bgelow he confessed that he
had opened all the letters charged destroyed all
the cores pOndcuce between the parties distracted