The Republican journal., 1876-08-17
GeneraIities.

Two hundred acres of sweet corn are planted
in the vicinity of Fairfield.
1t is said that the cranberry crop bids fair to
be much above the average.
Isaac Burton for assault at Bucksport was
sent to Jail for thirty days.
Mr.. French, the new Assistant Secretary OF
the Treasury, entered on the duties Monday
LaPage, the murderer of Josie I.angmaid, in
New Hampshire, has been granted a new trial.
Brother Blaine deprecating the use Of money
III Il polltlual campaign Is Il SIlpIine moral spec
tacle.
A thief in Evansville, Indiana, stole the CON
tribution box out of church. He evidently
went there to prey.
A lady from Bucksport, Me-, had her pocket
picked of $50, Saturday morning, at the steam
boat wharf at Bangor
The whole amount of tie Geneva award
bonds-S2 ,1G0 000-has been awarded to Fisk
" Hatch, who bid $1,000.
Thomas B. Holt, well known Bangor mer-
chant, 4. years of age, shot himself in the cellar
of his store on Monday. lie is supposed to
have been insane.
The Worcester Press calls Butler the Sitting
Bull Of Massachusetts politics. Itprobably re-
ters to the persStency with which he gets out
w MS ISStl tttlOHS-
The Presidents family is still being provided
for. The President has sent in the nomination
of John G. Dent to be second lieutenant in the
Twentieth Infantry.
Two girls were arrested Sunday for swim
ming in a nude state in the East River, in front
of New York city. Their performance attracted
a large crowd Of spectators.
Two men named Morev, of Rockport, were
arrested Er1aV Ia St oh wit !, stn linr,
nets set in the bay, owned by Capt. +. Spear
They were bound over for trial.
Some of the leading life insurance companies
of Hartford are writing only from five to ten
new policies daily, the dull times having a ter
ribly bad effect on life business.
Ephraim Blair of Woolwich, while crossing
the river on his way home from Bath, Thurs
day afternoon, fell out Of his Skif and was
drowned. He was about 50 years of age. and
leaves family.
The sun was so hot on Sunday that apples
on one of the trees in Rev. w. A. Drew's gar
den, were actually baked on the side exposed to
its intense rays. The mercury indicated a heat
of 13S degrees-4O degrees above blood heat.
On Sunday, Aug 18th, while Mr. Frank Cow
en-, of Palmyra, was leading Il cow htchcd to
his buggy, it was upset and thrown against 4
rock, tracturin2 his skull. He remained insen-
sible for number of hours. Recovery doubt
full.
The horse of William Connor, father of Gov.
Connor, became frightened at an approaching
train at the depot in Fairfield. Mr.. Connor was
thrown out and received serious injuries. Two
of his ribs were broken and his whole system
sustained severe shock.
The wife of Peter l.. Osborn, of PALMYRA,
committed suicide by drowning, Saturday af-
ternoon. 1t is supposed she also drowned her
son, about seven years Old, as both bodies
were found in the pond Sunday. Cause. in
sanity.
The Chronicle says the river drivers COM
plain of Il disease of the feet which they call
foot rot" 1t breaks out in red pits very SIM
liar to smallpox, pits, only they are red and
very sore. Nearly every man driving on the
river is or has been afflicted. Michael Barney
of Skowhegan, had to have several toes ampu-
tated in consequence of it.
The Lewiston journal says that a schooner
has just left Boothbav with 300 tons of ice put
up in the open field last winter by Boothbay
farmers. 1t sold at s. a ton to a Bath gentle
man, who shipped it to New York. 1t is stated
that the amount put up was 1000 tons, and that
the owners, Messrs. Spinney & Co., were Of
fered $3.50 for it in the spring before it shrank
from 1000 to 300 tons. ga bird in the hand" &c.
In his speech, Wednesday, Mr.. Blaine re-
ferred to the rumor that Tilden was going to
use heaps of money in an attempt to carry
Maine. just four years ago, Wednesday,
Blaine wrote to Fisher rs follows: Il am lis
dry as contribution box, borrowing, indeed
to defray my campaign expenses" SO, taking
BlaiDe's word, it seems that Tilden is better
situated than Blaine was four years ago; per-
haps because he has lived within his income