The Republican journal., 1876-08-24
GeneraIi&ies.

There were ten governors at Long Branch OIL
one day this season.
Boston Corbett, who shot Wilkes Booth, is q
halter in Cleveland, 0.
President Grant and family arrived at Long
Branch Saturday afternoon.
The greatest century plant of the world is
now in bloom-the Republic of America.
The Rockingham 10 cent savings bank OF
Portsmouth, N. H., will pay 81 cents on the
dollar.
\ schooner was boarded near Dix Island, n
| Y. by river thieves and stripped of everything
valuable.
1t is now reported that the health of Repre-
sentative Alexander ii. Stevens is almost fully
| restored
The death of Mr.. Kerr is the only case where
| Speaker Of the House has died while occupy
ing the chair.
A dry sort Of place, Boston. 1t is estimated
| that the daily consumption of lager amounts to
| 5000 dozen bottles.
| The Governor has nominated Henry Higgins,
! Of Ellsworth, and j. J. Watts of Brooks, as
Justices of the Peace.
Lieutenant Cameron says that the whole of
| Africa is one vast slave field. The trade is in
| creasing instead OF diminishing.
.soillCC tllC WOIh vi prosecuting unlicensed M
| or dealers in Boston began few dayssago, two
| hundred and six liquor shops have been closed
| A negro was taken from Jail and hung Thurs
| day at Barbourville, Va, by thirty masked men,
| for the alleged outrage of an eight year old girl
| Mrs. Wm Morgesson, widow lady of Ban
| Sor, accidentally fell into the cistern in the eel
| lar of her house, Saturday morning and was
drowned.
| Castine is becoming more and more the re-
sort OF summer company. A few days ago six
steamboats, made landings at the wharf, besides
several yachts.
| When you hear a man calling Tiden hard
names, ask that man if he is not an otiice-hOlder
and if his salary has not been cut down. De-
| troit Free Press.
New Hampshire paper says that there arc
! 1000 deserted farms in that state, ana that
| homes for that number Of families can be read.
| lily supplied. provided they are willing to work.
There are 24O vessels of all classes hailins
from Rockland, with an aggregate measurement
of 10000 tons. There has neither been any APP
probable increase nor tliminutOn since last wear
So many of the hotels and restaurants in New
York have lowered their prices that the rctluc-
ton is likely soon to be made general. The
new scale of prices is near that which prevailed
before the war.
The Augusta journal says that Robbins the
Annie b. murderer, at the Insane Hospital,
makes no prctentioms at being crazy; and is
probably as sane man, bright, smart and act
i've as there is in Maine.
The silk crop is short one-half. The way to
meet that is for ladies to put but half as many
yards i'll their dresses. and half rs much ribbon
on their hats; then they would wear twice as
much as their grandmothers did.
Twelve hundred men. not to mention boys
and horses. are now employed in shipping ice
on tue kennehec river; a hundred vessels are
loading there, and eleven tugs are employed in
towing them to and from their landings.
The house and barn of Capt. John Patterson
of Warren were burned Saturday morning.
The barn was tled with hay and grain and
was completely destroyed. Loss between $4,000
and $1,000: partly covered by insurance.
William S. MOrangs house in Lubec was fel-
oniously entered, the night of the 18th inst
MoranS was awakened by some one walking;
he jumped out of bed, seized his sword, and in
cutting right and left struck some one, when
two others ran out of the house with the wound
ed man.
one John Towe, with his daughter, Belle
Peterson, and her husband, were arraigned be-
fore the ROckland Police Court last Saturday.
for lcvyng blackmail on DR.. Stevens by charg-
ing that he attempted rape upon Mrs. Peter
SOU. CttlSOH ana HIS WI were DOunu over
to answer.
While Mr.. Solomon Grer, at Bangor, Thurs
day. was digging under a rock, for the purpose
OF sinking it, the rock, weighing upwards of a
ton, rolled in upon him in such way that it
required nearly half an hours labor to eNtri-
cate him. His right leg was broken and badly
bruised, and he was otherwise severely injured.
Capt. David Lombard Of Truro, Mass, so
years of age, illuminated with 700 Chinese lam
terms, a long row Of tar barrels, and fire works
when Tildehs letter of acceptance came out. 1t
is said there are only two Democratic voters in
Truro, the other being Capt. Lombard's senior
by two years.
We are informed that the Bodwel Granite
Co., are the lowest bidders to furnish cut stone
office for the sum of $4,000 Tho rock will be
taken from the Spruce Head quarres at which
place the labor of cutting will be performed.
[Rockland Gazette.
George Whalen of Bucksport, and James
Hall of MachiaS, were arrested at Castine on
the 10Th. by Sheriff Davies, for entering and
stealing from the schooner Harbinger, Capt. S.
W. Dodge, while at anchor at Islesboro, ON the
night of the 14th inst. Nautical instruments,
charts, clothing, &C., We're among the plumber.
Justice Stevens ordered them to furnish bail to
the amount of $500 each which they failed to
do and We're committed to Ellsworth to await
the October term Of the $. }. Court.