The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-01-25
General itieA.

The State of Maine produces onc-third of
the ships built ill the United States.
A pennilcss Chicago girl has opened a barber
shop as Il last razor't. Boston Post.
Joseph Carr of Bangor has been appointed
| special agent of the Pension Department.
A female Justice of the peace III Wyoming
recently fined her husband for drunkenness.
Irene \. House, who shot her husband a
year ago, has been duly pronounced Il luhatic.
| A man who hestates is lost, but man who
| never hesitates is seldom found. boston Tran
script.
| One man in Farmingdale has made and sold
| $50 worth of cider from his apple crop last
season.
| Heavy ice gorges in the Ohio river have done
| great damage to the shipping, estimated at 81
| 100000.
| The summer excursion of the Maine Editors
and Publishing Association will be to Moose
head Lake.
One thousand one hundred hands are EN-
ployed in New Haven making cartridges tor
the Turks.
A Roman Catholic priest was lined S. in
Butler, Iowa. for eiecting a parishioner from
his church.
l lie HOCneSleT l'eliloctat ulSNoNeIS tllai Ntt-
rat Halstead has ten children and some of the
back counties yet TO hear from.
A grocer had Il pound of sugar returned with
a note stating "Ioo much sand for table use,
and not enough for building purposes.
1iden being bachelor and HAYES married
man. it is suggested that Tilden alone can re-
cciye valentine on the 14th of February
An old farmer in New Hampshire SAYS they
have snow enough in that State to last, with
good care and proper economy. until the first
OF April.
Baltimore dealers say thai entire oyster beds
are DESTROYED by drum tish-yoracious erea-
lures, strong enouph to break the shells with
their teeth.
The snow is too deep for Wheeler;
And the wind is too high for Have;
And according to "indcatioHs'
The Ferry'll he frozen for days.
Snow has fallen i'll Texas to the depth Of
fifteen inches within the last ten days-an occur
renee unknown for half a century i'll the history
Of that State.
The claim that oman propose8' il, the Graph
IL thinks, disposed OF by the ironical fact that
4O,0 coo women in Massachusetts still have 10
button their own caters.
A snow bound tram on the Old Colony and
Newport Railroad had minstrel troupe on
board, and they kindly entertained the other
passengers with concert.
WARREN, Jan Il. The Academy building
at this place. erected in 1920. which has been
used as high school for the past fonr years
was burned Saturday night.
In the Supreme Judicial Court. at Portland
Monday. Mr.. G. Fred kimball of Portland, was
admitted to practice as an attorney and coun-
sellor at law in all the courts in the state.
Another heavy bank dedication is reported.
This time the criminal is ''Ion." George Wells,
president of The Farmers and Planters Bank,
of Annapolis, Md. The amount is placed at
~Gh,n00.
After some Brooklyn On. y boys had tired
themselves by kicking around what they sup
posed was q bundle of rags, Il man picked it up
and found it TO he the dead body of IA newly
born babe.
1t is now asserted that the true version of
the Bennett-May duel is that both parties fired
at the word of command and that neither was
hit. The parties then separated, expressing
themselves satisfied.
Charles Woolner, who was buried in the
qucksand of forty foot well at Mohawk, n.
\. on Saturday noon, was rescued at midnight
alive and apparently perfectly well, hut died
within an hour and half.
John E. Willis, a deputy sheriff of Gorham
y. H., was instantly killed at West Milan Sat
urday afternoon. He attempted to Jump upon
freight train and was caught and drawn under
the cars and instantly killed.
A Boston correspondent OF the Dramatic
News writes: "Managers have been losing in
this city from one thousand to fifteen hundred
dollars per week, and it is mainly attributable
to the Brooklyn Theatre tragedy.
AT recent meeting of the directors of the
Portland, Bangor and Machias Steamboat Co.,
w. L. Milliken was elected President and Geo.
l.. Day, Clerk for the ensuing year. George
Walker has been elected Treasurer.
While coasting, Friday night, in Preston,
Conn, James Adams had both legs broken
Frank Dove one leg broken, Charles Coy bad
ly cut in the groin and four others badly bruis-
ed. All were from New London, and were on
one sled.
A despatch to Bath says that the ship George
Il. Manson of that port, had collision with
the steamship Ambassador in the Indian Wa
tiers, by which the steamer was sunk. The
American ship returned to Bombay for repairs
The United States Circuit court at Philadel-
pbia has decided against the claims of the Unit
ed States. for the payment of the million and
hall dollars granted to the Centennial Commits
sion. The surplus funds are now to be divided
among the stockholders.
An unwise man in Sing Sing n. y, Il wear
a year ago buried a quantity OF nitro glycerne
near his residence, unknown to his neighbors.
Thursday he endeayored to dig UP the can
when it exploded, blowing him to atoms and
DESTROYING 4 number Of small buildings in the
vicinity.
The following, says the Boston Commercial
Bulletin, is about rs terSe an announcement Of
a business change" IS any we have received,
this year at least.
BIRMINGHAM, CONN.
stop the Bulletin. We've busted.
AMERICAN SHOVEL COMPANY
Jan. 10. 1871.
The statement has been made that the late
Judge Ether Shepley, just deceased, was the
last surviving member of the convention that
framed the constitution of Maine. This is
mistake. Mr.. Christopher Dyer, of New Shar-
on, aged ninety-tive who is enjoying a green
old age was one OF the original members of
that convention.
Will A. Woods of Hidleiord a young man
well known throughout the State In military
circles, late Inspector-General of the q. A. Il.
of Maine, Treasurer of Sheridan Post, q. A. r.,
and manager of the Truckmens Express, has
abseonded, taking with him $500 of the express
company's money, ard from $500 to $500 of the
relief fund of Post Sheridan.
The practice OF advertising the Centennial
Exhibition awards in garbled forms has led 10 il
lawsuit in Baltimore One piano agent issued
circulars claiming that his goods had been char
acterized as better than any other make, the
truth being that no comparisons were made in
any Of the judges reports. A rival agent sues
for an Injunction restraining the other from ~
ing.
PORTLAND, Jan. II. Woodbury. b. Jackman
of Portland, Il brakeman on the Grand Trunk
was run over and killed near Oxford Saturday
afternoon. 1t is supposed that he slipped in
passing from car to car. His body was found
between the rails cut in two and badly man.
gled. He was about thirty years old and leaves
a wife and two children. His wife was on the
train.
The deed body of Charles Collins, Chief En-
gineer of the Lake Shore and Michigan South
! ern Railway. was found at his residence Satur-
| day. In one hand was grasped a revolver,
while another pistol and razor were lying be-
side him on the bed. He undoubtedly commit
| ted suicide by shooting, and it is believed that
anxiety on account of the late accident at Ash
| tabnla affected his reason.
| There have been one hundred deaths in
| Maine OF persons over ninety years of age,
during the past year-ffty males and fifty fe.
males. The Oldest person, and probably the