The Republican journal., 1877-06-14

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The report in circulation that libel has beef
served by Howes g. Co. on the owners of the schr
Mcdonald, that sunk the Boaz. is not correct
The matters in dispute have been amicaby ad
justed.
Geo. W. Burkett, calls the attention of the pub
lie to his advertisement in another column Mr.
B. is about to refill his store with a stock o
goods, which will be announced hereafter. Mrs
r. Sheldon has Just returned from Boston with
new and fashionable stock of summer millinery
and invites the ladies to call and see her stock
T. Beaman has word to say to farmers concern
ing the sale of mowers.-Sec professional card o
Il. v. Stoddard, Dentist-Read the entries to tn,
June races of the Belfast Trotting Asso-See no
tee of annual meeting of the B. & NJ L. X. r. Co
little social irregularity, that had beliigcrent
appearance, was happily settled Oh Tuesday. A
smart and likely young sailor, who had engaged
to marry young woman, suddenly put his matr
nonlal ship on the other tack and declined to lay
alongside, nautically speaking. In this emergency
the BRIDE eXpectant applied to Esq. J. B. Murch
and sw"rc to complaint that she was soon to be
come mother. Sheriff Walls, with the tact and
delicacy which distinguishes that official took the
mariner into custody After backing and filling,
and making and shortening sail for while he
concluded to walk up like a man. SO Esq. NJ.
| stood the pair up i'll row, hedged about by the
| majesty OF the law. and with benevolence beaming
from his serene countenance, Ill twinkhng made
| them man and wife At last accounts they We're
sailing happily i'll company, with smooth sea.
fair wind and everything ,lrawing
| Police CouEr Judge johnson having recov
| cred from his recent atlicon has settled down to
| business and on Monday sent three individuals to
the county mansion on the mll Michael Cannon
of this city for a Sunday drunk, was sent up tor
| thirty days William Spra4uc of Liverpool Eng
| who has for some time been at Stockton, and John
Stanton Of Clinton Mass, found themselves
strapped and were forced TO ask for lodgings pro
cured the same at the Jail for thirty days. Here
| the Yankee and the Englishman will have ample
| time to compare notes and discuss the merits OF
| their respective countries but the latter has no
| Fourth of July to lose
| There is III this city gang Of hard ana rough
characters who are habitually in drunken rows
| alike on the Sabbath, us on any other day Some
| half dozen of this gang commenced Il drunken
N''''uH'I VII NHitlN l'tHt which Oh
| Tuesday afternoon in fight on Lewis wharf
| The principals Jerry Flag one of the worst
and most vicious of the crowd trcquenter of the
| jail and Police Court, and Michael Quinlan. The
| two had desperate fight. After being separated,
F'lagg seized large stone, and with both hands
raised above his head struck Quinlan who was too
drunk to avoid it, Il fearful blow over the right
eye. which telled him to the ground. He was
hauled to his home, where he remained long
time before consciousness returned. Flagg then
| ran beneath the wharf and hid. but was found by
the police and taken to jail Richard Thompson
and John Hurley. associates were also arrested
and locked up. On Wednesday they were tried at
the Jail before Judge Johnson Thompson is Il
young man. hailing from Boston. who came to
Searsport, by the run in the bark c. T. Written,
and was on Ills way back when he fell into bad
company He was fined = 10 John Hurley was
given 30 days in Jail Flagg was arraigned for an
aggravated assault. He was sorry looking spcci-
men as be came from the cell. dirty, ragged and
one eve BACKED from his Tuesdays performances.
He pleaded not guilty. and waived an examination.
He was ordered to recognize III the sum Of $500 for
his appearance at the October term of S. J. Court,
In default OF which lies i'll Jail
SALMON. In our issue of Nav 3D. we made
mention of a very large salmon caught at Cape
JellISon. stockton. by Josiah Parsons and purchas
ed by Frank Collins of this city. The fish meas
urrd fifty inches i'll length and weighed thirty
three and half pounds Attached To the fish
was IA metallic tag numbered - 1919" indicating
that il one liberated from the Bucksport
Breeding Works. The tar forwarded to Mr.
Atkins, the superintendent OF the works. who
keeps record Of all fish used for spawning pur
poses and liberated We now chronicle the rec
ord Of the fish as learned from letter from Mr.
Atkins to Mr. Collins He writes that the salmon
WAS liberated al Bucksport, November TO- 1870.
1t was female fish thirty nine and a half inches
in length and yielded five pounds and six ounces
of spawn or about 10000 eggs. After spawning
ii weighed sixteen pounds He Judges that in the
preceding May, (lS,5 the fish weighed twenty
live pounds, Thus the fish in two Years had grown
nearly an additional foot in length and eight and
a half pounds in weight. One important fact in
the habits of the salmon has been demonstrated
b.! the use Il" these tags, and that is that the fish,
after it becomes large, does moi visit the river
every wear, as was formerly supposed, bat only
every second year. Those liberated in the Penob
scot in 1873, were recaptured in 1879 and those
let loose IN 1879 are now being caught. One dol
lar premium is paid for every tag thus found The
Penobscot river about Bangor is reported to be
full of young salmon.
SEAEsMoNr 4 fellow went counting one night
recently. Another fellow, with laundering for the
same glrl, and painfully afflicted with jealousy, III
terviewed on his way homeward the lucky man
who had ''pastured on the honey Of her lips
They locked horns" AZ it were. and one was flung
into the ditch. The defeated man sued his oppo
nent before Mr. Justice Wing, and the rival was
fined one dollar and costs But as WELLINGTON saws
there some victories which are worse than de
tcats
SEAksrokr The golden wedding Of Rev. Ste
phcn Thurston and wife was celebrated Tuesday
night at Searsport. Nearly fifty relatives incud
ing all the living children, present, and hun
dreds Of friends called during the day Presents
OF great beauty and value, including one thousand
dollars in gold, were received He was pastor of
the Congregational church in Searsport forty years,
and Secretary OF the Maine Missionary Society for
the last ten wears They have had twelve children,
seven Of whom are living and We're present Two
of the daughters, Mrs Blanchard. and Mrs Ne
Gilvery. residents of Portland The only liv-
ing son. Stephen X. Thurston, now Of Chicago
was formerly al officer OF State Street church
Portland Out OF twelve grand children ten were
present
Mr.. Thnrston is the son Of David and Chloe
(Redingon) Thurston, originally of Rowley, Mass
achusetts but afterwards Of Sedgwick Maine
where Stephen Thurston was born, Nov, 22d, 1877
He has two brothers and three sisters living-Wm
Thurston. lumber merchant of Newburyport
Daniel Oliver Thurston, who lives on the home
stead at Sedgwck; Mrs. Blolget of Bucksport
Mrs. Buck of Orand, and Mrs Joseph Smith
These were all present, except Daniel 0. Thurston
and brought with them ten nephews and nieccs
including MIR. Brown Thurston of Portland
Mrs Thurston is the daughter of John and Sarah
Buck Benson of Boston. She was born in Bucks
port, Jan. g. 1903. She has ten brothers and sis
tors lIfn of ,-hn tl,c,,