The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-03-01
9oneralitios.


will have reigned forty years.
Judge Clifford, the presiding Judge of the
Electoral Commission, is seventy-four years old.
Gov. Colquit of Georgia is jealous Metho-
dist. and breaches 5ery Sunday to the negroes
in his employ.
A man in Hardwick, Mass, now seyenty-tiye
years old, has rlln9 the town bell twice day
for forty years.
Saturday, the It'll inst, three young married
women died of typhoid fever at Moderation
rillage, Buxton.
The importation of neat cattle and hides from
Germany has been prohibited by our Govern
ment, owing to the existence of cattle disease
in that country.
Mrs. Dolly Ridwel, the well-known actress,
has left the stage, to embark on the sea OF mat
rimony. A rich New York broker is said to
be the happy man.
The Bodwell Granite Company has secured
. $2JO000 Job in connection with the new Chi
cago city buildings, consisting Of polished col
nmnS and pilasters.
1t is said that few nights ago some one hung
piece of Grape on the door of Justice Bradley
house with Slip OF paper, on which was writ
ten, Justice is dead"
The Rochester Democrat learns that Simon
Cameron's defense will be emotional insanity,
and the detroit Free Press advises the widow
to settle for $, and new bonnet
William NJ. shaw, an engineer of the Grand
Trunk Railway, was arrested at Portland on
Friday for obstructing mails on the Boston and
Maine. February "A, and held in $500 bail.
A babe about twelve days old was left ut the
door of Il Mr.. Grass, in Midtown, one night last
week. All the parties interested have been
brought to light causing considerable gossip
Lancaster, Pa. has elected a Democratic
mayor. 1t gave $500 for HAYES but il evil
IDENTIFY don't relish returning boards. Pitts
burg and several Western Pennsylvania cities
ditto.
The Raleigh. y. g., News tGoy. Vance's or.
gam says the South will not suffer under GOV
Hayes, and AIDES that there is every assurance
that he will be both liberal and lust to that
tio,I.
A terrible slaughter Of deer is reported in
Washington county Agents Of the st. CroiX
Game Association are collecting evidence
against the offenders. and they will be prose-
cuted.
Portland has so poor an opinion OF its Ogtlens-
burg railroad investment that it is seriously
considering an offer of S25O,O00 from u. y.
Stanton of New ork, which is one-tenth of the
nominal value.
Newport Centre is in a law excitement. One
| man sued his neghbor for cutting q few strokes
of grass the line, as established by the Sur
yeyor and the neighbor has sued the first man
for trespass of his turkeys last summer.
A number of men employed by the Steel
Company of Canada struck last week, and Sat
urday night attacked the men who had taken
their places and shot one dead. This il another
| instance of the barbarity of strikes in general.
Mrs. Hiram loung living at Rarnston, r. O..
near Island Pond VT, having been LETT by her
hIlS baUU 1fpnIIut N trnnIIp CGiyaI with
insanity, and on saturday murdered her two
little children with an axe, horribly mutating
them.
Bath, Feb. 70. The steam saw mill OF Deer
ing Il Donne, shpbuilders, was DESTROYED by
fire. last night, together with cabins for vessels
on the stocks, tools, &c. Loss, $4,000; no in
suranre. 1t was one of the best ship-yat mills
/ in the state.
Edward Ivory, negro i'll Augusta, Ca, put
on a white shirt and went to q har-lOoln, fell
| asleep, and William Henry Sullivan made pic
lures with lead pencil on the glossy bosom of
| the shirt. Maddened by the indigntv ~ he
| awoke, Ivory Immediately killed sullivan with
| 4 revolver.
Government work on the granite quarries at
Hurricane Island has been suspended for the
present, on account OF the appropriation being
| exhausted. The result is that two hundred and
| fifty hands are discharged, including 7tone-rut-
| ters, blachsmtllS, etc
| "Read Your insurance policies carefully =
says an exchange, ''oherwlSe YOU NAV tind ,
| AZ in recent Brooklyn ease. that You have
! unwittmgly run counter 10 some condition ii
| small type, whereby without sHspecting it, YOU
| have lost Your insurance.
| The late Joseph " e-ton of 1"uesbogo wa
| the only son of Hannah Weston, who carried
the powder through the woods from .Ionesboro
| to MaohiaS in no for the American troops At
| rN1a b,1 II
| naval battle OF the Revolution.
| George Hall, young man - YEAR OF ace,
| living in Marlboro, attempted suicide " edne7-
| TO wrench the pistol from his sons hand, and
| in dong 50 tie pistol was disc haraed, tIte bali
| passing through the fathers hand.
| John u. Lang of assalboro, vi llr ON MS re-
| turn from Washington last week, tele@rarhed
F! his son, John Lang, OF WaterS lille, that he IN
| jured his knee by fall in Phladelp ha, and
| that his leg was affected with ganqrene, which
| he was fearful, might turn into death.
A most terrible case OF hy,ropholia, result
| ing from the bite of pet spit, terminated IA
| tally at Hyde Park, Mass, on Saturday. The
| unfortunate victim was Miss Annie Brogdon,
who was first attacked on Tuesday and died III
| terrible Spasm about ten oclocl in the fore
| noon of the following saturday.
Schooner Holden, Capt NlacAcy, of Maiur,
| struck rock. Saturday. near Plum Gut island,
| oil New ork, and the mate and three OF the
| crew were washed overheard. The captain
and two seamen were rescued by the " alter
| Freeman. The Walter Freeman in her effort
| 10 save life was wrecked, and three of her crew
| LOST. The schooner Ben amin Willis, for Phil
| adephia, CapSiIed in Jones Inlet AMI three OF
! the crew Were droWneH
! Death has removed an aperayatiu2 thorn
from brigham Young'5 side Amasa NJ. Iy-
| nlun ott h.. I,.