The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-10-07

circulation will be elected Governor of the State
by majority of 1900 votes"
The Buck family burying ground, oldest in
Bucksport, has been surrounded by very rich
iron fence and the yard beautited and adorned
This ground contains granite monument to Col
Jonathan Buck. the first settler and after whom
the town named On this stone. two singular
marks have made their appearance. Side by side
and life SIZE two human feet and legs from the
knee down. They are darker colored than the
rest OF the stone
Mrs Sarah Tinker of fremont, is "a years old.
Work at the Bluehll copper mine is being push
ed vigorously hands being employed night and
day
Mrs. Lucy II. Counce, mother of r. Il. and b.
W, Counce well known citizens OF Thomaston,
died very suddenly Tuesday night Sept 2Sth,
firing apparently in her usual health, and being
found dead in her bed "Wednesday morning She
was III her elghtleth year
The second census of Augusta, just completed
by Hon j. W. Patterson, shows population of
eight thousand nine hundred and eighty four.
The typhoid fever has been very prevalent in
Dover for few weeks past, but as yet attended
with no fatal results.
The Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indians held their
election on the 2lst ult John Newell, Noel 10
Seph and Peter Alvin candidates for Repre-
sentative 70 the Legislature The Governor OF the
tribe cast the first ballot the Lieut. Governor the
second and Others according to rank Noel Joseph
received majority of votes cast and vas elected
Plans completed for boat and bath house
at lilSOn'S wharf, Rockland The building is to
be sixty feet long surmounted by two cupoas
with promenade between and finished in hand
some style The bath house will be supplied with
hot and cold water and tank of salt water of
sufficient size and capacity for swimming The
boat rooms are arranged on the most approved
plans, with iron tracks, and machinery for the
moving of boats Under the building will be a
large raft, of great cony enlence in boating.
Considerable has been done by the farmers of
my hoo.
the sugar manutactory at Portland Crops averag
ing hundred dollars to the acre are the result OF
the experiment and il is pronounced decided
success so much so that more land will be devot
ed 70 this branch of agriculture The farmers
hereabous are convinced that sugar bects can be
raised at profit
Among the Oldest of the ex sea captains living
at Tenants Harbor is Capt Boyles. who began his
sailor life by shipping on the ptivateer ship "Or
lando" in the wear OF lSll
Andrew Mackay OF Denmark has seven nodheaI
apple trees which two wears ago bore 50 bushels u
fruit. and it is thought this Years weld will be
even greater
VIM Chute OF Otisfeld has tins season raised
and delivered AT various corn factories 2SU bushels
of Lima beans and sweet cora sufficient to fill from
1000 to ; 900 cans
Mr. II G. Bureigh, firm OF Buregh a. Bodwell,
reports sales of imported cattle to the amount OF
Sl0.ooo
Mary ain aged y, committed suicide at Port
lana FRIDAY by taking arsenic. 40 cause is assign
Ell
Lowe the Cumberland murderer and Sally
MorrisSey were taken from Portland ai TO
ThomaS;on Friday to serve ont life sentences iii
the State prison Steadman the b.amIst has also
taken I'M BIS residence There
Luther Maddocks dealer III fertilizers Boothbay.
has t,4i led and will settle in insolvency.
ihe Maine Pedagogical Society will Mold a
special me, ting AT the High Schoo! baillinE
Lewiston. Urt 10th and 18TH 1850
M. 1n -. ia ba1 at al ia