The Republican journal., 1881-09-15

| Of the tax payers of Richmond, twenty seven OF
them pay tax of 500 and upwards T. j. South
ard a Son paying the largest tax 81 $685. Geo
ID. rheobald is second on the list with S543.33
John o Brien, charged with stealing the team Of
ID. Clark & Son, of Pennington, was arrested last
week in Rockland and lodged in Jail
Colby University is now to realize the benefit OF
the legacy OF the late Gardner Colby, equal to
Sl20,O00. This enables the college to employ a
new professor of History and to continue the ser
vices of the teacher of Elocuton The University
also offers scholarship of 1882 year to the stu
dents passing the best examination for admission.
This will almost support student through the
entire course
With the lime business brisk, shipbuilding i'm
proved, all our laboring population employed and
the burden of taxation reduced, Rockland seems
starting On a new road of prosperity We hope
the improvement which is begun may long con
tlnue. [Rockland Gazette.
DIR. Lapham says the fair held last week in Lewis
ton is the Goth annual State Fair, andno the 18TH
as given in the socetys catalogue. The early re-
cords OF the society are blank. DR.. Lapham says
be has found in the files of the Name Farmer &C
counts of - State Fairs previous to this.
The Richmond Bee tells nice story as follows
Having grown tired of waiting for their best fel
flows to supply them with ice cream, eight young
ladies, employed as yamperS at the shoe factory,
purchased the necessary hxings, borrowed a
freezer, and started Wednesday afternoon for the
woods on the Hodges Farm, where they made and
counts the girls We're still living.
Prof George |. ose has severed his connection
with Bowdoin College and goes to Boston as pro
fessor of Civil and Typographical Engineering in
the NJ Massachusetts, Institute of Technology.
Peter Bishop was very severely, if not fatally, In
Jured last week by the breaking OF an emery wheel
in the mill at kingman piece of the wheel
struck his left eye. crushing the orbital plate and
entering the brain.
Last September, at Bridgton corn factory, John
k. Bachelor the champion husker, husked l2g
bushels of corn in day, one hundred bushels OF
which he husked in eight hours. John Nj. Long
sealed 1900 cans the same day. Walter Hazen
pressed one hundred cans in two minutes and ten
seconds.
1t is expected that the State Pathological So
ciety will hold their Fall Exhibition i'll Gardiner
the last week in September, on the days of the
2Ist, 22d and ODD
Buyers are paying 81 per barrel for Early Rose
potatoes in the Houlton market.
f. II. Higgins Of Dexter, recently purchased
some $1,000 worth of cattle in AroostOOk county,
the most Of which were sent to Brighton.
The Bath Times says that New York gentle
man, connected with large publishing house III
that city is negotiating for the purchase OF Salters
Island at the mouth OF the kennebec river 1t IS
the intention of the gentleman to erect large
stone cottage, as summer resort, and possibly a
number of his metropolitan friends will be Undue
ed to erect other cottages. The island is nearly a
mile i'll length and nearly half mile wide.
Master james VI. bldinc II, OF augusta. has
entered Phillips academy Exeter, and will there
tit for college
Miss Annie Louise Cary will sing III City Hall,
Portland, Wednesday evening, September 2lst
At the Maine Episcopal Convention held in
Portland last week resolution that the Episcopal
fund should be increased sufficient to support the
bishop, and that committee of one to solicit
funds be appointed adopted. A resolution
that the revenue derived from the fund of Episce-
pates be paid the bishop was adopted. K. Il Gar
diner, for the Maine Missionary society. reported,
showing a balance of 81 1898 "a. communica-
ton from tAe general convention relative to ex-
pense was referrt d to committee TO report at
the next convention. The next convention was
ordered to be held at Augustathe third Tuesday in
June. 1882. In the afternoon the missionary and
other business transacted In the evening
Bishop Nicely gave a reception
The Knox and the North Knox Agricultural
Fairs are to be held on the same days this year,
Oct. /, J. t, the former at Camden and the latter
at aTen.
Aroostook honey retails in Bangor at y cents
per pound
Messrs Bodwe and Buvleigh made clean
sweep of premiums for Hereford stock at the New
England Fair held in Worcester, Mass last week
special committee was appointed to report on
POlled Angus and award special premiums The
committee paid Especial visit to see this stock as
did thousands Of Others the stock attracting much
attention Much credit is due Messrs. Bodwel
and Burleigh for such exhibit, and Maine visit
ors felt proud to hear the complimentary remarks
concerning the cattle from their State
The first re union Of the Sixth Maine Veterans,
held in Machias Thursday, formed permanent
organization under the name of the Sixth Maine
Veteran Association, of which Eugene F Sanger
OF Bangor was chosen president
The Pennington Chronicle says Mr. Buckly, a
Boston gentleman, has bought in tins region this
season, 1000 lbs Of WOOL and has paid about
IA 600
The Waukeag House at Sullivan has closed for
the season, and the Bulletin complains that there
IS Tow no suitable place for the accommodation of
travellers.
Now the table girls enjoy nice little knitting
bees III the deserted corners of the big dining
rooms; and those inclined to literature have
plenty of time to read their iavorite books Mt
Desert Herald.
Capt + p Boutee of the Wing is suffering
from an affection of the eyes and he has been
obliged to temporarily relinquish his labors the
paper.
The Maine Pedagogical Society, profession al
association of teachers is to hold its first annual
meeting II Augusta, October 18th, lith, and 10Th
Lime is in great demand at good prices Rock
land makes 1900 10 1000 casks daily
Patents have been issued to the following per
sons o Hood, Turner Centre, and ". A. Clark
NOodtords, horse shoe: a. h Gay and J. ii. Par
sons, Augusta, screw driver; e W. Mace, West
brook stuff regulator for paper machines V. II
Sprague, Green, station indicator
Governor Plasteds proclamation recommend
ing and setting apart the hours between ten and
twelve last Thursday forenoon, as a time for fast
ing, humiliation and suppcation to Almighty God
for the Presidents recovery, was generally observed
IN Augusta Portland Bangor Bath and indeed,
throughout the State
The State muster at Augusta opened Tuesday
and will continue four days, 1t promises to be
a great success.
The Seventh Annual meeting of the Maine
Woman Christian Temperance Union will be held
in Pine Street Congregational Church, Lewiston,
Sept 2,!d and I'D Reception of delegates at W.
{. 4. / Rooms Lisbon ST, Wednesday evening,
the Dist.