The Republican journal., 1881-07-28
Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.
MARANACook TEMPERANCE CAMPMEETING AND


MARANAcooK TEMPERANCE cAMpMEErING AND
MILITARY TOURNAMENT
The indications ara tho, tho ro,rrararoa Camp
meeting at Maranacook which commences July
18th and closes Sunday, will be an immense gath,
eflng- uov flasted Will open the meeting at 81
T. NJ, thursday. MeSSfs DOW, ietlianl. bllgley,
OSgood ard other speakers VIII lake part Inc
rerhan Quartetie OF Portland, VIII be present al
the opening ana also fHday. frof. owen, OF buH
toh' VIII ieau tne vocal exercises, ana every one IS
requested 10 pIluS their uospel uylnHS lroI u
g. Hunt, OF Augusta, VIII preside at the organ, one
OF omlth largest eSpeeally sent lor lhe occasion
Inc GOOD Iemplars WI! be out IN force Friday
Inc main speakers VIII De non l. H. Smonton
ana eA nov Dlngley. Other able reform speakers
VIII take part III the speaking Saturday Will draw
more children together than ever met IN Maine at
one time The exercises Will be largely by them,
except snort remarks by some superintendent ana
an address by the Rev A. : Ladd, OF Lewiston,
on the possibilities OF Childhood Francis Muir
pny VIII DC present on sunday, also MIS- Mary IL
hunt, OF boston, and other temperance orators
Ilckets VIII De good on all trans. Special trains
Will be run Saturday from the principal stations.
There is to be a grand military tournament at
Lake Maranacook, August llth, which Will eclipse
anything ever seen III Maine OF late years. ASsur-
oeen ie1ei.tI tnat HeaiS en.iS III
Cash prizes to the amount of several hundred dol
lars viii be awarded for single and company drill
and for proficiency and accuracy in target shoot
4 = "a ne Immediately built at the
lake Excursion trains are 10 be run on the Maine
Central and All connecting roads
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~ ''FfN'''
The business upon which Bath depends almost
entirely is shlpbulldlng From January l. lSS0, to
June 80 1850, there were built IL Bath - vessels
with an aggregate tonnage of l3lUS ~ tons. Dur
ing the corresponding months OF 1881 there were
built 3S vessels with an aggregate tonnage OF 81
lOl There were III vessels built here Ill 1850 az
gregatp tonnage - 10 " There the
stocks III the different yards OF Bath, II vessels
some OF which are nearly ready for launching;
four of these are ships which will average 1000
tons each. In the yard ot Albert lIathorne, the
frame of ship is nearly up whici, when complet-
ca WILL oo t!g la 5oe wooden snip III Aalhe'
The iaTgest shin brjl1ar. in R,th and als, fila
largest w0oden shin builders IN The xor. I'VE tioss
4 SAWYER mis- f,1n las bniit sjrcc JSal, i"t0
vessels Ind has 16w Tx ,,lrn on ,Io stocEs tco
of which are 1000 ton Sims which viii nrnIal,l,-
be launched within two on tbrre weeks The firm
employs between fonr and five hundred men
lher, can be no 6onbt tbat mis- irdustrv bas
been better this vear th,,n far s5I,r rpars MAST
What Bath wants is manufacturers and It's citizens
would make very favorable terms To ,naput, aurrrs
who would be willing to locate there
At least 9. 10 of ali the cutting blocks used IN
rigging the Sims bnilt at Bath arc 1parntactnred
bv the firm ~ Duncan E I,cl,son This cnnrarn
was established in 1870 under the firm name Of
Duhean " pdTthP'fl. ne eaPaeHy Is nov SUI
ielSIt - oI'ot mem 20 SaPPl9 -" Ne9Ht!' Ptl
!Gai WIN plothS, MS HtIA HAS d reputation
,eI c''tlts oo[hs are ~ "Se @I lt'a's Us
P 9l, p9 lar uqa5luSs anu cAee'ieM WORK
BOSTON 'ohllleEelai hHIleilh
IMPORTANT TO COASTERS
The volume of Supreme t,aurt rcnorts INST issued
contains decision which is 1nternstin., 10 thoso
engaged in coa.tnI business between i've f,rts w
the same statn s+ca,1or rY,,,,"iI, E,,, n San
Francisco and Diego. both in california was
wrecked and the SINNERS Of tho carro sucd tbe
owners of the craft TO recover The Wilma INV
of Congress limits the liability of an cwner If A
vessel to his interest in the value Of the vessel and
freight and the owners of the vessel invoked the
benefits of the Law The SINNERS h,,Id that thr
law aid not apply to this case 5ecanse the steamer
was empIoyfd in commerce yhoIIv within tba
state Of California On the contrary the ship