The Republican journal., 1881-07-14
MAINE TOWN AND CITY BONDS.

MAINE TOWN AND CITY BONDS.
! he credit Of some of our Maine towns and
cities stands high, as is shown by some recent
Transactions. The town of Brunswick issued
- ,Uou OF bonds bearing four per cent. interest,
which sold at premium, the Union Mutual Life
insurance Company taking the bulk of them.
Inc same company also took 100000 Of a recent
TOUR per cent loan of the city of Bddetord at two
per cent premium, and we learn that the remain
der Of the loan was disposed of at higher premi--
um. Portland Advertiser
IN GENERAL.
Prof Ladd of Bowdoin college has accepted the
offer OF the professorshp OF intellectual and moral
science at Yale
The Maine Central railroad is embellishing the
grounds about its stations with tlowerbeds
The Portland Advertiser says of some Sharpless
Strawberries raised i'll Deering: They as
large as the average run of peaches, and in saying
TINS there Is not the slightest exaggeration.
Miss Anne Louise Carey has declined offers from
Messrs. Mapleson and Strakosch to sing in opera.
She intends to accept concert engagements only
Capt. James B. Moore of Portland who was
few days ago spoken of as Dartmoor pensioner,
y now ninety years of age. During the war OF
lol2 he was master of the letter of marque In
vnclble, sixteen guns
MIR. Geo Greenaw of Easton caught two bears
IN one steel trap One of them caught by the
forward foot, the other by the hind foot.
The Wing says there is field of winter rye near
Ornevlile Station, the line Of the B d p rail
- % II. n,
the shortest it,
Rev. G. Ii. }. Ropes of Ellsworth, has been
elected Professor of Sacred literature in the Ban
Sor Theological Seminary, vice Prof Tacott re
signed
The Somerset Reporter says There has been a
great influx Of wool in the market the past ton
days Prices were good and the farmers took ont
good many Thousand dollars from this village.
Washed brought 40 cts, and unwashed 30.
me ElmWood at Waervllle has been sold, to-
hD fttrn, fI,rn III Of
Dexter The house will be fitted up and run as
first class hotel
Two adventures, John Traynor, an freshman,
and lyar Olsen, Swede, sailed from Bath July
oth bound for Havre in dory a feet long, u
lnches deep and , feet wide. the smallest craft il
which the passage across the Atlantic has ever
been attempted They are both skilled seamen
and are provisioned for sixty days
Mrs. Rachel Carol Of fremont died June | l.
after an illness of nine days at the age of ninety
years and eleven days. She was the daughter Of
Jacob Lurvey, who died % years ago aged %
The Maine Press Association will meet at Far
mington Monday night Aug ! for weeks outing
in the Rangely region
The following is list OF the winning bands at
the Maranacook festival st prize, $50, Glovers
band Auburn; md prize, $780, Collins band, Port
land 81 prize, 81, Yarmouth band, Yarmouth;
18th prize, so West WaterviIle band West Water
vile; 9TH prize, $40, Milers band, Lewiston 9TH
prize, Winthrop band Winthrop; eth prize. North
Berwick band North Berwick
The News says; We have in Waldoboro a man
who lost portions OF both arms years ago but who
is not only able to drive one or four horses but
writes his name leglbly and performs much of the
labor Of farm " 2 refer to Mr.. Hiram Cushman
of North Waldoboro, who, in earning living and
accommodating property puts to shame many of
those who go armed with two hands complaining
of nothing to do.
The corporation Of Pennington has decided to
carry the contest over the Legality of the bonds IN
aid Of the Maine Central Railroad no further.
The sixteenth annual session Of the Maine Den
tai Society will be held at Meonian Hall Augusta
Tuesday and Wednesday, July 10Th and Doth
Maine horses have been making some famous
records on the turf this season. Patch who
made mile in , %! at Hartford last week, was
formerly handled by Mr.. Fred Rowe in Lewiston
Victor" who won the 81 class at the same
place, in =, was owned by Mr.. Roberts of Vas
salboro
Justice Clifford is reported as very sick al the
residence of Caleb r. Aver Cornish. He is suf
terng from gangrene in the foot. He may live a
month may die very soon.
John Clements, the first settler in Hiram brought
seven young apple trees from Massachusetts on his
back. and these he set out on lot back of W ads
worth Mountain, near the centre Of the town
These very trees are still alive and in bearing con
diton, though upwards of a hundred years old
The Danariscotta Herald published in its last
issue reliable returns from all sections OF Lincoln
county concerning the crop prospects. The fol
lowing Is summary Hay, not quite an average
crop. Potatoes, good crop if bugs are killed Corn
looking poorly Wheat, an average yield Other
crops backward but fair
Mr. Noah Robinson. the oldest man in Eliot
aged 20 years. died last week. He was out at the
election last fall and voted for President Garfield
Mr. Miliiken, clerk Of the Casco Bay Steamboat
Company at Custom House wharf, Portland, has
quite q curiosity in the shape Of kitten with two
bodies. seven legs and one head. 1t lived twenty
four hours after birth,
The post office at Vest Cornville, has been dis
continued
ton Saturday ior larceny. On their persons
found $50 pocket knives leather purses, scissors,
dc.
Five Of the State Reform School boys escaped at
midnight, Saturday, by throwing pepper in the
eyes Of the Waterman and taking his keys They
are from III to IS years old A reward Of 50 each
is offered for their capture The Reform School
officers have captured three of the boys who
escaped, They were caught on the road near
Saco Pho was subsequently caught in Biddeford.
TraVers is still at large.
Mrs. James Beverage of North Haven aged
about sixty five committed suicide by hanging
herself in the woodshed chamber. She was an
estmable Christian lady, but suffered from i'll
health.
In Machas Dublin MILL grist mill and old gang
with lath mill and some lumber were all burned
Saturday night. The covered bridge was badly
damaged. The fire is thought to be from friction.
Loss so 600; no insurance. Seventy-tive men are
thrown out of work.
The Portland Smelling and Reduction company
has been reorganzed BY the choice of the follow
ing officers: President Hon. j. II Drummond;
Treasurer, Lorenzo b. Taylor superintendent F.
l. Bartlett Directors, }. H. Drummond, NJ. &
Palmer Theodore c. Woodbury. Frank e. Crocker
Of Portland, George c Scofeld, r s Beardlee and
Dore Lyon OF New York. New York parties have
purchased controlling interest in the works and
they Will be Increased to capacity sufficient to
treat fifty tons of ore day.