The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-09-01
GeneraIitles.

The pear crop in New England promises to be
very large
Heavy shipments of Canadian lumber for the
| nted States are reported.
1t is now thought that Captain IIowgates detal
cation may reach the enormous sum of 400 900
New York will try again to have Worlds FAIR
II is said that $4,000 900 be raised tor the pur
pose.
Mayor kalloch announces himself as a candi
date for Congress at the next State election in
California.
large peach crop in Massachusetts is expected
One Worcester county man las sold his crop ON
the trees for 81 600
Georgia is the only one of the thirteen original
colonies which refuses to contribute toward the
Yorktown centennial
1t costs money to live in Nevada The State
tax there 30 cents on 500 This is the heaviest
State tax the country.
The Raleigh Journal now lsures ont majority
IN North Carolina for art prohibition of 1.,1i
Four counties voted for prohibition
The greatest length of the United States from
east to west is > 500 miles greatest breadth from
north to south, 600 average breadth 200
The salt product OF the United States in 1880
produced by two States Michigan and New York
John llancock's chair the one in which he sat
when he signed his name to the Declaration of In
dependence, now stands in st Paul's Church. at
Norfolk Va.
The bones OF A. T. Stewart have been searched
for III several States and at least two countries
and private detective is now digging for them AT
Cypress Hills
Princess Raatricp # Ok,
an artistic contribution to the book trade in the
shape OF birthday book, charmingly illustrated
IN water colorS
The Island of Cyprus is overrun with goats IT
is estimated that there go 900 of these animals
on the island, and planting is almost useless on ac
count OF their ravages
Senator Beck says that in case the President dies
he shall be in favor OF the election of some conser
vatlve Republican like Senator Anthony to the
Presidency Of the Senate.
The Massachusetts Greenbackers nominated
israel W Andrews. Of Danvers for Governor and
the Mississippi Greenback State convention nomi
mated Col. Ben King for Governor.
Alexander H Stephens is engaged IN writing il
BOOK IN reply 10 the recently published work OF
jefferson Davis. The political public win await
ITS appearance with no little interest
Aquarrel between Fix Sheriff Blanton and James
Blantons head being shot off and Todd shot
through the heart, both dying together
The damage t" the hay crop throughout New
Brunswick by the recent rains is reported very
great The St. John river had risen tonr feet last
week and much of the low lands are under water
The longest span Of wire in the world is sad TO
be the telegraph wire across the kistnah river in
lndia which Is over six thousand feet long 1t
connects the snmmlS Of two hills each 700 feet
high.
Secretary Window has awarded the gold medal
OF the life saving service to Capt Charles r. Smith
me gallant commander Of the i'll tated Seawanllaka
ana the medal was received Just after Capt Smith
died.
Nathaniel Mckay. once OF East Boston and now
of Philadelphia has built all iron market house al
Delnerala and Is in quarre! with the authorities
over the pay, still thirty three Thousand dollars
short
The Rev. John Jasper, of Richmond, Va who
has won some celebrity by his assertion that the
sun moved and not the earth, is addressing a camp
meeting at Cincinnati ''rhe Sun and its Move
mentS.N
Cyrus " Field, of New York is credited with
making S2,OO0.0DO out of his cable telegram
schemes, and s., 200, 900 from his connection with
Jay Gould in carrying through ihe Wabash system
Of railroads
y posi- lnoIteln on tne DOuY OF Martin Cunning
ham, who was shot in New York three weeks ago
and whose wound was supposed to be precisely like
That OF President Garelds, developed the fact that
the wound was of a trivial nature and that the
patient died from Brights disease
The national PROHIBITION alnance. tbrouph its
president Rev. II. A. Thompson d. d late can
date tor ice President on the prohibition ticket
and Secretary Mrs NJ. Mcclellan Brown of Pitts
burg, Pa have issued call for a national confer
an nf nr,1i io,io in, No,
10.
There are rnmors that Hartmann is a fraud and
spy, and owes his escapes to having BETRAYED tha
secrets Of the Nihilists Whoever and whatever
Hartmann may be, the American people have
heard enough OF him and would gladly have him
leave the country, or be relegated to eternal 81
lence. The American people have lately seen
enough of cranks of all descriptions
Judge Lawrence first Comptroller of the Treas
ury, has rendered a decision in which he maintains
that If contract with the government is sold by
the contracting party the contract itself is annul-
led that any person party selling such contract
runs the risk of obtaining no pay. The opinion is
based on the ground that the original contractor in
such event does not perform the service and that
the purchase of a contract violates existing law
The investigation of the Jennie Cramer case in
New Haven, Conn, IS still exciting wide spread IN
terest. Miss Cramer the daughter of New
maven cigar HdnuIdctufer, ana was known as one
of the prettiest girls in that city She was found
IN the water near one Of the wharves and it was
at first thought she had committed suicide but
owing to suspicious circumstances connected with
the case, newspaper reporters made a thorough
examination OF the matter and finally the authori-
ties took it in charge Strong suspicious pointed
to James and Walter Malley, as being connected
with the murder, and they arrested An IN
vestlgatlon before coroner's jury has been going
on for several days bat nothing definite has as vet
been divulged The developments in the case are
said however to bear strongly against the Malleys