The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-11-10

peat the name of the accused party. especially as
! Montgomery goes on TO relate the movements of
! the murderer before Mrs. Meservey returned home
| and while the house was in darkness indicating
that if there is any truth in his story he himself
| was the murderer. While the authorities are
making some investigation to test the story there
| seems to be no good reason for attaching much
credit to it. 1t is probably simply the wild talk OF
half insane or idiotic person
IN GENERAL.
! Tie Biddeford Times says that a York woman
aged IS, Sunday last gave birth to three boys,
| The Drigo Rural says: Men are now hiring out
| 10 work IN the woods this winter Wages are
about y per cent. higher than last year.
| Two unoccupied farm houses and barns of I B.
Fuller. at South 0lden were destroyed by fire Sun
day night. Loss, $500; insured for $500. 1t
| was clearly lncendiary.
may be stated that between $4,000 and $4,000
were collected at the Bangor Custom House in the
month OF October. Commercial.
| Joseph Peters. his wife Ia fortune teller her
| daughter and two Indian girls have been arrested
! in Biddeford as being connected with recent rob
berries there Peters confessed and portion of the
| goods have been recovered.
| The steamer Lewiston recent trip from the
! East had on board very large stag which was re-
! Gently killed in the vicinity of MIbridge The
animal will be stuffed in Boston.
| Post Beae. No Il. of Bangor, is the banner post
! of Maine, having the largest membership of any
Grand Army organization in the State, and II is
i still growing, hardly week passing without at
| least two names being added to the roll.
! man named Rowe, residing at Sturgeon Creek
IL Eliot has been arrested By the agent of the Bid
deford and Saco Society for the Prevention of Cru
eltv to Animals. charged with tearing out horses
tongue with stout cord.
| Frank Pease who is in Jail in Boston for shoot
| ing his wife, has written 10 friend in Rockand
saying that if he had never drank liquor the sad
affair would never have occurred and expressing
the hope that his friend and all in the house will
! quit drinking.
Governor Plasted has fixed upon Thursday,
November 18th. as Thanksgiving day. but has not
issued his official proclamation yet meeting of
the Executive Council will be convened, probably
Oh Monday, November 2Sth. The Council will be
in session during the greater part of December,
closing up the wears business
Sheep raising will paw in Aroostook. K W.
Lowell. Esq. one of our thrifty farmers wintered
last season "a sheep; has sold wool amounting to
500 and $50 worth Of lambs, and has on hand 20
sheep and lambs for which he has been offered a
apiece A nice profit will see at a glance.
Pioneer.
Hon. Hannibal Hamhn, Minister Plenipotentiary
to the court OF SPAN, accompanied by his wife,
left the State last week for Philadelphia from
which port they sailed Nov. ), in the steamship
| Illinois, of the American line, for Liverpool.
whence they will reach Madrid via London and
Paris
The North Star says: "One of the beneficial
results of the road from Dexter Will be forcing the
wild lands into the market when immigrants
viii come here and turn the wilderness into fertile
fields THIS will not only help the county but the
whole State
Hunnewels point at the mouth Of the kennebec.
where Fort P0pham is situated. has been taken in
hand by stock company and another fashion
able watering place is TO be established on the
coast of Maine. The company is composed of
gentlemen from Augusta Bath, Boston and New
York, and they start with capital of 1000
WIN. Il Neal, OF SacO, seventy years of age
committed suicide Nov ID by hanging He has
been somewhat deranged since the death of his
wife year ago, but exhibited no alarming cond-
ton until the day IN question After he had eaten
his dinner, as he passed through the dining ROOM
he exclaimed My God, Jane how can | stand it. :"
He then went directly to the barn and in less than
ten minutes was found dead He leaves two
sisters and considerable property.
The Greenback State Committee, chosen by the
Lewiston Convention in September organized at
Auburn Nov. Sd John White of Levant. was
chosen Chairman, and K NJ Springer, of Portland
Secretary Eleven counties were represented Il
S Hobbs va appointed member for Knox. vice
Dunton resigned An address will be issued for
contri5unons to purchase Scion Chasos press and
type for a new paper Wendell Phillips sent him
4 check for twenty tive dollars
The Honlton cheese factory has closed for the
season. during which there were made 634 cheeses
weighing in the aggregate $4,000 pounds
The Lincoln County News reports number of
have occurred
The Journal says that Mr. Fred Il scruon, of
Augusta has sold his five year old colt to W
Bracket. of Pittstield for $500. The colt was
sired by Lothian. and is of Knox stock lie can
show gait that is better than forty.
They have been enjoying good seighiDg in
Aroostnok county surveying party numbering
fifteen from the Name Central. left Fort Fairfield
last week. a sled drawn by six beautiful horses
over eight inches of snow
The Calais Times says There is still abundant
employment in Calais for all save those no prefer
to be idle. The local labor market is even scan
tly supplied. Carpenters and masons are yet in
active demand at increased prices for their services
Mlllmen are doing better than for term of years
whartmen ind plenty TO do, and all other me-
chanlcs and labOrers find ready employment at
advanced rates The outlook for woodsmen is
good as they are receiving on the leading rivers of
the State about % per cent higher wages than last
year
Horace ", Tabor, the mining millionaire and
ex Lieut. Governor of Colorado IN the year 1854
was stonecutter at Augusta He is now reported
TO be worth $ 600 600.
The Cape Elizabeth Sentinel makes the following
mention Of the shipping and fishing interests of
that town: There are in our midst some forty
men captains of vessels plying between foreign and
domestic ports, exclusive OF those engaged in the
fishing business. managing and controlling vessel
property valued at least at half million dollars
The larger part Of these vessels are engaged in a
from ten to twenty per cent on the money invest
ed There are also over twenty vessels engaged
in the fishing business employing the two hundred
able bodied men that comprise the larger half of
our community
Mrs Sophia Hammond Brown, relict of the late
Deacon George W Brown, died II Bangor Friday
evening at the Court street residence Of her son.
Dr. William H. Brown, ex Mayor of Bangor The
deceased had reached the advanced age of ninety
one years, and the debility Of age seriously in
creased by a fall in her room several weeks ago BY
which she received severe injuries.
Mr. Nathan Hills, who fell from wharf at Rock
land. few days ago, died from his injuries, Wed
nesday
The Gazette says that the amount of Kockland
city bonds paid or exchanged for municipal four
per cents up TO this time is about 1907 600 OF the
new municipal bonds, at per cent 100000 have
been sold or exchanged Holders of railroad bonds
who have not accepted the tours have been paid
IN cash the money for this purpose having been
obtained on temporary loans, at rates ranging
from 3 to t per cent. One sum Of $4,000 was
obtained at per cent and somthiDg over so, 900
at $3.50 per cent. Little has been done in refund
ing for some weeks past, owing to increased strin
gency in the money market.