The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-04-07

entrance will be improved and new Judges
stand will probably be built, and some grading
will be done. Mr. \. K. Pike of Winthrop appear
ed before the trustees, and advocated the recogDi
ton otthe Maine Jersey Herd Book by the Society
as the standard upon which to base premiums for
Jerseys. c F. Libby, Esq of Portland, spoke in
behalf OF the American Jersey Herd Book. An in
formal discussion of the claims of the two herd
books was continued for about two hours. The
trustees have decided to compromise the matter by
CieTlng two sets Of premiums for Jerseys. one set
based on the American Herd Book and a similar
one based on the Maine Herd Book. Division SUI
perlntendents were appointed as follows: Hall
department. B NJ Hight; horse department, Col.
Kicker; ticket department, { F. Llbbey; stock
department S. & Girard The brilliant success
Of last years baby show has induced the Trustees
to add baby exhibition TO the attraction of this
years fair Premiums of So to be paid in gold,
will be offered as follows; Handsomest child l.
months old. SO. Next handsomest same age s.
Heaviest child. same age SO. Best twins, So.
Best riplets SD Handsomest coored baby, $40.
The premium list and programme, in pamphlet
form, will be out by Juy LIST OF sooner
THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
The Executive Council adjourned April LIST. to
assemble again on April 18th. At their next SEES
sion the tax On telegraph and express companies
doing business in the State. will be assessed. The
Council rejected the nomination of George r.
Perrgo for Judge of the Municipal Court in the
A
drew Hammond for Agent OF the Penobscot tribe
of Indians Governor Plaisted notified Hon J. W.
Spauldlng. Of Richmond. Reporter of Decisions.
Col. }. W. Porter of Burlington, and Henry S.
osgoed, Of Augusta. Inspectors OF Prisons and
JaS, by letter that they removed. Hon. J
Spaulding has replied in very spirited man
ner- denying the power OF the Governor to remove
him without concurrent action on the part of the
Council and stating that he should continue to
discharge the duties OF his office. The Council
have made up a case on the removal of Mr.. Spaul-
ding, which they intend to submit to the Supreme
Court kenncbec journal.
GRAND ARMY OF THE RErrELIc.
General order No has Just been issued by De
partment Commander W &. Haskell. of the q A
i ot Maine. from the 4. r headquarters OF
Lewiston The order reviews the proceedings of
the lth annual encampment at RocAland. 1t
earnestly requests all comrades to report to head
quarters the names of exsoldiers or sailors II TO-
eaItes where posts Of the order do not exist who
are tavorably disposed to the formation of such
posts Necessary blanks and information will be
furnished by addressing the Assistant Adjutant
General. y. ii. Holman. Lewiston. The order also
directs special attention TO the matter Of uniforms.
Commander Haskell has also issued a complete ros-
ter Of the department Of Maine. The names of the
department officers, the representatives of the Ma
tlonal Encampment, Past Department Command
erS, aid de camps, and the names location and off
GERS OF all the different Posts are given There are
+ Posts id Maine.
N GENERAL
George Moro SWEET formerly of Ellsworth has
been promoted TO the Lieutenant Colouenev of the
famous New York Seventh Regiment
Several Of the mills on the Union river are run
ming day and night
The Morning News publishes list of 81 rum
shops which 1t claims are IN operation in Portland
at present
Mr. Lyman Alden who had recently sold his
TAR in I',inr and
suddenly at the latter place on Thursday
Portland is to have genuine May day festival
under the auspices of the ladies Of St Lakes
thedral
" ork on the foundation of the new cotton mill
at Waterville is progressing brsklv Three crews
will soon be employed
Miss Eliza Goweli of Bowdoin. eighty two years
Of age. was burned to death by her clothes taking
fire from the stove
It is said that several OF the Maine mining com
Panles will be able to pay dividend by June or
July. The New \ Ork Stock Reporter SAYS that
should This prove true it viii do more to draw at
tention to Maine mining lands and establish their
value in the public mind than any ether thing
could
Lewiston lady has a wax plant on which are
about % buds and blossoms, Their perfume scents
the whole house
Miss Ella Bailey OF West Waterville who has
been partially insane for a year So attempted
suicide by drowning. She was rescued Just in
Time 10 save her lie
In Hollis on the sd nit died Moses Dunn at
the age OF ninety Years aud three months He
was the surviving brother Of the late Hon. Joshua
Dunn Of Portland and Ike him pensioner OF the
war OF lSl2-lJ
large real estate owner il Bangor offers to
take $4,000 worth of stock in the proposed cotton
and wooden mill in that city
Logging may be said to be over for the season.
Seventy three business firms in Augusta Hal
lowell and Gardiner, use the telephone
The excess of Houlton's town liabilities over its
assets Is >l3.03 ~ The railroad debt is 30 900
Frank Coffin formerly school teacher in
Maehias and an insurance agent in Bangor, died
recently in Nevada.
Wlseasset is making vigorous effort to buy in
LeI railroad bonds The most she can DO is to
pay per centage. Some OF her citizens have
formed themselves into an association and have
pledged the sum Of 100000 for the purchase of
bonds al forty cents Oh the dollar
About forty men have left Lewiston and Auburn
for the West and Southwest, within week past
The oil saw, When the snow collects on the
branches OF the trees It sign Of fruitful year
was trotted out hundreds Of times. Thursday.
HoIsemen Of Portland, Bath Lewiston. Damaris-
Gotta and Rockland are trying to form a circuit of
five meetings in June and July at the trotting
parks in the above named places
The report that the wife OF "Campmeetingr John
Allen was dying at her home in Farmington was
untounded She has been sick but is now much
better
The saw mills Oh the St Croix were started
March lth, the earliest date for twenty i've years
The Telegraph says that Mr. Ragot. who has
manufactured glass in Brunswick village. is get
ting out upon order. 10 barrels Of the white sand
to be found there. to be forwarded to Blue Hill to
be used III the smelling works at that place
The Portland company W Wednesday sent ri,. Cape
Horn. the sixth locomotive Of the lot they are
building for the Northern Pacific
The BGdgton News says that Messrs Clarence
Smith and Geo Cole OF Norway, are Matching one
hundred thousand salmon for Crooked river
and Sebago waters. The fry" makes lively ap-
pearance and the loss from bad eggs will not ex-
coed the five per cent generally allowed The
eggs are from the penobscut
The Commercial says that Sam Haines, ia State
Prison Tor murder, has finished most ingenious
piece Of workmanship in the shape of bottle
about SIX inches high and two inches square IN
which Is reel, 50 eXquisitely constructed that it
exactly fits the bottle and cannot be moved and
around the reel is wound number of threads of
blue silk. The ingenuity of the work lies in the
fact that the reel was placed in the bottle in pieces
and put together with the aid Of tweezers and the
silk was also wound around the reel
Benton has had d sensation the details of which
We summarize from the Waterville Sentinel A
suspicious wife hides in closet and detects her
sistel and husband n wr0ngdong Armed with a
revolver the wife leaves ambush and opens fire
One shot takes effect in the erring sisters nose and
another IN her arm. The husband skips untouched
by bullet.
Another bigamy is reported from Dover.
single jonter in Kunnell's mill at Caribou
exploded Friday afternoon killing Garfield Harris.
literally cutting him i'll two.
Rockiand Is exercised over alleged illegal voting
IN Ward at the last municipal election Two
men were complained Of and arrested and one has
brought civil action for trespass against the
officers who arrested him.
Post Beal. g. 4. R, Of Bangor, has been pre-
seDted with a fine piano for their new hall by the
Ladies Relief Corps.
Wateryille is to be lighted with gas
[. NJ. Priest, of Winslow shipped $50 barrels of
shoe pegs to Liverpool the other day
The wooden mills at Dover and Foxcroft have
seht out }G2 tons OF manufactured goods during
the past year. From Foxcroft have been shipped
500 parlor organs and 1888 piano cases From
Dover 90 tons of fresh meat were sent to Boston
During the year 1880 not single house was
erected in Bangor.
n. Harris Of West Pennington, slaughtered
last season 1900 sheep.
Peter l.. f. Green, Of Biddetord was drowned