The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-10-13

mas a membership OF thirty i've hundred. During
its existence it has paid in benefits to the families
of deceased Odd Fellows $l633O2 The total mum
Der of deaths is IA The average membership is
23}. and the death rate has been for every 100
members or 53-l00 rer cent. The average cost of
insurance in the Association thus far has been
$ o. per annum for every one thousand dollars of
insurance.
The Commercial says in regard to the Chad
bournes the Parkman murderers: at IS SAID that
at every opportunity the father, mother and son
Wallace have made threatening signs to the mute
intending to brighten him, and that in consequence
he has been driven at times insane lately"
Horace Fabyan OF Bradford of the oldest
and most widely known hotel men in New England
died in Bradford, Vt, Oct ) He was born in
Portland, in January, 1906, commenced hotel life
in the old American House, Rutland, and followed
this employment until his death. He founded the
Fabyan House at the White mountains
Hon Rufus Prince, who is visiting friends in
Illinois, writes to the Lewiston Journal please
say to Maine fruit growers not to be in haste to
sell late keeping fruit as there is none in the w est
| have paid as high five cents each for apples
here. of course they were large Saw potatoes
sold at wholesale at 81 per bushel day or two
since. Watermelons are all the green things
have seen in the West but they higher here
than in Lewiston There are any number of or
chards in Androscoggln county in which there are
more apples than have seen since left Maine
The crops in Maine along the line Of the Grand
Trunk are reported as generally good
Miss Susie E Rogers of South Arson, self
taught artist, has made crayon portrait of Secre
tary Blaine, which the Somerset Reporter pro
nounces an excellent likeness.
DR.. Daniel Harwood who died at his residence
in Dorchester district, Boston, Oct lst, aged so
years was the Oldest past master mason in Massa
chuSetts DR.. II. was for many years a resident of
Machias and was largely interested in the Machias
W ater Power and Mill Co He ranked among the
first dentists in the country.
The Hotel st. Sauveur, at Bar Harbor, owned
and occupied by Mr.. Fred j. Alley, was burned to
the ground Oct 4 Loss probably So 900 to SI5.
600. Insured for $4,000.
c. c. Clough of Blue Hill, began to set out an
orchard nine years ago and this year he expects to
gather 1000 bushels of apples
Secretary Blaine has returned to Washington,
Coles circus tent was blown down in Waterve
9TH inst.
The Penobscot Musical Association, at its SEES
sion in Bangor, last week elected the following
officers President, Il. W Merrill Vice President
q Stickney; Secretary, + F. Duren Auditor, II
g. Hanson. An advisory committee of eighteen
chosen.
The journal says there is a sort of epizootc pre-
Valcnt among orses in Augusta. 1t affects them
IN the way of severe cold, and while owners are
not particularly anxious concerning the disease
yet 1t is quite difficult to deal with.
Reports from all parts of Androscnggin county
show bard freeze the night of the 18th inst. All
tender vegetables killed. Most crops were
out Of danger, Fruit has been blown off by
the heavy wind prevailing and will be injured
Snow sGlall " Wednesday afternoon, the 9TH Snow
also fell in the morning in Bangor and Ellsworth
The race at BddetOrd. Oct } between Frank F..
OF Biddetord and Dandy j.. of Lewiston. for a
wager OF 500 a side. was won by Frank F. Best
time. DBL
Hutchins' Hotel at Readfeld was burned Oct 9TH.
together with all the buildings, twenty five tons of
hay and large part Of the furniture. Cause proba
bly, defective chimney. Loss y 600; Insured
$500 in the Home, New York. Mr.. Hutehins
has kept hetel there thirty five years.
Hon. Geo S Peters. of Ellsworth. brother of
Judge Peters, died last week Deceased was one
of the most prominent citizens of Hancock county,
was formerly Judge of the Municipal Court of
Ellsworth, and was most highly esteemed for his
many sterling qualities His age was fifty five
years and four months His death was the result
Of dropsy
The Bowdoin correspondent of the Portland
Press says that the fall term OF the college. has
opened under very favorable auspices The fresh
man class contains fifty three members, forty six
of whom are now present. Besides the members
OF the freshman class there have been several ad-
ditions to the upper classes from different colleges
Mrs Eliza Allen, of Biddeford who. it was al
legged some months ago pushed her mother in law
rom the piazza of their house from which fall she
died in few hours was indicted at the present
term OF court for assault and battery to which she
pleaded noo contenderc, and paid in fine and cost
- 90
One of the boilers of the Iudson Tarrs fish
canning establishment at Pemaqud burst Oct Sd
and nearly destroyed the building Most of the
employees had been temporarily discharged and
the few remaining happened to be out or many
lives would have been lost
Charles W q Smith arraigned in the Su
preme Judicial Court Roekland Oct 9TH for the
murder OF his infant son Ii e said when called to
plead that lie was guilty of shooting his WIFE but
knows nothing about the shooting of the child,
and plea OF not guilty entered Tuesday
Smith was brought into court. retracted his plea
Of not guilty and pleaded guilty of killing his in
FAINT He was to be sentenced YESTERDAY.
The oxford County Musical Association assem-
bled at Norway Oct 18th for a four days festival
The president is DR.. 4. 5. Jersey, secretary and
treasurer, F. A. Thayer. Eighty persons were
present in the first chorus Several members of
the Haydn Association of Portland were present
and a large delegation from Lewiston and Auburn
The musical director is Hermann kotzschmar
Patents have been issued as follows: Owen w
Davis, Bangor and &. D Colby katahdn Iron
Works, roasting and calcnng furnace. { C. Nal
let and L, I Furbush, Augusta, screw driver.
John \. Gaylor, Portland, automatic step ladder
brace rod Edward L SWEET Biddeford, fire
escape.
Secretary Blaine is one of the executive com
mlttee for establishing at Washington by subscrip-
ton, a Garfield Memorial Hospital
The Portland Greenback News says that the
Greenback State committee appointed By the re-
cent convention at Lewiston is the only true
Greenback State committee in Maine 1t charges
tndt Whatever mas been done IN the name OF the
committee which has been masquerading as Green
back the past year, has emanated from Hon +,
W. Hill. whom the Argus styles Democrat, and,
that it is little singular that nearly all of that
committee were originally Democrats, from the
chairman down" The News adds: "ls it possible
that those men are laboring to make Democratic
party rather than a Greenback party !"
John .. Haze. an intoxicated peddler, was rob
bed Of over three hundred dollars in money and
valuable watch and chain in one of the dens on
the Point Rockand, Thursday night. The
persons suspected have left town.
The dry house of Winslow Marsons match
factory Waterville, caught fire and burned Friday
night Loss i 900; no insurance
Hon Hannibal Hamn and wife expect to visit
Paris IN oxford county, this week to take leave of
friends. before their departure for Spain Mr. Ham
lin having accepted the appointment of minister
made the day President Garfield was shot
The kennebec journal says that ali aged farmer
on Church Hill mourns his young wife whom be
married last spring and who has left home taking
$4,000 which he settled upon her. She writes him
from Boston that she will return and explain
evcrYthing