The Republican journal., 1882-10-12

The twenty annual fair of the Lincoln
agricultural and horticultural society opened
Oct. 3D.. and continued through Thursday.
There was fine show in every department.
The stock exhibit was about double the aver
age. The attendance was very large.
Dogs have been committing sad havoc among
the sheep i'll DIRK county, recently.
The shop of the Durham Packing Company
at New Gloucester, finished packing corn, last
week. 100000 cans were put up, the equivalent
of about 10000 bushels of corn in the husk.
Thomas Howard. a highly-esteemed sea cap
tain. - years old, died suddenly at Newbury-
port Tuesday afternoon Sd inst. He was in his
usual health up to within a few minutes of his
death. lie was a native of Deer Island, Maine.
An explosion occurred at Bluehill, Wednes-
day afternoon 4th inst by which two men, JAS.
Lode and Albert WellinS, were blown up and
seriously injured. They were engaged in pre-
pairing charge, when Lode struck a cartridge
too heavily, when it exploded. He is horribly
mangled, and will loose his eyesght. Wellins'
condition is not so bad.
Mrs. Camilla Newbert whose death in New
Jersey was reported by the Rockland Free
Press last week. was formerly resident of
Belmont and later of Rockland, where she
hNed with her son. Lorenzo Hall. with whom
she went to Hammonton. n. j., some years
ago.
\ Juvenile Temple was instituted in Houl-
ton, Sept. 9th. by Mrs. H. NJ. Estes of Water
vile, numbering Il members There are now
Juvenile Temples in the county in Blaine,
Caribou, Easton, Houlton, Napoleon and
Masardis.
Among the recent contributions to the fund
for a monument TO the late Senator Benjamin
H. Hill is one of $50 from Hon. James G..
Blaine. This is said to be the first subscription
to the fund from any prominent public man in
the North
At sullivan the silver mines continue to be
worked with hopeful results. Tie quarries
ISN 4 Df *
being got out.
At Ellsworth the Congrcgationalists have
lately built very fine vestry ut a cost Of 81
300 The Baptist have raised their church and
mad, a very fine vcstry under it.
The 13d annual meeting of the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
opened Tuesday ID inst. in Portland, attended
by thousand or more clergy and guests from
all parts of the country. Immense meetings
were held at City Hall. during the week. and
much interest was manifested. The Portland
Press gave very fun reports of the proceedings.
William Lowell, formerly shpbuilder of
Ihomaston, Is years old, cut his throat with
razor. Tuesday morning at his residence on
Forsyth street New York. He was lately in
Bellevue Hospital. suffering from opium habit.
He was respondent. being unable to obtain
work.
The committee OF nvestig ation into the af-
fairs cf the Reform school, lately appointed by
COY. Plai>ted has not yet decided when they
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take place At the Reform School. The invest-
cation Will be public.
Augusta. oct T. Ex-Secrctary Blaine arrv-
ed II his home in this city at eight O'Clock this
evening in Il palace ear furnished by President
Phillips of the Eastern Railroad He is in a
very comfortable condition since he reached
home.
The Free Press says four women. each sen
fenced for life. are now intimates of the State
Prison.
The Maine Contra! is having very large
freight business al the present time
~iN divorces We're granted at the recent ses-
SION of Court in piscataquis county.
MIS-. QuinhY. Of Augusta. spoke at the New
Hampshire lnivcr>ali>t cony IGNITION, al Concord,
THURSDAY.
The NJ. G. r. r. crew are now LAYING steel
rails into Bangor. having completed the line
from Durham through. The Maine Central is
now possessed of a fine roadway.
The total receipts of the State fair Were So
S)p. The expenses We're about $4,000, leaving
q profit of nearly $1,000
The long bridge between BuGksport and
Verona is undergoing repairs A good part Of
it Ia, been taken down. ard a large Quantity Of
new >pling will be driven.
Mr.. c. {. COuillard, the wel-known Maine
correspondent of the Boston Herald staff, is sick
with typhoid fever. Mr.. Couard's many
friends in this his native State, will wish him il
speedy recovery.
The daughter of Mr.. Gustavus V. Weber of
China. who fell from rack of corn upon Il
pitehfork. one tine Of which penetrated her
BRAIN died after lingering in an unconscious
state for about f hours.
Since his reelection Mr. Reed is talked of as a
Republican candidate for the Speakership of the
next House of Representatives.
The usual winter meeting of the Maine His
toriral Society will be held in Portland on Pro-
trS>or Packard's S4th birthday, Dec. %. In the
afternoon miscellaneous papers will be read
The evening will be devoted to the commence
ration of Professor Packard's long and useful
Ifc.
William II. Looncy of Portland, and Joseph
NJ. Hayes Of Bath have been appointed ad-
ditionaI regular commissioners on the Alabama
claims commission.
PeaSe, the wife murderer of Boston. formerly
Of Rockland, Me, came near taking his life in
his cell al Concord. by cutting his throat with a
piece of window glass. 1t caused him to bleed
freely but he was discovered in season to pre-
vent death.
Hon. T. II. Murch has concluded to accept the
position Of ediOr-in-chef of the Albany Eve
ming Mon. the offer of which was noted by us
last week. He will enter upon the active dis
charge of his duties as soon as his term as Con-
gresham expires.
Richard Lee. aged so. by the caving in of a
gravel pit at Midtown, Thursday afternoon. was
so badly injured that there is little hopes of his
recovery. He has a wife and four children.
Captain Lewis Ii. Grant of Bar Harbor, az
appear at the December term of the district
court. In default of bail he was committed to
jail.
Eugene aged II years. son of Edward Wells
Of Wells went cunning Wednesday afternoon
Not returning at night search was made and he
was found Thursday morning lying dead beside
tree with the gun at his side. Cause heart
disease.
Mrs Mary Hlliard Adams. widow of the
late Hon. owen Adams, NJ. D., of Eliot, Mane
and daughter of Rev. Joseph billiard, Berwick
Maine, died at Dover, \. H.. Friday. aged -
years.
COY. Piaisted has refused requsiton for the
delivery of Rufus Rand to the New York all-
thoriiie> to answer a charge of obtaining horses
under false representations. Rand claimed that
ne bought the horses in the regular course of
business and afterwards failed.
The brightly cOlorcd Tam O'Shanter capis all
the rage with the Portland school children.
Blue and red are the prevailing colors. A reg
iment Of ruddy-chceked girls in this novel head
gear presents very picturesque appearance,
says the Advertiser.