The Republican journal., 1882-12-28

petition to abolish the Common Council is
| circulating in Gardiner.
| Miss Gail Hamilton will spend the winter
with Mrs. Blaine, in Washington.
Alex. Gibson has formed company to build
a large paper mill at Maysville.
What Bowdoin College needs now is a gym
nasium. II { students say so.
One Of the Gardiner paper mills is at work
on an order to go to Rangoon, Birmah.
| stock company is to be formed in Portland
| to purchase and improve Cushing's Island.
| The Camden Herald says that the Coed Tenn
| plar work is prospecting all over the state as
| never before.
The Portland Bosrd of Trade has passed
resolutions highly complimentary to the late
! Sir Hugh Allan.
The IIallowell Register suggests that the in
| terest in the cause of temperance is tagging in
| that CITY,
The Grand Army fair in Lewiston was a
! success The Post in that city Melted about
| $4,000 in profits.
| The Lewiston journal learns that Gov.
| Plaisted will take up his residence in Lew
! iston at the expiration of his gubernatorial
! term.
The Ellsworth and Deer Isle Telegraph Com
| pany will petition the Legislature for authority
to extend their telegraph line from Ellsworth
| to Bangor.
| 1t is probable that the industries of Andres
| coggin county will soon be increased by the
| starting of large shoe factory at Mechanic
| Falls.
The trustees of the State Agricultural Socie-
| ty met at Lewiston last week to close up
the business OF the year. They have purchased
| two acres of land east of the park to be added
to the grounds. Treasurer Osgood reports
$1,000 in the treasury after all bills are paid.
| Representative Murch having objected to Dr..
| Loring'> English in the Agricultural report.
! the Cincinnati Commercial suggests that ''as it
seems to read well, the fault is in Mr.. Murch,
who may have as cranky notions about what
constitutes good English, as he has of what
constitutes good money!
EX-Secretary and Mrs. Blaine renewed to
their new home, on Dupont Circle, Washing
ton. this week.
The Paris Hill Manufacturing Company is
doing large business. They have been ship
ping sleds to the value of $1,000 per day, for
some time.
Charles Clark. alias Brown, was arrested in
Boston. Dee. Goth, fugitive from Justice
Clark, who is an old and notorious horse thief.
Is wanted. it is said, in nearly every county in
Maine where be has operated extensively. He
has already served fourteen years in the Maine
State Prison for horse stealing.
Mr.. Reed. of Maine, presented to the ways
and means committee Thursday some facts and
| figures to show the importance to the people of
Aroostook, Maine, of maintaining the present
duties on potato starch. He showed that starch
factories in that region offered most valuable
market to the farmers and that the destruction
of that industry would be great injury to a
very fourishing and growing community.
Saturday the Maine Historical Society at
! Portland. held special meeting to commemor-
ate the eighty-fourth birthday o. the Rev. DR..
| AipheuS 5. Packard. who has been member
| for half century
1t is gratifying to learn that the fears of phys
icians and friends are not realized, and that
Collector Morrilfs condition il much improved.
| He now begins to take nourishment. and his
! friends again are hopeful that he will rally
] nj ON - Inl, l. n
| the Bar Harbor smugglers, late of schooner
! Belle. have been sentenced by the United States
! District Court to 30 days and 20 days respect
| lively in the Ellsworth Jail.
Supt. Knight, of the Deer Isle mine reports
! the future prospects of the mine most favorable.
as it has for sometime been on paving basis
and will soon be able to declare regular diyid-
ends.