The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-07-10

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sent lihe'
vi me -f"ll 'Tol'> " = 10Y ny 10 >"E Hiuo"'
L ut Ne .u> -thelaiE Iooh We. 'VT aH a. Gih2r
crop, oul l wv i''1>'hl !lIE "F4.4'l e"h'5i1u'
III WILL prove % = Ii'u> HIuiA' wv t"'u ~"
2aeh "a'd 1t'IlH- L'> -tIieI'iN MOI '1e -.ali>
Ialfr. YET !hrE are 81 GOO 'o'?I' We >l"I'Fu'
40. i. about ill., SHINE ~ Inst wear throughout
the STATE There has been considerable change
in several OF The counties. and while Penob>cot
anu Washington report decrease ID the acre
age over last year. SOM portions OF oxford.
Somerset and Waldo counties report large In
crease The increase in Waldo and oagadah0c
counties consists Of oats and mixed grams for
feed. The amount u wheat >oWn shows q
falling OF each Year. some Of the counties this
year reporting a decrease OF twenty per cent.
In hehntbee county. many farmers have thls
wear substituted barley for wheat. while IN
Lincoln county the reverse l. me case.
There has been Il great change over last year
IN the amount OF hocd crops. Potatoes VIII
show large falling off in Aroo>took. Andres
coggin. Franklin. kennebec. Oxford. Pl>cAtn-
qul>. Ptn0b>c0t. >agadahac. eomtr>e, and W A.
do counties. the ioW prices OF last year having
shown the crop not to be a profitable a. many
hdd anticipated. me LOW price OF canned corn
has also caused yellow corn to be largely sub
stltuteu Tor sweet corn ne acreage " beans
has been increased in near-y all the counties,
and the general average vii! probably be- one
third more than last year. In oxford and
Afoo>took counties there ha> been large IN
crease IN the area 81 the mop helt>. and fIult j.
reported as looking well all over the state. with
prospect OF good Yield OF all kinds.
The amount OF farm help appears to be
abundant IN all the counties. with prices ON
SIS TO SD per month and board. In having
The wages VIII be from - to - % per day
lC. L. NJ. III Boston journal.
THRILLING FXPFEIFNCF OF A PORTLAND
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ny ~ 3 5t a. Is ~ t'lti. VI VI ti'"' - a
III tilI"' y"iA ~ ~ d -? W
= IN i;ntn' anu n'p': ~ ~ il''it
o1e Got 80 vi P, 'Nt ,Ia
enJe ~ Sa'tI lloli Dan, &c 9on1 -
ar" mha my W u loi loul uaf>' "a 'une
~ "Htn ol paIH = ~, 'ne ~ va
stLuth ny a teITinr saie' WHEN IN caITle'l away
oul 1ol Ian anu ht an we Sot tHe ,
unutr tlose sans ne gaze continued All haE;
AZ p NJ we $,sHteu ueep litn lWG-iari u
senpoheI running lo"alu u peloIe Tue "iiu
WIN an American It9, union t'oW d. III the IL
ean5 a. >ne my ~ uuUei otl re- / saN hel
~" u ~ ' IN 'iI'lL Ia, ptit 'ii'! ~
AOi'eD' 'tui uiH II ~ pu'i5 l1mSl! ma lhc 2"'
nd nro a, ~ l1 NJ 0 i
49, ~ ~ ~. ~ 1tem ~ III oul W, a. ~
I'm tuV top " te ~ " al y lto'se' " iluti'
small line. The crew OF the disabled schooner
caught it, and We plainly saw seven or ght
men jump into it and east Of \ few seconds
later man rushed from the cabin of the
schooner. which seemed to be sinking, and
made frantic signals for his companions to
come back for his rescue. Their boat, howeN er,
was unnanageabe. We then tried TO rescue
the crew in the boat and wore our brig around,
intending to run down TO them Every time Ne
neared them the single man IN the abandoned
schooner would steer directly for us. compelling
us 10 run of for our own safety. We worked
Tor over an hour, but he man o. The schooner
seemed to have completely lost us head and
drove US away every time. Night coming on.
We leu them TO AVOID being run down. HE
next morning We saw vessel which might
have been The same schooner, but She was 50
lar away we could not MAKE her out. We
thought hrr name was Nllllam iupper, and
she seemed to be loaded With coal. IL l. posi-
bic that the men in the boat boarded her again
during the night
There l. no such Yt>Scl recorded as the Will
am Hupprf, but Capt; HAL no doubt saw the
schooner Mary W Hupper. capt, MesserNy,
which cleared from Baltimore on June II,
with coal for Boston.
apt Immersion Of the schooner Oliver
Dyer, winch also arrived yesterday from Ken
nebef, say that he never saw such a gale dur
ING ms ~ wears experience. He hrmlA believes
of ,n tiat ', , ~ 3,i,i u, ,,',
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COLBY COMMENCEMENT.
Glass day exercises Of Colby July I>t were
most successful. The following program wa,
carried out At Inc church in the forenoon; Ora
ton. Image, and Image Wor>h in'-Upury
kingman Poem. "A Legend and its Sequel
Edwin F. Burt. At the campus in the after
noon: History Walter {. Emerson Prophecy
Herbert NJ Lord. Addrcs, to the Under
graduates-John L. Dperinr Parting address
Charles Il. Estes Promenade concert OH the
campus At the alumni meeting in the after
noon the portraits of Dr. J. f. Camplin late
president of Colby. DR.. Babcock. a former
president, A. Briggs Trustees Adam wilson
d. D., Thomas Baldwin. ID. d., David 5. True
OF the class OF ~ were presented to the alumni
i 3o n1nn ~ Vi ,G, ',iei
aoiai ,,rI'1.it - .Ia - 20 - ~
49,. aI1 I,ri,,,1 ,,,orl. ~ an IT, -,
ZION sneaehes were n ,rea+ intsr.it
Tha tru~taa. If tha Eeal.,, Man,nri.I WIND
eiignad t IN an acoy. IN fhn Iihrr ra unr
5000 collected. The foliovino Officers were
ala ilant HIM. Of n., ,.,,i,
cntts. vice praIident PROT I,nn Of
yVatarrilie EeeraIn,j.t l., n.,'Ii -
CamLr;dao NJ Sa.rato,, -,a Trin''Iro ~
PIT + w HI. Go,,n,.;ii6r. '" praf W W
SmaiI p " nn,r an; n Carror Of o. w.
ta1.,;iio 49, v MIA '-'N 10 ~ - 'O'' Vi " 9"
p,crpp~ p,p,, ,>,rrpr,ors
i-i'' 'i''' =
in loS2, says an exchange, some OF the farm
small fnrtmnas NV the saIa of bonS 7 aS, na.
they made nothing Hops are a very risky
crop. There now is prospect that hop rails
ers will make ten strike this year Within
the past two weeks TIE market price of hops
has increased from Is and % cents to 80 and
81 cents a pound. The only precedent for such
II sudden rise was that of 1882, when, in the
summer, hons brought $l.25 pound having
risen from Is cents in a few weeks The re-
ports from the hop growing districts in this
and adjoining States indicate a more than
average crop for the coming fall, and. unless
English reports are more gloomy than at pre-
sent, the probabilities are that hops will not
20 hShef th@n ~ Genus I'D the next TWO months.
r'' ne
HE AMENDMENT CAMPAIGN.
Rev. A. A. Phelps, of New York, is speak
ing in Maine in the interest of the Constitution
al Amendment.
Hon. John b. Finch, of Nebraska who was
recently elected to the head of the Right
Worthy Grand Lodge, is to make campaign