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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15

We print in full, in a supplement to this issue
of he journal, the inaugural message of Gov
ernor Robe. delivered to the Legislature on
Thursday morning last. lis length should not
deter any one from reading it and it certainly
merits careful peru>al. 1t is Il plain. practi-
cal. common sense document, i'll which due at
tention is given to Maine interests and indus
complimened by the Maine papers. but has
attracted the attention OF the press outside Of
this State. especially that portion relating to
Names financial condition. Few States can
make better showing. The bonded debt has
been reduced from S4,l,S,1l5 two years ago to
S3.439 500 gain of S73S 80. The liabilities of
the counties and towns have also been leSsened,
and, as the Governor puts it, the people have
been reducing state, county and municipal in
dchiedness at the rate of $141 $40 per annum,
which is about one-eighteenth of the entire
public debt, and, at the same time, have been
Increasing the taxable valuation of their estates
al the rate of S24.53, 66e per annum. Will the
population has been increasing at the rate Of
1898 per annum. About sixth of the pop
uiatlon have deposits i'll the savings banks to
the amount OF nearly S33 900 ,000, the sum total
having increased in five years nearly Sl0,000.0O0
The banks are paying per cent. and strength
enln9 their reserve fund. They paid the state
in he last year Sl9l 900 tax, which goes INTO
the school fund aud 81 80 900 in interest TO
their dtpo>itors. In other directions, condi-
lions ami prospects are favorable. For further
details, ami the Governors recommendations
We refer the reader to the message.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15
The Prog. Age CRISIS.

The editor of the Prog. Age has satisfied
himself That the civil service Law does not pro-
hibit removals, but finds a Republican Senate
to be Il stumbling block in the path of hungry
Democrats. Accordingly he attempts to bull
dose that body. He declares that if the Senate
does NOT consent to any and all removal, and
appointments Mr.. Cleveland may see tit to
make. that such d course would be no less
than revolutionary and might produce crisis
similar to that und-r President John ons ad-
min>tration; Il cri>i, which the country would
not want 10 repeated" The Age editor for
gets. or il ignorant III The fact. that the Senate
Is one of The executive branches of The Govern
mrnt and that the President can only make ap-
puintment> ''by and with the advice and con-
sent OF The Senate" Republican Senatt> have
frequently disagreed with Republican Pre>i-
dents to appointments, and while are
confident That no factious opposition will be
made To The appointments of the incoming
President the Senate will of course maintain
aud assert its right to reject any appointment
that it may consider unfit 10 be made. The
talk Of the Age about ii ''cr,i>'' is Ridiculous
The idea that the Senate should lay down its
lawful authority to please Il hungry, place
hunting politician is absurd.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15
Gle veIand's Civil Service Letter.

TO say that, for the moment, Mr.. Cleyeands
letter or civil service reform astonished the
Democrats would be drawing it exceedingly
Mill. TO their comprehension it seemed to i'm
ply that they were not to get any of the offices
after all. 1t was not long, however before they
detected the saving clause, when all the Demo-
cratic papers except the Prog. Age, went into
paroxysms Of delight and approval and char
acterized the letter AS a "manly, frank and
statesmanke" document, thus fgurat1vely hid
ing their heads in the sand and wondering if
any body could any o>tricheS. Our as'ute
neighbor alone has seriously considered the
matter and brought his deliberate logic to bear
upon the situation, until he has discovered and
brought to light the fact that the exception
made of partisan officers will practically work
the removal of all Republicans Whatever else
may be said of this explanation it is certainly
not premature. The fact that Mr.. Cleveland
might have been aware of this loophoe when
he wrote the aforesaid letter has not yet dawn
ed upon the editors mind. Ina>much AS the
power and duty of removal has been fully and
explicitly set forth, we hope that the President
elect will turn his eyes in the direction Of the
Belfast Custom House as soon as convenient af-
ter the 4th of March. as it is evident that this
and its Prospective emouments have been the
cause Of considerable anxiety to our esteemed
contemporary.
In his article on "Shiloh," which will appear
in the February Century. General Grant de
scrbeS the anxious night after the first day Of
that battle. He says: The rain fell in torrents
and our troops were exposed to the storm with
out shelter made my headquarters under
tree Il few hundred yards from the river bank
My ankle was much swollen from the fall of
my horse the Friday night preceding, and the
bru>e was 50 painful. that could get no rest.
The drencbng rain would have precluded the
possibility of sleep. without this additional
cause. Some time after midnight. growing res
tive under the storm and the continuous pain,
moved back TO the g-hou>e on the bank. This
had been taken a hospital, and all night
wounded men We're being brought in. their
wounds dressed, a leg or AN arm am puated. as
the case might require. and everything being
done to save life or alleviate suffering. The
sight was more uncomfortable than cncountering
the rebel fire, and | returned TO my Tree in the
rain
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15

In BRIEF. The executors of GOV. Coburn's
will have voted To give exclusive publication of
1t to the Boston Journal and absolutely decline
furnishing copy for publication to any other
newSpaper.....The President sent to the Senate
Tuesday the nomination of Edwin Sprague to
be Collector of Customs for the district of w al
doboro, ne.....Represenative Slocum has
been Instructed by the Committee on Foreign
Affairs to call up the Senate bill providing for
the retirement of General Grant at the first OPP
portunity. The bill is now on the Speakers
table. Gen. Rosecrans will oppose the bill in
the House. MIR. Slocum will call it up on Fri
...Speaker Carlisle appointed Andrew De
vine official reporter of the House of Represen-
tatives to fill the vacancy occasioned by the re-
cent death of Mr.. Lord.... Capt. X; nders, who
figured in New York politics for nearly fifty
years, and known as the ''War horse of Dem
ocracy," died suddenly at his residence Monday
night.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15

Messrs. Raymond & Whtcomb, the well known
excursion managers, have opened up field
for their deservedly popular tours, and one that
possesses very strong attractions. They have ar
ranged magnificent trip of forty days through
Mexico. The party will leave Boston February 26
and throughout Mexico will travel by special trains
of Pullman palace cars. Wherever the comfort of
the travellers can be enhanced by the employ mcnt
of dining cars these viii be attached to the train.
Not only the City of Mexico, where stop of near
iy a fortnight is to be maize, but numerous other
cities are to be visited, including Chihuahua, Zaca-
tecas, Aguascalienes, Leon, Sao, Guanajuato,
Queretaro, Tula, Pneba, Cholula and Orizaba.
There will be every facility for sight at all
the places named, and many other points of pictur
esque interest. Some of the ancient Toltec and
Aztec ruins will be visited In many of the places
included in the grand round of travel American
tourists are seldom seen, and everywhere in that
country the life and customs of the people are es
sentially foreign to American eyes. Conductors
and guides will accompany the party throughout
the tour, and its members will be relieved of all
care This latter Is feature that will be especial
ly appreciated in Mexico. where IA foreign language
is spoken and where the customs differ from our
own. circular givin. full details of the trip and
many facts relating to the places to be visited may
be obtained of W. Raymond. 240 Washington street,
Boston.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15

NEWSPAPER NOTES. The Lancaster, Pa,
Weekly lnteliSencer was recently greatly i'm
proved in material, makeup and matter, and
aside from its politics it is one of the most
readable papers that comes to our table. 800.
The Eastern State thinks those who have been
expecting that office to be struck by lightning
are likely to wait good while ----.L. Lum
Smith, the interchangeable fraud-pursuer and
country editors friend, has issued the first
number of The Public Herald, which is
modelled on the lines of his well-known
Agents Herald. He says he proposes to make
the year 1885 Il memorable red-letter one in
lis denunciaton of business frauds and per-
nicous literature, let the consequences be what
they may, and Smith is man of bis word.
The Marine journal has changed from Il folio to
a quart0, d0nned new and handsome dress
and is now published at New York.....In 1884
Maine had l3l newspapers aud periodicals.
According to the census of 1850, the aggregate
circulation for that year was l,2l5,5T2; the
amount paid for labor, $3lI COG. and received
natey this does not represent the profits of
the busness....Th very able and exhaustive
sketch of Gov. Coburn's life and labors, which
appeared in the columns of the Somerset Re
porter, Portland Press and Lewiston Journal,
was prepared by Col Y. A. Smith, to whom, as
Il warm admirer of the deceased, this tribute
was labor of ove....The Ratchet, of Washing
ton, ID. c., which did good service for Blaine
and Logan during the recent campaign. is
bright and keen-edged as ever. AK your
newsdeaer for it....The Baltimore Sun, the
leading daily of the Monumental City, has
presented each one of the many thousand
readers Of its daily and weekly editions, with
an almanac for 1855, which, like the paper
itself, is reliable and compacty filled with use
full and interesting matter. The Sun shines for
all.
O'DOnovan Rosa discams the credit of the
earthquakes in Spain. He says he is on terms
Of amity and comfy with the Spanish kingdom.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15
Supreme Judicial Court.


John NJ. Fl tchcr, the Inhabitants of Belfast
Or. Fletcher was city physician of Belfast in 1876
lie was called to solomon Mcfarland, pauper of
knoN, VINO was ill in this city Iii 4 suit between
Belfast ana kno,, for the support Of Mcfarland
Belfast won ,ri recovered the monry being paid
to Harrison iiayforI, the keeper Of the city poor
The yin. claims masmuch as the city recovered
that he should receive his pay from it. The de
fence is That Nh llayforl in his contract with Bel
fast, supports the poor for given sum, and holds
the city harmless IN all suits. an" receives what
NE Guy RECEIVERS from other towns ~ paupcr eases.
lhc money in the Mcfarland suit was paid to Hay
ford and not to Belfast. The pa. sued for money
hrl and received ana he Should follow his money.
raken from the jury AMI goes to law court on re-
port Jersey ltr PIN solicitor Duuton for left.
Thomas II NrlImun IS. John hickey. Parties
I'VE IN Belmont An action f"rirespAs7 upon land.
me pafu'0 ave upon opposite sites OF road
leA'i'n| if'p hali'H corner to J"ldan's corner.
ihrlr AAi0 Are bounded BY the t"N'n road Deft,
has before cor u1tteI ueSpass upon certain por-
uon Of lmd on pin", side nt the road which he
claims rs Hi- on july last ne went upon the and
in question amt drove down a number of stakes
Pin ei,tms the land by possession and by deed
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15

CONGRESS CONDENSED. Jan. &. The Senate
passed Il bill declaring forfeited the land grant
to the Oregon Central railroad and the House
Joint resolution appropriating S50,Go0 for de>ti-
tute Indians. The House passed the pension
bill, which appropriates S59,9l6,000. Jan /.
In the Senate Mr.. MOrrti spoke Al length in
opposition to s0-talled reciprocity treaties hay
ing no possible basis of reciprocity, with in
ferior nations, involving the sure oder Of enor-
mousiH unequal sums Of revenue. The Near
a9uan treaty was reported back from the Com
mittec on Foreign Relations of the Senate, with
4 recommendation that it be ratified. The
senate committee on foreign relations will re-
port adversely upon resolutions looking to the
discussion of commercial treaties with omen
doors. House. The appropriation committee
reported tothe House. Wednesday. the consular
and diplomatic bill appruprlating Sl.l90. 81 for
such service, d reduction of S34 30 from the
appropriation Of the present year. The bin
provides for Consul at Cairo. Buckner- bill
TO suspend the coinage of silver dollars for
three Years was tabled. This di,poses of the
SILVER question for this Congress. Jan. s. In
the Senate Mr. Lapham replied to Mr.. MOrrill's
constitutional points against reciprocity treaties.
In The Alabama contested election case. the
House adopted resolution unseating Mr.. Shelly,
Democrat. and declaring Mr.. Craig, Republican,
elected. The amended Reagan Railroad bill
passed. lbs to -. Every New England mem
Der presen except Mr.. Lowering of Mas>achli-
sets voted against the Reagan bill. This.
SAID MI Reagan when the result was ANNOUNCE
ed, us a fitting celebration of the eighth day of
January" Alter the bill passed several
members endeaVOrcd to secure recognition,
ana GIibu>tellng tactics consumed the rest of
The time until the House adjourned. Jan. Oh.
The Senate discussed the Interstate commerce
bill, but adjourned to Monday without action.
In an executive session the nomination OF
W. ). Schicy to be chief of the bureau of equip
mcnt and recruiting, was confirmed. The
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15

1t will be seen by the petition published in
our local columns that the taxpayers of Belfast
are at last aroused to the magnitude of the evil
by which the county treasury is depleted. The
question is one that concerns all the taxpayers
in Waldo county, and similar petitions should
be sent to the Legislature from every town.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15

ga knowing One" sends us a postal card
from Bangor, to say: 'EX-Judge of Probate
Elliot Walker is prominently mentioned as Il
candidate for the Bangor Custom House, and
he has more friends in this vicinity than Ex-
Gov. Pasted." That ought to be true of every
vicinity
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15

james. F. Legate, a prominent Kansas Pro-
his confidential relations with Mr.. st. John and
without Mr. st. Johns knowledge, he attempt
ed to sell out the Prohibition cause to the
Republican national committee who refused to
listen to the offer.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15

Francis Murphy, the temperance apostle, is
doing good work in Pennsylvania. During an
eight weeks revival in Pittsburg, $4,000 signed
the pledge.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15

When you are being worried to death by Rheu.
matsm, you pray for something to walk right into
your system and capture the strongholds of dis.
ease Your prayer is answered by ATHLOPHoROs.
Says Miss +. e. Mulgon, Spartanburg, S. c..
Your ATHLOPHORos relieved my rheumatism al
once A coiored man who got bottle of me, was
who was confined to bed with Rheumatism was
raised up In two days"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15

Our new county attorney has made good
beginning. Let him continue AS he has begun
and he will make an enviable record for him
self and reflect credit upon the party that elect
ed him.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15

If the Bath Independent will select its but
tons we will stand by it, even though they be
the kind that Night used to pin her mantle.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15

Law and Order, : Boston weekly journal de-
voted to the suppression Of incompetence, pub
fishes in its issue of Jan. 10Th the article from
IA recent number of The journal on The Temper
ance Situation in Belfast, which it SAYS Gem
pha>izc~ the need for better administration and
enforcement Of law in the oldest of the prohi-
bitory States" We Shall publish the comments
of Law and Order in full next week.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15

Wonder what study they will take up at
Harvard in place of foot ball?
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15

The sale of pews at Plymouth Church proved
TO be an Endorsement on the part of the congre-
CATION of the independent stand taken by the
pastor in the recent campaign. n. \. Herald.
AS the receipts fell OF 80 per cent. from last
year it seems to be queer kind of an lin
dorsement.''
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15

REGENTS fogs and rains have spoiled the pros
poets of the Hudson river ice men ana a snort
crop is now predicted. This is good news for
Maine.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15

He became financially emhYrr;,s sp1 about a wear
ago and the property WAS transferred TO his
wife A few weeks sinre tbn Jsht was ciaarad
and he wished to hecomn thn ,ro,,r;ato,. of the
propcrty. but hi, wife refused to lurn if over.
At the sumner Fable Wednesday nioht as Mrs
Stacy states. her husband insisted Unon his de-
mand using threatening lauouaop Fearino.
violence Mrs Stacy arose from The fable and
from n drawer in Inc rantry adioinino the
kitchen took A revolver that waS Kent IN her
for defence, as the house was unite a distance
from any residence. She states that he took
hold Of The barrel. when me veanon was dj..
charged the bIlIat enferiur the Ieft side Of his
head near The ear. killing Kim Instantly.
George. Reed 4 younG man emt,lnvfd bv the
deceased notified sheriff Hnllon aud Chinf of
PHI. RHO, If In. ..+,:i, ,I tha,' ,,,,,7a,l u
to ih. hou,e MIR. Sfary was or,atlI ayitsreI
when the officer. arrived 4Y.l made = st4tn,nent
as above. The revolver VA fnunJ in the yard.
a few feet from the ho,,>, the boy Reed bavinot
found The revolver near ~tat.,.s bojy. ana in his
excitement. threw il OH Of doors 4 rnroner,~
i,,,,,e>t ~ haId ThnrSl III r.lilen. !. II,
cbtro.. ,f an otticrr h,,t no mrs.. have b.am
made Deceased was ,tho,rt RI yr.r, nII Win
several tbiI,Irpn and HI VIII. WI, ! t.v y.ars
yaunorr The iurv returned a verdict th.t th4
sbootino ya, accidental
MAINE HISTORICAL 500 lei \.
The following papers were read at the session
Of tbr Maine Historical Society. in Port and,
Thursday afternoon The report of the libra
ran aud cab net keeper. Mr.. Ii. W. BRYANT Of
Portland; Thc Ahori2inc> of Maine by Edward
II EIWtll, esq. of DCerinE. The VOYAGE of
GEORGE WryrnIlfh iii 1902 in Search of a
Northwest Passage to India, hy Rev. H. :. Bur
rage. II. H.. Of Portland: Biographical sketch
of John &. Detue of Portland. and brief men
tlon Of h> services III connection with the
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15
A Stroke of Economy.

The southern Democrats are charged with
defeating the Mexican pension bill and its
Senate additions. Give them credit for an ex-
ceilent stroke of economy. The lowest esti-
mate we have seen of that bill is that it would
take out of the treasury twenty millions year.
The total expense to the government is esti
mated at two thousand millions. or more than
the national debt. This pension bill was the
only one by which southern men could profit
The Mexican veterans are largely southerners
The fact that the southern Democrats voted
against it shows that they have virtue to resist
temptation. We hope that they will continue
to oppose anv additions to our enormous pen
sion list which already exceeds the aggregate
of AL the pension lists of Europe.
This sounds very well but it only tells half
the story, and evidently the intention is 70 de-
ceive and mislead the public These Southern
Democrats the Herald praises SO avshly pass
ed the Mexican pension bill and sent it to the
Senate. The latter body left the original bill
intact, but added thereto, in the way of amend
ments to existing pension laws, legislation in
the interest of the Union soldier, their widows
and orphans. Rather than accept these amend
ments the Southern Democrats have killed
their own bill. If they could have got it
through the Senate without amendment they
would have done 50, and are of course entitled
to no credit for their >O-called ''stroke of econ
omy."
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15

General Butler has sued the Boston Herald
for $4,000 damages for libel.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15

Belfast parties enjoyed ice boating at the ponds

v The overseers of the poor say they had so
many calls for charity as at the present time.
Messrs Bradford & Cove, of Lewiston, have
leased the second story of E. c. Hilton's store, and
will open a laundry here.
1.-The cost of collecting the revenue at the port of
Belfast for the year ending June 30, 1856, is est
mated at 1892; at Castine, $4,4G0.
The Morrill, Cooperative store Association, Nor
ri Me, has failed, with liabilities of about $500,
and nominal assets of about 5000 IN stock II is
considered probable that affairs viii be adjus tet in
Insolvency. Boston Herald
~ remarkable coincidence is noticed In the DEATH
by drowning, of the late Samuel simpson There
were four brothers in the family and all have been
drowned. Samuel was the last of the four
The petition for charter for new bridge across
our harbor, mentioned last week, has been
abandoned The required notice to the public W.
not given, and It is too late for ne present
legislature.
Mr.. z. J. Morrison, now in This city, Informs Il.
that the school census of Philbr0ok, Montana the
town which he founded shows 100 pupils and that
the school money allowed is s9S! So Philbruok
stands fourth in the county in the number of pupils
Mr.. Il G.. Dyer fell down stairs when coming out
Of the Baptist church last sabbath. His most .eri-
Gus injury was the swallowing Of "a tooth pick
Prog. Age.
The above is a. correct rs the follow ing. JOIN! :
Fernald fell over tpoth-pick last SUNDAY iii.
most seriou, injury was the swallowing Of the Bap.
list Church.
THE MARINE RAILWAY The Stockholders Of TIE
new Merchants Marine railway held their annual
meeting at the store Of swan q s.bIcy Bros. one
DAY last week The following were elected direct