The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-02

Rutland. W., has year old BABY weighing
70 pounds.
The three selectmen, of Wilmot, n, H., to-
gether weigh 649 pounds.
BaIrios it is said. is marching on San Saliva
dor with fifteen thousand men.
Hon. Jacob Thomson. Secretary of the Int
ror under President Buchanan, Is dead.
EX-CongreSsman Sparks Of Illinois has bean
pointed Commissioner Of the Land Office.
Mrs. Elizabeth Granger, of Pitt,firld. Mass,
if she lives, will be one hundred Years Old III
May.
ba>hfu couple in Stratford, Conn, it i
said have been keeping COMPANY thirty-one
years.
1t is believed that a commission will be ap-
pointed to investigate the Oklahoma question
and report some plan for its settlement.
Serious trouble in the Northwest is threaten
ed. and Canadian authorities expect to be
obliged to put down another rebellion there.
A perfect skeleton. to which was attached a
ball and chain, was lately unearthed - feet be-
low the surface of the earth, near Savannah.
Great desitution and suffering are reported
to exist among the inhabitants of Calhoun,
BraXton and Gllmer counties. West Virginia.
Henry Lloyd. President of the Maryland SEN
ate, will be Governor pro TEN. of Mary land in
place of Mr.. McLane. Mr.. Lloyd is only twen-
t. six years of age.
DR.. Thomas Dunn English, the author Of
Ben Bolt is lying i'll at his home in Newark.
with Il tumor of the throat possibly attributed
to his smoking habit
Thomas j. Brady has assumed active control
of the Washington Critic, which he has owned
since the first few months of his term As assist
ant Postmaster General.
MormonS are unhappy in view of the recent
decision of the Supreme Court, which, while il
say the test oath is not valid, Sustains the val
idty of the Edmunds act
Reports from Manitoba state that many Indi-
an bands rising. Telegraph lines have been
cut and the mails seized by the rebels. Great
excitement prevails in Winnipeg.
The expenses of the Presidents inauguration
We're S4G,500 and the receipts from the tickets.
! privileges. sale of lumber. &C.. about $4,000,
leaving IL deficit Of only about $500.
| Miss Maud Banks, daughter of General n. L.
| Banks, and Miss Emma Sheridan daughter of
| General Mark Sheridan, make their debut on
the Lyceum Theatre stage, New York, on April
| 9th.
Capt. Loramy Smith, retired sea captain,
| disappeared about twenty wears ago and has
| Waco, Ky, and has been taken to his home by
| his brother.
| 1t is reported that Henry Watterson is lead
| ing a revolt in the South against Cleveand's
| Administration. on the ground that the loaves
| and fishes are not given to the faithful who
| helped elect him.
| The constitutional prohibition question turns
| up in >omew hat une Expected quarter-in Tex
as. The Texas House has passed, by "A large
| majority. a resolve submitting the question to
the vote of the people.
| The First Methodist Church, Of which Gen
| eral Grant was a member when a citizen of
| Gaena, H., has forwarded to him words of
| sympathy in his atlcton and assurances of
| prayers for his recovery
The Chicago and Grand Trunk of Canada
and the Vermont Central roads have arraug d
/ for fast freight line between Boston and
| Chicago. Two trains each way daily are To be
run on schedule of ninety hours.
| St. John and New Brunswick are very anX-
| iou- that the line via Mtgantic, Mtttawamkeag
and the New Brunswick railway. connecting
maritime seaports with West, should be built,
and will Use every effort to this end.
| Chas. +. Adams of the Union Pacific road
| says the earnings of the road for 81 will enable
| the company to pay six per cent. dividend
| Gould, Sage and Clark to retire from the di-
rectory and be succeeded by New York men.
Attorney General Garland has decided that
| sated meats which are exported with the beu-
| eft of II drawb back of the duties on the foreign
| salt used IN curing meats, are eniltled TO be re-
| imported free of duty upon refundlng of the
| draw back. This reverses the recent action OF
| Secretary McCuoch in case In point.