The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-10-01

Bowdoin College has fortv-one Freshmen.
Mr.. Blaine viii remain in Auol,ra elurino the
winter.
The AroostoOk county uaperS are still aoita-
ting the direct line.
Large game are renorted very nlcntv in the
vicinity of RangeIey Lakes.
Elisha James. ucn,ioner of 1872 died i'm
Oakland last week At the lge of 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grin CGlror,l of tarmjru.]ala
celebrated their golden wedding Srntemher Is.
Emery Gctcheli Of Thoma>ton. aged IS wears.
wasf5und cead in bed Thursday morning from
heart disease.
The twent,-eghth annual session of the
Grand Lodge |. O. G.. T. of Maine will be held
Oct 5 at Ellsworth
The largest establishment in New England
for the artificial batrhna and raising Of poultry
i at Clover Farm. South Eliot.
II0ulton's big boy is wears aud ) months
old, feet and II inches in height and weighs
JOG lbs. lie is clerk in grocery store.
The ice work, of Trott Il Baker at Mountain
Pond, Boothbay, burned Thursday night. The
houses were filled with ice Insured
The Centennial Committee of Parsonstield
find they have 500 over and above expenses
and have voted to publish history IF the town.
The store of Edgar Siackpoe, ThomAston,
Was burgarized Wednesday night The bur
glars gained admission through back window
10y taking GU the glass.
The house of Mrs. Louise Cloudman at Dav-
ton burned AT 10 o'clock Thursday night. Loss
$500: partially insured. Supposed to have
been inceDdi1ry
Mrs. Jane ). King. a middle aged lady shop
ping in Owt n. Moore q Co.'S Thursday morn
ing, died suddenly of apopexy. She leaves
one child.
The closing races at Machias Park Thursday
were well attended. The Sweepstakes was
won by kehoe'> horse Ell Bonne-s, formerly
Pomp. Time 2.34!.
Maine raises annually million bushels of
corn; TWO aud "A quarter million bushels of oats.
three quarters of million of bushels of wheat
and a quarter million bushels of barley.
1t is estimated that fifteen million feet of
lumber will be hauled to the south branch of
the Dead River this winter This will be the
largest cut ever made III one YEAR
1t is worth noting that both the new superin-
tPndent and HE new inspector of police of Bos-
ton came from Maine The Pine Tree State
has sent lots OF good men to Boston.
Maiie's potato crop. this year, is worth eight
millions of dollars. The potato crop of this
State is worth six times as much as its apple
crop.
Miss Blanche Willis Howard and her sister
Mrs. Marion l., Smith, after brief visit 10
their father III Bangor, sailed for Hamburg on
the steamer Werra yesterday.
ID. ii. Holman of Lewiston, who has served
the Grand Army of HE Republic as Assistant
Adiutant G. neral. is prominently mentioned as
Gen. Halls successor a. Commander.
During the summer the Rowdon College
library has been increased by four hundred
volumes, three hundred of which were present
ed by the family of Roy. DR.. Packard.
Theodore Blake and Lucius Rankin of Fail
River aud Augusta, Me-. respectively, We're
arrested at New Bedford Thursday afternoon
for swinding. A set of loaded dice was found
on Blake.
Samuel Cushing barn iii Wesley was burned
Tuesday night, with 10 tons of hay, a horse and
wagon and tools. Loss, 500; no insurance.
The fire is supposed to have been incendiary.
A few days ago a gentleman visiting the Old
Indian grounds at Norridgewock dug out from
the earth silver crucitiX about six inches in
length. 1t will be added to the collection of the
Maine Historical Society.
The annual meeting of the Maine Pedagogical
Society of which Rev. A. l.. Lane is President
and Prof. Il. w. Hall Secretary, will be held at
Wateryiie Oct. 10 and Il, beginning on Thurs
day evening and closing Saturday noon.
According to the kennebec journal. Mr..
Thomas, who so narrowly escaped violence at
the hands of mob in Gardiner Saturday night.
is not a special State constable for the enforce
ment OF the liquor law, as first reported. but an
agent of the Law and Order League.
Clark Foss. one of the most famous of Cali
fornia stage drivers, who died recently. was a
native of Maine, and at one time a resident of
Machias. He had driven stages for years over
the Sierra Nevadas. and only once lost bis
nerve, in an accident when ayoung woman was
killed.
The fine farm buildings of Rosendal Jacob of
Mt. Vernon, with all their contents, were burn
ed to ashes Wednesday afternoon. The build
ings were built about 10 wears ago by Randolph
Towle at a cost of $4,000. One yoke of oxen
were burned.
The Houlton Water Works are fast approach
ing completion. The main pipes are all laid.