The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-09
Name Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.
TWELVE YEARS A HERMIT.

NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
TWELVE YEARS A HERMIT.
Daniel Smith. of East Machias, Me-, pass
ed through Cincinnati, Ohio, recently for
home. having in charge his brother, Capt.
Lorany Smith, whom he had discovered
on farm near Waco, KY, living as her
nit in a Slab hut, six by four feet. He es-
capped from his home in Maine about twenty
wears ago while demented, and had not been
heard from since. He came TO the neighbor
hood where found about twelve years ago, and
had lived in his hut ever since, occasionally
working for the farmers, but mostly subsisting
on berries, nuts and what game of all kinds he
could get by hunting. He was pleasant and
agreeable, a great favorite with the children,
and from expressions dropped had been sail
or and had visited many foreign countries and
also lived among the indians But his identity
he never disclosed. nor it was ever suspected.
He has been repeatedly written up as a curio>l-
| ty by newspapers. One of these descriptions
! fell into the hands of niece lately, and his
family believed it to be him The Postmaster
at Waco, Ky, was written to, and his replies
| confirmed the suspicion Last week Daniel
Smith went ON TO Waco. He knew the dement,
| ed hermit to be his brother, but was not recog-
nized by the latter. All inducements to return
! to Maine were of no effect till he was asked to
come back to attend to his property, of which
he left considerable when he consented. lie
! suffered himself to be cleaned and donned de-
| cent suit of clothes. and on Friday sat down .
dinner table for the first time in 20 years.
| Daniel Smith says his brother was sea captain
who made voyage to Europe, and afterwards
was in the lumber business in Minnesota and is
| supposed to have lived for the first eight years
| of his disappearance among the Sioux. His wife
and grown-up family in Maine eagerly await
| his return. Why he drifted into Kentucky can
| not be conjeclured.
BOwD0IN COLLEGE.
An effort, with every prospect of success. is
tt. lac iittHp Ia ella o
ed, brick gymnasium for Bowdoin the present
season. DR.. d. A. Sargent graduate Of 20,
director of the Hemmeuway G! mna>ium al
Harvard, and one of the leading advocates of
| phy steal culture in th, country, has gener-
ou,y offered TO furnish such structure with
| the latest and improved apparatus at bis own
expense. The proposed building will cost al
| least $4,000. Nearly one-haIf this sum was
! condtionally promised about two Years ago.
1t is believed the balance can be raised within
| the next three months. The College faculty
| have headed the new subscription list with
thousand dollars and if the friends and alumni
| of the College will unite in this effort a long
! felt want OF The institution can be at once sup
| piled.
The senior and junior appointments are
| Farr, Butler Davis, Dunham, Ford, Morton,
| Peters, Whittier, from 50, and Z. A. Davis,
| Parker, Stackpole and Wentworth from ST.
The course Of lectures by Edward Stanwood,
| 81, have proved very interesting, and have
| been well attended.
The Longfelow number of the Bowdoin
| Orient necessitated an issue of 1900 copies.
MAINE MILITIA.
The number of enrolled militia. between the
ages of IS and 10, liable to do military duty is
| 81 So. The militia consists of a commissioned
| officers and 500 enlisted men, organized as
! follows: Two regiments of infantry of eight
| companies each, one unattached Infantry COM
| pany (F'rontier Guards of EastporD and one
four-gun battery of light artillery, composed of
| b., rl,,,l, Lirst
| Brigade Of volunteer militia. The reserve
militia consists of five companies of infantry,
II officers and 230 enlisted men. The term Of
| service OF three companies expired during the
| year, follows: Saco Rifles, Calais Light In
| fantry, The 'Leavitt Guards" Eastport, term
of service expired February, 1883. The reserve
militia are supplied with arms and equipments
only by the State. uniformed al their owl Y
| pense. The Brigade organizations, which WAS
| perfected i'll 1853, upon the recommendation of
| General Chamberlain, was a good one, and
| establishes the fact that the compact form of
the organization is the best and only one hat
| should govern the Volunteer Militia Of the
| State. The total amount expended for mill
tary purposes during The year 1884 was
| Sl0,2l6.01
| SULLIVAN NOTES
Its rumored that Nahum Hill, of Bucksport,
| is soon to build Il summer cottage here on the
| street leading To the steamboat wharf.
| 1t Is estimated that there are about loo car
| goes OF granite AT the different quafrles above
sullivan la!is READY lor shipment. hoou' ~
men are now employed, which folce will be in
| creased a> soon as the spring opens.
Inc school mouse ana nal III Llstrlcl NO. =
| IS soon 10 DC eharStu ana tn'ireiF Iei'teu'
Mf. Johh j. Emery snip broker, ol boston,
| VINO WAS loIlherlN areSioenl OF thls pace mas
donated $500 towards the repairs, besides fur
ni,hing hard pine floor boards for the two
| floors.
| AT the st. John Hotel the greater part of the
I h.I,n hoo nfg and ll,nr nf
| private families here have received applications
! from Influential parties for board during the
heated season. Among those who will be at
| the 81. John the coming season are George
| Shepherd Page and femy. of Stanley, n. j.
who spent The summer of 1888 in this place,
| and Piyson Tucker and party of Portland.
ouk AffLEs ~ HE FAIR
At the New Orleans Exposition Maine dis
plays one hundred Varieties of apples, and this
fruit has, even under adverse circumstances,
taken three premiums, VIZ: For best plate Dan
| Ver> Sweet $500; for best plate GraNen>tein,
@o-oo' 10! pes' P'ate hiis VI loAPhl 3''oo
| been ,biuntd "a ~ to have arrived at New
| Orleans only A few days before The examination
| bv the committee ,iudoubtedlv they would
| have ra,aiveI several more nr..Iniums As il
was they arrived about A month before being
| nIac4d on exhihition. and. as There WAS no
cold storage provided al that time, the damp
warm December weather told frarfulIv on vii
the fruit and many large and beautiful Spec-
men, were badly decayed before they could be
placed ON exhibition. Those that were in the
Horiirutural Hall have kent better than those
left ont. and after more than two month. on a
table in a warm building are many of them in
GOOD condjtion. The King of Tompkius ap-
| hears the briohtest and best of All.
| ED1C.TJ0SAI.
The next mee,ino of the Maine Pedagoqical
| Society viii he hplI in R.npor Nav IA 10 I6Ib
| p.ners and address. will he oivtn hv proni
| nent ednr,tors Of 1he State Frhe subjects Of
Li,russion win he Aloehra. Geoeranhy. Moral
| Instruction 'i,he HIgiene of the Srhonl Rnon,
| me ITse Of the Ini.1ination IN Teaching. and
other tnni.s Of nr.rl7,.al valne, If seynertrd
that on Friday evrnino an address viii be piycn
hy Han. l. III. DrIimmond. of Portland. on
..frhe Education Demanded by Modern Busi-
ness Mrthod. ;, Arranoemrnts are making for
reduced rates Oh railroa,ls and at hotels, Free
entertuiument viii he nroyided far ladies. who
| will please notify Miss Mary l.. Snow. Bangor.
of their purpose to attend. A full attendance
IS greatly DESIRED
THE RAILROAD TANES.
The folIowino taxes have heen assessed Inv
the Iiovernor md Evarnttve Cnnnrj ar.inst
The railroads Of The SIate. Grand Trnnk sl1.-
-5S o3. R,ngor ana piSr,t.1nis s3,o 81. Rns-
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