The Republican journal., 1885-05-28

IN GENERAL.
The Knight 'fempIars Of Salem will visit
Moosehead lake in June.
Nathaniel n. Wa,s has been commissioned
as Postmaster at Addison Point
In Biddeford members of the Salvation Army
have been summoned into court to tell where
they purchased liquor.
The latest reports from The river drives are
that the lum5ermen are having hard time on
the streams on account of low water.
Rev. l.. i. Hanscom, of Rockand formerly
of Bucksport, will deliver the Memorial adj
dress al Pittstied, May Both.
The absence of Mr.. n. f. Copp, Collector of
Taxes In North Arson, Is giving great anxiety,
AS there is said to be shortage in his accounts
of $500, which he alone can explain.
Ex-Gov. Long of Massachusetts will deliver
the Memorial Grafton at the Soldiers National
Home, Togus, on June 18th, which is observed
as Memorial Day at the Home.
Mrs. Nesta ii. Holmes, widow of the late DR..
Job Holmes of Calais, died at that place, May
7th. Mrs Holmes was sister of Hon. Hannl-
bal Hamlin Dr. Holmes was native of Ok
ford.
Extensive changes are being made to the
basement of the State House at Augusta
which will greatly improve the sanitary con-
dition of the building and will give the Board
of Health one of the best offices in the build
ing.
On Tuesday there were weighed on the hay
scales at China village, three yoke of cattle be-
longing 10 MT. d. a. w O0uSum OF Augusta,
and their weight per pair was 1900, 4O95, 1873,
respectively, making an aggregate of II, 800
pounds.
The State Fair officers have contracted for
a new grand stand on the State Fair grounds.
The stand will seat 5000 people and give
exhibition room underneath for implements,
five hundred feet by thirty-tive.
The Lilliputian notes a remarkable instance
In Wiscasset-a family of thirteen children, all
living; the circle of brothers and sisters never
4,
arrived at the years of maturity, their average
age being over fifty years.
Drs. Parmenas Dyer and Frank III. Russell,
Of Pennington Maine, have been commissioned
pension examining surgeons for Franklin
county. DIR. George z. Higgins, (Republican),
of Strong, Is retained upon the board for the
present.
Ex-Governor A. P. Morrill, made the most of
his fortune in the Readtied WOODEN Mill, which
he purchased the other day for the insignificant
sum of $1,000. He recently told friend that
his profits from the mill amounted to 800
day for a long time.
The new board of examining surgeons for
pensions for kennebec county was organized
last week by the election of DR.. George Z.
Brickett, president; DR.. George W. Martin,
secretary, and Leander j. Croker, treasurer,
DR.. Lapham, the former treasurer, and DIR.
Webster, the former secretary, having been re-
moved.
The Boston and Maine Express Company,
as rival of the American, will not be started
till October. One of the managers stated that
the reason for the delay is that they can make
more favorable terms with the railroads at that
time.
The recent movements of Colonel Greene at
Sullivan in the interest of the Shore Line road
are indicative that he has not reinquished his de-
termination to carry out the scheme of uniting
Washington county by rail with the outside
world. He is soon to visit the towns along the
and law nf rhcvN 10 l. &
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald says: The friends of Mr.. Blaine
are exceedingly happy over the fact that he
never seemed to be in better health than he is
now. He walks as erect as he did ten years
ago, and instead of the whteness that has
characterized his face for several years it now
has the pinky glow of health. Mr.. Blaine
has almost fully discarded a carriage in travel
ling about the city and can be seen daily walk
ing about In different parts of the city.