The Republican journal., 1886-03-04

presented the SUBJECT TO the cOnmlttee on rivers
and harborS, showing the importance of the
Kennebcc river navigation.
IN GENERAL.
Portland will soon be one of the largest sugar
importing cities in the country and has for some
time been prominent in that class of trade.
1t is estimated that there are $4,000 barrels
of winter apples held in kennebec county by
growers. There is no sale for fruit at the pres
ent time.
nominated Cornelius Doherty candidate for
mayor. Mr.. Doherty is democrat, and was
defeated the citizens candidate at the last
spring election.
For the first time in twenty-five years, says
the Rockland Courier-Gazette, Ninalhaven has
not Il demand note outstanding, and is complete
~ out of debt The assets over liabilities are
s.. 1904
f. d. Pullen Il Co., clothing Dealers of Ban
@or. failed recently. The statement of affairs
shows the stock at cost S36.O00 bills recciva-
BILE $1,000; liabilities SCI. 900, of which some
$4,000 is to local creditors, about $4,000 of
this being loans. After some discussion it was
voted to place the matter into the hands of an
investigating committee.
Captain lIezekiah Colby. who died at New
burNport, Mass, recently, was born at Deer
Isle, and was near Y eighty-tWo years old. He
had made many voyages between Bangor and
Ncwburyport. and it is related that on one oc-
caSlOn. his crew being of on a spree, he
brought his vessel Sngie-handed into port.
The grand jury of the United States Circuit
Jeffrey Gerrior. coutain Of the schoonpr Rarrr.
rhr,sd WIN Lrltri IN ui,L inv, hi InS.ai
Dec. 2sth. 1880, off Cape Elizabeth. The de
fendant upon being arraigned pleaded not gull
ty and was committed for trial.
Gen. Anderson, the newly appointed pension
AGENT. viii remove the office from Aup1Ista 10
portI,nd II was established in ,u%,Ist. b,.
executive order. and will he removed by the
same order. me new a~rnt wiIl nrohabIy not
enter Ilpon his ,lutins mil tLr tirsi of AnriI
Iurinn r. piII,hurv NJ II nf Eormiu,,ton
Me-. died in DE Land. FIoriIa, recently of y
carbuncle on the back of his neck. DR.. Pills
bury WA. a nrominnnt citizen of Farminuton
ana for many years a IraJino dru~Gist He
twice served in fhe Maine LEGISLATURE He was
!, brother Of ELnn + Pilj>hurv If Rnston
Asa lirtI,. offset to thc ,loiiu of thp town of
Buxton for the Oldest Mason in the person of
Mr. Emerson Smith. who was made Mason
in 1874 the kennebcc Journal is able TO say
that John ID. Lord. ESD. of IIalIowclI. was
made n Mason in kunnrhn,. Ind,rr in tbe vnar
ISIS. and j. sill one of fine liy,lirst Of thn riti
News i received of q donbln troon1v in
Aroo>took colnty. An old man named Martin
i'm Hamliu Plantation. killed hiswife by striking
her over The head with an axe. and then killed
himself.
The March olla1t.rlv neetino of tbe Maine
Eastern Christian conference wiIl he Lrld Win
the Christian church at Newbur~ Center. com
mpucin~ Friday March 5tb 1SSt NJ 10 o,rluck
4. NJ. and rontinuin~ over sunday. AIl are
invited
Fred Corte, the constable who shot and
wounded Frederick Lee. ot GIrnhurn Ceptrn'
Me. Feb 12ud. was boImd over in Ran~or
Thursday. TO apucnr before thr sunren1c inI-
cial court AT the August term.
Edward Brown Of the Bath Athletic Club has
performed the remarkable feat of swinging