The Republican journal., 1886-02-25

| not all the dead Over eight thousand OF those
! who went out during the war perished either
on the battle field or from wounds and disease;
and most of them lie in unknown or distant
| graves. Some, though probably few. lie i'll un-
| marked graves in their own State. The poverty
| which couded their closing days denied them
even the marks whereby their comrades might
| find their resting places. But as their numbers
| grow less the nation appreciates them more.
The rewards of the government and the SYM
| pathy of comrades are doing more each year
| for the AGED veteran. In Maine last year the
veterans of Maine raised and expended for the
| relief of their comrades more than SIX thousand
| dollars. Portland Advertiser.
| THE PROPOSED ELLSWORTH WATER WORKS.
The city government of Ellsworth has under
consideration a proposition from Kinds. Mof-
| felt " Co., for water supply, which the
| American briefly summarized as follows: The
company agrees to supply the city with water
| from Branch Pond at the usual water rates to
| citizens. 1t will furnish forty hydrants, one
| ornamental fountain. water for all the city
buildings and for suitable number of water
| in@ trou9i : or fountains, for an annual water
| rental & $4,000. All plumbing and pipes for
public and private buildings and for watering
fountains are TO be furnished by parties inter
csted, and not by the company. AT the end of
ten wears the city is offered the privilege of
| buying out the company at price to be deter
| mined by appraisers. If the city does not pur-
chase at the end of ten wears, at the end of
| twenty Years either party may cancel the con-
| tract. hilt lDllG is II remains Hntinttltu lIt
city Shall pay an annual rent of $1,000 for the
use Of hvdrant>. etc. The company stipulatcs
that the branch pipes, or distributing pipes,
| leading from the main pipe, shall not exceed
| in the aggregate four and one-ilalf miles III
length.
The annual rental of $1,000, for forty hy
lrante has reference solely to the city proper;
but the board of aldermen demand that in case
the proposition Is accepted. ten additional ny
Lii ' hini' 'rn',lJ ad 300 tn tI,a m
,i ,,t'7 AMI nl If s,,oo in tho a,evrn,r.,to
| ~
BoNDolN ALtMNl'
The annual dinner of the Washington %.
| O. Association of BoWdoin Alumni took place
at Welcker's on the evening of Feb. 10. Some
thirty-liNe persons sat down to the table,
among them being Hon. Hugh McCulloch,
| Hon. l.. ID. NJ. Sweat, senator W. L. Frye,
Hon. W. W. Rice, Judge W. b. Smell, Gen.
| Ellis Spear, Col. j. ii. Gilman. L. ). A., Rev.
J. :. Sewall D. d., John Marshall Brown, Is
| rael kimball and Rev. ;. NJ. Newman. Full
| reports We're made Of the financial condition of
the college, its ORDER general progress and
standing. Letters were fead from ~ -.
| Williamson If Rr1f,.t Me The reuort Of
| Rev r. r.. Howard .l,out the new president
| prof IJvdel was received with ,uthusia,m
| TLr folI0winl officers were elected: President.
| Commodore Uoratio BRIDGE class of 1875 Vice
prrsiIrnt. I.rarl kinL,iI and Judne Wm. R.
| ~nrll. Trr1sIlrnr / \ Whitney. (orrr,uond-
in,F eecrat.,,.[ prof i ~ Chirkeriuo. Record
| mo >nurpt.rt I,,nrs l. Strout
'rbc Bnwdoin Alumni Association. of New
| York. held lis annual dinner in that city Feb,
| ia .mI ,I,.tnd otlirnr> ,S fnlln,y.. President
~ ~ I,'" a. y WI oi'i'oi a. u I-t
| Treasurer Dr + II DilIinmham 4 letter
was read from senator FRYE, of Maine. ex-
| tnm1in,r ro1,,ratul,tions to thr as,ociation and
| ruoruttiny hi> iunbility to attend the dinner
| TIN. STATE 1REASIrHEr
The Aroo,took Republican saws Of the first
! annual report OF State treasurer BurleSh: II
honesty, integrity, and progre>siNeness, are re-
qultd from those holding onlcla posllonS,
then TINS report OF treasurer Buflcl%ll may
| well be reckoned as an able state paper, for by
| ii VIC learn tllat tle taxes are DclllS collctlCu
| With facility hardly ever parallctd; tnc pllblt
| DEBT l. ON the highway TO hnal eAtlnSulShment
| an the loose ends are gathered up, anu the
financial condition Of the State presented III a
manner that all can understand. he COM
| lncnts OF the press upon me lrtaSufCf> lie
| port. are al III one dlrccton-tlilt OF warm
commentator. th> extending even TO those
| opposed to the Treasurer IN politics.
PICTURES OF PICTURESQUE MAINE.
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,,,1 tia Wni' ,.,.,+ mi to;,nd ponnh.,.'i
the paintings represents fisherman cleaning
| fish on the shore, and the waves rolling III be-
XIX ,i,,'' t,, rthU III nn,tbmieC ,l'hv
and two children seated in their own artc>>
positions on the trall>oil' playing with books
t @ ',f,,il, .tu,i 'ajnti,,',. and in yor,
detail and relation show. thought and study
| Boston Transcript.
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intrr,.trd in The sn,,rb rl,at mo- attention Was
paid to the sufferer, but the speaker was con-
the State committees who occupied the plat
| form with him injured in d half-whi>pcr:
| ..Shall 20 on:'' go ON? of course: vou are
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AndrcW Harmon was a Wen known Name
soldier. He fought as well as he couid ana