The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-03-09


the town which will occur next May.
Alfred.
Especial to the Press.]
ALFRED, March Sat the annual town
meeting held here to-day, the Republicans
were successful, electing their whole ticket
as below by 20 majority. Last year the
Democrats carried the town. There was no
contest over the moderator;
Observation-Disclosures NJ Stevens
Clerk-Wile F. Ferguson.
Selectmen, Assessors and OVerSeerS OF the
Poor-Amos L. Allen, James H, Littlefeld, Thos.
G. Hall.
Treasurer-Charles II. Tripp
Agent--CharleS B. Brooks
Auditor-Sylyester Littleheld.
Augusta.
AUGUSTA, March S.-The election for
mayor, aldermen and councilmen in this city
took place to-day, and resulted in the largest
Republican majority ever cast in contest
for municipal officers in Augusta Mr.. Ma
comber, the Republican candidate for mayor
received 1858 votes, and Fuller Dem.) re-
ceived 52S votes, with thirty-fve votes scat
tering. Republican plurality 525. Last year
the Republican plurality was 1853.
Bangor
BANGOR, March s.-The city election to-
day passed off quietly. Hon. E. B. Nealley,
the Republican candidate for mayor, receiv
ed 1923; White Dem.) 1888, Nealley's major
ity AGO. Last year his majority was 126. The
Republican vote fell off from last year 179
and the Democratic vote $40. The Republi-
cans have carried four of the seven wards
entire as usual and have gained an alderman
Inv vi had
been solidly Democratic for seven or eight
years.
Biddeford.
BIDDEFoRD, March 8.--The Democrats
carried every ward to-day and elected their
mayor, Samuel F. Parcher, by 352 majority
over Lucius H. Kendall, the Republican can
didate.
Skowhegan.
SKowHEGAN, March S.-Skowhegan held
its annual town meeting to-day. Abel Pres
colt, s. F. Steward and F. P. Packard were
elected selectmen; Geo. S. Webb, clerk; A.
G. Emery, treasurer-all Republicans. The
treasury of about $4,000.
Camden
CAMDEN, March S.-The largest town
meeting in eight years was held to-day. G.
f. Burgess, Republican, was chosen moder-
ator without opposition. The election re-
suited; j. G. Paul, Citizens candidate, and
endorsed by Democrats town clerk with
little opposition; I. A. Hunt, first selectman,
Democrat majority 90 over J. P. Wellman,
Knights of Labor and Citizens; f. II. Shaw,
second selectman, Citizens and Democrat,
los majority over P. B. Cooper, Republican,
and j. w. Thorndike, Independent Demo-
crat; Daniel Andrews, third selectman,
Knights of Labor, 1870 majority over J. p.
Simonton, Democrat; w. II. Pascal, Demo-
crat, treasurer, 10S majority over J. w.
Bowers, Knights of Labor and Citizens.
Party lines were much broken. The Knights
of Labor nomination was by only one as
sembly, consequently not united. Orris B.
Wooster, Knights of Labor, auditor, also
school committee; Hiram Brewster, (Dem.}
school committee.
LincoInviiie.
The Lincolnville town meeting was held
to-day, and officers elected as follows:
Moderator-G. W. Young.
Clerk-A. w. Knights.
Selectmen-G. w. Young, A. II. Miller, John f.
Agent-G. w. Young
Treasurer-A. A. Knight.
COllectoF-A. j. Cilley.
School Commttee-A. a. Fletcher
The town voted no with one exception to
loan the credit of the county for ten thousand
dollars to build jailer's house in Belfast.
Pennington.
Moderator--H. FL. Richards.
Clerk. w. Merrill.
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kins.
S. S. Committee-Mrs. L. NJ Ames
Treasurer. P. Tufts.
The first and second selectmen, clerk and s. s.
committee are Rennhlican