The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-03-25
Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
THE MAINE DELEGATION AND THE LABOR


The Maine correspondent of the Boston
journal has received letters from prominent
Maine republicans expressing views on the
labor topics mentioned in the recent interview
with Hon. j. X. BodWell.
Senator Frye wrote: '''Hhe republican party
was brought into existence in the interests of
the rights of man, and especially to improve
the condition of men who labor. Its whole
contest with slavery was so inspired, and the
result certainly has marvelousy promoted the
dignity of labor. / believe further that the
republican party can well afford to announce
as its principles any proposition the support of
which its conscience dictates. AS to the special
labor propositions to which you call my atten-
ton, in my opinion the party need not hesitate
to avow itself in favor of IL ten-hour law, for
weekly payment of wages, for prohibition of
the employment of children under twelve
Years of age. against arrest and Imprisonment
for debt, except in cases of fraud, and for eX-
emption of wages from attachment by trustee
process. Good and to me satisfactory reasons
can be given in favor of all these propositions"
| Senator Hale saws: "W henever the republi-
can party fails in its duty toward the interests
of labor it will become a new and different
party. 1t came into being because free white
labor demanded an organization to represent
it, and ever since ii has drawn its recruits
from the ranks of labor and has faithfully tried
to protect them. With reference to the ques-
tions you ask me, my mind is clear. The ten
hour law would be a wise enactment, and do
not see why we should retain longer upon our
|
| OF the Representatives only Mr.. Miiken has
officially expressed any opinion either for or
| against the sentiments expressed by Mr.. Bod
well. He says: ''The propositions laid down
and the sentiments expressed by Mr.. Bodwell
| meet with my unqualified approval. The
abolition of Imprisonment for debt is in the
line of an enlightened and humane civilization.
| What Mr.. Botlwell says of the ten hour law
| and trustee process is timely and wise, and
| what he saws in regard to the labor of children
fD tn Holt
of every one who desires the welfare of the
present and rising generation Of Americans"
A NEW MAINE PRODUCT
The Haskell silk mills at Sacrarappa have
Just placed upon the market a new style of
| SILK dress goods, which has been received with
great favor. They are called the Mikado
striped silks, and are in appearance silk seer
sucker. n large number of combinations of
colors are manufactured. and though their
| samples We're sent out to silk dealers through
out the country only about two months ago,
| the large number of orders received has COM
| PEELED the firm to stop manufacturing gros
| grams and give their entire attention to the
| Mlkaoo>. Al the present time about 10000
| yards are being manufactured per month. The
| Haskell silk Company is one of the few silk
manufacturing firms in this country which
| performs all the branches of work necessary in
the manufacture of silk dress goods from the
| raw material. new finishing machine has
| recently been purchased by which they are
enabled to considerably expedite their orders
WATER WORKS.
| PrcSquc Isle is to have water works. AT a
| recent meeting the town voted to pay S315 a
year for twenty years for the use Of five hy-
| drant>, and to exempt from taxation for the
| same length of time all property of the Water
| Company, msuring the construction of the
| works the coming summer. Water will be OBJ
tanned from the Kennedy brook near the vii
| lage y. Il. Forbes, engineer for the Iioulton
| ton Of the Presque Isle works.
The Calais city government has finally decitl-
| ed the water works question by accepting a
| proposition to build the works. The company
Is to place eighty hydrants for fire protection
| and 10 furnish all necessary water for city puI
| poses for the sum of three thousand dollars per
| year. This sum about equals the cost of the
| present lire department, and the yearly building
| and Improvement of reservoirs The present
| steamer will be sold at the first opportunity
| Immediately after the works are i'll operation,
| says the St. CroiX Courier.
A DEMOCRATIC p. NJ. ON HIS MUSCLE
| {. NJ. Hilton, of Industry, the newly appoint
ed postmaster at Vests Mills, was arrested by
| Deputy Sheriff Sylvester of Farminyton and
| brought before Judge Chandler in the Farming
| ton municipal court, "Wednesday afternoon,
| March 10th, on charge OF assault and bat
terry preferred by DR.. VIM. c. Hatch Of In
du>try, the we'll known newspaper cores
| pondent "Nemo,' and author of the history of
| Industry. The prominence of the parties and
| the notoriety of the affair brought large num-
bers OF the citizens Of Industry and Farming
| ton to attend the trial The assault on the
doctor was made i'll open town meeting Mon
| day, when he was il candidate for supervisor
of schools and during the voting for that office.
| Hilton had been elected treasurer Of the town.
| After an exhaustive hearing Judge Chandler
pronounced Hilton guilty
MAINE PEOPLE ABROAD.
| At the annual reunion of natives Of Maine
| III W NorceSter, Mass, recently it was reported
| that the association numbers over 100 MEM
| berS, and that many more residents of the city
and county are entitled to membership. Wor-
| ccSter is only one out of the hundreds Of Amcri-
| can cities in which natives of Maine are plenty
as backberries; and yet the thouyhtless laugh
| at Maine because her population does not in
| crease more rapidly. If the population which
| the Pine Tree state has contributed to the rest
| of the Union should return to the Old home
| some day ii would make a biz job for the
| Name census cnlimeratOrS i'll 1880. but the
other States would lose Il large part of their i'll
| tell@ence, wealth and enterprise. Portland
| Advertiser.
| HURT HIM GRIENOUSLY.
In one of the seaport towns of Maine there
| lives llaf-Witted young man, who was once a
bright, intelligent lad, but the frequent recur-
| renee of fits had affected his brain and made him
partially foolish. Some of his quaint savings,
| however, are laughable, and are widely quoted
| in the town where he lives.
ON one occasion he was grandoquently re-
ating to several young men how he had van
| 4ulshed an aSSailant in fight in Belfast.
He had told how thoroughly he had clicked"
his man, when one of his hearers inquired:
| did you hurt him much Coggie?'
TO which he drawingly replied:
''ll-u-r-t h-i-m W-a-a-, g-ll-e-s-s HURT
him! | hu-r-t him SO they had to kill him Y
RAILROAD MATTERS.
| In fr,
| Melrose Mass, was in Skowhegan, March II,
| i'll the interest of the proposed railroad from
| that town to Moosehead Lake. He represents
Il syndicate that is prepared to build the road
| the coming summer if they can secure sufficient
| encouragement from the subscriptions to the
| Athens railroad.
AT the annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Bangor and Piscataquis railroad in Bangor,
March IL, new board of directors We're
| chosen Resolutions expressing the satisfac-
ton of the stockholders with the careful man
aSement, during the past nine years, of Hon.
| Moses Glddlngs, the retiring President, was
| passed. AT a subsequent meeting of the direc-
tors. Hon. William b. Hayford was elected
| President.
| A "NoVELTi" IN THE FISHING BUSINESS.
The steamer Novelty of Portland, arrived at
| Gloucester, recently, and began to fit for south
mackereing. She will carry tifty-two men and
four seines; three seine boats will be fitted
with steam. The seine boat, built in Glouces-
ter, is so constructed that the seine will be
played ovegthe stern, and two men who threw
it in the water will be dispensed with. The
seine will be pursed by steam. All modern
appliances used This is the first of the
kind ever used on New England mackerel
fisherman. 1t is also the largest crew and the
largest number of boats and seines ever carried
by one vessel in this fishery
| AUGUSTUS NEW PUBLIC BUILDING.
Mr.. Thomas Lambert, superintendent of CON
structon of the new public building at Augusta,
with Mr.. j. H. Manley of that city, had con
versation last week with the secretary of the
treasury and supervising architect of the
treasury department and agreed upon the plans
for the new building at Augusta The plans
have been prepared for a handsome building of
granite with suitable accommodations for the
post office and United States courts. The build
ing will be handsome addition to the city.
| CIGAR MANUFACTURING IN MAINE
There are fifty-one cigar factories i'm the
State, furnishing employment to about one
hundred and fifty persons. In the year 1888,
4,36S,S12 cigars were manufactured, and ,223,
$50 cigars We're sold, paying to the United
States a tax of $12,610.65; 101, ,125 pounds of
tobacco were consumed in the manufacture of
these cigars. or % 5-l0th pounds of leaf to each
one thousand cigars. The value of the cigars
sold can not be estimated at less than 1926, 900
| IN GENERAL.
The town of Ripley is this year out of debt