The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-03-11
Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER TIE STATE.


NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER TIE STATE.
ARMY CONTRACT SURGEONS.
In the House, Mr.. Milliken introduced the
following bill for the relief Of contract sur
geonS of the late war;
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Re
presentatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the provisions and
benefits of section four of chapter eghty-one of
the laws Of the second session Of Thirty y-eighth
Congress be extended as TO embrace and in
clude contract surgeons of the late war.
There seems to be no good reason why the
bill introduced by Mr.. Milliken for contract
surgeons should not pass. We learn from the
Surgeon Generals office that there were seven
thousand contract surgeons in the service of
the I. 5. army during the late war They per-
formed the same duties i'll hospitals and in the
field and We're subject to the same military dis
cpline as the commissioned officers of the med
zeal department. Therefore we can see no rea-
son why all acts of Congress relating to extra
pay, bounty or pensions Nc, for officers and
soldiers should not also embrace contract sur
"cons of the late war. Mr.. Millilen is the first
member to introduce any measure of this kind
and it will probably pass. AnSon Advocate,
Dem.
A PITCAIRN ISLAND DUG-OUT.
Capt. Herbert II. Williams of the ship st.
Paul. in one of his voyages to Maine from San
Francisco. brought from Pitcairn Island Il boat
or dug-out made by Mr. Young, one of the in
habitant> of the island. for Captain Williams.
The boat is made of two logs of native wood of
the island, placed side by side and then dug out
The boat i, well modelled and is 16 - feet long.
- inches wide, and II inches deep, weighing
14J lbs. \ piece of timber is placed athwart-
ship with chance to step jury-mast The
boat Is an object of curiosity as the work of the
interesting people Of Pitcairn Island. 1t has
hh,n ant h,. M.,in ixtn rit.ul i,t,
Dr. II. G. Levcnsaler of ThomaSton and placed
in the cabinet Of the City Building.
THE EIGHT HOUR LAW.
Congressman Milliken and Dmgcy made ar
gument> Friday forenoon before the House
claims committee in favor of the bill of the
Knights of Labor adjusting the accounts of la
borers and mechanics under the eight hour
law. The bill is for the payment Of workmcn
employed under the 50 called Is per cent. law
for the time employed over eight hours a day
after the passage of the eight hour law. hey
advocated the payment of the claims on the
ground that the government should keep its
contracts and having made eight hours a legal
days work they should pay extra for all the
time employed over that Just as any private
corporation would be compelled to do.
THE DINGLEY rIIorAGE BILL.
After a sharp opposition by the Pilot Lobby,
Mr.. Dingley succeeded in getting his potage
a vote of seven to five. The bill if passed will
be of great service to the Maine coa>tin@ trade
a> il practically relieves them of compulsory
pilotage fees in those southern ports which
still compel vessels To pay pilots when they do
not use them. The New York pilots attempted
but when ii was found they were Il monopoly.
every member of which earned nearly three
thousand dollars annually by compulsory fees,
the labor organizations refused to be used for
amy such purpose.
BATH SHIP BUILDING.
The New England Ship Building Co., of
Bath. has recently had printed i'll circular
form list Of the entire number Of vessels
built by itself and its predecessors (Gos> Il
sawyer. and Go>s. sawyer x Packard), from
which it appears that the first vessel built by
the company was the John Crookcr, Feb. y,
1866. of 2OS tons burden. Since then till the
close Of 1850 the company has built 1ol Schoon-
crs. 3 of them being fitted with steam, brig>,
10 barque>. of them fitted with steam, ) bar
ge>, >loop. . ships, yacht, barkentines,
one of them fitted with steam, steamers and
steam tug, total of 1876 vessels.
THE REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
4 meeting of the members OF the Republican
State Committee was held March :. at the
rooms of the Committee i'll Augusta. After AN
informal discussion it was decided to hold the
next State Convention at Lewiston. Thursday,
y Hht SIN. ne lOiIONlllg ba>lS ol representa-
ton WAS agreed upon: Each city. town and
plantation will be entitled to one delegate, and
for each SeNenty-tiv votes cast for the Repuh-
llcan candidate for Governor i'll 1854. an addl-
lional delegate and for Il fraction of forty
votes, in excess of >eNcnty-livr votes, an addi-
tiunal delegate.
LIQUOR AGENCY SALES.
The Biddcford people arc unnecessarily dis
turbed by the report that the sales at their Ii
This is At the rate of $4,000 wear, for Il com
munity Of 10000 people, on both sides of the
river-45 cents apiece. The Portland agency
supplied a population of $4,000 last year with
S20,000 worth Of liquors - cents apiece. The
Biddetorl and Saco people appear to be rcason-
ably abStemouS. Portland ADVERTISER
IN GENERAL.
Hon. G. c. Go>s of Bath, the veteran ship
builder, has gone to Venezuela for few weeks
to look over Il business enterprise.
Dr. y. {. llanlin Of Bangor, is preparing for
publication an account of the dongs Of the
executive committee that had charge Of the
National Encanpmcnt of the &. \. r., al Port
Iand in June last.
Miss Josie B. Crandon, daughter Of Hon.
John H. Crandon, ESP, Of Columbia Falls. has
recently been awarded priZr of 50 at the
Northwest University, ILL.,, for the Best class
defamation.
The Opinion tells of spunky woman i'll
Hope who, rather than be shut up in her house
by snow storms took her team and broke out
the roads herself, then she sent i'll her bill tothe
>clrctlnen for the job and they galantlv settled
There is talk OF building Il line Of railroad
from Pitt>tield, on the Maine Central, to Mon
son. on the Bangor and Pi>cataqui> railroad.
such line would secure Il short route to
Mooseheal Lake.
AT the town meeting in Brunswick March lst
Il committee was instructed to confer With the
din ~ Muinn ('nnti.li railroad and
deavor to secure the location Of the repair shops
at Brunswick
The value of the product of the Lincoln pulp
mill for January, was about $4,000. a carload
of pulp is worth about $1,000. They now en-
ploy about % men, running day and night
crew. English sea coal is used for fuel.
schooner Horace Il. SturgiS, Capt. n. T..
Spear of Rockland, was wrecked on Abaco, one
Of the Bahama Islands, Feb. eth. The vessel
was 5g2 tons, built at Wiscasset in 50, and hail
ed from Augusta. Her commander, Captain
spear, Il large owner, and was partially
insured.
The widow of the late William II. Wander
bilt, will spend the coming summer at Bar
llarbor, with her son George, who is to occupy
the Bowler cottage, ''Devil>tone." Mr.. George
Vanderbilt had the same cottage last season.
Miss Bartlett of Maine. who has been for
years one Of the experts of the Patent Office,
has been dismissed. TO person who inquired
what reason, the answer given by patent
official was that ''she did not have influence
enough Her indorSers Were Senator Frye
and Mr.. Blaine when he was Senator.
A meeting of commercial travellers in Port
land last week organized a branch of the Ma
tional Commercial Mems Association. About
100 signed the call. The following officers We're
elected: President, j. II. Dow; Vice President,
W. NJ. Whitten Secretary, f. 5. Everett
Treasurer, H. II. Shaw.
The lime rock used at the MI katahdin iron
works has been obtained from Rocland. but
the Lincoln News says there is IA quarry ON the
farm of the late DR.. Buxton in Warren which
it is claimed contains certain ingredients not to
be found i'll the Rockland rock which is partic-
ularly adapted for smelling purposes. Last
week two four horse loads of this Warren stone
was conveyed to the works at Mt. katahdin.
A. ;. Libby, postal clerk between Portland
and SkoWhegan has received Il permanent
appointment. +. Otis Gould, clerk between
Bangor and Boston has been transferred to the
line between Bangor and Nanceboro vice b. b.
Merrill. resigned, and J. f. Rogers of Bangor,
appointed between Bangor and Boston, vice
Gould, transferred. Mr.. Edwin l.. Foster will
run between Portland and Worcester.
An English View of the Shipping
Question.
TO the courtesy of our esteemed English con
tumnorur, tbn iyprnooI Inurn,l Of Cn,n-