The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-11-29
Generalities.

Admiral Baldwin, Z. S. n, died in New
York Nov. l,th.
The National Board of Trade will meet mex
wear at Louisville.
Lord Sackville will sail from New York
, shortly. and will 70 direct to Paris.
Mr.. Henry Perry Marshall, New FORK bank
er and philanthropic worker, is dead.
4 scheme is on foot to reduce the supply o.
coal by shutting down all the mines along the
| Monongahela River.
The Cunarder Etruria. which arrived al
New \ ork on Sunday, had one of the roughes,
passages in her history.
The Trustees of Columbia College have de-
cided to establish an annex for women similar
10 that at Harvard College.
Ii is reported that Senator German is arrang-
Ing for Cleveland to be made president of the
b. 4. O. railroad company.
Miss Mary C. Endicott. daughter of the secre-
tary Of war. was married to Mr.. Joseph Cham
berlain in Washington Nov 10Th.
The payments the past fiscal year for repairs
on naval vessels We're sSs5.349. and on the con-
struetion Of new vessels 81, ,266 l95.
The order to shut down simultaneously the
Hour mills in the Northwest suggest the possi-
bilitY OF the formation Of a flour trust.
The story reported from Auckland of the
rescue of one of the crew of the yacht Cythera
is di>credted by the late owners family.
The General Missionary Committee of the
Methodist Episcopal church has appro riated
for Italy - 900; Mexico, S52 900: Corea, S16,-
1O4
Mrs. Robinson is to be imprisoned in the
Lowell Jail instead of the State Prison. Gov.
| Ames having approved Of the action of the
Council.
Dougherty. the loveSick crank who has been
following Miss Mary Anderson. was ordered to
be committed to an insane asylum, but his
friends protest
The Bank of Durham. at Durham, North
| Carolina, has suspended and has carried down
| several large concerns. The liabilities will
foot up SIls,o00.
The sudden formation of ice has caused tie
| detention Of sixty vessels, loading with grain
in the >ea Of Azof. They viii probably be
| laid up for the winter.
Sl5o,000 has been pledged by the representa-
tive> to the Knight of Labor as>ellblage to
| counteract the report that the organization is
on its last LEGS financially.
Residents in Milford. Mass. and vicinity felt
| stight but continuous earthquake shock he
tween 3 and O'Clock Saturday morning, last
| ing from two to four minutes.
keeley, of motor fame, has been committed
to jail for contempt Of court in failing to pro-
ducc the plans, specifications and model of his
motor, as ordered by the court.
Master Workman Powderly. in his annual
report, says the past year has been the most
di>couraginS in the nineteen years of the eX-
istence Of the Knights Of Labor.
The Evening Post. Iri>h-C CanaIian organ in
| Montreal, came out November 18th in favor
of annexation. In leading editorial it critic>-
ed Lord Stanley and his recent non-anneNa-
ton speech at Ottawa.
An explosion of fire damp has occurred in
| the Frederick pit at Dour. in the Province of
llainaut gium. At the time of the eXplo-
sion there We're 81 men in the pit, and only
| three of them escaped.
Jack >plann and ''Ginger" Mccormick. both
| OF Jersey city, fought eleven desperate rounds
on dancing platform near sand>'s Point, L.,
L., at an early hour Nov. 18th. Spiann. who is
! a novice. was knocked out.
President Fitzgerald, of the Irish National
| League. has issued an appeal to citizens of
| Irish descent in the United States for money to
| aid Mr.. Parnell in carrying on his defence
| against the London Times.
The International Range Association. the
| Butchers Protective Association and the Miss
| ouri Senate Committee met in st. Louis last
week. their object being to knock out the
Chicago dressed beef trust.
| Frank G. Smith. forgcr, was taken from
| Waterbury. Ct. 10 New York Nov. 10Th. He
forged the name of Rev. Mr.. Pratt of Brook
tyn, and has also forged cheeks on the treasurer
Of the Prohihition>t National Committee.
Much to the surprise of her physician and
| friends Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe has almost
wholly recovered from her recent illness, and
passes her time pleasantly at her Hartford
home, engaged in her usual occupations.
Treasurer Axwortlly of Cleveland, Ohio.
has written Mayor Babcock, from Montreal,
giving reasons for his flight. He turns over
| all his property and SAYS he has been ruined
| by combination of persons against him.
The New York Herald reports that there is a
scheme on foot to re-appoint Lord SackviIIe
| British minister at Washington under the
| Harrison administration on the ground that he
was sacrificed to meet political eXgency.
At the annual meeting of the Manhattan
Elevated Railroad Company of New York Il
| dividend of per cent. on S26 900 900 was de-
| ciaretl. Jay Gould was elected president
Last year Ill .529,,S9 passengers were carried.
| An ingenious inventor has devised new
| ScreW-half nail and half screw: two blows of
| tine hammer. two turns of the screw driver, and
| it is in lt> holding power in white pine is said
-.
| ing power of the present screw.
Tie British steamer Black Watch foundered
| Nov. 18th, in latitude % deg. north longitude
10 dec. east. The fate of the crew is unknown.
| The vessel was an iron one. of $50 tors, and
| sailed oct. 2'th from Naples for Odessa. She
was probably returning from Odessa when the
| disaster occurred.
\ gang of - rampS attempted to lture a
freight train near Springfield, Mass. Nov.
| l,th, hut We're beaten OFT by the train Lands.
| They then began terroriZin@ the neghborhood.
Six Were captured by the officers. and a seventh
accidentally Shot by the city marshal of Spring
field, who drew his revolver to frighten them.
Steamer FnrncSsia. on her last VOYAGE from
Glasgow to New York, ncountered a severe
storm. which threw the ship so suddenly Oh
her side that many of the passengers We're
| thrown from their berths. some sustaining
| broken limbs and other injuries. The passen-
| gers We're not allowed on deck during the whole
| passage.
From letter Just received from Jefferson
Davis. by President Ashton Stark, of the
Richmond Exposition il seems that Mr.. Davis'S
health i feeble. This letter is dated Beauv DIR,
Miss. Nov. II. and is in response to a pressing
invitation from President Stark and intimate
friends of Mr.. Davis to come on and visit the
| exposition.
The American steamer IIaytan Republic has
been conl>cated in IIayti for violation of the
blockade of the port of St. Marie and for activ.
ity and participation in the rebellion of the
northern district of IIayti. United States ship
Boston has arrived at Port au Prince where her
captain is assisting the United States minister
in investigating the case.
Harrison r. Bel, whose strange disappear.
ance from Derry Depot, \. H., October 10th
excited so much interest and who was suppos
ed to have met with foul play, has turned up in
| is f,pI 10 hat tom nnpra rx
arrangement brought on by business cares was
the cause of his move as he writes that he haC
no intention of going farther than Boston the
day he left Derry.
At meeting of the Directors of the Massa
chusetts Total Abstinence Society recent,
Secretary Jewell in the course Of his monthly
report said ut is a source Of colgratuatiol
that the PreSident-elect is a total abstainer ant
| a consistent member of the Christian Church
and it is to be hoped and expected that the so
cial entertainments to be given at the White
House by the incoming President will be free
| from The Of alcoholic hayerapeS