The Republican journal., 1888-05-24
BELFAST, MAINE, THURSDAY, MAY a, 1888

nual address, He reported the past year TO
have been one in which material growth was
made by the Order. The Grand Keeper of Re-
cords and Seals represented the total amount
held in trust by subordinate lodges, January
| 1St, to Lc $12111I3, an increase Of S9,2S0 over
| last year.
The total membership of the order in Maine
| is 6,S11; total expenditures of lodges for the
year We're S49,372 total assets of Grand Lodge
to date are s2.117, of which S>11 is cash. This
is gain over - year Of Sl3i in property and
1926 in cash. The following officers were
elected: Grand Chancellor, William Warren.
Cumberland Mills Grand Vice Chancellor. W .
II. Edmunds. Bangor: Grand Prelate, Emery
Bailey, Lewiston; Master of Exchcuuer. T..
| G. Milliken, Portland; Keeper of Records and
Seals. J. +. Choate, Portland: MaSterat Arms,
J. NJ. Deering, l'id,leford; |. g.. Freeman
Boynton. Boothbay; o. g., w. Lester Watson.
| kenncbunk.
| MAINE FREE EAPIlSIS.
| The Free Baptist Convention began lis se>-
| sion in Augusta Tuesday morning. MAY 1jth
| Ii was called to order by President q. b.
| Cheney, of Bates College. \ permanent or
ganzation was made by the choice of the fol-
| lowing officers: Chairman, President O. B.
Cheney; Secretary. Rev. }. b. Jordan; Bust
| ness Committee. Deacon Rufus Deeriug. Port
| land; Rev. J. NJ. Bailey, d. d., ii. }. Prebe
| Rev. Il. ii. Stacy, Auburn; Rev. J. b. Jordan,
Augusta. Rev. J. NJ. Lowden, of Portland,
| preached a powerful sermon on "Unty in
Work. which held the close attention of all.
Quite 4 number of prominent members of the
denomination were in attendance.
The object Of the Convention was attained
the second day, by the unanimous passage Of
the following resolution
Resolved, that this convention is in favor of or
ganizing the Maine Free Baptist Association, by
the union of the three quarterly meetings and the
Maine Home Missionary society
Great interest has been shown in the convcn-
ton.
TIE 81. .TE AGRICULTURAL. COLLEGE.
The advent of spring at the State Agriculture
| al College finds every department of the insti-
tuition in a tourishins condition. The new en-
pertinent station building. the funds for which
are furnished by the Hatch bill. will be began
at an early day. About 20 acres of the farm
| are to be devoted to experimental field work,
and several head of jersey and IIoIStcin stock
have been purchased by Prof. Jordan for cx-
perimentS in milk and butter production.
Shorthorns and llereford> are 70 be added.
The departments of agriculture and natural
history will be amply accommodated hv Co
burn Hall. the new building, which is now com
pletcd and receiving the furnishings. The lc,!i-
cation Of the building will occur on Tuesday.
June 26 large basement room Of tohurn
Hall is to be devoted to Il collection of farm
implements and machines for instruction in he
| agricultural course. Farming operations are
much hampered for the want of manure. 10
herd of cattle being kept on the farm since the
slaughter of those infected by tuberculosis.
Commercial fertilizers Will he employed to a
small extent however. and the limited amount
Of dressing derived from the experimental cat
tie kept last year will aid somewhat
THE CLINTON MURDERER IN JAIL.
Charles l.. Bcal. the boy convicted of muir
dering his father. G. {. Beal. of Clinton by
means of poisoned whskey. remains in Jail at
Augusta and at no time manifcstS any evidence
of contrition. lie is kept locked in his cell the
larger portion of the time. although at times
he is allowed to mingle with the other prison.
ers. 81 am living in hopes" said he t a news
paper correspondent. II know am innocent:
that keeps me up. trust that thing will
spring up every day. lis not true that mother
will receive $4,000 in insurance money. etc. by
fathers death. AS stated in the news papers.
She will get 81 900 from the Masonic a>>ocia-
ton and there is 81 900 more coming from
another source which will go to the Youngest
boy. | have got many friends here. and all
the people have been very good to me- Judge
Hall of Watervillc was in Augusta Friday in
conference with Judge Whitehouse and the
Attorney General in reference to the motion for
new trial of Charles Beal. 1t was decided
that the case should remain open till the Sep
tember erm for the discovery and presentation
of facts.
THE NEW ENGLAND SITHUHpISG COMPANY.
Some few days since we published ,i, patch
from Bath. Me-, stating that the New England
ship Building Company proposed to shut down.
The statement was incorrect. Mr.. Il. q. Moses.
President of the.company SAYS:
The New England Ship Building Company has
no intention of ceasing business. We are NOW he
gotlating for some ten different contracts, some of
which we Snail lie likely 10 obtain. The magni-
cent fleet Of vessels now being sent from yard,
comprising the schooners for Captains Bailey
Newbury, Anderson. Rogers and Kelly. the harultr
for Captain Thompson, and the steamers saga
| more, sapphire and Nailanaa, fair samples Of
our work, and as long As such vessels are wanted
we shall be in the market 10 supply them.
We regret that such m>informaton appear
ed i'll The journal. and cannot conceive the
motive in giving to our correspondent state
| ments so contrary to the facts. Boston jour
nal.
DEATH OF GEORGE SrINSoN.
Mr.. George StinSon. Il nephew of James &.
Blaine, died in New York. MAY llth, of pneumo-
MIA, aged 30 wears. He was born in Auburn Me,
| and his father was David ;. otnSon. who with
two of his sons lost their lives in the War of
the Rebellion. Another son was Lieutenant
in the navy. The only surviving member of
the family is Mr.. Walter d. StinSon of Augusta.
a brother of the deceased. Ills mother was
Emily :. StanWood, a sister Of Mrs. Blaine.
George in his boyhood resided in Augusta and
Aliens publishing house in Portland. After
| ward he went to Washington. AMI for ten
years past up to the time of his death, held
the position of Deputy Revenue Agent in New
York. His brother left for New York Friday
afternoon. and the remains We're brought to
Augusta, where the funeral occurred Monday
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SYSTEM.
Slowly but surely the old school district >y>-
TEN is being supplanted by the town system in
Maine The present spring eleven towns in all
have adopted the town system, viz: L!tchield,
Winslow, Byron, York, >tetson. Yarmouth.
Lincoln. Castine, Danforth, Corinna and Med
way, making 1l5 towns in the State which have
taken a step forward in school management.
Many towns have delayed the adoption of the
| town system because of an expectation that
the next legislature would pass law making
the system obligatory upon the towns. Mr.. |.
n. Wadsworth, clerk in the office of Supcrin-
tendent of schools, is now sendin. out new an
Dua reports. Three reports are sent to the
| supervisor or the experimenting school com
| mittee Of every town liz the State.
MAINE STEERS On THE STAGE.
Mr.. |. G. Libby in his cattle market report
| for the Maine Farmer tells of Il notable con
tract entered into by Mr.. ii. NJ. Taft, Of I n
bridge, Mass. Mr.. Taft furnishes a very close
mated pair of Names favorite steers for one
| year at fabulous price. to be exhibited on the
stage in the large cities of the United States.
| Their first appearance is to be in one of the
largest theatres in New York These Maine
| beauties will be exhibited, driven by MIR. Taft.
attached to load of hay, representing the hay
| field and its attendant oxen and hay rack, so
common heretofore in New England but now
| fast passing out of date, to remind city people
who have left the hillside homestead of their
] former childhood scenes around which so many
| fond recOectiOns cluster.
| THE PINE TREE STATE CLUB
At the third annual meeting of the Pine Tree
State Club of Massachusetts. held in Boston
recently, Hon. Hannibal IIamlin, senator
| Frye, Chief Justice John A. Peters. Hon.
Lewis Barker. Attorney General o. y. Baker.
| Speaker &. Il. Litteicld and the newly ap-
pointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
Hon. Melville W. Fuller, all sons OF Maine,
| were elected to honorary membership and Off
GERS were elected as follows: President, John
| ID. Long; Vice Presidents. A. i. Martin. Mnot
| j. Savage, A. A. Strout; Secretary. Dana Es-
ties; Assistant Secretary, +. ID. Irish; Trea>ur-
er. 5. X. Hamilton.
| THE EVANS HOUSE, GARDINER.
| Landlord Rollins is always making improve
| ments uqon his house with Il view to render it
| more attractive and homelike to the travelling
| public, and this time he has given his attention
| to the office. lie will take away part of the
| partition between the office and the lower hail.
thereby enlarging the office considerably. 1t
| will be newly painted, aud will with the new
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