The Republican journal., 1888-03-29
Maine Matters.

speaker will be Rev. c. C.. McCabe of New
York; subject. Foreign Missions" Friday
afternoon at the Woman's Foreign Missionary
anniversary Rev. George b. Smyth. lately from
China. Will deliver an address. Friday even
i'm Rev. J. c. Hartzelle u. d., of Louisiana,
will speak on the Freedmen'S aid anniversary.
saturday afternoon at the educational rally.
Rev. +. NJ Smyth. ID. d.. of kert's Hill and
Rev. W. +. Huntington of Boston University
and Prof. {. T. Winchester of Wesleyan L niver-
sity will speak. Saturday evening at the tenn
perance meeting, Bishop {. ii. Fowler and
Rev. DR.. Tiffany will address the conference.
ON sunday at 1870 a. M, there will be preach
ing by Bishop Fowler: at p M. preaching by
Rev. o IL. Tiffany of Philadelphia at : p. M.
the church extension anniversary with address
by Rev. w, A. Spencer of Chicago.
a BIDDEFORp SENSATION.
John Curtis. a fisherman of Bidleford Pool,
and his wife have been engaged in domestic
trouble of and on for number Of Years. 4
short time ago the wife, in whose name the
family bank account was kept, withdrew de-
posts amounting to over $1,000 and went to
live with the family of Thomas Davis. her
hrother-in-aW. at the same time filing an ap-
p!ication for divorce. Curtis has made many
threats against his wife. and has made repeat
ed attempts to get her back home. Early Mon
day morning he went to the house where his
wife was stopping. kicked i'll the door and
made All attempt to get hold of her. but the
brother-in-aw interfered. Curtis ran a short
distance to the house of Orrn Mason. took a
rope from his pocket. climbed a tree and tried
10 hang himself but WAS cut down by Mason
before life was extinct As soon As he recover
ed consciousness he Went to the house of Ma
hum TarboX. another ncighbor. procured
rope. hanged himself from a tree and >tranged
to death before help arrived. Curtis was about
A. years old. He had been hard working
T man and owned property amounting to about
$4,000. His wife was his own cousin. Three
of their children are living.
CROSBY KNEW HIM.
The Dexter Gazette SANS There has been
much talk in the papers of tate, of persons
ability to recognize another after quite num-
Der of Years having elapsed since last seeing
them. Mr.. Crosby clerk at the Exchange. met
Il man on the street in Dexter one day this
week. that he had not seen for - years. When
last they met before this occasion they were
both boys. Mr.. Crosby being II. and the other
man Is wears of age Both. OF course. We're
beardle>s. Crosby wears now no beard but
mou>tache. The other man has long full
beard which i plentiiuily heSprinkled with
gray. pom their meeting Mr.. Crosby rec
o9nized the man. stopping him and says Isn't
this Mr.. Stewart" land didn't you once live in
MontyilIe:' Mr.. Stewart replied "le>. l lived
in Montvillc when WAS boy. but don't re-
eognize YOU After being told who the other
boy" was his memory revived. and the two
became quite animated in recalling their boy
hood days.
Governor Marble made the following nom
nations Friday: Inspectors of Prisons and
Jals. Mark +. Wentworth. kitterl. and m.
ii. Dresser, standsh; Judge Of Probate for
Washington county. J.. q. Downs. Calais;
Commissioner OF Sea and shore Fisheries. b.
". tounce, Thoma>ton: Agent OF Penob>cot
Tribe of Indians, John y. Stowe. Old Town;
State Detective. Thomas +. Allen. Bangor:
Fish and Game Warclen>. John c. Weston,
Waldoboro, Edwin II. Torrey. surry. and W.
a. Henderson. Cutler: Clerk OF municipal
Court H. =. Laughton. lewiston To solemn
ize Marriages. take Acknowledgements of
Deeds and Administer Oath>. Fannie G.. story,
Wa>hburn Trial justices. Peter ii. Mills.
Deer Isle, SylNanu> q. Haskell. Deer Isle. Al
phonSo Rowell. Clinton. Jason Estes. Troy
and James G. Gray. Lubec: Dedim,> justices.
Charles II. Hooper. Casino. and Marcus +.
knight, Rumtord.
THE BOSTON GLOBES "oEIGINAL IDEAS"
The Boston Globe advances some boldly
original idea> about the Republican nomina-
ton for governor in this state. 1t SAYS that
Mr.. BurciGh is the most prominent candidate.
With Fred Atwood. whom nobody in Maine
has heard of i'll this connection. "a good
ond. Other more or los, discussed names are
given. including :. W. Matthews. David Moul-
ion OF Rockldnd. by whom i probably meant
Hon. ID. y. Mortland. Gen. 1i>on. whose
ilenre is given as Hurricane Island. X. l.. Fogg
OF this ely and L. X. Slmollton of Camden.
But the most astounding information given.
l. that among the candidates talked OF are
Howard sway OF Buck>port. who has been
dead several months. and Neal Dow, in prefer
ence to whom the Maine Republicans would
vote for any man of amy party. living or dead.
HE Globe must have wonderful faciliti", for
a>certaining the sentiment among our Repub-
lican friends. Rorkland Opinion.
About PEOPLE.
James G. Blaine. in Il private letter from
Florence to a London friend. states that he
will visit London in May. and reach New York
by the end of June.
Z. {. Strout of JAY, a graduate of Kent's
Hill. in the class of -. is editor Of the Utah
Christian Advocate at Salt Lake City.
The story that there is 10 he change at
Iogus, and that General Banks is TO succeed
Governor Stephenson, is denied at Washing
ton.
Mrs. senator Hale. who has been i'll Paris
the past YEAR educating her sons. is expected
to return this summer.
Mrs. {. W. Goddard OF Portland and .ia;igl-
tiers will 80 abroad i'll May to be gone three
years.
DEATH OF EDWIN MOVES.
Edwin NoyeS the well known railroad man.
of WatcNille. dropped dead in the streets of
Boston last Thursday. He leaves a widow. the
sister of DIR. Bouttllc, of Waterville MI.
Moves was about - wears OF age and was Il ma
tive of Rhode Island, but came to WaterviIle
about % years ago and taught III the college.
ne w d. Elldlh dtlilttl 10 me OAR 1Gactlc-
ed with Timothy Boutolle. having graduated
from the Howard Law School where he be-
came acquainted with Webster Il Choate. He
was associated with George Evans in the IA
nous Coolidge trial and had large arqlIainl-
ance with many of the leading men of his
time. He finally gave up The law for railroad
fnanciering and was the first superintendent of
the Maine Contra up to the time of it. CONSOLE
dation. He accumulated a large fortune.
MAYOR FOSTER OF wArERyILLE.
Hon Reuben Fostor. the new Mayor of
Naterville, was born in Hanover. oxford
county. He graduated from WaterNille College
i'll 1876, read iaw and settled in Waterville In
1898 he represented the town republican
III the legislature and was chosen for three sue
cessive years, and again in 1870 when he was
made speaker. He was Senator from kenne-
bee county and president of the Senate in 1872
The republicans elected him town agent and
secctman. He has been inactive in politics for
several Years on account of local matters. but
always voted the republican ticket, and SAYS he
Is just as much of republican a> ever
\ NOVEL VENTURE.
Bark Hope has recently sailed for Alaskan
waters upon Il venturesome expedition. She
is going fishing and canning salmon. She is
fitted out in The most complete fashion. with
steam launches, seine boats and expert fisher
men. The Hope Is commanded by Capt. j. ii.
kelleran, Jr.. of Thomaston, who has been in
the employ of the Alas ka commercial Company
for two seasons. The Hope goes from San
Francisco to Astoria, where she takes on the
frame for cannery and 80 Chinese labOrerS.
Thence she proceeds directly to Kodiak river,
where she vii! arrive just at the opening of the
fishing season.
IN GENERAL.
Oldtown is making Il strong move towards
having the electric light there
Nathaniel Noyes has been promoted from fore
man to Superintendent of contraction on the
new public building at Augusta.
Hon. o. &. Hall, of Waterville has accepted
an invitation to deliver the Memorial Day adj
dress before the Fred A. Norwood Post at
Rockport.
The Bodwell Water Power Company will
make a very good thing out of its Oldtown real
estate investment according to the present out
look.
The gross earnings of the Bangor & Pi>cat-
aquis Railroad were 5000 more in JANUARY
and $1,000 more in February than in the cores
ponding months of last year.
The State College nine has been invited to
visit ST. John about May oath, and meet their
old antagonists the Nationals. They will pro-
bably accept.
The vestibule cars on the Boston and Mt.
Desert limited express will be of new and ee-
giant design this year, much different from those
of last season.
The city marshalship of Bidleford, over
which there has been much wrangling, was set
tied by the appointment of Benjamin +. Chad
bourne, a lawyer.
The Maine State College Faculty has decided