The Republican journal., 1889-06-27

MAINE GOSSIP. The new electric light >ys-
tenn Of Bangor went into operation Wedne>-
DAY jane II, With 20 arc lights of 1000 candle
power, ana II j called the best illuminated city
IN AmeTica.......Ihe strike of Italians on the
Dexter and Pi>caiaquis railroad has enCed.
Governor Burleigh and several Of the council
Iurs visited the State prison Thursday. Nh
harcs Niljiken has advertised The well known
Augusta House for sale al public auction july
23l unle>, sooner disposed Of at private >ale....
MT. Arthur Brown, superintendent of the Ban
gOr and P>cataGui> Railroad ha> resigned. and
will retire from the position a. soon as his sue
ceNsOr l. Se.c.'tci.....Ihe workers III the steam
saw mills al Bangor Thursday. struck for a re-
durtou from II to II hours Der .....The
NOnan'> state Relief Corps. G.. A. r.. at The
meeting in WateryiIle last week, selected Mrs.
Is. + Bealo Of Auburn, president, and Mrs
John iIliam>On, OF Portland. vice-preSident
ThirtY-tive corps Were represented. There
Were also representatives from New Hampshire
.....Among the wedding gift> received bv Mr.
and Mrs. l.. H. >tarrett, Of Rockland. was an
elegant water service presented by the mem
bers Of hnoX-county bar"....The people of
CALAIS have made a most generous response to
the appeal for aid for the sufferers in the Cone
maugh Valley disaster. They arranged con-
cert by local talent and nettei about S500
Inc Pennington Village corporation has voted
to compromise the bond question by paving -
per cent. OF the amount The summer
time table goes into effect on the Maine Cen
tral July lSt......Augu>ta has thus far given
only s221 for JohnstoWu. and one man, the
governor, subscribed nearly quarter of this
......Enoch Townsend, of Saco. ACCOMPLISHED
sunday the feat Of riding from Portland on
bicycle in single day. He started seven miles
west OF Boston at five 4. NJ. and arrived in
Portland at eight p. Nh. Mr.. Henry Todd of
Calais has lost his valuable colt Luminarv, by
LumpS. This colt was bred in choice lines and
wa, valued at SO, 000......J0hn Perkins, of the
firm Of Perkins n Carr, OldtoWn, was killed
Saturday afternoon by being caught in the
gearing of their Single mill His head was
frightfully crushed. He was aged about 80
years, and he leaves wife and two children
...... William Harrison Young, prominent old
resident of Calais, died Sunday morning of
pneumonia after three weeks illness, aged "A.
He leaves two married daughters, the wives of
General ;. j. Gallagher of Augusta, and of
Pascal Ticknor Of st. Paul, Mimi. one single
daughter and one s0n....Saturdav night be- |
tween II and u O'Clock, two Indians got into a
dispute on Indian Island and James Gabriel
stabbed Thomas A. Thomas four times in the
back near the spine. Thomas is now in crit
zeal condition. Gabriel is under arrest and in
the Old Town lookup. Jealousy caused the
criIne.....A little boy named Blakely, aged five
while playing around an ice house at Bangor
Sunday had his leg caught in a rope attached
to movable platform and the leg taken com |
pletelY OH. i he boy was thrown into the river
but was rescued.....Senator FRYE has been
having line luck on the RestigOuche He has |
sent home some magnificent Salmon... Steamer
OhNette arrived at Bar Harbor Sunday from
Boston, her first trip of the season. Ali hotels
except three in Bar Harbor are open, and the
season fairly begun three weeks earlier than !
usual......lhe motion for a trial in the Stain |
Cromwell case will be argued at the July term
of the Law Court at Portland, it having been
postponed to accommodate Attorney Gen. Lit !
tlefied who argues for the State. All the old
evidence will stand and not a word of if has |
been examined by the Judges as YETI. There
are 800 of the Bangor, millmen idle, and the
situation among the strikers remains uncbang-
ed.......The President has appointed Joseph il. |
Manley as postmaster at Augusta, vice l.. b. |
Fowler removed.