The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1889-05-23

his buildings and contents, April 1Tth 1SSS
and the ground of the defense the false
swearing and fraud of the plaintiff in his proof.
of loss. L. W. WhitehouSe was consul for the
plaintiff and Orville ID. Baker and Leslie G.
Cornish fog the defendants The trial has beer
one of longest ever known in that county ane
has excited widespread interest.
THOMAS II. SHERMAN. CONSUL TO LIVERPOOL
Thomas H. sherman, recently appointed on.
sui at Liverpool is credited to the District OF
Columbia, where he has lived for MANY Years
although originally from Maine. He was a tel
egraph operator. became private secretary to
Mr.. Blaine when the latter was Speaker, in
1868. and retained the same connection during
Mr.. BIane> term in the Senate aud his former
administration of the state Department. After
Mr.. Blaine's retirement from public life Mr..
Sherman continued in the Department, attach
ed to the Consular Bureau. He has acted a.
private secretary to Mr. Blaine since March
fourth.
SERVICE STRIPES FOR THE MILITIA.
BY general orders, every man in the Maine
militia who has served out his full term of
enlistment faithfully. Is entitled to "seryice
stripe. Previous TO April II Cerm of enlist
ment being five years. and this order requires
that the soldier should have been continuously
IN the service that time On April 18th the
term changes to three wears. for which term of
faithful service the service stripe is to be sub
sequently given. Some Of the companies have
quite large number of men entitled to thi,
stripe and they lose 10 time in asking for it, as
it is considered a high honor.
- GENERAL.
Walter Blaine has almost entire recovered
from the accident which resulted in the break
ING Of his leg
ENWarden Bean ha, been in Thoma~ton the
past week, making preparations to move to
san Jose, California.
Mr.. j. T. Douglas has been appointed gen
eral agent for the Green Mountain Railway
company. with headquarters at Bar lIarbor.
Governor Burleigh has received an invitation
to attend celebration of a number of new
and important industrial enterprises at peca-
tur and New Decatur, Alabama. May 10Th and
Both.
r. A. Munroe of Milo dropped dead Friday
afternoon in his store Heart disease was the
cause. lie was prominent citizen of the
town and was % wears. He leaves Il wife and
i've children.
The Addison Paving Company of Addison
have contracted to furnish New y DIRK parties
VITA 10000 paving blocks. They are at
present working their quarry with u hands
and are turning out 1000 blocks Il day.
Calvin PAGE, collector Of internal revenue
for the district of Maine, New Hampshire and
ermont. has received the resignation of Deputy
Thomas +. Murphy of Augusta, to take effect
june |. Mr. Murphy resigns to engage in pri-
vale business.
The new state of Washington contains a
large number OF Maine men. In the proceed
ms OF a primary in the 10Th Seattle district,
to choose delegates to the Democratic county
convention, f. Il. Rowell, Esq, OF RockIand.
was made secretary, and George Donworth,
ESQ, formerly of Fort Fairfield, presided
Both We're chosen delegates.
The safe at the Mercer post office was blown
open last Thursday night, all the stamps stolen,
$500 IN cash, state bond No. e91. for $500, and
about one thousand dollars worth of other
I ~ at is elm IN
the robbers. who are thought to be profession
ais.
President Van Horn Of the Canadian Pacific
with special train. turned the first wheel Of
Canadian Pacific passenger service in the state
Of Maine on Thursday, when, with Maine
Central engineer As pilot, his car was taken
from Mattawamkeas to Nanceboro en- route TO
st. John.
DR.. A. Z. Cobb, whose testimony at the
coroner'> inquest In the Bddeford malpractice
case was 20 damaging to Or. Frost, has re-
ceived four anonymous letters threatening
vengeance ii he aares testify against DR.. Frost
in hls trial at the supreme court this week.
Illinois papers announce the death Of Hon.
Jonathan simpson of Oquawka, Henderson
/ county. in that state. lie was born in l'enob-
scot county educated in the schools of Bangor
preparing himself to enter college, but was
obliged to giyesup his studies on account of i'll
health and in 1877 went to OquaWka where he
attained eminence as a lawyer and held posi-
tons of Importance in that state. His age was
"a years.
The Canadian Pacific officials have made re-
quest upon all railroads in the land for ticket
representation Via the route through Maine
making point of the fact that the short line"
lessons the distance between Montreal and st.
John, and consequently between the west via
Montreal and all provincial points
The present term of the kennebec county
Superior Court while one Of the largest on
! record has also been Il disastrous one t 0 rum
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