The Republican journal., 1892-01-21

ernor and council, Jan. II, Ex-Liquor
Agent Howard was present and settled
with the council his sales for eight months
up to the last of July, when he was super
seded. The sales amounted to $57, ,974. IS,
which is very large, owing to the new law
which closed many of the liquor shops....
Treas. J. A. Linscott, treasurer of the
Maine Central r. r., has resigned. He has
been in the employ of the company since
1871; was first auditor and eight years ago
was made treasurer. He is to be succeed
ed by George w. York, the present audit
or, who will be succeeded by w. w. Colby
..... Hon. Luther s. Moore, of Limerick,
a prominent attorney, died Jan. IA, aged
10 years. after a week Illness He had
served in both houses of the State Legisla-
ture, and was president of the Senate in
1854. He was a trustee of Limerick Acad-
emy. 4 widow and seven children sur
vive.. Game Warden Albert French, OF
Calais, is still striking terror among the
poachers in the Eastern Maine woods.
His most recent capture was man who
had been dogging deer on Baskahegan
lake and who was the third party against
whom French has obtained evidence of
violation of the game laws in the last ten
days. University scholarships were award
ed last week to graduate students of the
Johns Hopkins University. by the Board of
University Studies. Mr.. Wallace 5. Elder
of Waterville. was awarded two hundred
dollars for scholarship in Latin, this being
one of the highest ranks attainable.. The
publishing business of the late f. &. AL
len was incorporated Jan A. by the heirs,
who will continue the business under the
name of Z. c. Allen 4 Co., with five mem
bers. President and Treasurer, Florence
I 4 H.
| rectors. Florence J. Allen. A. W. Whitney
| and H. A. Iallett.. Sc. The Bowdoin alumni
| held their annual reunion in Boston last
| Thursday night. President Hyde, Prof.
| Egbert Smythe and Prof. Chapman were
| among the speakers Hon. f. p. Loring,
| 81. was chosen president. .... EXMayor
| Heath, of New Orleans native of Maine,
| is dead. . Fire in Augusta last Thursday
| night destroyed Fred Clautlen's bake shop.
| f. f. Bowamn' hotel was badly damaged
and F. H. Goslins stable Quilted. 49,. Lew
| iston is now talking earnestly of a mile
| track. ..... There was a heavy thunder show
| er in Canton, Thursday. Mr.. John c.
| Bradbury of Saco. cashier of York Ma
tional Bank, died last Thursday. Mr..
| Bradbury had long been prominent citi-
zen of Saco. He was about y years old. -.
| The President has made the following
|
seph Dunwell at Cumberland Mills, Kit
tredge c. Gray, at Madison, and Forrest
| Goodwin at Skowhegan. go. In the case of
William J. Roberts VS.. the Boston d Maine
railroad, for damages for in juries received
| by being crushed between ears at Pine
| Point, in 1887, while employed as a brake
man, the jury in the supreme court in
| Saco Thursday. rendered a verdict for the
plaintiff i'll the sum OF 81. SOS. IS. This is
| the second time the case has been tried.
| The Maine Central railroad directors have
| declared a semi-annual dividend OF > per
cent -. The executive council Friday morn
ing passed an order instructing the com
mittee on the public buildings to ascertain
the feasibility of establishing an electric
plant for lighting the State House and the
cost of the same..... Two carloads of pulp
mill men from Boston and Bangor We're at
Howland Falls last Friday. 1t has been
| practically decided to erect big paper
mill. The party were transported across
! the Penobscot on the aerial tramway. this
| being the longest tramway in the world.
| Several millions of capital was represented.
.....I }. Murphy. at whose saloon in Ban
gor Dr.. Mcclellan of Bucksport was found
after having disappeared for about 10 days,
| was placed under arrest Wednesday and
| the manner of the evaporation OF DR..
| Mcclellan S money was investigated. Muir
ply was released after having made a set
tlement, restoring a large amount of the
money which was disposed of in the sa-
loon by the doctor. Mr.. Blaine will be
81 years old on the 3lst inst. A man from
Maine who gives his name as Charles Bell
| has been arrested for the shooting of Dav-
id B. Sanborn in Amesbury. Mass.
Erastus Haskell one of the oldest citizens
| and business men of Augusta, died last
night. Mrs. G. A. Dyer of Portland has
had two pictures accepted and hung at
the 18th exhibition of the Boston Art
Club. Nearly so per cent. of the Colby
students are i'll with the grip and sickness
prevails ON every hand in Waterville.
Pennsylvania parties are expected to az
rive this week to resume operations with
the diamond drill at Small Point. .. la the
suit of J. F. Haines VS. c. H. Nelson for
balance of pay for services, the plaintiff
received verdict for S152. Saturday..
Thomas &. Price was arrested Monday
morning at Eastport by Deputy U. S.
Marshall Miller, of Calais, charged with
| having been one of the sailors of the
schooner Olive G. Robinson of Portland,
who two years ago left the vessel in a
dory with compass and did not return.
.... There are now 1898 inmates of the Sol
diers Home at Togus, Me. In the hos
pital there are 12S patients and over a
hundred veterans died last year. The
death rate at Togus is necessarily larger
than in some towns of eight or ten times
as many people Over half the men 90
there in feeble health -. The advance sale
of seats for the Nordica concert at Lewis
ton netted s1,l11.50, the largest ever
known, every seat being sold the first day
g. In the case of Mrs Ida V. Boston VS. Cyrus
Hill of Lyman, for depriving her family
of support by selling cider to her husband
causing him to become a drunkard, the
jury in the Supreme Court at Saco Tues day
night rendered a verdict for the plain tiff
in the sum of S703.
In BRIEF. In the United States Dis
trict Court at Concord. n H., Thursday.
in the cases against J. E. Henry, j. D..
Henry and Geo. Henry, lumbcrmen of Zea-
land, indicted for violating the alien labor
contract law, j. Z. Henry was fined ST.
600 without costs by agreement and pro-
ceedings against the others were discon-