The Republican journal., 1892-08-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

MAINE MATTERs The midsummer
,-ju uf the Maine Board of Agriculture
l. letn issued. The hay crop will fall
7 nom - to 20 per cent. Throughout
.s western and middle portions of the
safe tile loss is considerably greater, but
rs ,ae approaches the eastern boundary
-..0 ull crop Of 1891 has been equalled.
W.u is lost in quantity is probably made
ri u quality, for never was there year
alu the hay crop has been harvested III
e.-rl condition than this...... The Dodlin
ompdnv have now more men AT work at
lel quarry in Norlidgewock than they
M btture the granite strike was ordered.
rarri If the union men have come back
work and the places OF the others have
-el tliled with non-union men,. Elijah
q ii history Of whose life would be one
pngur. died last Thursday morning.
ID vas well until Saturday evening
uu he had d paralytic shock. Nh. Low
as hecn alderman, city marshal and
t.l Jf fire department. The Elijah Low
5, CompauN is named after lim.... Rev
ALL kellogg, OF IIarpsWell. Maine 5
rou.aI author. was thrown from his eau
IA While crossing the Topsham bridge
|lune~day, striking on his head and hip
a Na. seriously injured. He was taken
tie office OF Dr. Mitchell where his
wounds We're dressed. The accident was
u,jd by his horse becoming fright
r and running aWaN....F Frank : Finn
aiitu. of considerable note died August
AZ Milton Plantation. He has been a
,ula. contributor to the st. Nlcholas
lm,n's Companion, Chicago sun, Bal
Is Magazine and many other publica-
N- He was a native of Boston, but
Dd resided i'll oxford county for many
e4ls. His age was 32.....Jo ohm y. Hay
A. tsq., died at Bath, Aug. -. He was
eo known citizen, a scholar and scien-
,t He has been Mayor, Representative
g5 senator He was one Of the best in
il4d historical writer's in that section,
gomnent navigator and vessel owner.
W., zen. Hyde is his daughter. He was
rn IN 1905. Fire at Winn Thursday de-
'loyed IL. Poor Il Son 5 tannery. Loss
>5O00 insured. 49,. Messrs. Howard and
apt Peavey, OF Bangor, are becoming
3pvT bicyclists. Wednesday they rode
Augusta, going via Winterport, Monroe,
uty and Benton, and returning to Wa
eFIlca distance of 81 miles in 9 II hours
The Penobscotic ice men are clapping their
mUS Nearly every ton of ice on the
Ven las been sold. Ii the summer hadn' t
.eu unusually hot and the hot spell long
oratJed, they wouldn't be SO jolly.
PTS ot ice has been thrown overheard,
W. season, Oh account of its inferior
alifv. reminding the ice men of last
NAter ; trlbulationS. Nine more Italian
None cutter s. under the contract to the
ID I 4
'ea il Rockland Friday, on the early
aMail. They We're at once placed
srao tug and taken to Hurricane.
lyle the old story was repeated. The
4en soon learned that they were not in
liladelphia, whittier they understood
hey We're being taken, and furthermore
nat they We're expected to fill places rem
eleG vacant by the lockout. Four of the
Len, the only capable workmen in the
loNd, returned to Rockland and have
-one elsewhere =. Warren had a s., 600
ne Friday. The local fire organization
&7ed the village from much more dis
NiIous contlagration. ...... Mrs. Jefferson
ldNla and her daughter Miss Narina Da-
,s-Who is perhaps oftener spoken of as
MISS Winnie Davis-arrived at Bar Har-
o'r from Narragansett Pier last week,
ao are guests at the st Sauveur. A
le" oi 20 men is now employed at the
laliowell Granite Works. Stone for the
New York State capitol is being shipped
e-ularly, and it is expected to finish the
ohtlact in good SEASON.. Lime is being
Vaned in 10 of the 20 kilns at Rockland,
hd by October all of the kilns will be
lQned The price of lime is low at pres
slJ CN5 To. - cents per cask), the demand
aylng fallen off greatly ON account OF
Aa building trades strikes in New ork.
X->eeretary Blaine and his family
Sl remain at Bar Harbor until October,
u'er which they will take a trip abroad.
Am order has been received from
Washington to suspend work on the Saco
Sel breakwater till it can be decided
whether the eight hour law concerning
'oNelnment Jobs includes work done by
'0D-contract. 1t would be difficult to OBJ
e'Fe the eight hour system in breakwa-
vi work as sloops have to take advantage
7 The tides. ..... Chatwold, the Bar Har-
residence of Hon. A. Bleecker Banks,
Albany, was entered by burglars last
'uhday night and a large quantity of sill
elWare was stolen. There is no clew t.
wy thieves. see. Monday Skowhegan OBJ
gIVed its tenth anniversary of the estab
,snment of shoe factory by celebration
presenting the industrial prosperity o,
olAerset county for ten years past, whicl
unparalleled before in the history of the
~ahty. The town never had such I
sssalglerlng ssg of people from Somerset towns
II %%u other parts of the State and outside
~ H. State. A large trade procession il
ts Pas morning was composed of Chandler
s"r' y~no' Of Portland, Company E. militia
gnrapanies of the fire department ant
~As teams representing the Industries o