The Republican journal., 1892-10-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NE W OE he w ELhs
MAINE MATTERS, Hon. James G.
Blane and family have decided to make
augusta their residence after the coming
Wintor ON her recent visit to that city
Mrs. Blaine stopped an hour at their man
sion, thoroughly inspecting it, The fam
lv have concluded to put it in complete
repair and make several changes, remodel
ing the kitchen, etc. The grounds are
tlso to be plowed and graded. These I'M
urovements will be undertaken at an early
aY. They Will live in Augusta, spending
nut hliet period at Bar HarbOl during
-lc summer season. AIr. Blaine is strong
y attached to Augusta and prefers to live
here... At the annual meeting Of the Ban
-0T x -AroostoUk railroad stockholders IN
I,dngor last week, these officers We're elect
.G: Directors. \. A Burleigh, Houlton;
+. Bragg, j. Z, Bass, b. b. Watcher,
Edward StetsoH. 4. l.. Stewart and {. a.
,ibson, Bangor; j. d. league, Caribo,I
H. C. sharp MonticellO J. f. Hacker,
rort Fairfield president y, A. Burleigh;
e-prceident, {. +. Bragg: treasurer,
edward >tctson: clerk. f. II. Appleton.
.... Rev Robert l.. Du>tpn, ot EuckIand.
t1I the past two years pastor OF the Free
viii Baptist Clurch, has accepted a unan-
NOUS call 10 the church i'm Houltol,......
George Drew. OF Welsey, about - Years
lld was pushed into a deep Woll last
week hy man named Marston and killed.
Narston had been drinking. He was arrest
rd He says Ae does not remember push
ng Nh Drew into the well OF anything
lcading up to II. y. Brick, proprie
ror OF the Dewitt House i'll lewiston has
assigned To Savage x Oake>. of Aubuln,
and Nealey a Miller. Of LeWiston... Ihe
.ompany THAT has been drilling for coal ut
small Point, after boring with a diamond
Mll to the depth Ot 925 feet i'll their
fourth hole without finding any indica-
IONS Of coal whatever, have decided t0
pdndon tine Work.....A despatch of Oct.
-Nt4 says senator Frye. ot Maine. splained
lis ankle at jackson, Mich. where he made
a political speech Tuesday night and was
aid up at the residence of senator stock
ridge .. Mr.. :. 4 Holden. III Iremont
viii be candidate ion mail carliel of the
Senate. He has served two terms in
hat position and it is not learned that
here viii be any opposition to him.....
Dl J. +. True, ot Auburn. was - years
i'd the other day, and there was a birth
LAY dinner party at his home in Auburn.
The doctor says it is True EliXir that
NtOp MN 50 ildlt tll' IItti Y al NtNthtN
-lve......A prison official says an effort
viii be made the coming winter to secure
he passage of an act by the legislature re
pealing the law which allows only 20 pei
ent OF the convicts of the Maine State
rison to be employed in amy one industry
Inc management agreeing to drop carriage
manufacturing entirely if repealed. and il
Hey saw fit to contract the men to par
1t St.,ta Iipn on t,t "a
WiSe... Labor Commissioner Matthews
has returned from "trip III Aroostool
county. He says the calamity hoWler
nave: little to interest themselves With il
hat county, The farmers are smiling al
1ver their faces, with potatoes at = pei
barrel and starch potatoes at - cents 4
bushel go. The IIallowell Granite Com
pany settled Ill its differences with its en-
ploVes last week and work WAS resum-
vd Monday. The strike has been on five
months GuN ernor Burleigh has appoint
I'd Hon. I. II. Allen. OF Thomaston, A. W
Gilman, FuAcIoft. Augustus Bailey. Gan
timer, and Charles W. Jones, OF Augusta
as delegates to attend the congress OF tn,
National Prison Association of the niteo
States, to be held at Baltimore December
to S..... The legal fight over the million:
left by Daniel b. FayelWeather is abou
10 be resumed in New York. BoWdoil
Cullege : interested to the extent o
800, 900. Mrs. Emmons Blaine ha,
-iyen - 900 to the Augusta public libral,
fund and an alcove will be set apart il
memory OF her late husband. Thus botl
the deceased Blaine brothers will be re
membered in the library. The IIallow
ell Granite Company has received an un
usually large derrick l02 feet long mad,
II Oregon pine, AT a cost OF -, 800. 1t vii
he set up at the quarry. 1T is reported
that Charles Morse. OF New \ ork, ha
purchased all the ice interests on the Ken
nebec river and elsewhere of the Clark
Chapin lee Company. 1t was a big dea
and the price paid was about 500, 600. ...
Hon. H. \. Jose, leading citizen 0
Portland, died suddenly last Sunday MI
lose was born in Buxton, Me-, in 1919
His business life has been spent in Port
and. He was President of the Cumber
land Nationl Bank, a Director of TIL
Maine Central Railroad and was identife
with many other business interests. Mrs
Jose and one daughter survive him.