The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-08-04
NEWS or THE WEEK.

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Reuty years The thermometer reached
Id the weather bureau and remained
lrc several hours. This record has not
,tn beaten and only equalled twice since
bureau was established, twenty years
-....... The July crop bulletin of the
!. lue Board Of Agriculture states that
Indications are that the hay crop of
state will fall short of that OF 1891
.ll ten to fifteen per cent?. The Plo-
tI says the potato crop i'll Aroostook
nty does not give promise of the best
suits. Hay is good, especially on the
~ seeded ground, and other crops are
mu@ forward finely. y...... The Governor
m council have granted a conditional
alDn to Edwin and Agnes Morey of
,al III state Prison for larceny. 1t is
ported that the Maine Central is turning
NJ 40 pea cent. more cars To the Boston
Maine ii Portland than it did Il wear
-A II is also said that the Boston and
ll.ue in one of the recent ''hot weeks
rrascd its business by over st. .0OO
The corresponding week ot last year.
Nir. Frank \. owen, manager II the
.-ol Opera House, has been engaged
manage the augusta Opera House.
opening night will be from the 18th
10th ut September, probably Sept
........ The returns of forest fires made
he State Forest Commission shows
81. 4bout twenty-five per cent. We're
-td by clearing land or burning brush
This showing accounts tor the I'M
-ntss of holders Of timber lands to
ann lots. Nearly - per cent were
if fishermen. sportSmcn, or tourists.
..,t1t f.,..i 1t,tA +l,,,
.srh of hlucbcllies or food for deer. OF
'm a desire to destroy property, per
l- tor revenge. About % per cent. are
united as of unknown origin.
e4ular board meeting of the Maine
.-al directors. held at Portland.
Hsday, the regular semi annual div
'4d of -. 90 per share payable the
ra ot August to stockholders of re
# the 3lst of July, was declar-
aud it was voted that hereafter the
5e1 dividends shall be paid quarterly, in
'c' pt semi miannually, beginning October
NJ lS92..... George Beckwith and Maggie
m- who eloped from the Bangor
,aooner Iowa at Westport, Mass, are
s.s in Fall River, Mass. Beckwith has
etu arrested for criminal assault and
laggie is in the custody of her father,
4W. Young The girl said she went
'h Beckwith willingly, but is under IA
'enso of age and went without her parents
Nent.,..,,C Charges against members of
l3lddeford police force are causing Il
~'satlon in that ci,J...... The Bath Times
ty>: The item going the rounds of the
tNs that the ram in the course of con
suction at Bath Iron Works will be
~hrtcd during August is not correct.
' launching will not occur before the
S If September and possibly the first of
yioher. The work is progressing rapid
mt in a manner highly satisfactory to
NTnment officials. .... The new electric
lret railway, between Roekland and
#!en, was started in operation Satur-
" l4ht. the first car coming through
aln street at .. l., clock. Fully one
al of the city's population, together
WI people who had driven in from 80
tcs around, We're on hand to witness
light The trial gave the best of sat
wv 'lon and Rockland people are very ell
'aaue over this new acquisition.
9e nth Maine reunion will begin at
A- Island, Casco Bay, August 18th and
N two days. The annual dinner and
NorSs meeting will be held the first
-.T The extension of the Portland
~ Hlmlord Falls railroad is completed
The first train left Rumford Falls last
AddN morning. Living l.. Hill, of
y'n, the defendant in the famous Saco
"hing case, who was acquitted at the
=" term of the supreme court of the
4 c OF attempting to poison his WIFE,
Ang steps with the view of bringing
'-tl action against the parties who
'NeG his arrest. He has secured colln-
4 and will sue Lawyer George f. Haley,
counsel for the State in the alleged
II '90ing case and City Marshall James
eaYey, in the sum of -. 600 each for
arrest. The writ alleges conspiracy
i''S' the two respondents. T.. The 10Th
Wy" Fegimental Association will hold
annual reunion at Norridgewock
1S'lay, Aug. %. The people of Nor
'"ock are planning to give their old
''Hent grand reception.
BRIEF. Alexander Bergman, the
IN- be murderer of Mr.. Frick, spent the
'hree years of his life in America in
'NaS and Colorado. At Pueblo, Col. :,
was Imprisoned for stabbing man.
len he got out he went East. ........ The
block cutters in the Cape Ann
~heS have surrendered and returned
'ork'.....A violent outbreak of dis
supposed to be cholera, has Oc-
~ IN lunatic asylum at Bonne-
rance. Of the AZ cases SO far re-
a 70 have proved fatal. .....A st.
Sourg despatch says: An official bull
Az announces 2,O12 cases of cholera and
>, ,ueaths from the disease in Russia on
lrS siSt I'D, and 23d inst. The Pitts
police are keeping a sharp lookout