The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-02-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
N.iNE MArrtE>. Gen. Isaac Dyer,
tmcnt commander of Maine, has
tIc following appointments: Assis
Aaiutant General. Charles f. Jones,
~. - uegan: Assistant Quartermaster Gen
,0. Henry A. shorey, Bridgton; Inspec-
George NJ. Brown. Bangor; Judge
ATE samuel d. Leavitt Eastport; :;
,t mastering Officer, Abel ID. Russell,
4 Rockland man named Charles Bur
-r.l, vas slowed away on steamer with
1od OF drink during the voyage from
a4 ieans to New York, nine days in
He was nearly dead but will recover.
SAYS he tried to kill rats to procure
o5 He lost }3 pounds in his nine days
uoisonmcnt. ...T The trustees of the
r fair have chosen W. :. Snow To sue
.gQ Charles H. Weymouth as >upern-
4i,nt OF the 1air ground>..... The ;. ID.
rcn Co.. divided So. $50 among their
puytS at Cumberland Mills, Friday.
lC4- the first dividend OF profits to be
|, r.d by them. 50 satisfactory has this
a.jiment proved that the company con
l JhC system another wear. This plan
lltt tlGlJlONC L an lliAtIf0l III itIS W VI n
.omm0n with the employer. The
..scot county grand jury reported 244
uments Feb. TO- more than 200 Of
are against liquor dealers The
ilR OF the liquor indictments are
against dealers because they are
ling nited States licenses. This is
t,st move OF the kind i'll that county
-.eatcs great surplise....- The granite
at Bluehill, owned hy George i.
tgh and recently worked by Mai Ap-
was sold in Boston recently. bringing
+ 5ao, The sale included all the prop
nd stock on hand in the quary.....
tNe present time there are thirty-tiVe
at Good VIII Farm, which number
,- only two of being the full capacity
., houses, and these places Will be oc-
Ncj by boys who have made applica-
one and perhaps two OF the boys
l cave ill the spring, having good
4oos elsewhere. One will be a farmer
other a printer. President \. w.
.WaN Of Colby University, has been
.jed head professor of social science in
- niversity of Chicago, and leaves a
30 nom the coming tall to take the pc
un. President Small went to Colby i'll
d Ibl VI 1901. JuAl dlltl Hc lldu tDlll-
fed his university course in Germany.
d" Was professor OF history until three
aIs ago, when he was elected president
|. succeed Rev. DR.. &. ID. B. Pepper, who
med that year. Previous to accepting
ia presidency, Dr. Small had spent a
el ut Johns Hopkins University, where
took the degree of Phi. D...... Sixty men
Uek at the Lincoln ice houses. Rich
a.nd last week, Their places were filled
tonce by men from Lewiston and Bath
4 tramp burned a house and barn
Nt across the line near Calais. Feb. 9,
@cauSe he was refused food. A man and
wife who We're i'll had narrow escape.
hase Goodwin. of kittery has been
pointed naval constructor 5 clerk at the
Artery navy yard, i'll place Of Timothy
Dane, OF Eliot, deceased. Major Loren
aGuuS, of East Wilton, a prominent citi-
-n nj Franklin county, is dead. ... The
acoln Club Of Portland celebrated Lin
on' birthday Friday night by a banquet.
'el dinner speeches We're made by
minent men. WIN. Couture of Lisbon
dds broke the worid's record for heavy
Nng at Pembroke's billiard hall. Bath,
auSday evening, putting up a 10 pound
Nib bell - successive times. The lift
/ rs lrom floor to shoulder and arms
i-th above the head The record up to
~ trial was held by Louis Cyr, being
iv him on y lifts with dumb bell
I0@ pounds. The feat is the more re-
rkable from the fact that Couture is a
ilr fellow, weighing at the hall 149
otnds, while the champion he displaced
H-hs 316...... The review of Maine in
>uies for 1891 makes the best showing
ny year yet In each of the two pre-
cilng years the reports showed about 200
eH 'T enlarged manufactures: last year
grand total was over 300. In the form
Years the annual increase in the amount
hands employed was less than 5000; last
"ar it was over 5000. The best part of it
II is that this is no ''boom'' but solid,
Il hnest growth. ... Mr. Charles +. Oak
Who has been appointed land agent by
H Nernor Burleigh is native of Garland
4 Penobscot county. For the past 10 or
Years he has resided in Caribou, AroOs-
E"k county Mr.. Oak is a graduate of
E4e Maine State College, where he paid
Epecial attention to the study and practice
/ surveying and civil engineering. ...S.
| Loyejoy of Rockland, who has been in
'ltdSuIy C5pdl oiiiCIlO, iido DCCH q
4 9mted to be chief of division in the reg
E'Vei'S office, at $500 salary. y......The ex-
llnation of cadets for West Point will
dke place March 1st, at Fort Warren,
hoSton, instead of Portland. ..... James
#Flkins, Colby 10, has been elected prin-
gaI of the new English High school,
9icester, Mass. ...... The storm at Rock
Espd, Thursday, was the worst since the
.pa of April, 'S7. 1t increased to a gale
ward night, and was perfectly binding.
laVe, except on foot, was suspended.
lie roads were terribly drifted Friday
l ming. ..... The new town hall at Orono
u be dedicated this, Thursday, evening,
w. 18th. $500. Bath electric light station
'> damaged several hundred dollars by
y saturday. The engines and dynamos