The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-01-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

MAINE MATTERS The Portland Pres, makes
a strong protest against the ualne Name
Pedagogical Association dn, suggests that 1t
lie. changed to Maine Teachers Association.
We heartily second The motion. "Pedagogi-
cal is vile word. and gives altogether
false notion of the modern methods OF teach
ing and of the characteristics of modern teach
er>. The annual report of the managers of
the State industrial School for Girls at Hal
lowell. Me. suggests the need of an addition
al building for the younger girls. The eN-
penditureS for the year We're S9431 present
number of inmates, ti5....-At SkoW hogan,
Friday the Jury rendered the plaintiff a YER
diet Of ~2S5s in the ease Of Alice NJ. Grant Y.
the kennther Fibre Company OF Boston.
which had been on trial since Tuesday. This
WAS "A >ni1 for damages /" the person from
defect in the highway in Newport, caused
hN the defendant 5 dam oNerTfoWlng the nigh
way ... The receipts Of the Augusta Post
ONCE Tor he nine months ending Dee. 81
1S90. We're ~ .2S1 n. For the nine months
ending De-. 81. 1891, the receipts were ST.
$500 The receipts from newspaper postage
for the quarter ending Dee 81, 1891. ~!rS6.26
showing that there WAS sent from that office
some ten million copies of newspapers. The
new >pap,-: mail was larger than amy quarter
in the HISTORY tf the Post Office. he krn-
nt4btr is in bad shape Tor ice. Tugs are work.
ing to keep The lcc from forming IN tn" pres
emt duty condition of The river. which Is tail
ot floating .,-'-....A family named Bennett at
Grey has h,-,-u r.cr] NJ li5flN letters threat
-mlug tht5r !iN,.S....I the axe factory OF
Emery x Wat,rhun~t. at North Monmouth.
vas IH:mrd Friday morning. With all the
coutvut> Tie rsulSe is unknown. lht loss
$ some ~-11 ONO: about threr-4Hartcrs is coy
-rc,i hV ImSUrunce... Michael Nolan and
James }. White. who broke from kcnnchcc
aii "Wednesday morning We're captured by
TWO ipllurl~ of I.jtrhTitld. john y. Hutchin-
SON and Wi son iIuitou. fri'lsy morning. -.
There WAS :, new election Of officers OF The
Maine l;'-t 'hlur!, OF Gold Club at Farming
ton 1hur> lay night Th, organization at
present is: President, G.. \ Nutting, Boston:
secretary. Frank f. Doyle, Lewiston treas
. llr.r. A. :. Wuudman. Nebraska. The Will
IF Mrs. Catherine Glrctioil. of Oakland. Gal.
leaves >+0D.0W to BoWdoin college. The
iur> pm Ike Wotten case at Ru: kland rose
Saturday. finding no one implicated. Death
WAS ocra>i"nr by diseased stomach followed
by natural causes The autopsy developed
no traces II ar>rIical poisoning. Dr. James
Aver. an old and prominent physician OF
Boston died at Hotel Oxford, Thursday OF
pneumonia. He was born in Neweld, Me,
Oct 41h. ISL. DR. Aver entered Bowd"in
College a> Il sophomore in 1881. with his
riend. the ate DIR. T. H. Jewett. of Berwick
father Of Miss Sarah Orne Jrwett. and to
gether graduated with him in 1881 One of
the most beautiful oi the services of the Ro-
man Catholic church was witnessed at Wat
e-rllle. Sunday. when three postulants of the
IrSuille convent took the White veil, being
clothed With the robe OF relgjon 1t is re-
ported hat thu body of Saw1tll. the murder
II. has been secretly taken from Great Falls,
y. H.. to some place in Maine. 1t is believed
that SaWtrllS skeleton viii eventually find
4 place in some museum. ! he state treas
llrer has received from several counties the
states portion Of the fines imposed and col
ltcted during the past year for violations of
she fish and gam4 laws. The amount cred