The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-05-12

| delegates at the State convention who will
pledge themselves to work for the noplin-
nation of Governor Boies for President.
The republican state convention instruct
ed the four delegates at large from Ne
| braska to support Harrison for renomina-
| ton and two of the district conventions
did the same. Nebraska is overwhelming
| ly a Blaine State and aside from instruc-
tions the delegates to the Minneapolis
convention are, with the possible excep
| ton of one or two, favorable to Blaine, if
he would consent to run. .... The Republi-
cans of Arkansas are practically unani-
nous in favor of President Harrison re-
nomination. The State convention and
every district convention except the sixth,
which will not meet until Tuesday, have
passed resolutions endorsing the admins
| tlation and instructinG the delegates to
vote for Harrison $ denomination.
MAINE MATTERS. William Stanton
and son, Clarence. of Seal EIarbor, We're
drowned at Spruce Head Thursday morn
ing. They left Spruce Head for Seal Har-
/ bor in small boat at six . clock. 1t is
supposed that squall capsized the boat,
as three quarters OF an hour later Stan
tom body WAS found clinying to the bot
| tom of the boat, and the body of the son
was found near by.....A \ leading member
Of the penobscot bar says that resolutions
passed by the Good Templars in their
! state convention condemning Judge
| Peters were entirely unjustited. indicat-
ing All ignorance of the law and the facts.
| The Bangor liquor dealers We're indicted
for maintaining liquor nuisances, where
| the punishment is fine and Judge Peters
| fined them. He couldn't have sent them
to Jail if he had been the grand worthy
chief tcmpar of that noble order himself,
| The only person convicted before him
when the law allowed imprisonment was
duly sent to Jail. and is now serving his
sentencc.. Manager Nichols of the Colby
base ball team was in court in Waterville
Thursday. lie had been arrested at the
instigation of Mayor Jones for alleged as
sault on his son. whom he took by the ear
and threatened to have put off the base
| bail ground. He was fined - and costs.
..... The Biddeford drug clerks. who were
recently arrested on charges Of single sale
of liquor, on information furnished by the
| local Good Templars, are now being serv-
ed with warrants charging them with
| maintaining nusances. The matter will
come up before the grand jury of the Y York
| county supreme court this month";. -. The
| poStotficc at .)oncSport was ralded by bur
| glars last Thursday night. and the safe
| blown open and three hundred dollars alb
stracted. No clue to the perpetrators....
| All Saco schools held Arbor Day exercises
| Friday. planting trees in the parks and
school yards. Mr. G.. H. Nelson, the
eminent hurscman, has made a liberal sub
scrpton to the fund for finishing the
Maine World Fair building. In sending
his check MI. Nelson said he believed
| Maine should have something better than
a wooden building t" represent her at the
fair. and that he was glad to subscribe
towards the erection of a building which
will he an honor to the State. Mr. Nelson
is one OF the first 20 respond to the call
Tor help and his contribution is appreciate
! ed..... The Castine, heretofore officially
| known as gun-boat No. &. was launch
ed at Bath. Wednesday. The vessel was
christcned bv Miss Martha Hichborn,
daughter OF Naval Constructor Philip
ilichhurn, L. $. y. \ nt,inbei of govern
mcnt officials We're present ....It has
| been positively settled that Labor Day
shah be celebrated at Marlnocook the
FIRST MonddY IN September. The Lewis
ton and Portland Central Labor Unions
have made arrangements with the Maine
| tcntlal tor half ratc>...... Miss Margaret
| {. Hunter OF Cherryticld, has accepted t he
invitation to deliver the Memorial day adj
dress before Hiram Burnham Post, g. \ j..
H., at Chcrryfield - Conant a. Carr $
shinglc mill was burned at OldtoNn sun
day; loss 81. 900 I.ittletcld's steam saw
mill WAS burned in >aco early Sunday
morning: probably by incendialics......
| Sunday, James Black, on his way home
from Eastport to Lubec Neck, capsizcd off
~ 4 I I
age Is b years. This makes twenty-t five
/ similar accidents that have occurred in
| the same part of Pas>amaquoddy Bay in
j. Strout, of Limington. was assaulted
| and robbed of $3.50. Mr.. Strout was
knocked down in his barn and left sense
less. Detectives have been on the track
| OF the assailant ever since. Saturday
evening Benjamin e. Godfrey, of Lining
| ton was arrested at the United States hotel
Portland, by Detective Newbegn, of Bos-
ton, and Deputy Sheriff S. ID. Plummer.
Godfrey was taken to York county .. The
| Roman Catholics of the diocese of Maine
have decided to build an orphanage in Lew
iston this year to cost SD. 600. The move
mcnt has been largely due to the efforts of
| Bishop Ilealy, of Portland, and in honor
of him the institution will be christer-
| cd 'Iiealy Asylum. ..... John Hogan, -
years old, a former resident of Bath, Me-
who has been living fol number of wears
in Australia, where it is said he accumlat-
ed a large fortune, dropped dead in
Chicago Monday He had disposed of his
| interests in Australia and was on his way
to llis former home in Maine, where he
proposed spending the remainder of his
| days
| WASHINGTON WnISrERINoS. The post
| master general has made a report to the
| Senate of the results of the experimental
| free delivery of mails in small towns For
ty-cight towns in all parts of the country
were selected, and in every case except
| two. where carriers could not be obtained
at the salary autholized the service WAS
highly successful. and has the apploba-
ton OF the people and press Of these towns
In nearly every town the increase in pos
tai receipts was equal to the additional
expense of the free delivery services
| Commissioner of Patents Symons has is
sued patent for the Edison Telephone