The Republican journal., 1896-01-23
NEWS OF THE WEEk.

MAINE MATTERS. The school at Good
VIII Farm, which has over 100 scholars,
0.psed on an account of an epidemic of
sore throats. 1t is believed to be dipthe
,'ic n character, but there are no seri-
s.> cases at present. Every precaution
nrng taken To prevent its spread. The
>vaee was brought by boy who came
to rle farm about two weeks ago.. The
uual meeting OF the eX-Dirigo Veterans
association was held at Rockland Jan.
lth. and officers We're elected as follows
esident, j. ". Crocker; vice president,
+ D. singhi; secretary, A. q. Hunt;
treasurer, F. II. Berry; financial commit
'.e j W. Crocker, F. II. Berry and Geo.
r1ckett; cemetery committee. Geo.
h lI4he, II. II. Burpee and Francis Tighe
lle annual meeting of the Maine Genoa
nj society was held at Portland Jan.
ID. and the following officers were elect
W Hon. NJ. f. King, president DR.. A. X,
Nescrve, vice president; NJ. F. Hicks,
eWer: t. O. Conant, secretary: Jos.
mpson, librarian. IL. Portland claims
rss yaUngest sea captain in the country
r person of John A. \ ork. the youth
ulmauder OF the schooner Charles j. i.
II .~l. which has been in the harbor
-u Christmas, Capt. York is 5 years
e-e and has been in the capacity as
a 0t crew OF SIX men for Just year.
hJs made several trips, and some of
have been accomplished in remark
quick time. Last winter the Willard
f.lt from Bichmond on our coast to
N.V olk in II hours. The 1896 wear
ut tile Maine Federation of Woman $
lN~ shows an increase of Il clubs over
a-. veaT... Hon. A. W. Paine. the Mes
ut the PenobScot bar, was on hand at
opening OF the January term at Ban
-Hl rs Sprlghtly rs any of the boys His
NTH seems perennial. He smilingly
He'd attention to the fact that for 50
e,ls lie had attended every term of the
lleme court at Bangor. with one eX-
s'ilon. which was during an illness in
''1 And he had argued cases at every
dW term except one, which was the first
.iicl his admission to the bar...... The
seventh OF eighth fire to occur at Bangor
within few weeks, broke out Saturday
Nenng in closet on the upper floor of
be brick block owned by j. F. Bass, at
;Ae toot OF Main street, in the very heart
IT the city. The fire was on the third
IQor in an unused closet, and was un-
doubtedly of an incendiary origin. The
lamage by fire is not heavy, but that by
water is more extensive. 49,. Hon. Alvin
record, one of the wealthiest capitalists
in Maine, and Mlss'T B. Treat of Liv-
ermore Falls were quietly married, Sat
nrday, and departed for Mr.. Record S
winter residence in Florida. -. The Saw
ngs,Bank block in Dexter which was the
scene of the famous Barron tragedy was
burned early Saturday morning. On the
llst floor were located the post office and
Mudgett drug store, on the second floor
the Savings bank and the Dexter National
bank, and on the third floor Masonic hall
meeting of ST. Johns r. A. Chapter
lad been held Friday evening apd the fire
caught in some manner in the lodge
rooms. The building is nearly a total
,oss. Mudgett's drug stock was saved in
damaged condition, but the post Office
contents were uninjured. The insurance
on the building is $1,000, on drug stock
-, 600 and on Masonic 81, 900. Total loss
probably Sl2, 600. IA meeting of the
Maine railroad commissioners was held
last week at Cherryteld. The business
before them was the question of accepting
the location of that part of the Washing
ton County Railroad between East Ma
thias and Cherrytield as surveyed by the
contractors engineers. Remonstrances
from the towns of Harrington and Addison
against portion of the route were pre-
>ented. the objection being that it runs
loo far from their business centres. The
commissioners reserved their decision. ....
BUglaries were committed at the Boston
and Maine railroad station at Old Orchard
aud Pine Point Saturday night. At each
place the burglars blew open the safe and
obtained a very small sum of money. At
Old Orchard the explosion completely
shattered the ticket office windows. The
Jobs are supposed to have been done by
the same gang that has operated at Port
land, Scarboro, Bridgton and Gorham
within a few weeks. 80. The funeral of
Moses Woolson, at one time master of the
English High school and principal of the
nigh schools in Bangor and Portland, was
held Sunday afternoon in Kings chapel,
Boston.