The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-03-12

,
c. H. Smith Selectmen, Assessors, etc, Ed
ward Evans, n: f. Clary, G: W. Shorey
Treas, G. C. Levanseller; Collector and
Constable, l.. L. Barlow.
Troy. The annual spring meeting was
held on Monday, March 9th, and the follow
ing officers elected: Selectmen, r. E. Stone,
Hartley Cunningham, Lutte L. Rogers
Town Clerk, John w Lamb school COM
mittee, B. F. Harding, Fred Myrick; Treas
urer, Newell Bagley.
STOCKTON SPRINGS. The town election
took place Monday and the following officers
We're elected Moderator, Simon B. Little
+. L. Blanchard, f. a. Partridge, John E.
lancaster; Town Agent Samuel French !;
Auditor, II. E. Shute; School board Fred
NJ. Nickerson, Frank Or ckett.
PALERMO. At the town meeting March
9th the following officers were elected
Moderator, Samuel Marden; Clerk, NJ De-
laney: Selectmen, j +. Bradstreet, Fred
Spratt, G. E. Carr; Treasurer, l.. A. Bowler
Collector Of Taxes, S. +. Bowler; School
Committee, \. H. Kane, W. Tibbetts Au-
dltor, +. S. Northing. 1t was voted to build
two new school houses-one at Cars Cor
ner and one ON Weston Ridge.
BROOKS. The annual town meeting was
held March 9th. The reports of the town
ndnclal condition of the town. The usual
appropriations were made. The officers for
the year ensuing are as follows: Moderator,
john H. Gordon Clerk, Otis W Lane: Sc
lectmen, Marcellus J. Dow, Ross A. Jones,
VIM. c. Rowe: Treasurer, Elmer G. Rob
erte; School committee, Harry LttIetield
ami Everett Foss; trustee Of sinking fund,
E. L. Prime
SwANvILLE. The town meeting passed off
LAT f,.il,
for the ensuing year. Selectmen, c. R.
Nlckerson, Fl. P. White, NJ. E. Curtis ;
Treas, H. NJ. Chase; clerk, A. H. Ellis /:
collector, A. L. Walker. F. o. Holmes was
reelected on the school board and A Fl Ell
lis was elected to II Ii the vacancy left by A. I
NickersOn, whose term had expired Hon
A. +. Nlckerson made very efficient SUPER
visor OF schools last year and took great in
ttrest III the advancement Of the pupils.
PENoBscoT Annual town meeting March
I'd. Officers elected: Selectmen, assessors
and overseers of poor, William F. Hutch
lngs, Criah B. Leach, Calvin Leach two
members of school committee, Fred B
Mitchell, Otis D. Snowman; Town clerk
and treasurer, Albert E. Varnum Road
commissioner, Andrew j. Staples Collector
OF taxes and constable, Leroy S. Wardwel.
The number of children of school age is 37S,
being seventy less than six years ago. Debt
of the town S459 its valuation 1886 ,924
PROSPECT. At the town meeting March
9th the following town officers were elected ::
Moderator, l. H Killman Clerk, j. f.
Libby; ~electmen. Josiah Colson, G. H
Partridge, Lemuel Ames School committee,
Capt. Evander Hartman, Llewellyn Ward
Q. B. Gray; Town agent, Josiah Colson
Surveyors OF wood, etc, W. G. Bowden,
Mark d. Herman, Arthur Boyd. Voted
that the school committee be truant officers
voted what the law obliges for schools, and
500 for a free high school; $500 for poor
and other town expenses; $50 for bridges
and Il 200 in money for roads.
THoRNDIKE The town meeting Monday
resulted III the election of the following
town officers Benz Ames, Moderator j
\. Tllton, Clerk; j. II. Sayward, Charles
Parsons, V. \. Higgins, Seiectmen, Asses
sors aud Overseers of the Poor Edwin
Cornforth, Treasurer Edwin Lander, Col
lector and Constable Ernest Bartlett, Chas
Parsons, School Committee; l., G Monroe,
juryman. Amount Of money raised for
support of poor and to be expended on hi gh-
ways, bridges, etc, 81 800; for repairs of
school houses, so 4 vote was taken not
to raise any money for support Of high
schools
W1NTERPoRT. At the town meeting
Monday the following officers We're elected
Selectmen, J. F. Hussey, W. alter Littleteid,
l. -
E Fernald Col, L. Clark Assessor, E F
Blaisdell. DR.. Weber was elected on the
school board to ii the place of J. w. Miller
who died a few weeks since. The town
voted to appropriate $50 for the Free
Library, and voted to authorize the select
men to contract with the Wuterport Water
Co. for term of 20 years for water for fire
purposes; also to exempt the capital stock
and property of the company from taxes for
the same time.
SEARsMoST. The following are the town
officers for the ensuing year: Clerk, A. L.
Maddocks; seiectmen, assessors, &c , L. L
Cross, j. P. Wellman, G. G. Hemenway
Treas, j. F. Burgess: town agent, l.. L.
Cross; S. S. com, Eben Cobb, j. P. Well
man; auditor, O. D. Wilson; collector, S S.
Bean; constables, S. S. Bean, E. S. Cush-
man, j. w. Farrar. Appropriations: Poor,
500, town charges, 5000 contingent, $50:
collector and treasurer's eonmissi rs.
S125; bridges $40, and a transfer from an
other account of $40 school books $50.
roads $3.50; highways S1,7jO: school amount
required by law The school committee
elected A. l.. Maddocks, superintendent
UNION. Moderator, Rodney l. Thompson ;
town clerk, w. A. BesSey; Selectmen asses
sors and overseers OF poor, j H. Shuman,
n Butler, }. F.. Creighton town treasurer,
Ardenis Shuman tax collector W 9 Nor
l. H.
town agent. Benjamin Burton Eight thou
sand dollars was appropriated for schools,
support OF poor and the necessary town eX-
penses voted to eXpend s. 900 in abot on
highways, 800 for free high school, $500
for school house, S25 for Memorial day ex-
ercises; voted to lease three hvdrants of the
Union Water Company at So each: voted
that tine question of selling the towns stock
in the Georges Valley railroad be left with
the selectmen.
FISH AND GAME. An experiment of
great interest to all lovers of sport in this
State has just been made at New Sweden
by the commissioners of inland fisheries
and game, in the Introduction of the
capercailzie and black game of old Sweden
into that town. Two pairs of the caper-
cailzie have been liberated there, and
three males and four females of the black
game. These birds have just arrived di-
rect from old Sweden, and were liberated
in the north part of the town of New
Sweden. At the United States fish
hatchery station at Woods Hole, there
were Matched during the past season 10
O00 600 Holsters, -, 600, 900 Goldfish and
5000, 900 fatfish
Steam yacht Eleanor, of the New York
Yacht club, Scott, MASTER and VIM. A.
Slater, owner arrived at New London, Mar
9, from the trip around the world, having
been absent since Oct. p, 1894, in which