The Republican journal., 1896-03-19
NEWS OF THE WEEk.

NAME MATTERS. The term of Col.
Uel II. Allen as warden of the Maine
-at prison expires the coming fall and
Gentleman is not a candidate for re-
r-utment. Four applicants have put in
d.. If pearance for this important position
isFe, in the persons of Ira B. Northey,
- present deputy warden; Mayor Hill
smith of Auburn, D. G.. Bean of
# ion and Isaiah Webb of Bridgton. .....
utries for the colt stakes offered by
Maine State Agricultural Society for
4cNt annual fair close May 1st, parties
-leSted should at once send to the
rtIy, q. NJ. Twitchell, Augusta, tor
acceSsary blanks upon which to make
At the annual meeting of the
County Bar Association officers
elected as follows: ID. \. Mortland,
dent. j. Ii. Montgomery, vice presi-
c. NJ, Walker, secretary and treas
T., +. Starrett, poet; committee on
a afary, the officers above named, j.
~ ore and {. E. Littletield. .... Hon.
iI-tileY Freeman S supplement to the
..-td Statutes OF Maine has Just been
shed by Loring, Short Il Harmon,
nd, The last legislature voted to
Ease /, O0Q copies of this important
.F..... The announcement is made that
mage to the Cabot C0mpany's mill
nSWiek is so disabling to wheels and
Jhat it will be impossible to get
n shape to start until June lSt.
Hlll throw ont of employment over
employees. -. Otis B. Butler, ESQ, of
iugton died at his home March 18th.
~. He WAS leading Maine Free
st, and is survived by Edward X.
c., Esq, the aged Hallowell lawyer
in California. Mrs. Zachariah T.
ken of Boston, and Mrs. Sylvanus L.
Nd of Farmington.....T The Board of
Assessors, William c. Marshall of
llst, Otis Hayford Of Canton, and
ge Pottle of Lewiston, recently con
led at the capital. There was much to
lone in answering letters and attending
outline business. The board is prepar-
jog the sending out of blanks the last
jle month. 80. Fairfield has voted $12,-
tl rebuild the bridge across the Ken
naiec destroyed by the freshet and APP
-0jed 5. A. Nye, f. j. Lawrence and A. f.
I4Id committee to act with the town
Benton and have full charge of build
he bridge. .... Hotel Winter, at King
III, has been sold to J W. Jordan. The
ri was built and has always been own
a} John Winter. e.. Clarence T. Wing, a
Welt known business man of Augusta, was
nd dead in his barn Thursday, probab-
heart disease. .... In the recent num-
p4 election in Ellsworth, Mayor G. p.
.Ntton, who ran on the Citizens ticket,
la..td Of re election. The Socialist La Dor
ind1date received a surprisingly large
te. and there was no choice. Mayor
button has signified his determination
uat to run at the special election April
't.l. He states that the Citizens move
ment has proved afailure. elsewhere
u las served to put Democrats in office
Who would not otherwise have got there }
Rockland's fair and talented daugh-
ter Maxine Elliot, is receiving much at
'euuon from newspaper and magazine
Writer'S, who rave over her beauty and
c1logize her histrionic abilities. Munsey S
magazine for March publishes a beautiful
photograph of Miss Elliott and under the
Leading, "a Favorite in the DAILY Com
i5uy,' gives t1attering sketch of her
dramatic career. This is her fifth season
9a the stage. W. Mitchell of Portland,
TIE Washington County Railroad contrac-
lHl. was in Bangor last week ON business
e'nnected with the great enterprise. He
Las nigh hopes of the roads early and
rapid construction, and great confidence
WI ltS prosperity when once in operation
.... Elder John B. Vance, trustee and
general business manager of the United
9oe'ety of Shakers, died at Alfred, Sat
7iay, aged 63. .... Fred Rand, aged 25, of
west Buxton, was drowned, Saturday.
lu tompany with his brother, Edward, he
was crossing the river in a boat near where
'''e iron bridge was carried away by the
Hood. Their boat got caught in the ice
8'e and was carried over the falls. Ed
ward was rescued. Fred body has been
recovered. 80. Hon. Horace c. Little died,
saturday evening, at Lewiston, aged So.
ne was one of the best known men in
Maine, formerly associated with James G..
Blaine as editor of the Portland Advertis-
er and owner, later, of the Bridgton
reporter. He was an officer in a Maine
regiment in the war, once mayor OF
lewiston and was postmaster of Lewiston
under Presidents Hayes and Garfield.....
o. Beal was inaugurated for the fourth
,lme as mayor of Bangor, Monday morn
ing He stated that the running expenses
of the city were $500, 600 per year, and
mat debt of $11O, 600 was left over from
last year, leaving S370, 600 to be attended
70 by the present city government. TO dc
ms by taxation alone will raise that rate
10 almost 4 per cent, which can hardly
Oe tolerated, the present rate, 2. Is, being
g0nsidered q, exorbitant by most citizens.
! he assessed valuation of the city is $13,