The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-01-30
NEWS OF THE WEEk.

NEWS OF THE WEEk.
MAINE MATTERS. The junior class of
Hlby University, Jan. 21st, elected the
blowing officers; President, Fl. B. Wat
7on, vice president, L. +. Waldron; secre-
AIRY, Y. G. Wright; treasurer, W. F.
tcomb; orator, H. S. Cross; poet, c. B.
Whitman; historian, w. A. Hartshorn;
varder of prizes, H. S. Philbrick; toast
master, II. II. Chapman; marshal, Z. f.
Noble; chaplain, G. S. Snow; executive
c4mmittee, F. A. Roberts, A. r. Keith,
j. +. Williams; committee on odes, W. H.
lolmes Jr., g. X. Bassett, c. l.. Clement.
IA brilliant reception given by the
Abnaki Club, Augusta, Wednesday even
NJ, Jan. 22nd, was attended by about
tU GOV. Cleaves was present and was
-lyen hearty reception. Mr. and Mrs.
h. NJ. Heath, Mr. and Mrs p. O. Nickery
md Mr. and Mrs. f. c. Dudley received
ihe reception was followed by an enter
Gnment, dance and supper. The
tluastook river at Fort Fairfield closed
With ice on the night of Jan. 20, probably
At latest within the memory of man.....
Warren Brown, a retired merchant of
f3stport, died suddenly, Jan. 22nd, of
U0pleXy, aged - years. He was a
rteran of the Mexican war.A At the
auction sale at NJ. 7. Pooler d Sons
stock farm i'll Skowhegan Jan. y. nine
zen horses and colts We're sold and the
.3ices ranged from S395 to 800. Bay
5Icer Becker. with q record of lis l.,
Mas sold To Geo. A. Alden, bringing the
CHEST figure, The proceeds of the sale
were about =, 800. Judge Burgess gave
hearing i'll the probate court at Bangor
an. 2"d in the famous insolvency case Of
Elisha W. Shaw of Newport. There was
ID very large attendance of creditors, most
't whom We're from Newport, East New
port and adjacent towns. The court APP
pointed Hon. William T. Haiues of Water
'Iie and John Cassidy of Bangor as
dsSlgneeS, with a joint bond of $50, 900.
Mr.. Shaw, it will be remembered, has his
name on over S10O 900 of worthless papers,
1tlag concerned in the Shaw IL Morse
Lumber Company failure. This has
been great winter for the Maine coast
clam diggers, who are all making some
Ning out Of the business. There is
great demand for CLAIMS and digging
them has been much easier than usual.
Governor Cleaves, Friday, appointed
harles w. Hayes of Foxcroft, attorney
Tor the county Of Piscataquis, in place of
Niles W. Mcintosh, resigned. Mr.. McIn-
foSh resignation was caused by his hav-
lng left the State, he being now settled in
san Francisco. John Bradford, the old
est spar maker in Portland, who did an ex-
tensiye business there in the days of Maine
shipbuilding, died Jan. oath, aged 81. He
was born in Portland, learned his trade of
his father and worked at it continuously
ETfI hos 4 1,
The liabilities of Elisha W. Shaw of New
port, insolvent, are about 1902, 600. The
assets will probably figure up about S5O,-
0O..... Orders have been received at the
kittery navy yard for the construction of
one 2S-foot steam cutter, two 26-foot cut
tiers, and all the spars, blocks, fixtures
boats Nos. II and II, now being built at
the Bath, Me-, Iron Works. The order
provides for the expenditure of between
$50, 900 and $50, 600, and will give employ
ment to quite number of workmen ..
Charles W. Henry of Oakland well
known citizen, died suddenly of heart dis
ease Jan. 26th. He was prominent
Mason and Odd Fellow and well known in
Grand Army Circles. 80. The recent snow
fall covered all sections of the State, and
was a welcome visitation. Timbering
operations will at once begin to hum.
The fall in the western part of the State
was greater than in the east. The Water
vile Mail comments the appointment of
George l.. SWEET as postmaster of Port
land and adds: Now if Presi dent Cleve-
land will make another appointment of
equal merit, that of {. +. johnson to the
office of surveyor of the port of Portland,
he will please the Democrats of the State
III general and will show that it is possible
once III while tor man to get his just
deserts even in politics.
IN BRIEF. The national banks in New
York hold the most gold--S57, 7OS, 4S5.
Illinois and Pennsylvania come next, and
then Massachusetts, $12, SOP, $50. Con-
nectcut has 81, 31S, 1873, Maine 1921, 2s3,
Rhode Island $736, 941, Vermont S515, 226,
and New Hampshire S445,319. The In
dian territory has S21 967, and Oklahoma
comes at the bottom of the list with SIP,
25O....At a meeting of the Shropshire
Breeders of New York State at Rochester,
after discussion of the depressed condi-
ton of the sheep industry, the following
was unanimously adopted: Resolved,
That it is the sense of this association
that the Mckinley schedule should be re-
stored on wool and such reciprocity treat
les as affect the transportation of Ameri-
can meats should be restored -. In the
suit of Charles Cooper Clark against Bay
ard Thayer of Boston for damages receiv-
ed in collision between the yachts Idlewild
rAo1l ,% W.