The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-01-16
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AhlNE MATTERS. The 37th annual re-
r pt the railroad commissioners is be-
l- sent ont from the railroad Office. One
u dStnd will be distributed to railroad
i1tlals. 1t is nicely bound and contains
picture OF retiring commissioner d. \.
N'luand of R0ckland who held the
lice from 1888 to 1895. Also picture
tile Aroostook river bridge on the Ban
Il Aroostook at Presque Isle, as well
rs 4ne ot the old locomotive Princeton in
.,e "a the st. Croix d Penobscot railroad,
a wcpd burner..... Harry Franklin of Ban
-Nl sentenced in New Y ork, in 1888. to IA
wears ia Prison for the robbery of a man
ceuts an affair in which there were
Nt oilers connected, during which he
a4- ntoXicated, and to which he pleaded
-aalA, being told that he would get a
I-.t sentence. was pardoned by Gov.
a''t4n. Jan. g. He is now at his home
. i3ugor..... The liquor commissioner in
annual report gives list of the favor
t Aicohoiic beverages consumed by diff
eeu. towns i'll the state. The tastes OF
several towns vary from whiskev
has the greatest lead as a favuIite
mdy. which is the least in demand.
luc Dexter correspondent of the Ban
A0i- "llteS \ very peIceptible shock
aitAqiake was felt in this village at
-' " clock Friday morning. being suf-
utly severe to shake buildings and
-r some alarm. 1t continued for ttill
ite. 1t IS also reported from Sanger
and other surrounding towns as be
Iuiie severe..... William j. Turner.
a-si ad years, living in Randolph and
-r1t ION kennebec Steamboat company,
lated in the office of the company in
'adiner Jan. 9th. by shooting himself
H"agh he lead with Winchester rifle.
.ie lad arranged the rifle SO as to pull the
sger with his foot and was found dead
bis bed. Bath smiles at a Portland
t"T story that the grave of Governor
a'ua is unknown and unmarked. The re.
ntns of Maine first governor rest peace
lily beneath an imposing monument in
'Hk Grove cemetery, Bath. .. :. The Maine
nural steam shovel has been set up in
Niapleton cut, about half a mile west of
Newport station. and both banks are be-
n- taken out to grade for double track
tttween Newport and Detroit, which it is
expected will be in running condition in
season for next summers change of time.
several of the whispering pines at
iiunswlck, that Longfellow loved, will
whisper no more. The storm leyeled
lem to the ground. . Major c. j. House.
Jerk ID the labor commissioner office at
lhe State House, has some valuable relics
Z the war, in that of piece of exploded
Shell and two minnie bullets which were
.lcked up by member of his regiment
me list Maine Heavy Artillery, near
teters0urg on the battlefield when the
GENIAL major was wounded June 1S, 1864
"A verdict was rendered at Saco, Sat
itday night, in the West Buxton libel suit
the supreme court. Rev. John ID.
"aldron was found guilty of the charge
'l conniving to induce Mrs. Mary j. Frost
ln sign confession of the authorship of
"honymous letters which caused trouble
10 west Buxton in 1894. Damages were
lWarded in the sum of $500. The other
.hree defendants, F. A. Smith, Cyrus F.
Davis and Leroy McCorrison, were ac-
lntted..... Hon. Leroy L. Carleton of
Winthrop, long the able county attorney
'"r hennebec, announces his candidacy
Tor grand commander, e. A. r., of Maine,
rs competitor of Rev. c. A. Southland of
!lveimore Falls and Col. l.. d. Carver of
h"ckland. He is widely known as an
eminent lawyer, an astute politician, an
eloquent orator. and will prove a formid-
3bt candidate .... Edward Gray, a Rock