The Republican journal., 1897-07-22

poSltlonS from brakeman up. He was
unmarried. -. Edwin r. Packard of East
Winthrop, editor and publisher, who was
prostrated with the heat July 9th, died
July 10th. The deceased leaves wife
| and two children who have the sincere
sympathy of all. go. State Librarian L. D.
Carver says that the towns are raising
larger sums this year for free public Ii
brares than last and that the appropria-
ton of 81, 500 made by the last legisla-
ture will undoubtedly be taken by them. .
| The dimensions of the new chimney for
the insane hospital at Augusta are some
| thing to marvel at. 1t will be $50 feet in
height, with diameter at the base of II 1-2
feet, and at the summit of II 1-2 feet.
The iron cap will weigh l l-2 tons. The
| foundations for the pit will be of masonry,
eight feet in thickness and 35 in diameter.
The shaft will be round. Four 1870 horse
| power boilers are to be set at the base....
The town of Ripley has donated 1000
for public library. That, together
with the $500 voted by the town for
that purpose in addition, and the
500 worth of books given by the State,
will give the library good start.
.... Radcliffe +. Ford of Biddeford has
been appoined L. 5. Consul at Yarmouth,
n. s.. and Delmar j. Vail of Vermont
succeeds D. j. Kane of Bangor as L. S.
Consul at Charlottetown, P. E. H.. The
two lightships at the Bath Iron Works
are rapidly nearing completion and it is
expected they will be ready for service in
about two weeks. They will probably go
to the station they are to be assigned to
under their own steam, which will be
their official trial trip. A correspondent
of the Eastern Gazette writes about
very queer incident taking place in Brad
ford, Me-, recently. Mr.. Ivory Burrill
was driving home through shower when
the lightning struck his team, cutting off
| both thlls and rendering him insensible.
When he recovered consciousness he
found himself in one place. his wagon in
another. and his mare in third place.
and she had given birth to twin colts,
| both Of which were dead. go. Peter Beck
man S 'barrel boat is at Bar Harbor.
! This wonderful invention is anchored near
the Tow Path and at every hour of the
| day people are standing gazing and ask
! ing questions about the boat. Peter has
taken several short excursions about the
| bay and declares that it is only question
of time before the Frank Jones and Sappho
will 60 out of service supplanted by the
superior advantages of the cylinder boat.
..... During heavy shower last Saturday
evening, two horses of Albert Sawyer
in New Sharon, We're instantly killed by
lightning. The driver escaped with
slight injuries. Joseph P. jenkins,
foreman calker at the kittery navy yard,
died Saturday. aged "a years.. Com
mander Carleton of the Maine G.. A. R.,
has selected the route by which the Maine
party will reach the G. A. r. encampment
at Buffalo, Aug. %. 1t will be over the
Maine Central through the White Noun
tains and through the Canadas, taking in
Montreal and Toronto. They will also
make a stop at Niagara. The party will
| leave Portland, Saturday, Aug. p, at
| S. As a. m., arriving in Buffalo Sunday
evening.
II BRIEF The United States cruiser
Brooklyn reached her anchorage off
| Tompkinsville, S. l., July 17th. The
Brooklyn left New York on June 3 for
England to take part in the Queens jubi-
| lee arriving at southampton on the morn
ing of June IA, The appearance of the
Brooklyn in the great naval parade elicit
! ed favorable comment from those who
saw the grand demonstration. All on
| board are well..... The correspondent of
| the Associated Press ascertains on inquiry
at the United States embassy in London
that Mr.. Whitelaw Reid was not consulted
with regard to the publication of Secre-
tary Sherman's despatch on the sealing
question and that he had no knowledge
whatever of the document until he saw it
in print...... The British ship Maud al San
| Francisco from Calcutta reports the death
on the voyage of a sailor from what is be-
lieved to have been the bubonic plague.
| The other sailors had the disease, but
| haX Tl,n al Inc
quarantineG.... is reported in London
| by way of Paris news agency that there
is a foundation in fact for the report of an
alliance between the Spanish and ia
panese.. Gen. Maxine Gomez is said to
be moving toward Havana with 5000
men,. The New York Times says that
tea importers in that city are confronted
by the prospect of heavy loss ON their
importation of Is, coo, 600 to 20, 900, 600
pounds of tea which began arriving at
New Y ork about the first of July. 1t was
ordered when the general impression was
that Congress would put duty on tea =.
The crop of Missouri this year is roughly
estimated to be worth $40, 900, 600 and
many say the figures are too low. The
Importance of the crop may be under
| stood when it is understood that it is
worth more than the wheat crops of
LIMOS ana MISSOURI com DlneQ, with
the cotton crop of Missouri thrown in
for good measure. .... Word comes from
suffield, Conn, that contrary to the
first opinions, the crops were great
ly damaged by the heavy rains. Tobacco
especially suffered greatly and it is esti-
mated that at least $500 damage has
been done. In Windsor, it is reported,
acres of young tobacco are under water...
The steam sealing bark Hope with Lieut..
R. E. Peary and party on board, bound
for Northern Greenland, left Boston July
10th, fully equipped for The voyage. The
OBJECT of the voyage is to bring about an
establishment of a settlement at the most
northern point of Greenland, which shall
be used as base of supplies for an expe-
dition in search of the North Pole, under
Lieut.. Peary in 1898. To this end party
of Esquimaux will be located at the new
settlement, and will, during the next
year, be engaged in making preparations
for Lieut.. Peary's expedition. .... Miss
Jean Ingelow, the distinguished poet and
novelist, died in London July 10Th. She