The Republican journal., 1897-11-18
NEWS Or IhE EEK.

MAINE MATTERS. The Otis Falls Pulp
l- Paper Company have in stage of con-
uction at Petterson's Falls on the An
scoggin river pulp mill which will
eed the size of any in the State when
apleted. 1t is TO have a producing
wer of 100 tons of paper per day
Hd give employment TO 800 hands. 1t is
Npected this mill will be completed by
lly 1895, at a cost of about $3.50, 600.
-r. +. W, Plasted of the Augusta New
re has placed in the custody of Lithgow
Iary the autograph letter Of Hon. j. q,
aine to the Governor OF Maine, resign
his seat in the U. S. Senate at the
me he accepted position in the Cabinet
President Gdrtield..... The Washington
unity Railroad company has filed peti
ON toT change in its location. The new
ute begins at the Maine Central railroad
trag Ellsworth, running through Hancock,
rankin. sullivan, Township No. /,
cuben, Millbndge, to a point in Cherry
-.d where it would strike the original
cation. .-.. Mrs. William Ellis of Oakland,
.ughter Of the late William Sawtelle,
t.- celebrate with lifting ceremonies the
lYtnt of her 1924 birthday on Jan. 3,
rs. She is undoubtedly the oldest
oan ia the State. go. Two of the locomo-
IS, Lion and Tiger, which did service
H the Whitneyyille u Macbiasport rail
,d for 81 Years or more, have been sold
Thomas I0Wle of Portland and will be
upped there from Machias. Their com
ned weight is about II tOns..... The
+dchias uiun announces that all doubt
specting the construction of the Wash
a-ton County Railroad is now dispeiled
ud work viii begin at once.... ''We had
wore applications Tor State pensions, last
ar, than ever before in the history Of
state, remarked Pension Agent Mill
..l TO a kennebeC journal man, Thurs
Vs., but this year we have POO more
AN We had last year. Nov. 22nd,
W, Thayer, we'll known by his connec-
Hu with the Augusta house, will succeed
assrs. Atwood and Thurston in the
1prietorship of the Bangor Exchange. =.
MS seasons pack of corn, beans and
ecotash at the factory of the Portland
acking Co, in Skowhegan, about 250, 900
Hs, has all been shipped. Messrs.
raid and Libbey of the Portsmouth,
unebunk and y ork street railway, have
Al plans made for the construction of SO
lies Of new road in Maine as soon as
ling opens, which will be run in connec-
IA with their Lewiston line. A map of
new road has been shown at theiI
flee in Portsmouth, n. H., and it pro
les for a connection with Bath .......
scar c. Rogers has been chosen city
.a3surer Of Bath, in place of Palmer, re-
ned..... 1t has been decided to hold a
t.lcus on the evening of Dec. ? to decide
le Bath postmastership contest. The
aaddates are A. Augustus Huse, j.
frank Hayden; VIM. Rogers, Harry E. Stet-
1n and Geo. Ii. Clark. 49,. The election OF
the executive board of the Maine division
A. w. closed Nov. 18th. The following
iucers were chosen: Chief Consul, Abpel
w. Lowell, Portland; vice consul, Warren
-l Chase, Portland; secretary treasurer
arcy II. Richardson, Portland; represen-
atives, Harry I. Passmore, Bath How
ard L. Burr, Auburn. The votes fol
hief consul stood as follows: Abner W.
lowell, Portland, l72; Clarence W. Small
rHrtland, 156; Lncius E. Cobb, Rockland
~. There was no contest for the other
tces