The Republican journal., 1897-02-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


MAINE MATTERS. The board of
trustees of the Maine Industrial school
at Hallowen held an important meeting
last week. The institution has ST., 900 in
available funds and it was voted to eXpend
that sum in the erection of another build
ing at the college. 1t was further voted
to place a woman at the head of the
school. Maj. Rowell, who has been a
trustee for Is years, has resigned. A com
mittee consisting of Mrs. L. M. n. Stevens
of Portland, MI Church of Hallowell and
Capt. Nash of Augusta was appointed to
select a new superintendent. c. G. Hunt
of Augusta has been appointed The
trustees voted to ask the legislature
to amend the charter SO that girls between
6 and 16 years of age may be admitted to
the school. AT present it is open only to
girls between ! and Is years old.....A
charity whist party in aid of st. Mark S
Home for Old Ladies' was given Janu-
airy 18th, in the Blaine mansion, Au-
gusta, and was attended by 100 prominent
legislators, State officials and representa-
tive Augusta citizens and ladies. Mrs.
Walter Damrosch, Mrs. Harriet Blaine
Beal and Mrs. H. P. Milliken of Augusta
received..... The new Republican State
18th for organization. There was large
attendance considering the inclement
weather. Hon. Joseph H. Manley of Au-
gusta was elected chairman Hon. Byron
Boyd of Augusta, secretary, and Chas. S.
Hichborn of Augusta, treasurer After
a short business session the committee ad-
journed subject to the call of the chair.
..... A part of Masonic block at Bangor,
which has been devoted in the past to
business purposes, is to be fitted for the
Masons in the future. There will be re-
ception and reading rooms and library.
500. The last shipment of apples from Port
land to London and Liverpool has paid
the consignors very well. This is crafty
ing, for the previous shipments had prov
ed disastrous. The general condition of
the apples, however, will keep prices
down on this side, for they are becoming
fully as ripe as they should be to send
across safely.....An earthquake shock was
felt in Machias, Jan. 10Th. There was a
heavy rumbling sound that lasted half a
minute. Stoves and windows were
shaken and people indoors were startled
by the shock. 1t was also felt in
adjoining towns. The direction was
from the south towards the north see.
Mr. George Otis Smith of the United
States geological survey has published
his dissertation submitted to the board of
university studies of John Hopkins Uni
veIsity for the degree of Fh. D. 1t is
study of the geology of the Fox Islands,
Me-, and it shows thorough scholarship
in that branch. MI Smith is a son of
Hon. j. o. Smith of SkowhegaD. see. Alvin
Webster, the Green's Landing wife beat
Ell, who, after Judge Chase had found
sufficient cause to hold him for the April
grand jury, escaped from the constable
before he could be brought to the county
Jail, has been arrested at Providence,
R, L., and brought back to Maine to
stand trial. The management of the
Bangor, Old Town and Orono road have
concluded not to sell. Mr.. Gerald said
last week: ''We knew we were going into
contracts next season that would involve
the expenditure OF considerable money
and SO we thought we would sell the B.
.. d o. Road, but we can see how we can
get along without doing so and although
we received good offer we declined to
sell. ".... The only shipbuilding of conse-
quence in Knox county during 1896 was
at Camden, which belongs to the Belfast
district. The prospects look no brighter for
1897, and year after year the district is
losing thousands of dollars in valuation
through the sale and loss of vessel prop
erty. In Rockland alone the valuation fell
off over S150,00O from that source last
year. The eighth annual ball of the
Maine Central Relief Association will be
given at City Hall, Portland, Tuesday
evening, February 10th. The Maine Cen
tral ball is looked forward to as the dane
ing event of the winter in Portland. This
year will be no exception; in fact it will
be better than ever..... The Pine Tree Club
of Boston met around the banquet tables
of Hotel Brunswick. Boston, Thursday,
Jan. 2Sth. The evening was informally
spent, as there were no set speeches. or
chestral and vocal music with monologues
being enjoyable substitutes. President
Prentiss Cummings made the welcoming
address and after the good things of the
banquet had been tried he made happy
allusion to the probable selection of Hon.
John d. Long, Maine man by birth, for
Cabinet office. The officers of the club
are: President, Prentiss Cummings;
treasurer, Samuel K. Hamilton; secretary,
VIM. G. Waite. The Legislative ball at
Augusta will be given Feb. 23d, and &C
tive preparations are being made for it.
The reception and ball will be far and
away the grandest affair ever given in
that city.
In BRIEF. Not since the blizzard of
1888 has there been storm of such sever
ity throughout New England as that
which prevailed during Jan. 2Sth. All
sections report heavy snow, varying from
Is to "a inches on level. A high wind
prevailed and in many places piled up
drifts of five to ten feet in height. Coun-
fru roads boro oil
most impossible and the steam railroad,
electric railway, telegraph and telephone
service pretty thoroughly demoralized. In
many places schools were closed, portions
of mills shut down and business of all
kinds practically suspended. .... The loss
of cattle and sheep from the cold weather
in the West will be great. In South Da-