The Republican journal., 1897-08-26
NEWS or THE EEK.

gates to the Farmer National congress
to be held in st. Paul, Mimi, August 81
to Sept 6: j. w. Dudley of Castle
Hill; B. F. Briggs of Auburn; W. G. Hun
ton of Readfield; W. II. Moody of Liberty;
j. NJ. Winslow of Nobleboro; }. +. Tai
bot of Andover; Charles W. French of
South Levant; Lambert Sands of Sebec;
George Flint of North Arson; John NJ.
Deering of Saco; S. L. Holbrook of
Brunswick: and F. S. Adams of Bowdoin.
...... The losses from the large fire in
Vassalboro, June 10Th, have been very
happily adjusted with the Maine Central
railroad management, which has shown
very liberal disposition in the matter
This will permit many who would be
otherwise without homes to again build.
The settlement was without the least
attempt at litigation upon the part of any
one. go. Deer Isle rejoices that it has a
representative in the Klondike gold fields
in the person Of Fl. j. Thurlow, who
went there two years ago. letter re-
ceived from his daughter, who is in Wash
ington, and will sail for Alaska Aug. 10,
says that he was one of the lucky ones,
and has taken out gold and is interested
in claims valued at several hundred thou
sand dollars .... The recent annual en-
campment of the Maine soldiery was COM
plete success. Gov. Powers, who was in
attendance, has made himself popular
with the "boys'' by his genial and social
ways, and marked interest in their work,
and his estimable wife was popular with
everybody. Gen. Richards, the new ad-
jutant, proved himself ''the right man in
the right place. -. Mrs. Hannah Robinson
of Augusta died Aug. 18th, at the sum-
mer home of her granddaughter, Mrs. A.
S. Hunt, at Lake Cobbosseecontee at the
age of 1902 years, months and II days.
She was born in Hallowell, in the part
known now as Chelsea. Up to the last
Mrs. Robinson was in full power Of her
faculties. She has been for a month a
sufferer from bronchitis. ....Gov. Powers
has accepted an invitation to make an
address at Nobeboro Aug. 18th, at con-
vention of the Sunday schools of Knox,
Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties. 1t is
reported that Senator Frye will also be
present and speak. Gov Powers made
an address Aug. 10th at Fryeburg at the
Chautauquan meeting, and on the 10Th
delivered an address at the New England
fair at Rigby Park. ". II. Libby died
in Augusta Aug. 18th, at the age Of %
years He was one of Augustus best
known and highly respected citizens.
He had been seriousl y i'll for some time,
having been confined to his house with
few exceptions for the past eight months.
He is survived by a widow, two sons and
one daughter. The Maine Democrat of
Augusta has been sold to the Portland
Star, with which paper it will be consol
idated. The Democrat was formerly the
kennebec Democrat of Waterville, pub
lished by the late Benjamin Bunker, and
was purchased by Augusta parties
and transferred to Augusta. MI. H. Lee
land Thompson, editor and manager of
the Democrat, will, on Sept. 4, issue the
kennebec Independent at Augusta.....
Miss Annie Emery, daughter of Judge
L. A. Emery OF Ellsworth, goes to Wis
consin the first of September to assume
the duties of Dean of Women in the Wis
consin University. Prof. Harry c.
Emery, who has spent the past year in
Germany, has sailed for home and will join
the family at Hancock Point for the re-
mainder of the summer. He will resume
his professorship at Bowdoin in the fall.
..... The new lightship, No. 50, built at
the Bath Iron Works, sailed from Bath,
will 60 on the Diamond shoal station. ....
Mark f. Jordan of New Gloucester died
Aug. 14th, at the age of 40 years of heart
disease He was brother of B. c. Jor-
dan of Alfred and of Prof. L. c. Jordan
Of Bates college. Business is brisk at
the Bangor boom, where William Con-
nor's crews are now engaged in rafting
out the sixth drive of steam mill logs re-
ceived this season. This drive contains
about 6, 900, 900 feet of logs, making the
total to date in 1897, 80, 0O0O, 90 feet.....
The Bath city government held a special
meeting, August 18th, and passed an
order to extend for 80 years, SIS, 600
municipal bonds, that become due the
first of next month. The order calls for
4 per cent. interest, while the former
bonds were 5 per cent.