The Republican journal., 1898-03-17
NEWS or The EEK.

MAINE MATTERS. The citizens of
Bethel. the home OF Judge Foster. are
aroused over the effort to have him drop
ped from the supreme bench. In answer
to the allegations by the W. c. T. L. and
others, his townsmen have sent petition
to the Governor for his appointment. OF
2l7 voters Isl signed it, II are absent and
but ~ did not sign. The Judge is out
with an affidavit declaring that he has not
received notification from the Congrega-
tional church of his reported expulsion,
and further that since the date when such
| action is said to have been taken he has
contributed from Sunday to Sunday S145.
his checks having been accepted by the
church.... The terms of the compromise
in the John 8. Curtis will case, which was
withdrawn from the jury in the Cumber-
| land county supreme court We're made
public March ,. Roscoe W. Curtis, whose
kinship was established by the court de-
cree, is to receive Is per cent. of the res
iduary estate, after the life estate of the
widow expires. 1t was agreed that $50
should be allowed as the costs of the suit
to be paid out of the estate, and portion
of that sum to 60 to the contestant
The class of 90, University of Maine held
its Junior promenade. in the Town
Hall, Orono. March II. Cyrenus W.
Crockett, Rufus H. Carleton, Marshall b.
! Downing. Harold II. Clark and Irving H.
Drew were the committee. So. { ON mander
Southland has appointed Capt |. L. Mer-
llck OF ateryille assistant adjutant @ener-
at Mr.. Merrick is well posted in &. A. Il.
affairs and will be an efficient and aceep-
table officer. Hon. c. VI. Moses of Bid
deford has been app -ated appraiser at
the Portland custom house. Mr.. Moses has
been an active Republican worker and
member of the State committee for Y o1k
county for many years and being a thor
oughly competent man. his appointment
must be generally acceptable to Maine
/ people,. In the case of the Boston En-
eelsior Co. against the Bangor Il Aroos-
| took Railroad for damages sustained by
fire, alleged to have been caused by sparks
from an engine Of the defendant corpora
ton. in property of the Excelsior Co. at
Milo, the Jury being ont all night brought
in verdict for the plaintiff, Mar. 4th,
awarding s. 066.. ... 1t is announced that
/ Col. Edward Merrill ot Philadelphia, Who
| last fall purch ased the residence of Mrs.
Maiden Hill, Bar Harbor, has also
bought Robin Hood Trotting Park and a
tract of sixty acres at the foot of New
| port Mountain.... Reports from the lum-
Der region on Union river say that opera
| tions are practically suspended, both in
/ the logging and bark camps, because of
| the large amount of water in the swamps
and on the ponds. Three feet of water
are reported on some ponds. Teams can
not get on the landings. Two weeks
more cold weather are needed to satisfac-
torily finish up operations. lit seems to
be practically settled that Judge Foster
will not be re-apponted to the Supreme
bench, consequently candidates are com
ing forward. Folger of Rockland is promi-
nently mentioned, SO is A. d. Cornish of
Lewiston and so is the Hon. Frederick A.
| Powers of Houlton, a brother of the Gov
ernor-and there are others, many others
49,. Representatives in Maine of the Inter
scholastic Athletic association met in
Brunswick March oth, the object of the
meeting being to organize under the direc-
! ton of the Bowdoin college association
to be called the Bowdoin Interschoastic
association. The necessary notice of Is
days had not been given and a vote will
be taken March 20..... The we'll known
pacing horse Bayard Wilkes has dice from
effects of an injury received at Mystic
park year ago last fall He was Is years
old, and had record of ?. IL IA. He was
the sire of the speedy Bismarck and was
owned by c. T. Drake of Lewiston.
The strike in the Biddeford mills has been
decla red off.