The Republican journal., 1898-01-06
NEWS Or The WEEK.

MAINE MATTERS. IL ne Name central
has adopted a new color for its freight
cars and all cars hereafter coming from
The shops in Waterville will be red instead
ot green. The shade will be very dark
me, more so than the color Of the Bangor
4 Aroostook cars, and the lettering will
ne put on in white. The Boston & Maine
las adopted the same color and already
some of the newly painted cars of that
road are IN service. Representative
Burleigb, when he returns to Washington
after the holidays, will reside with his
wife and daughter at 1923 H street. north
vest. They have engaged apartments
1Aere for the winter All the Maine dele
cation now reside within a few blocks of
each other in Washington. The Water
vile Mail says that the few farmers who
are so lucky as to have winter apples to
sell this year are receiving offers of So
per barrel from the travelling buyers.
Seth [. Snipe of Bath will be candidate
ior department commander of the q. A.
Il. EX. Gov. Robe and the Rev G. A.
SOuthard are also in the field. ..E. Ii.
Kinney, second surfman at the Hunni-
VeIPs Beach life saving station, near the
a.5unebec, has been appointed keeper of
fte new station On Damariscove island,
Fl BOothbay Harbor. Mr.. Spinney is a
atiye of Phippsburg. on the kennebec,
AuI IS - years old The .noSitinr .s.,y,.
500 a year go. Two handsome and uniqueA
monuments just completed at the Hal |
well granite works are to mark the posi- /
a0ns OF Maine regiments on the Gettys-
4urg tle-field. The Third Maine is
presented by a huge boulder with a
shield in bas-relief, upon which is chsel
I'd the name OF the regiment the colonel
Ommanding and the date of the engage
lr enr. The Fourth Maine has a pyramid
shaped stone with the proper inscriptions
The corps badge in red granite is a distin-
uishing feature, -. Portland Council No.
'3, Order of L United Commercial Travel
rs of America, was Instituted in Portland
Zee 30th with twenty charter members.
he governor and council Dec. 3lst,
-Tanted a pardon to Samuel Lisk of
" estbrook, serving years sentence in
lie Portland Jail for assault with danger
as weapon. The petition of pardon of
Anna l.. Fontaine was tabled until the
March meeting. All the years business
was completed and they adjourned until
January 25.... There are one hundred and
thirty seven lakes and streams stocked
with landlocked salmon in the State of
Maine. Five years ago there were but
three. One of the Fort Fairfield K iC1-
ike agitators is purchasing wooden sock
and mittens in large quantities to CARY
10 that ice bound region. He has moe
tlIan l, 900 pairs of those articles and 5
Sill buying. 49, The lime manufactu.-
ny company of Burgess, O'Brien & Co,
Ihomaston, has made an assignment tGr
The benefit OF its creditors. Hon. +. +.
y Brien, a man of large wealth. is men, 4
ber OF the firm, but has taken no active
part in the business. His personal affairs
are not otherwise involved. 1t is UNDER
stood that the condition of the lime bus
ness is such that Z. L. O'Brien did not
frem it prudent to advance funds and
ntinue the business but concl lded to
nd it up. He has large interests in
ttssels and property in several States and
IL will take some little time to adjust
matters. 1t is expected that the creditors
will give reasonable time and that they
viii be paid dollar for dollar. 1t is re-
ported that the debts amount to 800, 700.
Municipal bonds of the city of Hal
Dwell to the value of $50, 900 were old
Dec. 9th to E. C. Stanwood & Co of
Boston at 104. 4S7. The time limit was
Irst placed at 10 ears, but at subsequent
special meeting of the City Government
authority was given to change them to 20
Years bonds .... The annual report CT the
Maine Insane Hospital for the year end
iug November 80, which comprists the
4ep0rts Of the trustees, superintendent,
Ieasurer, etc, has been submitted to
Jhe Governor and council The number
If patients has been larger than tlat of
any preceding year. In October it was
137. The daily average has ben 1872,
considerably exceeding that of any previ
0lS wear Whole pnul her of patientS