The Republican journal., 1898-02-03
NEWS Or THE EEK.


MAINE MATTERS. At City Hall, Lew
SION, Thursday evening, Jan. 9th, a re-
Ptlon was rendered to Gov. Powers by
-ne ST. Joseph's Cadets, companies A and
1t was the most brilliant occasion of
IT'D season. The Governor was accom-
.ned by Mrs Powers and his staff,
Aere was competitive drill, an address
y Croy. Powers and ball. 80. Lumber
-cn all through the northern Penobscot
lHd Aroostook region are said to have
ssed most desirable stage in their
K. They have finished yarding logs
ld are now hauling directly to the land
1gs, 1t is said that this has been one of
ae most favorable seasons in years for
7lrdlng,.., State Librarian Carver, with
her librarians, has been planning on
4oialng union meeting of the library
cieties of Maine this summer, out in
ew Of the notice which has been sent
fat ot union meeting of New England
,eties to be held in Concord, n. H.,
lnetlme during the coming June. all
.ea uf the Maine meeting has been given
and they will 20 to Concord. ... Presi-
rut Butler of Colby is meeting with very
lrtying success in securing funds FOR
Auong recent contributions were 500 bv
Gerry clerks Of Watervile, substan-
check from students in Hebron acad-
dE and one from J. 5. Maxey of Gardi-
M DR.. Butler is entitled to great credit
Lis effective work for the college,.
ennelL Dresser & Co, Portland, Me-
'''t and shoe manufacturers, are Offering
- per cent in compromise Theg
>Aow assets of 81, $50, and liabilities, 50. :
tV. Hon. Charles &. Bellamy of Kit
Terry, now eighty eight years OF age, is the
llaest ex-member of the Maine Legislat-
le IN ork county. He was a member
the House of Representatives in the
Gears 1912 and 1S43 and of the Senate in
iN40 and lS4l.....It is reported that a
irge hotel will be built in Bath next
summer, prominent Bath capitalist be-
Iug lnteTeStedIn the enterprise. 80. Charles
y Mason, Tor many years mechanical
superintendent Of the Bangor and Piscat-
tqms railroad, and later of the Bangor
and Aroostook, died Jan. 2Sth at his
1ome in Bangor of consumption. aged e.
....T The Talbot family in Washington
county, of which Hon. j. c. Talbot of
Z asst Machias is the most prominent
member, is remarkable in more ways
Ian one. 1t furnishes, among other
thlngs, striking example of Maine lon
geVlty. There are seven brothers and sis
ieis. The youngest is 20 and the oldest 81
Years of age and no death has vet occur
rec in the family. The Hallowell Gran
tie Co. has definitely decided to construct
a railroad at the quarry, in the spring.
which will connect the two quarries 1t
VIII run through the finishing sheds and
around the quarries, forming "a loop. The
enure distance will be about half a mile.
The equipment will consist of locomo-
i've and fiat cars, which will be supplied
with steam derricks for loading. The
system Will be great convenience, as
Iougn granite can readily be transferred
rom the quarries and landed in the cut
ing sheds at short notice. SO. State Super
intendent of Schools Stetson will take a
vaeatlon OF four weeks, beginning Febru-
ary leth, the first he has taken for num-
Der OF years. While away he will attend
me national superintendents' convention
at Chattanooga, Tenn, February %, and
VIII visit i'll Illinois and Iowa. On his
way home he will visit normal schools in
New ork and Connecticut. This much
needed vacation is taken by order of his
physician.....J John G. Horne, the we'll
known horse buyer of Waterville, died at
ms home in that city Jan. 2Sth, after
short illness of pleurisy. Mr.. Horne was
a native of Waterville. He was large
dealer and buyer for New York house.
10 road or driving horses His age was
~ years. Three sons survive him. An
drew }. Logan of Bangor has been ap-
pointed roadmaster of the Maine Central.
wee Nolney II. Foss, resigned Among
me divorces granted at the recent term of
The Supreme court in Bangor was that of
prominent business man, whose domes-
TIC happiness he claimed had been dis
turoed by his wife's craze for Christian
science or something of that sort The
religious spark kindled a great fl re in their
home, and pretty soon it got toe hot for
either OF them; so, after welded life of
AZ years, they were separated by the
court, and the husband paid to the wife
sl,5OO tor her support 80. President But
ler OF Colby announces that with the $50
100 raised by subscription and the $50, 600
1T insures from the Baptist Educational
Society the erection of the chemical lab
oratory and woman's building are assur
ed.....A lively meeting of the stockholders
OF the Waterville Trust & Safe Deposit
Company was held Jan. 29th, at which
PRESIDENT Horace Purinton was deposed
and the Hon. l. G. Libby elected, and the
name of the corporation was changed to
the Waterville Trust Company. Re-
turns from old line life insurance COM
panies doing business in Maine for the
year 1897 are all in, showing the year to
nave been most prosperous.