The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-07-20
NEW 5 OF The WEEK.

U.< MATTERS. There are now 1900
-s l.ls in the State than in 1898. The
IN the number is due to the eff
(, l- made to consolidate the smaller
The operation of the consolida-
uu Is singular superintendent
---1 91ys that with a strong school
-tee it viii continue in a town
years. Then a new committee
loosen and a return had to small
5. instead of one or two centrally
.u.a fH which the scholars are carried
nal OF year or two OF the old
.- .5wus almost invariably return to
a result, Mr.. Stetson thinks,
, about by the preference of the
.l ror large schools. The Ameri-
4srrute of Instruction, in session at
lsoor from July 9th to 10th, appears
d|t been one of unusual interest.
- ot the most eminent educators of
1gland were present and the ad-
---=- we're Of a very high order. W.
He state Supt. of schools in Yer
vas elected president for the COM
EeIr..,. Governor Powers has ap-
.s as delegates to the Farmer
ISIS 10 be held in Boston in October,
blowing gentlemen: First district,
A. Dearborn, Maplewood; second,
l b W Mckeen, Fryeburg; third, g.
7rchell, Augusta; delegate at large,
lljah Cook, Vassalboro. The
u.-- from the fourth district has not
s. been named..... The kennebec Jour
Which is the official State paper and
j. -J be reliable, says that the kissing
b myth, There is no such creature
-l.>teule as the much advertised mel
-s.-> Icipes. The whole thing is
started by some bright young news
nen in Washington when there was
Of real news, and swallowed by
-ble public, as many a hoax has
1 ..t3ie and will be hereafter IA
lndeI shower passed over Phil
l4th, the lightning striking in
- ten places. Nearly every tele-
VI own was burned out, while a
sibridge Hill, about two miles
u village, WAS burned to the
lgether with 20 tons of hay,
t,uls, a horse, four sets of double
-r- and a bull worth $500. The
' 3)U, aud the insurance 81, 000.....
t''teN-+ALS cNttNlOI VI luC I 1iltl
sinment at Green Lake, in Han
nly. has grown to be very large
sting establishment The res
nJains $50 acres, and under the
.'eldency OF Mr.. Edward E. Race
much improved. The water
as a capacity of 3, 500 gallons a
the hatchery and ponds, of
-efe are five in number. In one
ee Fonds are several hundred sal
a4rd in 1896 and they are there.
ae Years old. They are kept for
purposes and are real beauties
say they make run for food is a
n another pond are 500 steel
r. Matched i'll 1897, and 5000
.~t .aSt season. ..... Travellers on the
---nu County R. l.. remark upon
cry smooth running of the trains,
% aeeounted for by great improve
made in the roadbed lately. Gen
Manager Dowst is working hard to
road one of the best nywhere,
uergy, knowledge and experience
4aug themselves felt all along the
- is also to be noted that the
lstun County trains are run right
edule time. The road is doing a
- n-suess, both in freight and pas
rL-i.s James A. Place of South Ber-
a> been appointed to be census
'.l for the First Maine district. 80.
We 'elolt sent out Friday that word had
75l i7ceired of the death of Mrs. Hut
'+ saunders, wife of the L. S. COM
" aer proves to have been an error in
5-tfHseription Of the cablegram. The
-NsF-e was made to read Mother dead"
erection later changed the an
-a.-Ineut to ''Mother better. ".... The
7+-''- u the lst Maine Regiment Heavy
-efF Association of the Civil War, is
He'd IN Harrington, Wednesday,
''--'l i6....." Pete" Huntoon has sold
interest in the famous Tontine at
Qs"Itk 10 Geo. w. Davis, a former
traveller. Mr.. Davis has taken
a.-e-.. Commissioner Matthews in his
'llSs lPon the work of the Maine bu-
iabor and Industrial statistics, in
..''7 S session, told the visiting commits
-'IS that in the State of Maine there
17y 80, 600 people who earn their
one way or another, from the
-'ori ndustry. This lumber industry
1- reviewed in the forthcoming
nj the department....T The Water
INST Co., acting through its attorney
=. Brown, will take possession of
"seasset y Quebec Railroad. This
8iIl be taken through the railroads S
-naole to pay the interest on the
FPS" worth of bonds issued in 1896.
t74NGToN WuIsPERINGs. The pen
mmittee of the 6. A. r.. which is
lWrng into pension measures and
dmlnlstration at the invitation of
Ssloner Evans, practically closed
''iB Jnly II. 1t is understood no sub
1a foundation has been found for the
-iiouS against the work of the bureau
Nlateyer is recommended probably
't as to changes in the law itself......
a attest denial that he will resign
-I4Jdry Alger says that the attacks on
" are cruel and that if any one can show
-.1l"ing in his official career that he
ny lslt to have done and hasn't, or ought
have done and has, he will resign.
n DFg. Gen. Rosser, who recently reach
d aShlngton from Cuba, called at the
'e House, Wednesday. When asked
i' me sentiment for annexation, Gen.
t''ef 3ef said: ''No man on the island with
a, auliaf Ia worth of property wants to see
n nlted States flag pulled down.
1 MY know it means anarchy, chaos and
sii sfiEi''esslon' " ...... Major General Shafter
h It nave reached the age limit in about
VIZ p1e'. months and it is said his friends are
-on Glng energetically to secure his reten-
tran 1 III service few years longer. Comp
5,,;' aei Dawes announces that the contri
t6s .s'ghs of the school children of Maine to
Lafayette Memorial fund amount to