The Republican journal., 1899-10-12
NEWS OF The WEEK.

more than ZOO deer have been killed in
the Mousehead lake and West Branch re-
gion since Sept /, as a result of the new
law passed last winter. The outlook for
deer hunting was never so good. 1t is es-
timated that there are over 100, 900 deer
running wild in the Maine woods, which |
is more than in all the other New England
and the Middle States combined. There
is long close time on caribou, as none
can be killed legally in Maine for six
years. Henry II. Bliss of New y ork, |
native of Waldoboro, was accidently struck |
and killed by an automobile in New Y ork |
recently. Mr.. Bliss was brother of
George Bliss of Waldoboro, and Chas. E.
Bliss of Bangor, and of the late Hiram
Bliss of Washington. The deceased had |
lived in New 70 many years and was
formerly i'll business there, but had retir-
ed. He was about 20 years OF age. Con
gresham Littletield expects to take the
stump during the coming campaign IN |
Ohio, and may also GO into the First
Maine distri let in behalf of the Republican
nominee. Mr. Lttletield is most etfec
tive campaig speaker. and Ohio and the
LIST district are to be congratulated. The ,
Portland Board of Trade has received as |
sulance from the authorities at Washing /
ton that the work of preparing plans and |
specifications tor the new ightship to be
stationed off Cape Elizabeth, as authorized |
by the last Congress, will be expedited as |
fast as possible. -. The grand jury of Knox
county reported ~ indictments 50 OF
which were f II violations of the liquor law.
The mackertl season has been a failure so
far as the Maine coast is concerned. \ |
Portland dealer estimates that less than
O1e low, oil "a
caught on the entire coast. Thinkers We're
caught quite abundantly, however,. Rev.
II. W. Tilden, d. D., of Jacksonville, Fla, |
formerly OF Augusta Me. and Hyde Park,
Mass has accepted a call to the Baptist
church i'll Livermore Falls. Major \. w. |
Roessler of the [ nited States corps OF !
engineers at Portland has recommended
the acceptance Of the bid of Augustus X. |
Wright of Portland to do the dredging |
and ledge work required in Union river
ior S119, 800. This sum is over SO,
iess than the amount appropriated by Con
greSs so that the contract can be made
and the improvement eXecuted..... Charles
P. Sretson, one of the leading lawyers of
Bangor, and well known professionally
throughout the State, died Sept. 10Th at
the age of "a years, of heart failure. He
was son of the late Hon. Chas. Stetson
of Bangor. He graduated at Yale college
III the class of 1870, and from Harvard
law school in 1S5S...... The, will of Mrs.
Nancy Z. D. Nyman of Bangor bequeaths
to the American home missionary society,
the American missionary society, the
Maine missionary society and the Ameri
can and foreign Christian union ST.
000; to the American Bible society 500,
and to the Woman's board of missions,
acting with the American board of for
eign missions, $500. The home for Aged
Women n Bangor receives $500, the |
Childlens home of Bangor receives 500,
the Y. NJ. G. A. 500, the First Congre-
gational church $500, the Kings Daugh-
ters unionin Bangor, in trust for the Kings
Daughters home, $500, and the New West |
educational commission Of Chicago, 5000.
In addition to the gifts to the public |
institutions and organizations she made
requests Of from so to $500 each.,...,
Congressman Boutelle announced Sept. |
3uth that he will present to the city OF |
Bangor bronze cannon which was dis |
mounted at Fort Toro, Guantanamo, by /
the IRE ~ sampson fleet, and which was |
recovered atterward by Lieut.. Com. Frank |
+, FletcAerot the Eagle. The cannon will |
be placed in one of the parks.
Is BRIEF Admiral Dewey set foot on
=
months when he stepped from the COM
mandant's barge Undine On to the dock at
the loot OF Nam street, Brooklyn navy |
yard, at ; o clock "Wednesday afternoon, |
Sept. nth. His visit TO the navy yard |
WAS to return the official call made by
Rear Admiral John W. Philip. 49,. Rev. |
Charles 2. Gillen. pastor OF st. Josephs |
Catholic church, Patterson, \. j., has
denounced from the altar the practice of |
throwing rice at newly welded couples ii
OF around the church. Father Glllen refer |
red 10 the subject at all the masses. He said
that 1t was a disrespect to the 5 crament |
of matlimony and that he had determined |
that it should be stopped....F. f. Stanley, |
the inventor Of the Stanley automobile,
appeared before the Boston Parl. Commits |
sion recently to urge that automobiles
be given the same rights in the parks that
are accorded to horses and carriages. MI.
Stanley said that he believes more acct
dents were caused in The public parks by
erratic horses, driven by incompetent
men, than could be attributed 10 an.
other source. He pointed out that auto
mobiles are clean and that they do not in
any way in jure the streets.