The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-29
NEW S OF The WEEK..

NEWS OF 1hE WEEK..
N.fNE MATTERS. The strike of the
.t -iNp carpenters for Il 9 hour working
n Iich began two weeks ago, was end
N rEh list by the carpenters returning
lk uuder the 10 hour system, to which
iiders adhered. The men give as
reason for abandoning the strike,
I hey did not receive the financial sup
azpected. go. The deed of the histori-
mounds at Pemaquid was returned to
emaquid Historical Society at the
.aH.gg OF the Governor and council
M 10Th. The ground was offered by
iIms of special act OF the legisla-
-. This provided that the deed might
.epted if approved by the attorney
al AS the deed had not been so ap-
.rf, it was not accepted. .... Mrs Han
Bailey of Winthrop, who is win
al Pinehurst, n. c., is almost en-
-r, recovered from her recent illness,
was so severe that she was obliged
I'VE a trained nurse from Portland.
Bailey will not return home for an
- 4cr month at least. So. Word has been
l-ry Hadley, of Los Angeles, Calf, for
nj that city, has not been successful
efforts to obtain divorce from her
>aad, The case has not been definite
u.lded. however, but has been contin-
leo take the deposition of her mother.
Iiadley will be remembered as the
r-ulant in the famous breach of prom
81 4s4 Of Arthur S. Melcher VS.. Hadley,
in Androscoggin county two or
years ago...At a meeting of the
pal church club of Portland March
4ltel speeches by Bishop Goldman,
M Heating and Gen. j. NJ. Brown. it
'ted to open home for sailors, on
Hter front, if possible. Pres. Cole
to cooperate with Mr.. keating. 1t
I'osed that for the present the home
lclude coffee rooms. amusement
aud lodgings. L. J. Jones and l..
Ftlett, TWO of Monson' practical
men, lave leased what is known as
ate of Maine Slate quarry in Blanch-
'r term of five or more years.
Nll at once begin to make the neces-
cpairs il buildings and machinery
larry has been shut down for the
live years. Geo, A. Barnard of Bos-
.'s eased all the quarries in Monson
by the Monson Slate Co., for a
IT one yeal.... Orrin A. Dennen. for
wears manager of the Mt. kineo
and one of the best known hotel
H the country, is at a hospital in
making what is probably his last
4gaiust a disease that has troubled
loo l.
'Hd that an operation would shorten
sr than prolong life, which would
uut a few weeks at best. Mr..
0en has been sufferer from
aHtl of the stomach and has visited
sptal several times this winter.
three chief products of Aroostook
rHry, Maine, are said to be potatoes,
I'rIans, and red foxes. A year ago
.rs E. Oak of Caribou, land agent
0olest commissioner of Maine, told a
->lative committee that his county
H furnish 100 900 fox pelts year for
10 years without diminishing the supply
Unters from Boston and Worcester,
'ts,., who have shot and trapped foxes
@ A-oostook say that Mr.. Oaks estimate
Is 10 low by half. 49,. No less than five
Stare under orders from President Snow
# Ne Mormon church. Twenty four are
a.olng elsewhere in New England, and
them with success. go. The Portland
dstrtiser says that the outlook for build
s that city the coming season is not
al altering. There will be very little
ng OF residences, compared with
'A4t Portland has had for some years
's The cost of material, both wood
U metal, is the great obstacle in the
't People will, in great many cases,
"o'Pone building until another season,
nng that by that time lumber and other
Nnerial will be cheaper The new Union
lNtnal block of six stories, on Exchange
leet, will furnish employment to a large
la.ber of men during the entire summer.
Ills will be the largest building enter
'rSe of the year in and around Portland
hent's Hill Seminary has opened with
" 'Nt promises to be the largest term of
y year. Many students who were out
Wng the winter have returned for the
aNng term. -. George F. Eaton of Port
4nDI- formerly travelling salesman and
Gently proprietor of a hotel in Madi-
In. died, Saturday, aged 40 years. He
as two brothers These divorces have
ee1 decreed in the Knox county supreme
ut. Charles II. Webster from Emma
n rhSter, parties of Rockland; Hannah l..
1-t from George A. Frost, parties of
kland; Edwin w. Gould of Matinlcus,
'u Mary E. Gould, of parts unknown;
) l4nna Achorn from Gerard Achorn,
1'ies of Rockland. Hosea B. Maynard,
'mpus throughout Maine as bateau
'l,der, and one of the best known resi-
cuts of Bangor, died at his home in Ban
.'f March "A after long illness. .... Early
ID April the fish and game commissioners
hold meetings at Kineo and Rangeley
'I The purpose of meeting the guides and
eeelye their applications for registration.
'porting matters will also be discussed.
lpe well-informed authority estimates
mar, including all the old ice on hand the
'inter's pack on the Kennebec will fall
bout z7C, 600 tons short of full crop. Re-
''rts from the Penobscot indicate similar
ndtion of affairs. The weather condi-
ions have been exceedingly unfavorable
'nd have not only shortened the time
Wien the ice could be secured, but entailed
cry heavy expenses in getting it.
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