The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-04-05
NEWS OF The WEEK.

p.>r MATTERS. The Ariel Club of
I.v~uu has extended an invitation,
n LIS been accepted, to Hon. Charles
rU'eheld, member of the National
u- pt Representatives, to be its guest
v... IN the city during the Republican
u,ions in April The club has ar
rM-oj lo tender Mr.. Littlefield a recep
H 4d banquet at the New Dewitt,
l4p~ay evening, April 10. 1t is their
uul-t to extend few invitations to
continent men of the two cities and the
~ ru meet Mr.. Littletield on that even
ne The quantity of canned corn ON
Uu Maine is reported as the smallest
.-4rais, but already plans are made for
,auDing large acreage in few weeks.
.Cui. John D. Printable, recently ap-
.uted e. S. shipping commissioner at
lrpod resigned the Office of deputy
collector of internal revenue, and Collector
t j Wood appointed Mr.. Ira Crocker as
ais successor. Col. Printable at once
.ued he business of his Office over to
BIZ troeker...... Charles Emery Bowden,
art vas killed last week by the breaking
t mast in the Ellsworth shipyard, had
Ur.l sAipwTecked three times and had had
several narrow escapes from death. .....
.-rs aollege will soon have fine library
0 lug. Pres. George Colby Chase has
returned from a trip made in the
ing interest and announces that one
s4N- tloer gave $40, 600. 1t is thought
he donor is Andrew Carnegie. -. The
.H- o Ellsworth was opened earlier this
,U. han last-on March 13-while in
season of 1899 it was closed until
l IOtn. The ice is now all out of both
rt uF and the river..... The Maine Fish
at. anne Association has practically de-
..Dl tu 90 to kineo, this year, for the
s0a uuting. Requests have been made
the meet held in other places, but
-a iIollty of the directors are in favor
t-au 4oing to kineo....... The Maine
lf I'D officials are not contemplating any
N-e n train arrangements until June
Ven the summer schedule will take
The clam factory at Sedgwick,
.-H.. t} the finn of Twitchell, Cham
Company of Portland, is doing a
...- BUSINESS. This factory employs
40. women and gills and half dozen
Ire bay ron and the amount paid
us. last week. amounted to $500.
VI Matthews, commissioner of
liStle>, has secured the services
.. IS Wiggin of Houlton, who will
general agent for the department
.DI nln obtaining statistics of various
-'}-ee. Mr.. Matthews will also have
fAer agents.. -. The first salmon
season was taken at the Bangor
'sUi j o'clock on Sunday afternoon
ge A. Wiley of Neaze, who has for
. ,-l four years had the honor of land
Ire inst fish. This years fish was a
lue, weighing but II pounds, but
Wiley made good days pay, for he
catch to Oscar A. Pickett, for the
Porter Fish Company at 81. 20 a
thus receiving sl3. 20. .... There
aerr two applications for National
-s Maine under the provisions of
hucial act the President recently
s-a One of the applications was from
Say Harbor and the other from Ban
sh and Game commissioner Carle-
SAYS the past winter has been very
20 game. Reports of poaching come
i" t over the State and from the Range
-'1n where claims were made that
Ike tme wardens We're not needed. The
'er of caribou are increasing. The
Iments in trout Matching have proved
successful. $40. George York of Unity
ia1tllon on his way to his home with
.s Nather Fred last Sunday, fell through
.''e n the ice and passed under large
lSe On lne upper waters oI lne
Aeanebec river. His brother, who did not
d. Iau down the stream to open water
aai "Nen the body came down he jumped
Al swan ashore with it. Life was
ln he body and by hard work he was
ad but he was in very critical con
-iln The men are being cared for at
.7 WE homes in Unity Plantation.
glue nHnicipa election in Calais, April End,
'-' ihe quietest for years, only ATS votes
beng cast, Mayor o. S. Tarbox was unan-
m'nSly re- elected, together with seven
"tF tb.lcan aldermen. No nominations
"r'e made by the Democrats. Gray, Rep,
't'1aied +. W. Hinckley, the Republican
''' o- nominee, for alderman in Ward 2,
N.H5I.