The Republican journal., 1900-01-25
NEWS OF The WEEK.

MATTERS. Bath has reason to
J of its ship building record for
], contains 36 vessels aggregating
-russ tons. All but one vessel of
ss tons were built within the limits
NY of Bath. Great as last years
." Vas, however, we doubt not that
sl Of present year will be greater
No schooners and a tug, aggre-
}el 1000 gross tons, have already
uChed and according tOthe Bath
Iere are over 20 vessels of all
~ under construction or in the
man hands ..... The feeding
Ms passed at the last session of the
are, says Prof. {. ID. Woods of
Jue Experiment Station, ''are work
H-rilently, and as well as we expect
here are still to be found poor foods
ygA the State, but in the cottonseed
.-Dll3s, where the greatest trouble lay,
iauIt has been corrected almost Who'll
Samuel Pinkham aged g. an
tStcr was burned to death at Charles
uP stable 3 PerClval court, Water
t, Jan. 18th, an oil heater exploding
IHd setting me to his clothes. causing his
ieath- 900. MIR Walter Camp, formerly of
iuitlaud, has been appointed an assistant
paymas'eI in the United states navy, This
makes the third Portland boy who has
'eeu appointed TO the navy or marine
rps withIn year, the others being MI
H-ene {, Toby, also an assistant pay
'ster ia tie navy, and Lieut., w H.
ord OF the marine corps ..., The Au-
e'd national banks have entered the
pu oiearing house arrangement. .. The
rue! cottage of James I. Walker, Ba-
NIiS, Orono, was destroyed by fire
shay noon, Jan. 18th The main
-' Was Quilted, but part OF the l. was
he loss of furniture and fittings
raVg Insurance, 81, 700. Hon. f.
irr one of the counsel for the Ban
Nl0uu ~ OLD Town Railroad in the
Fairbanks vs. Is. o. Il O. Railroad
'.i "as tried in the supreme court at
.-i asst week and in which the plain
-tived a verdict of 50, 200 damages,
uon being Tor SO, 900, filed, Jan.
motion for a new trial. The eX-
1e are that the award was exces
Nud the verdict was contrary to the
}"....Joseph A. lIoman, Esq. of
90 observed his saith birthday ami
an. 18th, and received numerous
who offered their congratulations.
llumtu was formerly editor of the
bee Farmer, and is now an honored
bel Of the Maine Press Association
s b"yhood days he shook hands with
."ye1te and is the only man in Maine
loln that can be said 80. The 10th an
H meeting of the Maine Hotel Pro
y;1,S' Association will occur at the
n-9r House, Bangor, on Friday. Feb
here will be business meeting at
lpck in the afternoon and a banquet
lue lVening. .... The Richmond Bee says:
e heirs of Nathaniel Purington of
Nlloinham expect soon to receive
~iderabie sum of money ON account of
french spoilation claim. 1t seems
M some years ago Snow & Purington of
iswell lost schooner by unlawful
re and the claim has recently been
ahiished. Lawyer Harry Virgin of
and has the matter in charge. '....
e West End Hotel at Bar Harbor
hased by Dalton X Co. of Portland,
ICING rapidly reduced to second hand
uFer and fine dry kindling wood. The
umber suitable for building purposes is
he shipped to Cape Elizabeth and used
lAele for cottages or hotel. ..... There is
-"oG news from Congressman Boutelle.
Iie pressure on his brain has been re-
I'vrd; he is able to see his family and to
"oyerse, and unless some unforeseen
UlAPhcatlons arise, his recovery may be
unlldently looked for. Miss Helen A.
aowlton, Rockland' young woman law
~ has returned from Boston, where she
ended banquet of the New England
rita club. In spite of the fact that only
OF the fair attorneys were present the
9ahqnet proved a very pleasant affair
uere are about 80 female lawyers il New
Angland.... The amount of the pack of
4rdines in the State for the season ending
Nayember 80, was 1,170,0OO cases, as
sainst LIS, 694 in 1898. The slight de-
?ease is accounted for by the scarcity of
Sh early in the season. If there had been
'u average run it is thought the 1899
'aek would largely have exceeded that
the previous year. Congressman De-
IVA S. Alexander of Buffalo, one of the
s'rongest men in New York's delegation
IT, Washington, is a loyal son of Maine
and of Bowdoin college, and in the January
'mber of the Bowdoin Quill he contr-
nItes most interesting article upon Ion.
lhomas b. Reed. -. Word has been re-
owed in Rockland and Thomaston that
Maj II. NJ. Lord children, Kenneth and
Ruth, are just recovering from an at
'ack OF yellow fever, and that the family
las been in quarantine almost since their
alllval in Havana. The children are sup
posed to have contracted the disease from
native servant Fortunately the fever
lad light run.....C. w. Averill, one of
The oldest grocery men doing business in
Gardiner has made an assignment to o.
i, Clason. Liabilities from $4,000 to
9l2, OO0 with 50, 900 assets. . The direc-
tors of the Whitman Agricultural Works
IN Auburn have voted to continue the
business under the supervision and man.
agement of Hon. j. P. Hutchinson of
Auburn, assignee, and Messrs. F. H.
Brggs, III. G. Foss and Charles A. Haines
as an advisory committee.