The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-01-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

a Wut. ie'a meeting aC augusta
,.sf Tie report of the committee
.Is-..gliuu was heard and the board
,s,il.q tuat they would ask the legisla-
.r,.ra nlgaui2e and equipa bacteriolog-
,.a laboratory to assist it in its sani-
gr1 work They also propose to ask
III. legislature TO empower the board to
.oee rules and regulations governing
Me PREPARATION and transportation of
mtes dead ot infectious or contagious
,i.essps. The legislature will also be
asked to continue the epidemic fund
gach was granted two years ago..
.anprs L. p Mattocks of Portland
VS.. recently appointed Judge of Pro-
.ats OF Cumberland county to fill a
ucsncy for the remainder of last year.
Tee 2jlD the Gov. appointed Judge
Nst.ooks TO serve a full term of two
u9Is from January first. Rev. E. c.
Whttemort. pastor of the Baptist
5rcl u Waterville, is suggested as
Hg next president of Colby. He was
,aacated from Colby in '79... Frank
f erguc. formerly of Bangor and
we'll known in eastern Maine, is now at
He bea. of a company of English
apaA7. who are engaged in booming
iIg0pa. Ontario. He has gone to
Egqp4 aud opened an emigration
sgsgi, tl London from which point he
m0pose, 10 send five hundred emigrants
pe moat to the new Canadian Eden.
..lHr Ht III the Snow Block, Rock
and lim 18th was the most serious
hu i that city has suffered in
mmu Of Years. The damage was
,@UN he building was occupied by
loolg md Wiggin, druggists, the
Lm. B0gh National Bank and Wright
Philharmonic society. The Kimball
Block, adjoining, containing the Y. NJ.
4 .l aas also damaged.....The Maine
Mluc1l, club will hold its annual
1re4g 1T Ihomaston on Tuesday, Jan.
d. l-- business meeting will be held at
. .. lrl at night, beginning 6.30 the
U HF entertained by the Jackson
M unlston with reception and
|4M comment speakers will de
-s urtraits of Gov. Powers,
WH.0 Jii)L eX-Gov. Burleigh, ex-
Oh. '-hV. eX-Gov. Daniel F. Davis
N0.mrur Nathan \. Farwell were
&-n '1e rotunda of the State CAPT
Utl.....The annual report of
7-,. W.t IN the Bath district during
'N Uts HAT ship building in tonnage
OM-e~ tuAt of any other year save
Neu 5000 tons were built. The
b'a l>9H is .532 gross, or 36, 561
ri >flbutpd among 35 craft. The
-i7HNN raft were as follows: One
t tonnage 1929, net tonnage
-' i.uu steamerS, gross tonnage, $50,
-l 0- u Schooners, gross tonnage
~.'. e' 2oo64 :13 barges, gross, 1854,
~ ~" two sloops. gross 45, net 81;
.4'sl llecia, 5000 tons.....So far Mr..
seN1 L. Hall of Caribou and Hon.
-tF-9u Powers of Houlton, and Mr..
ial us y. lIeal of Bangor have announc-
Ell Themselves, or caused themselves to
w cimuiates for the succession to Mr..
-'l-t0e aud rumors say there are lots
4p'rtoungomA dispatch received at
lt iia'b Iron Works Dec 2Sth from
,,l!9lar T.. W. Hyde, who is in
gS ingJUn states that Baths chances
Y g ting Dattleship contract are as
s''a as a. first, nothing having come up
og|alge the situation.....T The Stanton
M lu "rgdIiZation Of Maine Bates
d-l.Hl VIII hold it's annual meeting
2li banquet at the Falmouth hotel,
ttI f1npn 10 atfnn1
.N2ltul harles Sumner Cook, Rev.
E.a 4froll Perkins and Scott Wilson
AZ lNi'ald; George E. Smith, express
W. IF JHe Massachusetts senate, c. c.
N and w. f. Garcelon of Boston;
. N >pear and O. b. Clason of Gardi-
T ~ =. Littlefield of Rockland;
1y'F JaAes Of Auburn; Wilbur Jud-
1.s d.. W lewiston; President Chase of
a' s''' aua Professor Stanton, the guest
' NJ 4'l1l tor whom the club was named.
dF Maine Commercial Travellers As
@a'ol ,..'ol held banquet at Riverton,
. "'iuay night, and elected the follow
~ g'Ucfrs: President, William F.
'Is0el vice president, Albert Ben
r''tA Dhrrctors, Charles c. Blake, J.
'1.ap-lan, Arthur E. Craig, A. P.
9Nim; secretary and treasurer,
.l.l w. Roberts. The two-masted
1+.o'gl Fannie Earl, which sailed
5.. 'loyncetown, Dec. 18th, from
''.' .'A'dAQ and concerning whose safety
.. -able anxiety has been felt, has
y-D a'andoned at sea. Mrs. Eugene P.
: MI Friendship, Me, received a
.s.. 'h'' announcing that her hus-
.m' '' rs been picked up by steamer
81. .''0ed at Gravesend, Eng. Capt.
'' 'onmanded and was part owner.
mn. nrgram contained no particulars
o ag dSaster.... Commencing January
a.r.,l al The Maine Central Railroad
r6rllauY Will remove the restrictions
4ts '1'lis the use of its 1000 mile tick
R5l +" l0e persons named thereon, and
tpsy, permit them to be used for the
gcrsea v 81 bearer or of any person or
urEo2,' accompanying him. These
,ia i'q@ VIII be sold at $4,000 each; and
s5.d pi.eSeht form of 5O0-mile tickets,
sss ut 5l5.l5, will be withdrawn from
y0o,o y0,,,.',i %. hlS season is seeing building
mr u aI a Squirrel Island, A. III. Daven-
ieras,o VI Boston, who owns large in
anonS On the island, is foremost
B m6s the builders, having erected a
stesnd restaurant not far from the
cotta ottalooat wharf which will enable the
ysit%saefs OF another season as well as
class S''s - al the island to be given first
bayinos sefylce. Mr.. Davenport is also
Ole s ps $4,000 cottage built near the
coptrasa r1asatally occupied by him and has
Op csb;d ~qgted for the building of a large
u NoDln which will ha oracf cd naar hu