The Republican journal., 1901-02-07
yFWS OF THE WEEK.

iH j,
,-l In aggregate ages of the seven
';s, - gr 5m years. while there are
,.[.7 of els over fifty years of age.
iat-a58 Is larger community, but
4. N, aggregate ages of the seven oldest,
'sq-3IS I, AN average of over eighty
M gears luT each, while the average
,, ai Pau att's Islands seven oldest
ra-5a .ltt'- over seventy-one years..
n Isl ship-building which has been
s--.i lL ttT 10 years or more in Ken
,s.usuaIl viii be commenced shortly,
rlF F5yid lark will build for John
# p5-nng If Portland a 5O0-ton
54.- owen Wentworth, propri-
Il, # - Wentworth House, the pio-
r., re man of kennebunk beach,
5s -a H,t of heart disease, aged II
we TIE had been in the hotel bust
,e, -or uelriy half a century....It is
,aig 1T EoWdoin to make the sum-
-Tul,H Hereafter one week longer
n5-utar rHe christmas vacation from
,s week, down to one.....Hon. Ora
guia >lth has qualified as State
Tge..5. AID assumed his new posi-
1- EE feasurer F. NJ. Simpson has
gil5al az tate Assessor and entered
au1 llsurT duties...In the will of the
55 C4adr- e. Beaman, filed at New
York Tu0oy, his son VIM. Evarts Bea-
gsl Is e4ueathed the island known
q "B8rnt Island near the Isle of Haut
& Hancock county, Maine. In addition
Z d. .peJkers previously announced
mt- Lincoln Club banquet in Port
81 February II, will be, President
z1-.N +. Hamlin of the Maine Sen
g. rs tather was Vice President
.te ttd States during Lincoln's S
III ,,ratlon...T Thomas A. Went
rC- H.o lad been in the boot and
Et 0eae-> at Rockland for Al years,
&. V5- Hgr # RockIand's oldest mer-
Nt, M at his home i'll that city
s-1H. ttruoon. Two weeks ago he
F Dsel ID with the grip, and death
@Hi,-ruei by paralytic shock. In
( H0rt pt the Maine fisheries it is
1j.e ..i. nearly one hundred thous-
h..Hr- bettrS were seized and liber-
i44 ts as, two years. During 1900.
i mt l0bSterS were carried to
a-aN aud Roekland. OF course,
s--a l.e OF the lobster catch can
.lH"h- Last year it was consider
H. million dollars. Probably
l. u- lrcharlist in Aroostook
: \. Tabor of Washburn.
l'us -lN0 tIees and 20 varieties. and
a+ - rHsed 735 barrels of apples,
1'F a.u Ar IlaS received an average of
t uaae-.~Rev. w. F. Berry of
34-1..- aeeretary of the Christian
@. ltaete Of Maine, arrived in Ban
AI 'al1p4y for months stay to in
s-.l tAe conditions in that city.
S--- ..rre MI Berry will be the
SS d Rev. ! NJ. Frost of the Grace
'-.'.a If lie parsonage ON Union
l-rr Mn Frost is the only Bangor
-'i aa l4r executive committee of the
as IT,. liz only ice operations now
v Ar Aelnebec are for the local
sls The american ice company are
-4A lo Preparations to clear snow
5.- W, f4- Ice. This puts Gardiner and
a'-4ohd on the anxious seat. Pre-
,@&Iy tae ice trade has brought many
e-4h s TO these towns and helped many
.-T!o through hard winters. Some
WI 'TA ago 1t was announced the ice
\. .e would cut but 100000 tons, Now
N N l7afed that they will harvest their
rr crop t0r New York on the Hud-
'-".lI IS not often that man returns
,,.,7 @a'5a' 10 the national house of repre-
s'.a4Ves after being absent from it for
S%Is but that is what will happen
,l4I'oyemer Powers if he is chosen
!, 1adIelle'S successor, as his friends
N- WIN be. Mr.. Powers was elect
@r"aAFFeS1 n1S76 and served through
"1-IeSS, His plurality was 2,797.
s.. ears later came the Greenback
'IIla 5 and he was beaten by George
i,.g n'ga whose plurality was 2,S26......
~ S'It =! 1rattam was arraigned at Port
~ s5 eo. 4th, for the murder of Cliff
is,l Nosier at Gorham. There was a
r... 'IoNd in court and many wit
Any @.. Hon. Chas. J. Gilman died at his
F ID Brunswick Feb. 5th as a result
+ +, ettack Of the grip. He was born
55.e,er \. H., Feb. 26, 1924, coming
n .llSWlck in 1850. He served sew
tInS III both branches of the
% legislature and was elected to
'''SS "a 1871, serving one term.
oRlIF The cabled statement
W. movement toward Protestant
g~1J. ~ F philippines is growing with
N r~'lng rapidity is exaggerated,
'5aOe from Manila of Jan. Both.
N, gy-S Presbyterians, Episcopa-
'Aa British and American Bible
ts'. t's baye worked in Manila and it's
Srof r{ iof two years, and the member
N 4le four Methodist missions is
S@,.l @,.....aled, and in constituency of a
ls,'alo @@'lo the Presbyterian mission has
hi. T. membership of thirty....A new
\. 'g5gWeen Porthourno (CornwalD
Ma ncent, Cape Verde Islands),
ahpll fla. has been laid and opened
sct ssuc thus completing the new di-
So, aO.t route between Great Britain
aDoo33 Do3'h Africa....It is officially an
III y% y that King Edward has def
psso, IA qPtGlded v to open parliament in
sor;l eo. A.. After her death Queen
t,1ia ,i was arrayed in her royal robes
se vi, ller foreign orders and decora-
b ,i{ Yytr these and across her breast
a-sr s0 ,,lle ylle ribbon of the order of the
|e 6e, her bridal veil was then placed
ens,l mead and face. Steve Brodie,
aQDrnn Who made himself famous by
Ing ms5 5lrom the Brooklyn Bridge, and
l@o"lut a'lt fortune on the stage, died
sv hptlon Jan. 31St at San Anto-
eon"s eaas' He was very generous with
9pg pgy and made many poor people
sss Vyaling his later years. He was
se Tforker.. AT the Jan. 31st session
sNofth American Fish and Game
hcordon hcaslon in Montreal it was, decided
'uiinend, IN w%ters which are