The Republican journal., 1902-09-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

the men who seek big game In the
Maine woods will soon arrive, notwlth-
standing the fact that the shooting
does not begin until October. as many
of them like to be on the ground week
or so before the law on deer goes off,
which takes place on October LIST. 1t
| Is claimed that the season this year
promises to be unusually successful,
as herds of deer are reported to have
been seen i'll the vicinity of sporting
| camps and hotels ''up in Maine. 800.
The northern woods of Maine have been
connected with the outer world by tele-
| phone, the 100-mie stretch between
Mattawamkeag and Fort Fairfield hay
Ing been completed sept. 10th. The en-
| tire length of New England from Green
wich, Conn, to Fort Fairfield, Me, is
now on speaking Principal +.
| W. johnson Of CObum classical lnstl-
tute, who has been granted a years
leave of absence by the trustees, will
put i'll the winter going about the State
| i'll the interest OF the school, and III
| February, accompanied by Mrs. John
son, viii make d trip to Europe, where
they will pass several months. So. BenJa-
min F. Bragdon of Bangor, ex-deputy
sheriff and well known throughout east
ern Maine, died suddenly Sept. -. He
was 10 years Old and leaves a family
The Maine State Fair Association at
. the annual meeting III Lewiston last
week elected B. J. Libby Of Embdep,
president. Eben Eveleth of Auburn
was reelected treasurer, as was George
H. Clarke, secretary. Alonzo Libby
WAS chosen trustee for the first district,
and c. |. Barker for the second district;
While l.. G. Morse of Liberty, and ID.
| ". Campbell of Cherrytield were re-
elected. The striking saw mill EN-
| ployees at Bangor returned to work
after being out eight days They
worked II hours day to Sept. 18th and
ten hours will now constitute a days
labor. The men lost s., 600 i'll wages by
the strike, While the operators loss in
output is estimated at 100000 feet of
| lunbeT..... The entering classes in
usually large. Work on the exterior
of the Hubbard library building at Bow
| BoWdoin college has been completed
and a crew began grading around the
building 1t will be about five months
| before the building is ready for occupan-
cy, as there remains a large amount of
| interior work to be dOne..... Twenty
four lawyers have been elected to the
| next Legislature. AS there are but 20
| places on the two legal committees
| judiciary and legal affairs-the chances
are that some of the lawyers will be
| obliged to serve on some OF the ordl-
| nary committees along with the doe
| tors, the business men and the farmers.
....... Every case of Maine sweet corn of
| the pack of 1902 is sold. Not a packer
| has d case Of future corn to offer, ana
while the outlook may improve the
! chances are that the delivery on con
| tracts will be not over 80 to - per cent
under the most favorable conditions.
| that is, if we have warm weather and
no frost. Prices of standard corn, spot
are fully ten cents per dozen higher
This shortage of corn also exists in
New York as we'll as the other New
England States.....Th political com
pleXion Of the next Legislature will be
30 Republicans and one Democrat in
the Senate and 129 Republicans and -
Democrats in the House. The Senate
remains as it was in 1901 and there is a
gain of two Democrats III the House,.
Nearly 800 natives of Knox county,
Me-, now residing in or near Boston.
got together within the walls of IRE
mont temple, Boston, Tuesday evening,
Sept. 49, at reception rendered there
to Congressman Charles f. Littletield
Of Rockland, Me, by the Knox club of
Massachusetts. Mr. Littlefeld spoke
on the antitrust bill.....The grand jury
for kennebec county has reported l3S
indictments, the majority being against
alleged dealers in cOntraband liquor.
Every suspected dealer in the county is
named, the charge being for keeping a
common nulSance..".. During the past
year when repairs were made upon the
south wing of the capitol the basement
under the Secretary of States office
was reserved for a restaurant. The
dining room is large and well adapted
to the purposes for which it was de-
signed. There is room enough to seat
- to 100 persons, if necessary. A serv-
ing room and kitchen adjoin the dining
room. 1t has now been settled that Ly-
man 3. Viewer of Augusta will conduct
Che restaurant during the coming win
ter.....The most important case to come
before the supreme judicial court, which
opened in Rockland Sept. 10th is that
Of Miles ID. Cramer OF Washington,
Democratic representative from Knox
county, against James Sidlinger of
Waldoboro, for $4,000, the allegations
UtluS Ill'tl tCitiIlgtl litttl pttCilSlf
ed the plaintiff with forgery, and stated
that he was able to prove charges.........
| Among the orders passed at the last
session of the governors council were
the following: For superintendent Of
schools in towns comprising school I'M
ions, Deer Isle, S2l2.50: Vinalhaven
s2125o; Stonington so, and Isle au
Haut, $50. For State beneficiaries,
81, S30.03. For the Maine School for
the Deaf, quarterly allowance, $3.50.
For support of insane convicts at the
State prison, SS7S.61. New walk in front
of State House, SOL ga. For militia
purposes, 81, 42S. 4S....A hearty sympathy
will go out to Sarah Orne Jewett from
her many friends and the best wishes
for her speedy recovery from the acct
dent which befel her at South Berwick
September 18th. Happily the injuries
are not as serious as might be Feared.
Issac M. Grant, one of the most promi-
nent shipbuilders and shipowners of
Hancock county, died at his home in
Ellsworth Sept. 18th, aged 7S....At least
six young men from Maine are plann-
ing to enter the Y ale school of forestry
this fall. They are John Appleton of
Bangor, II. B. Eastman of Portland,
Blaine S. Viles of Skowhegan and Ed
win E. Carter of Bath, all graduates o f
Bowdoin; Frank B. Moody of New
i De-, Dat