The Republican journal., 1902-03-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NEW0 w LIE WEEK.
MAINE MATTERS. The Maine com
missioners to the st. Louis exposition
have decided upon Maine building for !
the fair which will meet with the APP |
proval of all. Instead of going in for a |
costly structure, such as that which |
and disregarding the Buffalo idea of |
having part in a joint building. the !
Maine commissioners have settled on a !
huge log cabin, to be built in accord with |
all forest precedents. The cabin will be
devoted exclusively to the advertise
ment of Maine as a summer resort, both
within and without. .. Horace W. Jor-
dan, a native of Ellsworth, who made
fortune in the cattle business in Boston.
died in that city Feb 2lst, aged rs wears.
He was the first man to ship lot of
western cattle on the hoOf to New
England He owns a handsome place
at Jordan'S island, in FrenchmanS hay,
and for many summers has paid an an
nual visit to Hancock county in his
steam yacht. Richmond was the first
town this year to comply with Chapter
2S3 of the Public Laws of 1889. This
law requires that all towns, cities.
counties and corporations shall deposit
in the State library copies OF theil an
nual reports. The will of the late Ma
than {. Aver of Bangor has been al
lowed by the probate court. MI. Aver
made several requests, including So. 600
| for the maintenance of a free bed at
the Bangor hospital and 81 900 toward
the establishment of home for aged
men. The remainder of the estate goes
to Fred w. Aver and Charles +. Wood
s,,7 n of po,, To l,, l,n11
his wife, Lucy P Aver. At her death
among the five children. The late Jus
tice Fogler was assigned to the follow
ing terms of nisi prius for the year 1902 ::
Third Tuesday of April Waldo third
Tuesday Of May, York; third Tuesday
of September, Somerset: fourth Tues
day OF December, Knox. Justice White
house is presiding in Piscataquis, and
the newly appointed Justice Spear will
preside over the terms assigned to
Justice Fogler beginning in Waldo in
April. Mayor Boothby of Portland
has received from Isaac B. Rich, one of
Boston's best known theatre managers,
check Of 800 i'll behalf of the fund
| for the aid of the Maine Home for
Friendless Boys. annual spring
meeting of the Pathological society is
| to be held at Buckfield, March 2Sth.
Prof. F. a. Waugh, Pomologlst of Yer
| mont experiment station and horticul-
tural editor of the Country Gentleman,
Will be the leading speaker. Prizes will
| be offered for leading varieties of late
keeping apples. The Bangor ice crop
for the present season has been harvest
ed and it amounts to &C. 500 tons. 1t
Will be used entirely for local consump-
RI II ha
All of it, with the eXceptionaof a few
thousand tons cut on the rvier. was
harvested on kenduskeag stream. The
ice is from IA to Ii inches in thickness
and is clear black and of the first quail
ty.....From the copies of the reports of
the Postotfice Department for the fiscal
year ending June &c. 1901 it is seen that
the gross receipts of the State of Maine
postohices amounted to SS01. 739 IS In
Name there were for the year TOO, 3S6
pounds OF newspaper mail receiving
county circulation, while III Massachu-
sets the amount was 9S, 233 pounds...
The President February 9th sent to the
Senate the nomination of Hutson B.
saunders to be L. S. Marshal, district
of Maine, a e-appointment The
total receipts for the month of January
and February of this year from the
organization of new corporations by
the secretary of State and by him
deposited i'll the State treasury aggre-
gate Sl3, 565...The Maine Teachers
ASSOCIATION, formerly the Maine Peda-
gogica society. has decided through its
executive committee to hold its annual
| meeting at Waterville in the new City
Hall next October... South Paris is to
receive SIS, 600 for a public library from
I itp est q nt w lillian, II no
died in Brooklyn, Feb. y, aged Sc years.
Petition was made March 3D. for the
probate of the will. Waterman T. Hew-
lit OF Ithaca, nephew of the dead
man, and George Barnes of Brooklyn,
are named as executors. Mr.. Parsons
was retired produce merchant.
Matmlde llakenson, servant in the
family for many years, is to receive
5000. large collection of books and
pamphlets is to go to the South Paris
library. The remainder of the estate
is to go to relatives in Maine Com
missioner Matthews is now engaged in
making plans for his report for 1902.
He is considering the feasibility of pay
ing considerable attention to the gran
lite industry of the State. At the pres
ent time the granite business is in a
most tlourishing condition and the
coming season will be the best ever
known in Maine AT Vinalhaven con-
tracts have been secured which will
bring to that town a degree of prosper
ity not known since the old days of the
Is per cent. government contracts. In
other places, too, big contracts are in
hand and will be pushed along as rap
idly as possible.