The Republican journal., 1902-01-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

MAINE NJ ALTERS. An interesting fact
, learned by an examination of Maine 5
nsuS returns. 1t is that, whereas
ring the decade from 1880 to 1890 the
.uuutry towns of the State lost Is, Csc
population, in the decade from 1890
J 300 these towns gained 4344 The
ties gained during each decade, as was
70 be expected, and it is a gratifying
act that the towns now show an i'll
Cease rather than the contrary. The
&merlcan Ice company cut its first
lock of ice for housing this season
An. 18th, at Hodges houses, which are
acated half a mile below Richmond.
he houses will be filled as rapidly as
poSsible The ice is from Is to IA inches
thickness and of the finest quality.
JaInariSc0tta fishermen are enjoying
-ood fortune this winter. Up to date
some 50. 600 worth of smeltS and 81, 500
worth OF eelS have been caught. ..... The
gents report for 1901 of the Skowhegan
.erSey Creamery shows quite an in
reaSe of business done over the year
100 There were 10000 pounds more
utter made. The total receipts for the
,ear were s47, ,952. 1s6, ,533 pounds of
utter fat was furnished the creamery
= nearly 225 patrons. Ninety-seven
er cent of this amount was made into
commercial butter which contained
10 per cent butter fat, at cost of
rss than IL cents per pound, the
9mmelcial standard being So per cent
utter tat. The balance of product was
old as sweet cream and shipped away.
At the lobster pound located at
fiuehill Falls, where the Holsters have
cen held awaiting higher prices, the
tire lot of between SO. 600 and 20. 900
Us been sold to Thomdlke & Hix of
'ork land.A suit has been brought Gv
uthOine Columb of Jay against S. II.
lies OF that town for So, 900, which. it
believed Is the only one of the kind
.er brought in amy court. Last fourth
July Coiumb bought of a clerk at
Nh Niles store what he and the clerk
ought We're roman candles. Columb
ttelWard attempted to fire them, hold
= them il. his bands as he would a
oman candle. They proved to be can
auds 10y the explosion. Ohm Gilmore.
we'll known resident of Brunswick
led suddenly Of heart failure. jan 10th.
Mr.. Gilmore was born in Ireland about
l wears ago. but came to this country
Fhen a young man, and had been a
-sldent Of brunswick many years. He
vas for long time boss of the Maine
tntral railroad section crews, but
~eyeral years ago retired. He leaves
ne daughter. Governor Hill, Jan. 18th,
aappOnted Henry O. Stanley of Dix
cid a member Of the Fish and Game
ommission. Stanley has held the
place since his appointment in 1872 by
Governor Perham....Th orator for
" atervllle's centennial will be Hon. j.
Manchester Haynes of Augusta. Mr..
Haynes is native of Waterville and
graduate of Colby, it having been
lnown as Waterville College in his un-
lergraduate days. He was born there,
March II, 1899, and was the son of
losiah NJ. Haynes. He fitted for college
y the old Waterville Academy, now
oburn, and graduated from Water
nile College, now Colby, in the class of
George E. Woodbury. of Bruins
Wlck shipped two of his speediest
aorSes, Banker, 2.20 and Guy Axtell,
O Boston last week Banker has been
purchased by Mr. Kendrick P. Crawford
1t Boston, and Guy Axtell by NJ. Philip
DaWson.....T Two boys who escaped from
he Reform school at Cape Elizabeth,
~aturday were captured by constable
Ii Dunston, few miles from Saco, the
anne afternoon and returned to the in
titution. One of the boys was Dor
horals of Biddeford, and the other a
f0rtland youngster.....It was announced
1t Portland Saturday, that the Hodson
>hoe Co. of Yarmouth had made an as
gnment to Harry R. Virgin of Port
and for the benfit of creditors. No
Statemate of liabilities or assets will be
avallable until after meeting of the
reditors, next week. The Hodson Shoe
o. employs 80 men.....The BowdOin
alumni of Portland will have their 32d
annual meeting and banquet at the
almouth, January 25, with Franklin
Payson IS, toastmaster, Hon. C. F
libby "a, orator, and H. II. Webster
~, poet.....The annual convention OF
he Maine Amateur Press Association
losed at Bangor, Saturday night. Al
lie business meeting Harold l.. Pepper
# Cobum Classical Institute was
rnosen president, and Miss Marion
leonard of Waterville, secretary. A
tew constitution was adopted. Papers
were read by Fred ID. McAllary OF
v aterville, and David r. Porter Of
Bangor.,.The Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution throughout Maine viii
unite in presenting a silk flag to the
hattleship Maine. The flag will cost
500. Samuel Grant chapter of Gardin
eT will hold whist party the first week
IN February to raise its part of the
contribution.....Rev. c. E. Owen, finan
eIal agent of Colby college, has an
nounced that the conditional offer Of
John Rockefeller of $4,000 has beer
met. The funds accruing from this
offer will amount to $4,000.