The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-06-26

your fellow men. and into a sacred
nearness TO Himself and to His son
Jesus Christ.
MAINE MATTERS Messrs. William
Underwood X Co. of Boston are at
Mckinley, Hancock county, prepare
tory to laying the foundation of the
new sardine cannery Their building
is to be constructed of brick, with steel
roof, two stories. and fitted with all
modern appliances for canning, lnclud-
ing large engine, 1t is now intended
to build and equip an electric plant in
connection with The factory for light
ing and soldering purposes....The |. S.
Fish Commission steamer Carrie and
Mildred is engaged in the collection of
seed Holsters, and is cruising from
PASSPORT to Portland. About l40spawn-
ing cruStaceanS were secured on the
last call at Rock and. The seed Holsters
are kept in the hatchery until the fry
are about two inches i'll length, when
they are distributed in the waters along
the coast Results have been very sue
cess1ul thus tar. The hatchery is sit
uated at Woods Hole. Mass....C hief
Justice Andrew p. WisNell of the
Maine Suprem1 Court and a member of
Illt ldttlllN VI lIlt | HLN tlSIlN VI NIdlIlt
Law school. has been elected an honor
arv member If Gamma Eta Gamma.
the Greek letter fraternity at the
school....A surgical ward is to be added
at once TO the Maine general hospital,
building, modern i'll all its appoint
ments, and will cost $50, 0oo...A surprise
to the friends of the Maine Wesleyan
Seminary at Nent's Hill was the resig-
nation of Henry +. Trefethen. the
president, and the subsequent elect II
to that position of Rev. Wilbur T.
Berry of Waterville This was am
n0unced at the alumni dinner on THU S
day noon. Henry Z. l2e1ethen, the Ie-
firing pres dent. is d former student of
the seminary and was graduated from
the Wesleyan University in 81. The
new president also fitted at the seminary
and graduated from Wesleyan UniveT-
sity The annual meeting of the Maine
bankers association was held in Au-
gusta June 18th, Hon Charles ).
Hichborn Of Augusta, the president, in
the chair. A resolution was passed
asking the Maine delegation in con-
greSs to use its influence to have re-
pealed the law providing that revenue
stamps cannot be redeemed after two
years. a banquet was held at the
HallOWell house in the evening. So. Dur
ing the graduation of four young wo-
men and one young man at the Rich
mond high school June 18th it was an
nounced that a Bowdoin college
scholarship had been given to the
school. The donors name is not
known, but he is understood to be Con
gresham ID. S. Alexander of Buffalo,
n. Y, native OF Richmond. .... Mayor
Boothby has been officially Informed
that the battleship Indiana will be in
Portland harbor old-home week. Sew
eral academies in Maine have been do
ing business over century. F'ryeburg
Academy, up among the oxford hills,
and Washington Academy at East
Machlas, were both established in 1892,
and Lincoln Academy at Newcastle
passed the century mark, last year,.
Kew. +. +. Carver, pastor OF the Fort
Fairfield Free Baptist church is the
father of his second pair of twins. The
first, boy and a girl, are about seven
years of age. the latter arrival is pair
of boyS.....The assessors of Orono re-
port that the total valuation of person
al and real estate amounts to SS11 ,2s9,
a loss of about S64, 900 as compared
with last years figures. The rate of
taxation this year will be % mills as
compared with 2l.5 mills of last year
There were four young ladies' in the
graduating class at the University of
Maine, this year.uA Washington paper
says that Chief Justice Fuller, Senators
Frye of Maine and Gibson of Montana,
Representatives Alexander of New
York, Stevens of Minnesota, and Allen
of Maine. superintendent kimball of
the Life Saving Service, and numerous
other Bowdoin graduates in Washing
ton, are coming back to their old college
TO hear Tom Reeds centennial Grafton
and to take in the reunions and fes-
INVITES of the big commencement 49,.
The death of Daniel w. Heseltine at
Portland June 18th leaves vacancy in
the State Board of Pharmacy. At the
time of his death MI Heseltine was
serving his second term as a commits
sioner, having been appointed in 1898
and reappomted in 1901. Mr. Heseltine
was one of the leading druggists in
Maine, and had many friends through
out the State who deeply regret his
demise....Am ong the Maine appropria-
lions in the river and harbOr bill are
some for continuing the construction of
the breakwater from Mt. Desert to
Porcupine Island, ZOO: improving
Sullivan Falls harbor $1,000; improving
Bucksport harbor, $4,000: improving
Carver's Harbor, Vinalhaven, 500. 600:
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