The Republican journal., 1902-04-17
NEWS OF The WEEK.

MAINE MATTERS. York county con-
talns the oldest towns in Maine. The
ancient town of York will reach its
two hundred and fiftieth anniversary
tins year, and contemplates celebrat
ing 1t appropriately. There is only one
other town III the State older than it.
This is klttery, the site of the United
States Navy Yard. kittery was settled
IN 1923, and incorporated in 1647. 1t is
sad there is no other town of the name
IN the world, and the origin of the name
is not known...".John \. Morrill,, Esq,
OF Auburn, the commissioner appointed
at the last legislative session to pre-
pare a revision of the public laws of
the State, is sending out the advance
sheets, as required by the law The
first installment contains the constitu
ton and the laws governing the quail
tication, election and duties of State
officials The marginal notes. contain
Ing the glst of the subject-matter, and
the foot notes, comprising references,
are very comprehensive and far more
complete than i'll former volumes.
There $ big cut coming down from the
Penobscot lumber camps in spite of the
10 per cent. OF logs stranded in the
woods. On the kennebec the operators
are III harder straits than on the Pc
nooScot, for the reason that in their
waters there IS estimated to be between
% and 80 pei cent. in the yards now......
Only fe" Maine men can treat their
guests to an oyster supper supplied
from their own private oyster bed.
That is what t. :. Dunton of Wool
Wich did recently. The oysters were
grown III Montsweag bay. where Mr..
Dunton planted two barrels of seed"
two years ago. 1t is now estimated
there are % bushels of oysters there.
and they are fast Increasing. .... The in-
tenal revenue collection for this dis
tr1ct which comprises the States of
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
for the month ending March, 1902,
aggregated 9+7, ,lo6 80. In March, 1901,
they We're 50, 15l 81, showing a decrease
OF S311, 645 ;}0.....T The Maine State ~ocie-
ty for the Protection OF Animals held
its annual meeting, April Sd, at Port
iand. lhe directors reelected the old
board Of officers: President, Stanley
|. Pullen; secretary, DR.. H. Vaughan;
treasurer. Hon. \. F. Moulton: agent,
Colby 81. now of Bath, is spoken of as a
possible Prohibition candidate for Gov
ernor.....lt is said that the summer
timetables on the Maine Central and
Boston II Maine railroads are to go into
effect week earlier this year than
usual....1ce has left lakes Maranacook
and AnnabeSacook, something unheard
OF III the annals of the town of Win
throp SO early IN the spring. 1t is all of
three weeks earlier than the regular
run of years.. Benjamin E. Philbrick,
graduate of Colby College and we'll
known i'll Maine, died April 9th in
Raleigh, n. G., at the home of Presi-
dent Meserve of the Shaw University
The lnterment will be in Wateryille....
Gen. Joseph $. Smith of Bangor. who
has been in Washington for several
weeks, was authorized by the B. H. Beale
and Hannibal posts, G. A. R., to extend
an invitation to Admiral Schley to de-
liver the Memorial day address in Ban
gor. 1t is understood that Admiral
Schley will accept the invitation should
circumstances permit OF his coming 20
Bangor on May 30 and it is also stated
that, should he come he may be accom-
panied by Gen. Miles, who is to be in
Boston in the latter part of May....At
the municipal election held in Calais
April 7th j. M. Johnson, the Republl-
can candidate, was chosen mayor by a
margin OF 154 votes ever his Democrat
ic opponent. The board of aldermen
will be four Republicans and three
Democrats....Th State assessors, April
Sth, announced that they would cor
strue the law on the taxation of rail
! roads, that steamboat lines owned by a
railroad corporation should not be con-
sidered as a part of the system, and,
therefore, as such are eXemps from
taxatlon...At a meeting of the Knox
county Democratic committee III Rock
land April Sth Edward c. Pavson of
that city was elected secretary to sue
ceed W. c. Morton of Union, resigned,
and Harvey l.. Howard was elected d
member Of the committee to represent
Crle Haven aud Matinicus. The county
convention will be held in the court
mousse Ill Rockland early IN June