The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-01-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

MAINE MATTERS In the last fiscal
year the amount disbursed at the pen
sion agency in Augusta, which covers
the State, was So, S97, 1872; salaries 81, ZOO,
clerk hire $S,215, contingent expenses
$1,000. The amount paid for pensions
under the general law was 81, O5S;
nurses 1,044, widows and others $780,
54l. There was paid on account of the
war with Spain S4,01S. Under the act
of June ~, 1890, which provided for a
service pension where inability to earn
a living has developed since the war,
these sums were paid: Invalids s707, 1852,
widows and others, $917, 637 Last year
there were on the pension rolls the
names of 1920 pensioners, this year
the number is 1888, decrease of 1l6.
ga feature of the encampment of the
| Maine G. A. r., to be held in Augusta
Feb. 18th and 18th, will be an official
visit of the commander-in-chief, Judge
Eli Torrance of Minneapolis, which
will occur on the second day, and it is
probable that a reception will be ac-
+ corded him. The program has not yet
been completed, but will be later an
nounced. 1t is expected that there will
be an attendance of about 800 comrades
at the encampment....A ttOrney-Gene
Seiders says that the 81, 800 appropria-
ton of the last legislature for the de-
lection and arrest of criminals has
been of great service to him. He
thought that if it had not been for this
fund to draw from Lambert would
never have been apprehended and con-
victed, and probably not Terrio.....E c.
Mllliken of Portland has filled the
Office of adjutant OF Bosworth Post, G.
A. R., for u years consecutively, a term
of service i'll one position which prob
ably cannot be found in any other
Grand Army post in the country. His
legibility...Gu Tom Jones of Card
ner recently captured coon, and after
about three weeks training he allowed
him his freedom. The coon after a
week or ten days liberty i'll the woods
returned to his captor and was glad,
apparently, to become again a member
of the household. The animal is
great favorte, and Mr. Jones says he
would not exchange the pet for the
handsOmest coon cat ever raised in
Maine. Visitors to Squirrel Island
Will be interested to know that X. II.
Richards, the landlord of Squirrel Inn
for the past seven years, has purchased
the hotel and will make it still more
attractive. 1t is proposed to light
the house with gas, for one thing.
Miss Minnie French, aged -, the young
woman who lost her scalp in a machine
at the Edwards mill in Augusta two
weeks ago. died Dec. 2Sth. The scalp
from the back of heI neck to her eye
lroWs was torn off. Ii was replaced
but did not knit At first the operation
promised to be successful, hut Miss
French did not lave enough strength
to stand the strain of illness. Rev DR..
i. :. j. McAlIister, late citizens and
prohibition candidate for mayor of
Portland, has arranged to deliver nine
Sunday evening sermons to be devoted
to d consideration of the political rights
and duties of a citizen, the present cor
ruptl0n III polf rs, and the remedy....
The municipal officers of Augusta have
granted the petition of the Dirigo Tele-
phone Co. to erect poles and wires and
establish pay station in Augusta.
The vote WIS unanimous and is in ac-
cord with the sentiment Of the COM
munity. The action means better and
cheaper telephone service for the people
of kennebec county,. Former President
Harris of the University of Maine has de-
parted with his family for Port Deposit,
Maryland where he will assume his
duties as president of the Jacob Tome
institute. Senator McFadden takes eX-
ceptionS 10 the statement of State Mas
ter Gardner in his address at the State
grange, where he claimed that no tax
bills were presented to the legislature
except 10y The grange committee. MI.
McFadden writes that Senator Plum
mer, Senator Staples and himself pre-
sented tax bills in the senate and Mr..
Gardner of the house a railroad tax bill
in the house. Sarah Elizabeth, wife OF
Hon. Moses GidClings, one of the best
known residents of Bangor, died very
suddenly Dec. 25th at her home on
Broadway. She was about the house
during the day and participated in the
Christmas festivities. Mrs Giddings
had been prominently identified with
charitable work in Bangor for many
years. She was one of the trustees of
the Children's home corporation and a
member Of many other societies..
Hon. and Mrs. William Engel cele-
brated their end wedding anniversary
Wednesday evening, Dec. 18th. at their
home on Ohio street, Bangor, and the
event was attended by many people.
Dinner was served at 7 o'clock, after
which the party adjourned to the draw
lIlS loOlll. L nv PlCoChoo- NoiIoloollIS
wholly of silver, were very handsome.
The Maine Teachers Association is
now the official title of what was the
Maine Pedagogical Association. At
the 22nd annual meeting held in Au-
gusta last week, officers were elected
as follows: President, F. w. Johnson,
Waterville; Vice president, w. E.
Russell, Gorham; Secretary-treasurer,
C. E. Tilton, Bangor; Corresponding
secretary, David S. Wheeler, Water
vile; Executive committee, F.. w.
johnson, w. E. Russell, c. E. Tilton,
David S. Wheeler, w. G. Mallett.....
Melville n Weston, native OF Ban
gor and well-known lawyer of Boston,
died suddenly of apoplexy at his home,
AS Mt. Vernon street. in the latter city,
Dec. 25th, He was classmate of the
late Gov. Wolcott at Harvard, and a
relative of Chief Justice Fuller of the
United States supreme court He had
appeared as counsel in many important
law cases, largely of commercial
nature...The town Of Winslow at its
town meeting Dec 26th voted to build
an iron bridge, to elevate it above the
reach of freshets, and to take such
action as may be necessary for the
accommodation of its citizens until
the new bridge is Finished. Hon. John