The Republican journal., 1903-03-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

,... MATTERS. \ correspondent
~, r.rt Fairfield Review is chuck
~. .,uselt over the action of the
.s-. NJ IIS town i'll passing over an
...s tl1rMng the selectmen to
'St more -oncrete sidewalk in the
.... .- economy. "A concrete side
'- . .. AVS will last at least 20
.....,.u.t repairing. The cost is at
square yard. A plank walk
Hr esent price of lumber costs
. r-uts per square yard, and has
.uyflcaIlv rebuilt about every
g..,4.I. Vt the end of 20 years, a
@r. u K will have cost the town
1 ga. aimee times as much as walk OF
'o.a-.. would; but we voted to keep
.riIfmc plank walks-as a matter
-.,a.uy 1t is estimated that at
.3.- :. pei cent of this winters cut OF
M. . tunabec waters is still in the
'@. len DAYS of hauling will be re-
g-ed get this lumber to the land
.r a.ess a hard freeze comes at
w. ,lf, ,annot be done, The small
..ri+..- are the ones who will suffer
mos, The people of Bangor
r.3 -.r1 feeling over the death of
rru.H Jordan, who was recently
-l4..l ny negro ruffian, by raising
.snl a over $4,000 to be given the
-.a paIrs wife and children..... Capt.
.g,rr N. cummings, harbor master
3nlot reports the number of ar
us e mat port in 1902 as $3.50.
-.- atr. - arrivals of schooners,
-- 4,,amers. ii of barks, 2 of bark
.r-- ailg. ~ yachts, slOop. The
f..-.o. thls fleet is figured at 49,
TIE -Mpments included 5lS car
-, b ubrf Coal cargoes averaged
7- -u uus. tie number of cargoes
--... News has been received in
.- wi the death in Smlthtield,
.. lewis W. Anthony, aged IS
..- ...rr of Prof. y. w. Anthony
...- a,leIe. formerly of Bangor.
ID. ..Ill. at Salisbury Cove plowed
.i... or. If land March II, feat he
..-u., seldom attempted before III
~a.- -.f Maine so early in the sea-
. u nIroWs We're eight inches
-.s.. U.ly struck frost in two or
.. ... es. The ground was in ex-
t.+ ..a.iion and March l6, it was
U ..s. peas..".The funeral OF
H. tobb late editor of the
te,s, took place Friday after
.8 I.D Hural tributes were many,
.. -rnHs large attendance. Rev.
N.. ..ueu ptliciated and spoke of
",-t helpful and successful life
q .oo The pail bearers were
m haxter, Asher c. Kinds,
Nt Nulton, and Frederick q.
f .r service was very simple,
a-0.t.,r with the we'll understood
sIH Mt Gobb....The gardeners en-
'g- nv ,'Hwberry culture in the Ma
.5. VS. .F report that the plants
.u WJ,rled unusually we'll and that
Haee lapof berries should be gath
-t -Ne coming season should favor
Dit "udtionS continue until picking
o- tuarIes H. Berry is now prac-
ltl, -IIe sole owner of the Thorndike
ot- aorkiand, Fred w. Berry and
b indroS. having retired from the
efr bros Hotel Company. 1t is said
'et i.e reason for the change was a
Sll..inallou on the part of the retir.
Y members of the company to go to
expense Of the additions aud i'm
.o5-neHts that are proposed to be
..It ir the lotel. Mr.. Andres will con-
la~ As managerial Phillips has voted
'entuUe It's liquor agency. AT a town
f--he all tie clergymen appeared and
alt plea to have it discontinued, bat
'7 We're yOted down, two to one.....
's stmlauuual meeting of the Maine
's'r Board Of Trade will be held in
iJuli today... The Fairfield town
-u buildings, situated about five miles
'1 .Ae 'liiage proper, were burned to
ne ground AT midnight, March 23d.
.t '>s Vas 1000 and the insurance
IN. Ai the inmates escaped. The
's'ut entral railroad has ordered 400
A 'ar- aud 100 coal cars from the
Dsagan Car and Foundry company
IA 4.IItt" arnegie has granted Pitts
7Q '.i : 1000 fora library on condition
1a' $1,000 VIII be raised each year for
% una Jtndnce. The town had voted
'es'odSiy to meet the condition.....The
os5 'eI 'h J't water proposition before
s'J 1 "g5tei voters at their town meeting
UQ o.l Monday was 203 in favor to 49,;
s''t's'F ht friends of the movement
'' di7e'lig much elated over the result
a. aJ.'Iri'Iy i-1nbert and Edward Ballard,
.g .., were sentenced to life inprison
, ~ ~ 81 uaTd labor in the state prison
}, .n., .,el'tSlon by Judge Powers in the
t..,, ...,,e,"''sdIUia : j. court last week, were
oa 'i ou then journey to that instltu-
VI" Monday morning in care OF Jail
.y,., N Knowles of Dover.....The
"Sot ,tat city council has offered reward
eI' iG"' 'oi the apprehension and con-
tfo,,, VI the person or persons who
.,fN'''I'led t. dynamite the house of
'l'"h Davis Sunday morning.