The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-12-08
MAINE NEWS ITEMS.

Eight carloads of Christmas trees
passed through Gardiner one day last
week, going west.
| The receipts of Names 70 presiden-
tial post offices were $1,017.274 for the
last fiscal year, against 1858, 1886 for
1908.
| The Maine General Hospital has re-
ceived under the will of the late
Henry L. Houghton of Bath, 1000 for
free beds.
| The Kennebec river is now practical
~ closed to navigation. While 1t Is
frozen from shore to shore, there are a
few open places.
The Maine building at the st. Louis
fair has been sold for $1,000 to parties
who will make it an attraction at At
lantic City, N. J.
Hunters have reported moose plenti-
/ full in Washington county this season,
and the Machias Republican reports
that more moose than deer have been
brought to market in that section.
The Maine sardine season, which
closed Dec. LIST, by State law, was one
| of the most successful in many years, the
total trade being about 100000 cases,
of all sizes. The best previous record
| was l. 4O0,O 600 cases.
Notice has been given that petition
| will be presented to the council asking
for the pardon of Calvin Graves, now
in prison at ThomaSton for the muir
der OF game wardens Hill and Miles in
Washington county in the fall of 1885,
George C. Sheldon and Benedict F.
Maher of Augusta, who did good work
in New York State during the recent
campaign, received invitations to the
Roosevelt Fairbanks jubilee dinner at
the Waldorf Astoria, New York city,
Nov. 30th.
"A female buffalo was born last week
at Casco Castle park, South Freeport.
This is the second baby buffalo to have
been born in Maine, and it is doing fine
ly. The mother is the last survivor of
the herd brought to Maine several years
ago by the Lewiston, Brunswick &
Bath street railway.
Gov. Hill has appointed Charles E.
Houlton, George Eaton OF Calais, S. w.
Philbrook of Skowhegan, Frank C.
Deering of Saco, delegates to the Ameri-
can forestry congress in Washington,
Jan. 2-6. State Forest Commissioned
+. E. Ring will attend by special invita-
ton.
Tie Maine State Fair will be held on
, the old dates next fall. The reason for
going back to the old dates, September
5, 6. and s is because of the uncertain
ty of good weather at the later dates
which the fair was held this year. FL
nancially the fair this year, considering
the inclement weather, was a grand sue
cess. Every premium will be paid in
full within few days.
The dodge will case at Jacksonville,
Fla, in which many Maine people are
interested, is again on after a months
intermission. The respondents are now
having their innings and are presenting
evidence to prove that Mrs. Dodge was
mentally and physically capable OF
! making the will by which she bequeath-
ed the bulk of her property to Rev. A.
NJ. Mcdonald of Bar Harbor.
Announcement of the editors of the
Bates Student, the college magazine,
and the members of the Intercollegiate
debating teams were made at chapel at
Bates college Nov 30th. The student
editors are Harold Neff Cummings of
Auburn, editor-in-chief, Ross Mortimer
Bradley of Roxbury, Mass, Luther
Isaac Bonney of Turner Center, Alice
Pray Rand of Lewiston, Grace Whit
man Pratt of Lewiston and Clara Mae
Davis of Hancock, Mass, associate edi-
tors. All are members of the junior
class The Intercollegiate debaters are
w. Lewis Parsons, 'O5, of New Portland,
Orrin Merton Holman, '05, of Otisfield
Gore, Wayne Clark Jordan, '06, of
Lewiston, Winfield Scott Austin, 'O6,
of Newton, n. H. William Rufus Red
den, 'O6, of Dorchester, Mass, and John
Clifford Merrill, 'O6, of Arson.
The control of the stock of the Mer-
chants national bank of Waterville has
passed to Hon. E. J. Lawrence, A. B.
Page, A, F. Gerald of Fairfield and May
or Cyrus w. Davis. Control was secur-
ed by the purchase of the stock of John
Ware, George H. Ware and their sister,
Mrs. Smith. This included 50 shares of
the real stock, and it was passed at 1875,
aggregating $4,000 John Ware, who
has been president of the bank for many
years, relinquishes his stock on account
OF lllhealth, but he stipulated before
the negotiations were closed that the
minority stockholders should have an
opportunity to dispose of their stock at
the same figure if they chose SO to do
The new board of directors has not been
decided upon, but it is said that H. D.
Bates, who has been cashier of the in
stitution for 25 years, and Mr.. Spencer,
who has been clerk for Is years, will re-
main with the new management.
Tested the Wireless.