The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-06-11
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MAINE NEWS ITEMS.

William S. Toothaker of Cundy's
| Harbor was fined 1852 in the municipal
court, Portland, recently for having in
his possession bags of short Holsters
In the Deering district in Portland
the browntail moths are eating the
leaves off the trees, taking the leaves
from the oak trees just as fast as they
come out, leaving them perfectly bare.
w. j. Bradbury, for eight years land
lord of the hotel Gerald, Fairfield, has
made an assignment to E. G. Rice. Liza
bilities are approximately $4,000, with
no assets which are uneXempt.
The Burlock brothers, who recently
came from Aroostook and bought a
farm at East Newport, have planted so
acres of potatoes this spring. Their
barn, whose length is 2O4 feet, is said to
be the longest in Maine.
North Dixmont is very proud of its
cornet band of 20 pieces which appear
ed in uniform for the first time on Me,
mortal Day. The leader is j. P. Harris,
the nephew and namesake of the brave
soldier for whom the G. A. R. Post of
that town was named.
Postoffice Inspector John Spofford
has been assigned to duty in Maine,
with headquarters in Bangor. He has
been connected with the St. Louis d.
vision. Previous to his appointment
as inspector, Mr.. Spofford was rail
way mail clerk on the Boston and Ban
gor run.
1t is said by those who have travelled
in different sections of the State that
more apple trees are being set than ever
before in the history of apple growing
in the State. Now, along with this, if
fruit raisers will only learn the art of
selling their products at the right time,
all will be we'll.
At a meeting, June Sd, of the Bow
doin College track athletes Harrison
Atwood, '09, of Auburn, Me-, was re-
elected captain Of the Bowdoin track
team for the next year. Atwood is a
Splinter and broad jumper, but owing
to com pete this year.
Senator Staples of Knox county told
a correspondent of the Portland Ex-
press the other day that be should not
be an active candidate for renomina-
ton to the State Senate, but that he
should not refuse denomination. 1t
seems to be pretty well understood that
Mr.. Staples will be renominated for
Senator, and that Mr.. Montgomery will
be given denomination for represen-
tative in the Camden district.
Not only has Portland's Lincoln park
been saved for park purposes by the de-
cision to rebuild the City Hall upon the
old site, but it is now proposed to en-
large the park by the purchase and re-
moval of eighboring buildings. The
new City Hall, with its surrounding
park area, and the vista through the en-
larged park to the federal and county
buildings will be an ornament and an
honor to the city.
Five trustees of the Maine Home for
the Feeble Minded, to be built near
Pownal by the State at a cost of 100000,
have been named by Governor Cobb in
accordance with resolve passed by the
last legislature. They are Hartley G.
Baxter, Brunswick, Cyrus n. Blanch-
ard, Wilton, Albert Pierce, Frankfort,
w. G. Means, Machias, and Mrs. Mar
garet A. Barker, Bangor All the con-
gressional districts of the State are
represented.
At the annual meeting of the Maine
fraternal institution for the blind, held
in Portland June Sd, the folio wing Of
fcers were elected: Willis E. Trask of
Chelsea, pres; o. A. Nichols of Hal
lowell, vice pres: William Lynch of
Portland, Sec; Miss Carrie G. Adams
of Portland, treas. In the evening an
address was given by Edward E. Allen,
superintendent of the Perkins Institute
for the blind, South Boston. It was
announced that Names new institu-
next winter.