The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-01-09

MAINE NEWS ITEMS.

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Bridgton is happy over the law cour
decision which means that the villag
is at last to have public park and sol
diers' moment.
Now Orland comes to the front will
triplets-three robust boys, weighing 6
61-2 and 7 IL pounds respectively, bOrl
to Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Gray Dec. 2lst
The University of Vermont has chal
lenged Bowdoin to debate the first O
upon after the holiday recess. These
debating contest.
Word has been received at Lisbon
Falls of the safe arrival at st. Thomas,
West Indies, of the yacht Coronet
with Frank w. Sanford, founder and
leader of the Holy Ghost and Us cult,
aboard. The Coronet, which was long
overdue, had been practically given up
for lost, with all hands.
| A failure to fully harvest the potato
crop of Aroostook county because OF a
lack of farm hands has led, it is assert
ed to the filing of IL petitions in bank
ruptcy by ~ farmers of that county.
| They were unable to pay for machinery
and supplies, and, it is said, were driven
into bankruptcy by their creditors.
| On the steam railroads in Maine, the
Maine Central has continued its system
of double tracking, begun three years
ago. The Bangor & Aroostook double
tracked 80 miles, Northern Maine &c.
to South Lagrange; and as an extension
on this B. & A. line the Medford cut OFT
was built This is line 40 miles long,
| between South Lagrange and west
SebOeis.
Gov. Cobb, Dec. 26th, made the follow
ing nominations Member Inland Fish
and Game commission, James W..
Bracket, Phillips; State highway
commissioner for four years, Paul D..
Sargent, Machias; Trustee, University
of Maine, Edwin j. Haskell, West
brook; trustee, Bath Military and
Naval Orphan Asylum, William K.
Kimball, Bath; recorder Winthrop
| Municipal court, Irving o. Gage.
1t is gratifying to note that a Maine
| bow was one of the four winners among
| the 400 contestants for the prizes of
$4,000 offered by the Merchant Marine
| League for the best essays on the sub
| ject How to Build up Our Merchant
| Marine in the Foreign Trade The
| fortunate Maine boy was LinWood M.
Erskine of Jefferson, who graduated
| from Bowdoin last June and is now at
| the Harvard Law school. The three
other winners were respectively from
Michigan, Tennessee and Minnesota.
The Island of Monhegan used to be
"way out to sea, but it's different now
writes the local correspondent OF the
Boothbay Register. tell you it is some
fun to see such fine boat on the line
between Monhegan and Boothbay Har-
Dor as the steamer May Archer. 1t is
| different than years past when there
was schooner on the line and it took
| Is hours to go from Boothbay Harbor
| to Monhegan. These days in about one
hour and forty minutes you are at
Boothbay Harbor Steam heat, plush
cushions and easy chairs make the trip
pleasant.
Among the deaths in 1907 were the
following: Ex-Governor Sidney Per
ham, who died in Washington, March i.
at the age of So years. Eli Cook OF Bel;
fast, died at the age of 102 years, and
Mrs. Lovisa Cox Harrington, at los
years. Two real daughters of the Amer
can Revolution were in the years death
list, Mrs. Frances E. Butler Of Farm
ington and Mrs. Charity c. Royal OF
Ellsworth. Hon. Albert W. Paine, the
oldest practising lawyer in the country,
died Dec 3, and Mrs. Sarah S. Sampson
the famous Maine army nurse, passed
away in Washington, Dec. %.