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STATE AND CITY STATISTICS FOR ,76. Prominent Events. The prominent political events of the year have been the election of Gov. Gonnor, the election of five Republican Congressmen, Mr. Blaine's appointment as Senator to fill the vacancy occasioned by the acceptance of the Treasury portfolio by Senator Morrill, and the casting of the electoral vote of the state for Hayes and Wheeler. In military affairs the encampment of the state militia at Bruuswick has been the only event of any importance. The state constitution has been somewhat changed by the adoption of the amendments submitted by the constitutional convention, and capital punishment has been abolished. Maine, in common with other states, has suffered in her industrial pursuits from the general depression, but the crops have been abundant and there has been little actual suffering. Three railroads have experienced financial difficulties; the European & North American, which is in the hands of receivers, and the Port!and & Ogdensburg and Portland & Rochester which have been unable to pay the interest on their bonds-while one long meditated project -the Shore Line Railroad-has made some progress towards realization. The Bucksport Savings Bank and the Lewiston Savings Institution have become insolvent and ceased to do business, while the Thomaston, Waterville and Brunswick banks temporarily suspended. Several newspapers have died, the most notable among them the Loyal Sunrise, alias the Presque Isle Sunrise, alias the Aroostook Valley Suorise, while severai new ones, mostly weeklies, have been started. Criminal and Casual. There have been seven homicides during the year, all but one committed by men. There have been 53 suicides, 43 males and 10 females, besides 20 attempts which did not prove fatal. The number of fires in which the loss was $1000 or over was 339 against 226 in 1875. The total losses was $1,490,323 against $1,217,500 in 1875; and total insurance $813,523 against $444,500 in the preceding year. The greatest loss in any one month was in December which reached $265,800. The burning of the tannery in Vanceboro in September caused a loss of $150,000, the heaviest loss of any one fire during the year. In this city there have been 2388 arrests made by the police, of which 1524 were for drunkenness. In the year 1875 there were 2716 arrests, 1864 of them for drunkenness. There have been no large crimes committed during the year, but a very large number of larcenies, many of them small with a few amounting to a few hundred dollars. Since the middle of March City Marshal Bridges and his force have had nearly 90 cases of larceny. In scarcely a single case have they failed to recover a property and in the majority of cases the property has been wholly recovered and the criminals arrested. In this {time, less than ten months, the police department have recovered upwards of $4800 worth of stolen property. There have been 37 fires in this city the past year and the following is a list of the losses and insurance: I I