The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1870-12-22

VIM. r. and Frank Bicktord, together will
Edward Whittier, have formed company under
the name of VIM. Z. Bickford Il Co.. for the pur
pose OF shipping ice from our city. They are erect
ing on the East side of the river, above the paper
mill wharf, an ice house which will be 100 feet Ions
by 100 wide, with 81 feet posts. 1t is built on ,
cobWork foundation, and will be connected with
wharf where vessels can load the ice being slit
down ready for shipping, The house will hold
about 300 tons, and the crop will be taken from
the meadow This is u new enterprise, and we trus
1t may be successful.
MIR. lumby, III his capacities of City Clerk AMI
Treasurer of the Savings Bank has frequent call,
upon his knowledge of things some of which arc
little beyond his reach. The last call we give be
low verbatim ct literatim-
to the Savings Bank
of Belfast sur
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manlcks Sc II government can Pay there debt.
CHI.
Judge Dickerson is holding court at Norridge
Wock.
lively scrimmage between the police and some
a5orers Of the track-shifting gang, on Tuesday
evening, resulted in some hard blows and bloody
noses. The boys were running 4 little wide log
harrow guage folks.
The work of changing the guage of the railroad
was finished on Wednesday. The crew performed
3 large amount of work for the last three or foul
days, aud had the track so far completed on Tues
day that narrow guage locomotive was run over
the turntable TO the engine house. There is some
work remaining to be done at the stations and al
the connection with thej Central track at Burn
ham. 1t is hoped that the regular trains will com
mence by Friday, although they may not until the
first of next week,
Our readers will remember the curiously close
sailing of the twin ships Cora and Lenora built at
this place last year. They have got together again.
both being at the Guanape Islands, loading guano.
They are not going to the same port of discharge.
one being chartered for Rotterdam and the other
for Amsterdam, but the difference don't amount to
dam.
Have our readers noticed the present decorations
Of the billboard on the opposite office
They are of home production, and have about them
the effulgence of genius. The central figure re-
presents a Fifteenth Amendment on his way to the
polls for the first time.
In the United States Court, at Portland, Shubae
Dunton, convicted OF opening and reading another
persons letter in the post office at LncOlnviile
was sentenced to pay fine OF $5 and costs and to
be imprisoned in the county Jail five days.
Husbands who value peace and quietness should
not exchange evercoats with young bachelors, who
make their outside breast pockets the place of de
post for loving notes. Such careessness tends to
Il rapid loss of hair.
The light snow OF Monday night, falling on
hard frozen ground, makes sort of an apology for
sleighing, but the real thing hasn't come yet.
The anecdote sent by our Winterport friend and
marked private, is good enough 10 print. Shall
we do it:
There was gratuitous illumination by the north
ern lights on Saturday night.
There Is complaint OF dull times among cur
traders who don't advertise
p. r. Hszetine is rapidly recovering from his
late severe illness.