The Republican journal., 1871-12-07

The steamer City of Richmond made her las
call for the season at this city on Friday last II
is hoped that she will be early upon the route
in the spring, Some change i'll her time o
running is contemplated.
The steamer Cambridge has gone off the Ban
gor and Boston route, and laid up for the Win
ter. The Katahdin viii continue her trips.
making one week, leaving Winterport on
| Tuesdays and Boston on Fridays.
Mr.. Dodge, who offers his saloon for sale in
this paper, has splendid place of the kind ex-
ceedingly we'll located Our people will be
sorry to have him go from the city, as we learn
that he contempates doing.
On Friday, Mr.. Aaron Nickerson, who lives
on the Augusta road, fell through the scaffold
of his barn, striking upon the edge of plank
| by which several of his ribs We're broken.
| NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE. The Belfast Jour
| nal is receiving the latest news up to the hour
Of going to press by special telegram, degre e
/ OF enterprise very unusual in weekly newspa-
| pers. Camden Herald.
We shall be glad to receive and forward the
| names of subscribers in this CITY to the Daily
Commercial, the new Democratic paper in Ban
gor.
Sch. Nellie F. Burgess, of this port. Capt.
kckeen, is ashore in dangerous place at
Mosquito Inlet, Florida.
SHORT CAKE. The hdeousIY cold spell Of
last week is supposed to have resulted from
Capt Hall having left open for few days the
door of the passage to the North Pole. As soon
as he shut it the weather moderated. ...,.W With
only one steamer a week, the frequency OF the
whistle in our harbor is greatly diminshed......
Among the local persuasiops TO piety, we some
times notice girl going TO evening meeting
with q coat sleeve around her waist, and she
seems TO think devotion good thing IA lady
has kept house in this city for sixty years, and
never failed to have cracker toast and beefsteak
for Thanksgiving breakfast.." Hon. n. G.
Hichborn, who has been ILL., IS out again, and
was in our city on Saturday. 1.-THE winter
emigrants to Florida from this vicinity are be-
ginning TO leave.....A box of mirrors be longing
to Fields & Mathews We're shattered last week
by an unlucky truckman. No insurance.
The Maine Central has paid the first INSTALL
ment of the Belfast B ranch rental. The next
occasion for general high links will be Christmas
now close at hand......A man fell overheard
from schooner Prescott Hazetine, in the stream
on one of the cold days, anu when rescued was
enclosed in complete suit of icy armor.....
Lively shower, the one we had on Monday.
The Prog. Age last week loaded the sch. j. ?.
Merriam with $4,000 bushels of potatoes, which
was rather heavy on 4 small vessel......Our city
restaurants complain of dull business, and that
the call for ''two stews'' is intrequent compar-
ed with old times. Postmaster Thurlow
claims that Walker Il Nenner, machnists, are
entitled to credit for the invention Of q neat APP
paratus for holding slips containing names at
the Post office delivery. They are ingenious
and expert Ear muhs have been invented
for cold weather. The editor of the Age has
been presented with Il pair that came folded
up and packed in a box six feet by two....A
barefooted boy came TO the door of house IN
this city on one OF the coolest of the cold days
of last week. and was sent away by the benevo-
lent lady with stockin ss and boots on his feet,
and much gratitude in his heart. The medi-
cine paragraphs in this paper are now sugar
coated, and may be taken more easily. The
steamer Richmond came in on Friday with
some of the copper off her bow, as testimony
to the faith fulness with which Penobscot river
ice is put together. Smelt fishing was not Il
cherished amusement during the arctic days of
last week......A Sunday School Teachers In
stitute is TO .be held in this city Jan. 30th.....
Howes n Co. have bought mill and large tract
Of woodland ut Burnham, and will get out
slaves and other LUMBER. Capt. Pinkham, ey-
pressman on the steamer Richmond, is at home
for the WINTER. Wanted a good snow storm
that will make nice .sleighing i'll this vicinity
......See Miss Hicks advertisement of Christ
mas and New Years Goods. She has choice
stock.....A small edition Of q confagration oc
CURED in Wadlin's store, from lamp left too
near the papers of some pigeon holes: hut the
damage was not great...-No quorum at the
City Council Monday evening, and consequent
ly nothing done.....The Prog. Age has changed
its publication day to Friday.