The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-11-30
Loca! Items, & C.
News of the County and City.

The third lecture Of onr winter course was
by Prot. Morse, on Thursday evening Nov o.
Subect--Iiow Animals Grow. The lecturer
treated his subject in his usual attractive man
ner, describing the growth OF the coral, and the
formation Of the coral reefs and islands of the
Pacifi { and OF own southern coasts. The
growth and development Of the higher order Of
III sects and animals were then rapidly, but
plainly explained. The leclu1e was illustrated
by drawings upon the blackboard. in which the
! Professor in an adept 1t is proposed to sup
plement the present course, by a series Of six
lectures by Prof. Morse, upon Natural History
# sufficient encouragement is given. The next
lecture will be on Thursday evening Dee. 7th
10y Mon. Paul B. Du Chailln, the well known
trican explorer. The subject has not been
ann ouncei. but will he upon some topic con
ncetad with his adventures in Africa.
The cots that dealers usually display out Of
doors as signs are great temptations to indi-
Viluals who Butlerize around town. On Mon
Cay evening last, fellow thinking TO avail HIM
self Of this opport unity Of getting bis boots on
q cheap scale, seized two pairs from the door
post Of Maddocks & Co.'s store, and attempted
to escape At the rear of A. D. Chase's sotre. At
that moment Alden happened to be engaged at
that part Of the building putting up blinds,
eSpicd this would be burglar and at once event
for him What happened there is not exactly
known, bnt according to Aden's story a right
lively scrImmage en- sued in which his bulky
proportions We're more than a match for his
antagonist. After severely repremandng him
he let him go, and returned the boot. to the
owner in triumph.
The protest of establishing a large shoe man
utactory in this city is being agitated by some Of
our public spirited citizens. Meetings were
held at the Clerk of Courts office IN Friday and
Tuesday evenings, at which a good degree Of
interest was manifested. committee con
sistin5 Of PhiIo Jersey, n. NJ Mathews, 5. A.
Howes, VIM. c. Marshall and H. P. Thompson,
were selected TO in vestgate the matter, and re-
port Al a future meeting. The subject of man.
features is attracting the attention Of many of
The cities and large towns in this state, and
there is no reason why Belfast should not be
stirring III the same direction
The dealer I'm clothing whose transaction with
m altered bank note VIC last week recorded, is
MOI always taken in tC that extent \ shrewd
individual from The country who had dead
owl on his load offered 10 sell it as choice eat
ING bird. The man Of cloth agreed to pay a
dollar for it, ii the seller would take it in trade
Thr result was That a 81 coat was sold for 50 in
cash and the bira Of wisdom Ana the trader
longs for more people with owls TO sell.
Conductors IRE frequently troubled with
drunken men who are usly, but Mace had one
ON Mon}ty whose frame Of mind was peculiar
by happy. lie laid back in his seat ami sung in
IA loud .nt not unmeadou> voice the whole
collection Of pcnnyroyal hymns, Sing to nae
of heaven" seemed to be his fayorite.
The Portland Argus speaks in very compli-
mentuy terms OF the exhibition by the pupils
oi bt Bowdoin College Gymnasium, under d.
rretlo4 OF Prof Dudley A. Sargent. 1t says
Tn, whole eXh btion was very fine, the
Students having acquired 4 degree If prof
clency that is remarkable, Prof Sargent, the
man who has charge Of the gymnastIc depart
ment, Is acknowledged by all who have seen
him to he fully equal to any one in New Eng
land: and he has succeed in mpartng much Of
his skin to bis pupils.
Tia. steamer Richmond made a harbor during
tie heavy weather Of Friday night of last week,
ana reached Portland the next day at noon.
She will make her last passage 10 the west
ward Dec. l>t.
7he new three mastoti schooner Prescott
EIazetme Capt L, ;. Mcdonald, sails from this
port in Il Jew days for Jacksonville. with car
20 Of bricks hay, potatoes and other produce.
The cold snap Of Monday night took every
body 10y surprise At Bangor. the river froze
over, making lively work for the steam tugs
Tuesday morning.
The letter from Colorado which we to-day
publish is from the pen of a talented young
lady Of this city now visiting friends at Den
yer.
The steamers went up as usual on Tuesday.
but the City of Richmand dro pped down to
Hampden before night.
SHORT CAKE, A person might fancy him
self in Constantinople from the abundance of
Turkey merchants Are you going to see the
old folks this Thanksgiving? ......Its expensive
getting laced up since whalebone has doubled
in price in consequence Of the loss OF Whaers.
But there is no one to blubber about it.....This
Is the season when wners of fast horses have
! the hair filed off from the hides of the animals.
THE unappeased cry for freight cars still
goes up.....Nery nearly enough funds to COM
| pete the Baptist church havebeen secured, and
| g. r. Carter has taken the work contract.....
! There is Il man in this city who hasn't worn
an oyercoat in twenty years past. He is in
clined TO be set in his ways-one of those long
/ Lanes that have no turning .....Prof. Morse
says that coral insects, by building reefs, will
annex Cuba to the United States in the course
of five hundred thousand years, and there is no
use in buying the island unless we are in 4
hurry......A neat station house has been built al
the Shibles crossing flag staton.....We made a
slight mistake last week, concerning those
spectacles One bow was broken, and the case
was not marked, but j. Y. Nee. wants them
lust the same The way of the transgressor
is hard, if you don't believe it try travelling
over this frozen ground.
Revolution in Mexico.
Mexico is AGAIN cOnyuSed by rGVOlu-