The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-09-24
ANNALS on BELFAST FOB HALF A CENTURY,
BY AN OLD SETTLER
CHAPTER XXX 1886 \

lolloWS On Sunday evening, January
10th, fire broke out in black smith (
shop IN the rear Of the Eagle Hotel, oc
cupied by L. NJ. Monroe and Robert w
Quimby the building was consumed with
all its contents which were combustible
Between seven and eight O'Clock IN the
evening OF October 10Th an extensive con
migration occurred in the Banking-room
OF the Waldo Bank: thirteen thousand
dollars OF its bills were utterly consumed
There were strong suspicious that the Di-
| rectors and Cashier We're accessory to the
act. The bills were all OF the denomina-
ton Of one, two and three dollars. the re-
! issue OF which was prohibited by law as
| 1t then was, and hence no serious loss was
sustained by the stockholders In the af-
ternoon of the 25th one story double
dWellinghouse situate on the Judge Read
farm, on the Northport-ro was burned
| 1t was one Of the oldest framed houses in
town.
Mr.. Jonathan White, who came here to
reside IN 1875, died on the 18th of ,Janu-
airy, aged siXty-nine; his brother Robert
who came here in 1897 died July 3Oth,
1910, aged seventy. The lives of these
two brothers were SO intimately blended
that notice OF the two in connection seems
TO be peculiarly appropriate They We're
born IN Chester, N. Ill. After coming here
to reside they became the owners of lots
OF land III close proximity to each other,
on the Northport road, and continued to
occupy them during their lives. They
married sisters, daughters Of the ven
cradle James Patterson one of the earliest
settlers in the town. ,)onathan's farm was
the one now known as the Packard place :;
the one which was purchased at the time
OF the Quebec Railroad excitement with
the expectation on the part of the pur-
chaserS that the Depot would be located
on it; the price paid for it was five thou
sand dollars Roberts farm was the one
which is now, and has been since his de-
cease, in occupation Of his son William Il
AT the time he purchased there was log
house upon it ia Wuich he commenced
housekeeping and in which his son, Hon
James T. White, was born In 1903 he
erected the framed dwelling house recent
~ removed from the site on which his son
William b. is now erecting house. All
his children now living reside in this city :;
at one time they all resided with their
several families, seven i'll number, on the
same street. Jonathan erected his house,
still standing where it was erected at a
little earlier date. All his surviving chill
dren reside here except his son Jonathan
who resides in Rockland. Their descend
ants constitute the most numerous family,
probably, in town. They We're both
worthy men and good citizens faithful
in the discharge of their obligations and
exemplary in the performance of i'll the
duties deyolved upon them.
81 CT nd pn;1
poration' was Incorporated March the
ninth. There We're sixteen corporators
named in the Charter; the only Survivors
are Ralph &. johnson, Hiram Q. Alden,
Hugh j. Anderson and William G Crosby
Intelligence of the passing of the act was
received here with most emphatic demon
STATIONS of JOY. On the evening of the
18th the Eagle Hotel was illuminated,
there was 4 grand entertainment at which
the "solid men, of the town As we'll as
the young and vigorous" We're present,
there was perfect avalanche OF toasts
and speeches, and steam enough let off,
could it have been utilized. to propel a
locomotive to the Canada line; or to adopt
the phraseolgy Of the day, from the
storm-t tossed Atlantic to the placid bosom
Of the Saint Lawrence ~ An instrumental
survey of the route was commenced on
the sixth of June, under the direction and
superintendent of Colonel Long. and was
completed to the Canada Line in the latter
part of September. There We're various
reasons why the road was not built one
was that parties could not be found to
take the stock; the others need not be
recapitulated.
Tho Bclft..t Banh was in, v,.poraIed April
LIST, with capital OF fifty thousand dollars
There We're tWenty-siN corporators named
in the Charter, eleven OF whom are still
living. The meeting for organization was
held June 3D.; Joseph Williamson, Daniel
Lane, Paul K. Hazeltine, Thomas Pckard,
James 7. White, Salathiel Nickerson and
John Haraden We're chosen Directors At
a subsequent meeting of the Directors Mr.
Williamson was elected President and
Albert Bingham was appointed Cashier
The office of the Bank was in the second
story of Williamson's Fire-proof Block,
that portion now occupied by Mr. George
r. Sleeper, until 1857, when it was remoy-
ed to the room now occupied by the Bel
fast National Bank, in which Bank the
original one was merged in March 1863
The succession of Presidents OF the old
Bank and new, after Mr. Williamson. has
been John s. Kimball, James White,
Thomas Marshall James 7 White. Ma
thaniel H Bradbury succeeded Mr.. Bng-
ham as Cashier and held the office nineteen
years, at the expiration of which time his
son, Mr. A. II, Bradbury, the present
Cashier, was appointed.
The steamer Bangor made her first trip
from the west for the season on the ninth
OF April the ice in the river prevented
her from going beyond Frankfort She
ran through the summer as a day-boat be-
tween Portland and Bangor, connecting
with thee Portland and Independence
which ran as night-boats between Port
land and Boston. She made two trips per
week, and for the accommodation of Bel
fast passengers Mr. II. n, Lancaster ran a
stage on boat-days between this place and
Saturday Cove, which still continued to be
the landing place for passengers for Bel
fast" The independence took the place
of the Bangor occasionally, On her last
trip from Portland to Bangor, in the latter
part of September, she struck on a rock
in the river near the latter place and sunk
in about an hour in twenty tathoms water.
Captain William Avery died May 18th,
aged fifty-two. He was born at Preston,
Conn. and came here to reside permanent
ly about 1873. He had been here occa-
sionally for several years previously buy
ing and shipping lumber He was origin
ally a ship-master. After establishing his
residence here he engaged in trade in one
of the stores opposite the Eagle Hotel
which was burned in 1884, which he con-
tinued to occupy until he retired from
active business about 1882, He and Mr..
James p. White, under the name of Avery
and White, We're in copartnership from
1928 to 1928, He was married in 1920
and in 1921 built the house at the corner
OF Church and Miller streets now occupied
by his son-in-law, MIR. Daniel Lane from
thence he removed in 1888 to the Durham
house on Wilson's Hill where he died.
The prominent characteristic of Capt.
Avery was good nature. He was always
pleasant, patient, forbearing; never eX
cited by passion, however sorely tempted.
''How shall know him if meet him on
the street," inquired one who had never
IL h tho ra,,ly-