The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-01-22

| Cy Davis calls attention to his stock Of Ban
gor Tatta lately received.
| The finder Of a gold ring, having date an,
initials inside. will be rewarded on leaving ii a
| this office.
Hon, L. X. Boyle is again confined to hi,
house by an attack Of bleeding at the lungs
The indicted liquor sellers have mostly paio
| their fines, to the great benefit OF the County
| Treasury nearly 81 900 having been received
| In the matter of dancing Belfast is gay thi,
| season. no less than three courses of assem-
blies are on the docket, which about uses III
| the six nights in the week.
| In lie Supreme Judicial Court. on SATURDAY.
| last. Joseph Williamson, +. X. Boyle and w
| H. Mcclellan were appointed by the Court a
| committee to examine candidates for admission
| to the Bar.
| Business along the wharves is the dulleSt We
| we have seen it for the season. Owing to the
| wretched travelling no hay of any amount can
! be brought to market, though now and then q
few bales will struggle in on wheels. The same
vessels that We're at the piers last week remain,
| not having finished their cargoes. But one
new vessel has been chartered and that the A
W. Ellis by Pitcher & Son. for Wilmington. \
c. A small quantity has gone to the islands
down the bay. The same can be said of po-
tatOes.
The Toledo Blade of Jan. 18th, has the fol
lowing in regard to the marriage Of a former
resident of Belfast
Last evening, Mr.. A. T. Colburn, connected
wth the wholesale house of l.. :. Barmgarlner
4 Co, entered into a co-partnership for life.
taking to himself a wife in the person of E.
te daughter of A. j. Sprague. The ceremo-
ny was performed at the residence of the
brides parents, and in the presence of only in
innate friends. The presents We're numerous
and beautiful, and the supper was-wel tempt
ing doesn't halt express it. The newly married
couple left the city last evening for short trip
East.
At the annual meeting of the Belfast Gas
Light Co, held Monday, 10Th, inst. the follow
ing officers We're electcd-Wm. B. Swan. Pres
ident; John H. Qnmby, Treasurer and Secre-
tary, A. X. Pierce Superintendent W. b.
Swan. W. O. Poor. A. A. Howes, n. F. IIonS-
Ton AMI G. b. Hazctine, Directors. 4 div-
lend of per cent. was declared payable TO
stockholders of that date. The directors re-
port the works iii Il prosperous condition under
the efficient management of their superintend-
en, 1t is contemplated extending the man
pipe along Congress street and At the foot of
Main street.
Sch Ida 5. Burgess, of this city. was lost at
sea on the passage from Savannah for Proy-
dence. Capt. Rufus F. Limeburncr who WAS
in command. writes as follows from Matanzas
Il sailed from savannah Dec 18TH 1873 and
on the third day out found the vessel leaking
badly; had to keep the pumps going constantly
to keep her free On the night OF the 18th. in
lat. b 1, Ion. - 10, while aNng to in heavy
\. W. gale, the bowSprit went i'll the knight
heads, the foremost broke in the deck, and the
mammast-head and main-topmast went at the
same time. The wreck Of the >parS got under
the bow, and stove in one of the ports. We
were on the wreck six days. My crew We're all
worn out. When we were taken of by the
bark Wheatland, and brought to this port, most
of my men We're unable TO stand and had to be
carried on board by the bark's crew. 1t was
blowing gale Of wind at the time. and we
could save nothing. | saved the chronometer,
and that is about all We are under the great
est obligations to Capt. Goudv of the bark
Wheatland of Boston. He laid by Us five hours,
and had his boat swamped twice in getting lis
off; besides doing all in his power for Us while
on board his vessel"
The schooner was owned by A. j. Ross, Dr..
Flinders II. $. Parker, j. Y. Cottrel and
others, and wa partly insured.
SEARsMoNT. Mr.. Baldwin Muzzy has pre-
~ented a bell TO the Methodist Church, of
which he has been long time a member
The Searsmont minister has not received the
shoes mentioned in your last They We're lot
m gale on Quantebacook, when the captain
was thr own overheard.