The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-10-15
ANNALS on BELFAST FOR HALF A CENTURY,
b Y A N OLD SETTLER.
CHAPTER XXXIu 1880 !

poor w nlgS VINO mad held possession of it
for q year only and who had barely be-
gun to learn how to nibble the kernel from
the cob, were loath to give it up; but
there was no escape from the clutches of
party destiny. George Thatcher was re-
moved from the office of Sheriff and James
Y. McClintock was appointed in mis- place :;
Bailey Pierce from the office of Clerk of
the Courts and William II. Burrill appoint
ed; Webster Kelley from the office of
County Attorney, and Charles r. Porter of
Camden appointed Solyman Heath from
the office Of Register of Probate and Will
liam III. Goldman of Camden appointed :;
Beltast's share of the corn was smaller
than it was the year preceding; but her
teeth were longer and sharper and could
gnaw deeper into the cob.
There We're several fires in our town
this year but no one of magnitude. In the
night of January 10Th the shoemaker's
shop OF MIR. George Durham, on the east
side OF the river, was entirely consumed
by fire On the night of September 30th
the barn OF iona Durham with all its con-
tents, hay and grain, was burned it was
without doubt the work of an incendiary
On the fourth of November an old build
ing on premises now owned by Hon w.
II. Mcclellan, was burned; it was of tri-
fling value, but the burning CT it afforded
sport for the boys and stimulated the men
to look into the condition of our "Fire
Apparatus; which was found to tie in a
very unfit condition for contest With the
consuming element
Early in this year measures were adopt
ed by the Uniyersalist Society preliminary
to erecting their meeting house ON Court
street. The work progressed so rapidly
that on the fifth day of September the
yanc was placed i'll position ON the spire,
and on the 3Oth of October the house was
dedicated The Dedication Sermon was
preached by Rev Frederic A. Hodsdon.
then of Leyant in the county of penobscot.
lie was subsequently settled as Pastor of
the Society; more particular mention will
be made OF him hereafter
There were two very heavy and lestiuc-
tive gales this year; one in the month OF
January, the other in December. The
January gale was said by our oldest in
habitantS at the time to be the heaviest
ever experienced here, There was Il large
number of vessels ut our Wharyes and in
our harbor, some Of Which were seriously
injured and barely escaped shipwreck.
The new Ship Lausanne on whose account
there was considerable anxiety, rode out
the gale nobly in the middle Of the Bay.
More damage was sustained in neighbour
ing ports than iii this.
The December gale was almost unpar-
alleled for violence and the amountof uam-
age done to shipping on the coast Among
the vessels totally lost was the schooner
Opposite of this place, Simon q. Cottrell,
Master. She was driven ashore on Lake
mans Beach in Ipswich Bay at midnight
Oi the seven on board Of her, four per
ished, viz; Capt. Cottrell, aged about
twenty-eight, Albert, SON of Mr. William
Durham Of this place, aged about nine
teen, a man by the name of Doyle, OF
Bucksport, and negro, name unknown,
The three saved We're Mrs Cottrell, wife
of the captain, George Emery, SON of the
late Jonas Emery, Esq, and Chandler
Mahoney. all resident here,
The schooner Boston Of this place
Charles Thomas, Master laden with wood
and timber bound to Salem, was totally
lost. \ letter from the master to the own
ers, received soon afterwards, informed
them that ali on board We're saved en-
cept one, and he was LOST
The schooner Mary Frances. ct and
from this port, Frederic Warden. Master.
bound to Boston, was driven on to Il ledge
in Gloucester harbor there She laid nearly
all day showing signals of distress TO
wards evening, while the gale was at its
height. she was boarded by the Custom
House Boat and her crew and passengers
IL, "A
She parted her cable and drove to sea; she
brought up on beach in Marshiield then
owned by Daniel Webster Her cargo
was landed i'll good order and in the Spring
following She was got off and brought to
this place. Captain Worden, whose pleas
ant face is still seen daily in our streets.
informs the compiler that while the
schooner laid there and he and others
from this place We're engaged in getting
her of, they We're often visited by the
great statesman who loosely remarked
to them that he should ..have to charge
pasturage for the schooner" lie adds that
one Of the party employed, whose politi-
cal notions did not coincide with those of
Mr.. Webster, was wont TO discuss with
him the great questions of the day but
that in all their discussions he invariably
came off second best Among the pas
sengers or the Mary Frances was our fell
low citizen b. +. Blackstone Esq, now
residing at City Point
The frugal SWANS" who fed their hooks
on the eastern side OF the river derived
great satisfaction from the capture of two
loup-cervers, OF "!ucervees, IN the month
OF February. They We're caught in traps
and were believed to be the individuals
who had committed havoc among the
sheep in that locality during a portion Of
the year preceding; they made no admis-
SION OF guilt, but after their decease there
was no mortality, except from causes
called natural, among the sheep who
grazed on the banks of the Passagassa-
wakeag
The steamer Hanpor commenced her
trips early IN the Season nbont March
2Otb maxine bnt one trin ner week mntiI
the Ice left Penobscot river, after that he
made two trims nar week throu,rb tha son.