The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-11-12
News Of the City and County,

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tiers left for Bueksyille, s. c., where they will
be engaged for the winter.
This is the season of the year when careless
persons dump hot ashes into barrels and won
der how the fire originated.
The engine w. ID. Sewall has been placed on
the Belfast Branch for the winter campa gn-a
very large and powerful one
Daniel Haraden says he has gang of work
men who have not lost one hours work on ac-
count of weather, for the past five weeks.
The desultory remarks of wild geese to each
other as they fly over, are frequently heard now.
1t means that winter is at hand
Milken is back from New York He don't
come just like the minstrel boy of the song, who
"--returned from the war
With spirits as buOyant air"
There has been great lack of rain this fall,
and the ground is very dry Mr.. Kaler tells Us
thirty years as it is now.
A lady boarder in one of our private boarding
houses, in whose bed Il broom had been placed
by couple of sportiye girls, got even with the
jokers by an entirely new process.
The launching ways are being placed under
the new sch. VIM. Frederick, in Carter's yard,
and She will launch in about ten days. She
will be spared and rugged on the stocks
The ianitor of the Custom House recently
found a bag of charcoal in the yestibue of that
editiee. Probably an intimaton that Black Re
pubcanism is baggel-Barnabus included,
We are having large accession. to our sub
scription list. All tue Democrats who didn't
take the Journal before and they We're few
want it now. And Il good many republicans
are taken i'll the same WAY.
The biggest load Of hay eyer hauled tosth,
city by a team came on Monday TO Woods.
Mathews u Baker 1t was hauled BY George
Maker, Of Waldo, and contained thirty bales,
weighing live tons, Three horses did the pulling.
George Lewis, ON Waldo avenue, raised the
past season, from an migrated apple tree,
eighteen bushels Of fruit, eight Of which were
pairs. Not pears, but twin or double apples,
that grew in all deseribablc shapes.
The railroad wood,hed in this city has been
for long time empty, the engine being sup
piled at Burnhan ana along the line, bringing
enough down to last them back They think
the wood lasts longer than by tile OLD method.
The Portland Packing Co. have commenced
to can clans At the Pool. About ONE hundred
bushels per day is now dug. Exchange
This is business for which Belfast ha> SUI
perior advantages. Who will be the first tu
make Il fortune by going into it:
The new sch. 5. NJ. Bird, of Rockland, IT,
Gently launched from Carriers yard, has the
incest and best finished cabin OF any Of the
many ,chooner~ built in this place. The paint
ing is very superior, and was done by :. Il.
Gilum.
A radical oiiice-holder Of this city says he is
too busy now to indulge in grief; but when his
ground, are all fixed for winter. his vegetables
laid in, and every thing made snug he j. going
to sci apart 4 week for putting on saekeioth.
But all the while there was II twinkle in the
corner of his eve,
This paper owes an apology 10 BWkett a 90.
and to many lady readers That firm sent in an
advertisement offering ladies underye>t- at titty
cents each. BY an error it was printed under
skirts, and their store has been throngel by in
quircr, after those skirts. Still it was not all
in vain, for they saw Il very tine stock Of goods
Jacob Cunningham, IF Swauyic fen dead
in his feid on FRIDAY forenoon. He WAS en-
gagged in blowing in company with his sou,
when the latter saw his father tail to tht
ground lie raised him up, but ne had ceased
to breathe. Mr.. Cunningham was we'll known
and very worthy citizen ul the town, whose
loss Will be deeply felt.
ON Wednesday noon, two drunken men tool
possession Of j. y. MrClintoeks horse and wag-
ON, standing in front Of his house, and started
on on the Northport road one If them wa
So drtml, that he fell out III few Minutes, Par
Sut wa, made and The other one. who bad
kept ON with the team, was captu red iii North
port, brought back and lodged in ail He
say h~ u;uue is John Highland, Of Boston.
We observe bs q paragraph in the Deserct
News. published at SAIL Lake iry, that party
of eastern men, among them apt. +. H. Her
rnln ut Belfast, Were at that famous place IN
October, investigating its pecuharities. Now
that they have got home, their fellow citizens
would like 10 know how they would each like
to be 4 saint, it'll ten wives apiece and a tam
lily record like that OF John Rogers.
J few. very few. Of Our radical friends
We're inclined to make a fuss about the Demo
cratic bonfire in the square ON Thursday eye
ming, and to have it stopped ny the authorities,
on the ground OF danger by fire. The NIGH
WAS very calm. Ii never occurred To these
gentry in wears past that there WAS any danger
from republican bontre>-oh. no And it is
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