The Republican journal., 1874-06-04
ANNALS W BELFAST FGN HAlV \ {. N1lhl.
BY AN OLD >ETTLEK
CIIArTEN MY. (lSlNl

lne IHlleu 'oldlc5 o. America. At TINS |
point of time Belfast, i'll common with the |
residue Of Maine, may be regarded as hay
ing taken "a new DEPARTURE" Her popu-
latlon, according to the censls ofthis year,
was 1925; an Increase OF 4J2 from the |
year 1910. The Selectmen elected at the
spring meeting We're John Merri- |
am, James McCrllis and Nathan Swan
Benjamin Whittier, Town Clerk. The
prominent physician at this date were
John S. Osborn, Herman Abbott, Ebcnezer
Poor, Hollis Monroe, Chaunccy c. Chand-
Ter; Charles Hall, a comparatively Young
and promising physician died this year
The LAWYERS We're Bohan p. Field, John
Wilson, Alfred johnson Jr, Zaccheus P0r-
ter, William White, Joseph Williamson
and Rufus &. Allyne Benjamin Whittier
was the Postmaster, dudley Griffin the
fashionable tailor" and Job White the
axe-maker and Indispensable fiddler at all
private parties,
The population OF Belfast was the largest
of any town in the county Qiancock) save
Frankfort; her population was 21!I. Ef-
forts were made early in the year to have
the towns of Frankfort and Monroe set off
to the county 81 Penobscot; also to have
Belfast made hai-Shro town both efforts
were unsuccessful; had the last named
succeeded, the creation oI the county Of
Waldo might have been lm,nlinitplV post
pOned, on deferred for ma&y years at least.
On the seventh day of NAV died Andrew
Leach, who was bonn At Glencoe. Scot
land, February II, 1115533, and came here to
reside in 1903 Ike erected the building
still standing II taa Intersection OF High
and BRIDGE streets. now owned by Mr..
Oake5 Angler. and occupied \. fer many
years As a store and dwelling One of his
daughters became the wife hi Hon john
Wilson, another of George " at7on. Esd,
who was sheriff ot the county at the time
Of the Sepaation 1t Was the Uniform
custom in those day to toll the bell
where there wa one-at the funeral Of nm
l"ull "iillf 'lip l''ll''I:'i PI"e'77"'n was ON
l'S WY 70 we @iN cH''" ~ '"'l't'l gu
WI. lea 1' ""S g''' iif'' que ~ "'''h 'l'r
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sun l"Nell Tu up Ill N'''1ll"SI'''ii' )
'esI 'i"iilitl' o''S'9 "'''. 'i''"N' "
nnl;Ienino airs nt musir The tnllowinm
oi,rnn wv IJnn John Wr;l.o,, Vino Ia
- ~ talla !. f,ir ynac;n,om Of no snnt;
ment to which tho decision and its accom-
n ,al olayn hi,,th !. U,liar an i01r-
prn6r,t Si,5r Nav her Iooislators Dos
Snss III uatrioti.m If Fuv ,md thn itnIli-
gnncn nf PHI hon. Jnann, tha snianrn nf
7[ansticld and decision OF Holt. her Orators
The Iiahtninr Of C'icpro and Tx thnnIn,. ~
Dnm6stbnno2 Tho nnonIn of ballast
and ~ Mama aonnro1I, ~ Ma > slan,,
m ,,i,, wnrn :9?tenIin~ hi%~ ,bom, he
time The ..r,ir sn>, ynr,. rnninIad of
course that thry wrrn ..}Irayrn,sIast hnst
Gift TO man
on tie sixtl, da, nf nl, tLn fryt n,r,-
her ot tbn Uanrocl, G,znttn ,hn frst
nowsnancr startnd within thn l;mit. nf five
nrasnpt canntv of WaiGn maIn ~ ~
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