The Republican journal., 1875-03-18

Services al the Unitarian Church next Sun
day evening by the pastor Sermon from text
Doth God take care for oxen :'-1st Cor. 9th
chapter, 9th verse:
Sch. James W. Brown, Kane, of Belfast, at
Philadelphia, from Little Curacao. reports off
Fenwick island in gale, carried away flying
lib and fores;il, fore and main booms and GAIT
Two Young men named Shaw, who broke in
to the store Of Emery Nickerson, in Swanville,
were examined before Justice Billings of that
town, OIL Tuesday and sent to Belfast jail
The company recently spoken of as contem-
plating the formation Of lodge of Odd Fellows
Ill this city, went to Bangor Monday, received
| the degrees and will be ready for business when
lodge room can be procured
A despatch from Havana, Cuba, saturday,
states that the brig II. 5. Hassel, Capt j. A.
| Partridge, with molasses from Cienfuegos for
| Belfast is Il total wreck on Colorado reef, and
| that the crew arrived at Havana on the 18th.
| The Hasscll was 245 tons built in Belfast i'll
! 1860, and owned by Reuben Sibley heirs of
Prescott Hazeltine, Mary NJ. Hail. L. r. Palmer,
| n Mansfield and A. Perry. and was valued at
| $4,000. No insurance. The cargo, consisted of
| 342 hogsheads Of molasses owned by Reuben
sibey & Son, and was insured.
| NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. DinsmOre and Son
call attention to their large stock Of rubbers, 50
| convenient at this time Of year. They keep an
excellent assortment of all kinds Of boots ana
| shoes, and are always first i'll letting people
| know t.-Poor and Welsh, painters have word
| to say. They have had large experience in the
| J,t,ci Ial1y n;v
| jority Of our citizens testify-,JOhn s. Fernald
is meeting with great success in selling patent
casters for sewing machines. They are an eX-
cellent article. and no machine is complete with
| out them. See his notce.-Read the change in
| the Maine Central time table
| ACCIDENT ON THE BELFAST RAILROAD.
| The first serious accident of the kind on The
Belfast Branch RAILROAD, happened to the down
| train on Tuesday evening, near Holmes Mills.
| about four miles from this city. A rock weigh
| ing about 700 pounds had rolled down n cut
near the place named and lodged on the sleep
ers between the rails The engine struck th,
obstacle when going at the rate of twenty five
miles an hour. The forward trucks were
thrown oil, but the drivers kept the rail, amt
in this condition it jumped along the track for
Il distance of fifty rods before the train was
stopped. The cars kept the track and sustained
no injury, the passengers hardly knowing " hat
| had happened. The engine was badly used up,
the gearing smashed, and rod forced COM
| pletey through the boiler, making a large hole
| through which the steam and water quickly e.
| capped The fireman, Daniel Sweeney, who
| happened to be upon tile outside, oiling ma
| chinery, was thrown Il distance of eighteen
| feet into Snowbank, which saved him serious
| injuries. Conductor Mace Immediately sent to
| this city for aid, and an engine with baggage
car backed up, took the passengers and mails
| arriving back about ten O'Clock iii the evening.
| \ gang worked all night on the disabled engine
and GOT it, with the train to the depot at about
| six o'clock Wednesday morning. 1t was IL
| fortunate circumstance that the regular engine
the W. d. Sewall-was off for the day for
| slight repairs and her place supplied by the
| BouteIle, temporary and inferior machine.
| She will be sent to WateryiIe for repairs
He WANTED TO GET MARRIED.. There is -
much difference in the natures Of men Ms there
is in the size Of clans. Some mon, il they want
to do a thing to-day, will not get ut it Till next
week; while others, if they want to do a thing
iCAt NC'h' W IN w II yesterday. lie was one
| of the latter kind. He lived in Somerset Coun-
| ty. What he wanted, he wanted it then. II
| he took notion to plant potatoes, he would
| stick them i'll now with crow bar and not
| wait for the ground to soften up He was get
| ting along in years, had passed 60 and was still
going. lie had lost his wife some l. months
| since, and his socks needed darning, and he
couldn't see to thread needle. His head wa,
| beginning to look like a twin to a ten-pin ball.
| and the frosts Of many winters had begun to
loosen hi, teeth. He got mp the other morning
| and ii occurred to him that he needed another
wife. Would he fool round counting wear and
| then be no nearer married than when he be
gun? Keep scoring up to hi, true love- like a
| trottlng horse 10 the Judges stand? No, he iI,r
| harnesSed up the old white mare into the sleigh
! and started for our little city. where he heard
! through some source, that there was one single.
| woman, and that she could keep a hotel ii she
tried. He drove up to a mansion in this pity.
and hitrhed his horse, carefully covering her
up with Il blue and white covcrlid. walked M
to the door and inquired for the lady in ques-
ton. who invited him in and offered Him n
chair. He Said he didn't care to Sot down. a.
he'd rid some little way, and all he wanted,
was to know if she would marry him and if -hr
would, he'd like for her to be ready next Sat
urday." She was rs surprised as if She had sat
down ON I hot pumpkin pie, but told him that
when she Unmarried, she wanted to be court
ed little, and not bought like ahor,e." Wall"
SAID he, I'D like TO marry you and I've got
considerable property, aud whoever gets me
gels that, but if You don't want the chance, I'm
be going, for it looks a. if we were going to