The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-02-18
News of the City and County.


The officers Of Corinthian ROYAL Arch Chap
ter will be installed on Monday evening next
Arctic cold and ice foes have prevailed for
some time, and now white harcs are reported
Cold weather froze up the Valentine business
Love can't glSh much, vi th the thermometer
below zero.
Isn't ii waste Of Uncle samuel, oil to run
the lighthouses ON Pcnobscot Bay TO Illuminate
a sheet Of ice:
The railroad bridge has been repaired >nili-
cientiy to allow trains 10 cross ana Inc Nla'ioh
at North Belfast is no more.
The Washington Masquerade nest Tuesday.
II will be splendid affair. Chambers Port
land Band has been engaged.
Or Homer, al the American House, last
week removed from the neck Of Mrs Chas NJ
Keen, tumor as large a mans ti~l. The
patient is doing well.
/ Next Monday, the I'D, being the anniversary
! Of q. Washington, and a legal holiday. The
banks will not open. Folks Ia, ing note, 10
pay on that day. can call the neNl
Sch Mary Farrow lies in the ice At Little
|
the city. Saturday five truck teams were en-
gagged hauling freight from her on the lee.
Notwithstanding the ice embargo, two YES
sells discharged their cargoeS At sanford wharf
last week-the Banner and Sinbad. one land
ed one hundred bales of iute for the Paper
| Mills.
The masquerade Monday evening did not
! a., 9
Whtten'~ calico ball Tuesday evening was
success. A we'll filled hall. and good time
generally.
/ A Young lady in this city while dressing for
/ the bah Tuesday evening and skipping about
the floor in anticipation. slipped and fell,
! spranng her ankle badly. She didn't 90 to
the dance.
The terrib, cold weather has given rise 10
The fear that the supply Of coal would give out
| in the city. We have interviewed the coal
dealers. and can assure our friends that they
need have fears, for the supply is sufficient.
| The noon train on Tuesday brought in five
| loaded cars of freight-two filled with corn
one with moasses, and two with general mer-
| chandse. The stoppage of the boats. and a
reduction in the tariff Oh freight, make it lively
on the railroad.
Mr.. Z. A. Mahoney, formerly Of this city. is /
now engaged in the furniture business at %
Cross street. Boston, having purchased the
stock of j.. II. Travis. for whom he was for
several years salesman. Mr.. NIahoney has had
large experience, and with his excellent bust
ness qualities will no doubt meet with success
Mathews Bros, who have recently manutac-
tured some doors, sash and blinds for dwell |
ing in Rockland, had orders on Tuesday to for |
/ ward them. This. in the absence Of the Bay |
and River railroad, looked hard, but they We're |
equal to the emergency. Loading them on to |
their double horse them they were soon on the |
road.
Different school teachers have different meth |
DDS of punishment for refractory pupils. One |
on l5lesboro complies his scholars to sit beside |
a colored youth, thus making the brother thing |
OF scorn, in the face and eyes of the civil rights
Din. Another at Searsmont compcl- the DISC |
bedent youth to read 4 copy of the Progress |
Siye Age.
\ citizen who was eating his breakfast omr |
morning recently, at peace with all the world, |
and thinking how finely favored the sausage |
was, when he discovered something hard in
the mouthful he was chewing. Examination
revealed a sharp steel point that had broken off |
from the meat cutting machine and that he
had narrowly escaped swallowing. Who would
expect to find death lurking in 4 sausage>
The Waldo Go. Lodge of Good Tempi,rs at |
their recent meeting in this city, passed a series
Of resolutions calling upon all good people 10 |
assist in The work of reform ihat il much !
ncedee--asO the following /
Resolved, That this Count, lo,lge and es- !
pccially the country lodge. respectfully request |
and urgently appeal 10 the sheriff. County At /
lOrney. and the municipal officers Of Belfast, TO
enforce the prOhibitory law in this city. Liquor |
selling is almost wholly unknown in our
towns. but our young men whom we are trying |
to reform and save, and older ones whose tami- |
lies suffer for litp's necessities obtain intONiea-
ting liquors in Belfast, and We are poWHrlr"~ to
prevent.
The terrible weather routnucs--jhc worst |
winter for thirty years. The bay Al this point
fourteen miles across. is frozen over solid, and |
every harbor upon it is barred by ice. Men
with horses and sleighs traverse il in every di-
rection. lee boating is f:,yoric amusement.
With Il triangular frame, Il skate'at each cor
ner. and plenty of sail, these contriyances Will |
90 literally like the wind. ON Sunday party
ran over close to Castine, finding everywhere |
dense ice Of not less than eight inches III thick
ness. The owner Of one of these boats claims
to have run from the steamboat wharf in Sears-
port to the monument, distance four miles in |
three minutes. When the weather moderates,
the fay orite amusement will be excursions on |
the bay.
On Saturday afternoon last, the officers Of |
Mystic Grange, of the order of Patrons of Uus- |
bandrv, Belmont, We're installed in MorrIl'S |
Hall, at the Corner, by Worthy Deputy George !
Clements, Of Wnterport. A journal reporter,
exhibiting the required amount OF hay seed in |
his hair, was admitted to witness the cerem0n-
les. We were deeply impressed with the sur
roundings, particularly the bountifully laden
tables The installation ceremonies We're i'm
pressively disposed of, toasts spoken and re-
marks made by the deputy, master aud others,
after which the company, numbering about two
hundred, sat down to an elegant collation., such
as only farmers wives can produce The hall
was then cleared and dancing INDUCED in until
Il late hour. The Grange is a new one, organ
lied last month, and now numbers twenty-nine
members. 1t is designed for the benefit and
protection of the farming community, but out
side Of that is desirable for its social qualities.
AS we gazcd at the beyy Of pretty girls pres
ent. we concluded that when we change our |
occupation we would like to be Il Granger.
The officers installed for the ensuing year are
Martin B. Hunt, Master; Daniel A. Greer |
OVerseer; Gideon Richards, Lecturer: Charles
Wctherbee, Treasurer; w. A. Morrill,, Secy.;
Caleb Lamb, Chaplain; Charles |. White Gate
keeper; T. d. Thomas, Steward; Miles Pease, |
Asst. Steward; Clara Morrill,, Ceres; Emma |
Morrill,, Pomona; Ameda Greer, Fora; Ellen |
d. Hunt Lady Asst Steward.
| A funny performance took place at Pierce's |
| Hall on Friday evening. One Richardson, |