The Republican journal., 1875-01-21
News of the City and Comfy.

Winter is halt gone.
II that Januar, thaw j. coming, why don't it
.oae along
odd Gorca~ has been on 3 regular tcaror for
iac past week.
The late Charles =. Thomb, had his life IN
red for 5000.
ruus load, of to,oo,l> from 'iamrd"n are
,ol about the streets.
The rapor MIL on the ca>t side at 'h' river
NaNt .pui down tor time.
rs, .met FISHING ha, lansui>hed Of Hate
., weather ha- been too rough.
T1- Palermo malicious prosecution case,
rowing out ol the lost rum, has been settled.
About sixty quarts of the hui was the los,
slsiousd los the up>eting Of Jewett', mill
a .u Gu Alouda,.
Rv. Mr.. R5ss vii. lecture ii the Nortt
.1u-eh. On SUNDAY evening next. subject
-9louou's choiee.
According TO The seorvt4y'- report, cigh1
members Of Phtnix Lodge Of Ma,oDs have
iel he past wear
good deqI u water in 4ogsheads j. hauled
Trough the streets 10 supply those whose wells
and cisterps hive iaile4a
The annua meeting OF Corinthian Royal
Arch Chapter for choice of officers WIN be
aeid on Monday evening next.
Va accidentally did an injustice to Merrill &
son. spool factory at searsport. They made
.4>t year l35 900 gross. instead Of $1,000
The city government talks OF buying new
iy clock. aad Of 1t. 1t Is very demoralzise
go have The oIaone pointing constantly to II.
Brigadler's Island has gone back to the Sears
umilv. after having been stripped Of IFS wood,
sul alr 4, bare 81, The treasury after salary
.r4u.
While Bangor. Augusta and other places ar'
omplalulug about the qusty Of their gas, the
company in thi, city is furnishing au exeelien'
article, with which no one finds fault,
Capt. Aaron CrowcH who recently died IN
>or,hport ut the age Of 90. was sailor during
.ar war OF 1872, WIS captured, and suffered &
gag confinement III uartginor prison.
There. many Il Slip 'twixt the cup and thu
.a, saith ihe Old proyerb. But in these dan
aernas ,llys there are most slips 'twixt th'
,drwalk and the pedestrians coat tails.
some lee has made in our harbor during The
recent cold weather, nIt the steamer Pioneer
-asily made her way through it, and has to~ed
vessels Out and in
A vacancy !. soon 10 occur in the supreme
a. f1f Judoa juttinp'a
tarln. Amoug the candidates prominently men,
toned IS Hon y II. Hubbard, of V Interpret
Deputv sheriff Ham has brother on one OF
The iuries this term. The two look exactly
alike, and cause many amusing blunders. But
hen a pair ~ hams always should reese mbe
each other.
James T. White, Daniel Haraden, Reuben
sjbtey, Augustus Perry and John w. White
have been chosen directors ofthe BelfastNation
Al Bank SIX per cent. srmi-annual dividend
was declared.
The moon attracted considerable attention
Monday evening by being encrcled with ring
with another passing through that orb and cut
ing the first circle. The hues Of both were
nearly as bright As 4 rainbow.
Sch. Hero Of Belfast, Capt. Harris, was
caught in the ice near Fort Knox, last Friday
night and driven ashore, where she filled. The
crew crawlcd over the ice on planks TO the
Shore. She had cargo of hay.
Last week 4 woman WAS divorced i'll the fore
noon by The Supreme Court, then she quietly
stepped down stairs to Judge Thurlow of tn,
Probate Court, had her name changed back tC
her maiden cognomen, and before night was
Just as good as new.
Fred 5. Walls, teacher of 4 school in Sears
mont is about to naugurate Il new movement
into his school in that town. He proposes &c
Introduce newspapers, TO be read by the pupils
in place of the monotonous text books that are
read wear after year, and has made arrange
ments with this paper and the Age to furnish {
given number alternately. We think it u goot
move
The female operatives III the Belfast Sho'
Factory are most Industrious, persistent ant
llucky class Of beings. No obstacle short o
death can hinder them from putting in an hon
rst days work. They will get married in the
evening and 60 .joyfully singing TO their labor
next morning. Last Friday one of their mum
Der. Mary Bennett, fell down stairs and sprain
ed her ankle, but next morning came in smil
inEly ON q pair of crutches, and resumed hel
labor as though nothing was the matter! Young
man, there's the girl for you.
News has been received OF the loss of schr
Georgia Of this port, Capt. Staples, that lef
n 10 no,
Toned at sea, mo date given in lat. 81, Ion. sc
n q sinking condition. The crew were takel
off The wreck by the ship Adorna, from New
Orleans. which arrived at Liverpool, Jan. II
The cargo of the Georgia consisted of 100 pack
ages Of fish, 8 tons of grindstones, 8 organs
1900 barrels potatoes, 10 barrels rum, crate 0
soap and SOD packages of general merchandise
She was owned by William Pitcher, Fran
ltrier, Albert N. Carter, II. II. Forbes, W. \
Huston, and others.
MASONIC. AT the annual meeting OF Phoeni
Lodge on Monday evening last, the folowin
were elected officers tor the ensuing year-Cha'
7. Richards, w. NJ; Il. S. Carter, 5. W; j.
Gates, Jr., J. w; VIM. o. Poor. Treas.
Russell G. Dyer, Secry,, Alfred A. Small, S. D.
e. Z. Hall, j. D.; Ed Frost 5. S.; w. Il
Robbins, j. :: A. V. Sawtee, Tyler. Tn
lodge is in very flourishing condition. At til
close Of the meeting the officers with their ladie
gave Il surprise party TO the retiring master
and made merry the time until the witching hon
of midnight Over $500 have been expended
this institution the past year for charitable pu
poses.
The directors Of the Bay and River Railroa
met in this city on Saturday and elected Hoi
William McGivery President, and T. A. Snow
of Winterp0rt, Treasurer. Arrangements WEI
made 10 meet a committee of the city govern
nient 10 determine upon some points of eros
ing the river when the bridge shall be bull
The committee has been appointed, and Il
conference will be held ut an early day. II
present directors show willingness TO loca
The bridge al point that will save the harbo
which is all that the citizens of Belfast asl
Their reasonable request in this respect, at II
time of the former charter, was met by son
Of the friends of the road in a manner TIL
arr YElIN i