The Republican journal., 1875-05-06
Another butcher added to the police force

steam tug came from Bangor on Tuesday
and lowed the schr. Prescott Hazeltine to that
port where she will take cargo
y government steamer, a lighthouse tender,
was In our harbor the first of the week. Bick-
ford furnished her with 10000 brick.
The City Council thinks that the city clock
may be repaired and made to keep time. AL
lard viii try his hand at it.
The store of owen G. White, under the Jour-
nal Office, was entered by means of false KEYS.
ON Tuesday night, and a quantity of tobacco
stolen.
The Railroad company are making new
uatform at City Point, to facilitate the loading
ana unloading of freight. 1t is evident that the
new management mean 10 DO everything to ac-
oommodate the people.
The Unitarian MAY Festival was very
pleasant affair. The May pole dance by the
children was exceedingly attractive and inter-
rstiug About $40 was realized for the funds
ot the Ladies Association.
Although the western freight has diminished
ou The Belfast railroad, the local traffic is
a5undant. Large quantities of lumber, ship
knees, potatoes &c., are constantly coming in.
nn Tuesday they Were unableto bring in all the
Ieignt leaving three ears behind.
lhe new schooner building in Carriers ward
'H tap5. IL, j. ChapeS is nearly completed,
ant will launch about the middle of the month
She il about 800 tons, three nasted, of very
line model, ana thoroughly build vessel. She
ha- been named The Louis v Ghaples
sexton Poor will On Monday next commence
ro bury the dead bodies. forty eight in number,
thai are III the tomb a city ordinance requires
that they shall DE Inferred before the 18th Of
May. People who are Interested are notified to
consult the Sexton about their disposal
The Shipment of hay the past week has been
very light very few vessels being in port
Woods, Mathews a Baker have loaded sch
VI A. Goombs. hay. for Charleston, $. c.
Pitcher 4 son have loaded sch. Mary F. Cush-
naa for Bruins wick Ga. Pitcher & Gorham
are loading sch. Helen Mari with potatoes for
70 southern port. Mr.. Lancy Of Pittsfield is
loading sch. Nile with potatoes for New Bed
ford, Mass.
BAENABEE Is COMING. Belfast is 10 enjoy
great treat, A. Will be seen by the advertise
ment in to-days paper The mrth- provoking,
ianny and inmitable Barnabee will appear at
liayfon Hall on Tuesday evening next Our
readers will remember his former appearance.
such uproarious laughter was never heard
within those four walls. some people of nat
urally sour yizage who were present have worn
smiling faces ever since. If we were going to
prescribe for dyspeptic man, we should write
IL thus" Follow Barnabee, and attend his con-
rerts every evening for two weeks" We know
of a man who became reconciled TO the loss of
his mother-iu-aw IN half that time The pro-
gramne for Tuesday evening includes some of
Barnabce's best pieces, and cannot fail to please
He is the star OF travelling humorsts. Let there
bee full house To greet him.
NEW Local ADVERTISEMENTS Attention
is called to the following notices. An afternoon
dancing school in Haytord Han, by Prot. Whit |
ten.-The new firm of Porter Brothers, Sears |
port. Our friends in that vicinity will do well |
10 patronize them. They make Il good display
Of stock.-Aaction sale OF sewing machines on
the 18th. by ". X. Morison-G T. Read. ma
ohinist.-Di>solution, by l. A. Knowlton and
'o.-Wells' Millinery display. He has 4 large
assortment Of new hats with high sounding
titles, which will be sure 10 please. They are
entirely new.-Andrews show an array of fig
ures for his clothing that are extremely low. -
{. X. Davis announces a lot OF Bullock River |
Vysters.-W. +. Colban is i'll the market with |
81 new stock of bOots shoes, trunks, findings |
Ne. He always keeps stocked up with first |
class artcies.-H. II. johnson & Go. have lust |
returned from Boston With a rich stock of dsy |
Goods, which they are Offering at low rates |
Read their advertisement in another column
fine meeting Of the City Government Monday
fvenmg was very long one, lasting nearly to
midnight. A large amount Of business was
done, Of which the following is synopsis of the |
most important. The appropriations are So |
200 for current expenses; $4,000 for Railroad |
debt: $500 for contingent expenses, salaries, |
@o and $4,000 for the support Of poor. The |
Mayor ami Aldermen We're made committee |
10 settle with the liquor agent A. D. Bean |
was chosen city liquor agent for the year. A |
petition presented for street lamp on Prm- |
rose Hill, at Heryeys corner. A large number
Of petitions for sidewalks, Allvne and Condor |
streets We're taken into the city district The |
main sewer IN the rear of Woods, Mathews & |
Bakers store to be extended to the water near |
cooper 4 CO.'S wharf. The following new |
policemen added: David Alexander, E. A. Sta |
Iles, A. J. Howard, Levi l.. Robbins, Howard |
tonant, Frank Gilbrith aud Elisha Harris.
PALERMO John Frye, aged 2s hung HIM !
self in barn formerly owned by his father,
last week. His parents were dead, and he was
Al the time at work for Madison Hiser. He
had been i'll low spirits for some time
LINCOLNYILLE. A young man, son of Benz
stevens, living near the Pitcher Pond, was Sc
Nerely injured on Saturday by being struck in
The face by bat-stick which slipped from the
hands Of another boy, while playing ball. The
check bone WAS broken and the flesh severely
cut
FREEDOM The members of the Freedom
Lodge |. O. of G. T., held Necktie and Hand
kerchief Entertainment in the Academy Hall
last Thursday eve. After the sale of the neck
lies there was spelling match, of course. Mr..
Charles Smith took the prize. The second best
speller was Mr., John Haskell an old gentleman
niuety-one years Of age; he also read a select
piece without the aid OF glasses. After the
~pelling-mateh there was the sale of handker-
own way till twelve o'clock. The Lodge real
lied about twenty-five dollars. A. H.
Moment viii occupy the pulpit of the Congre-
gationalist Church the next four months.
A FINE MACHINE. on Wednesday the Bel
fast Foundry Co. shipped on the steamer Pio-
neer, Tor Ninalhaven, a Nilsson polishing ma
ehine Just completed for the granite works at
mat place. 1t Is a massive and strongly built
structure, weighing three tons, about fourteen
leet high, with frame of nard pine timber,
reinforced by iron. From the centre projects
pointed limb, much like the human arm, only
huge and massive, Al the end of which is an adj
justible iron disc. carrying the polishing mater
ial, and making 100 revolutions a minute. It
- capable Of polishing blocks of stone of 20
feet long and feet square. Much of the stone
work now ordered for public buildings has to