The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-02-25

Indian Exhibitions" at City Hall.
The Fourth of July was duly celebrated
with salvos of artillery and the ringing of
| bells. procession was formed, for which
| escort duty was performed by Hvdrant
Company No. 2. and music furnished by
the Belfast Sax-horn Band. One of its
| most interesting features was Floral Car
| in which rode a bevy of little girls arrayed
in white, each one representing a State in
| the Union. 1t was followed by the school
girls from the several schools, dressed in
| white with white hats wreathed with flow
ers The procession moved to the Uni
tartan Church where, after prayer bv Rev.
Mr. Cole of the Baptist Church and the
reading of the Declaration by j G. Dick
erson, Esq, an instructive and brilliant
Grafton was delivered by William c. Will
hanson. Esq, of this city. After the ex-
ercises were concluded there was public
dinner at the American House at which
Mayor Sleeper presided and Samuel &.
Thurlow otficiated as Toast-master. There
was a ball at Perce's Hall in the evening.
OF the sixteen managers at the ball, eight
are still living.
While the Hydrants We're enjoying their
dessert at Mr. Bakers table they were call
ed OFT to duty at fire which had broken
out in large pile of wood at the Board
landing. This was the first fire alarm of
the year. The next was in the morning
OF September 18th on board the new BRIG
Selah, coal laden from Pictou. The fire
was speedily extinguished but the damage
done by it was estimated at $4,000. On
the night Of December goth fire broke out
in that portion of the old Nesmith build
ing at the intersection of High and Main
streets which was occupied by Henry H.
Hass. The building was one Of the old
landmarks Of the village The fire com
municated to a building on High street
next adjoining, which was entirely con-
sumed, and to the old Cunningham tavern
house, which was so far consumed as not
to be worth repairing. The stores now
occupied by j. G. Thompson, David Lam
caster, Charles II. Mitchell, Andrew d.
Bean, Francis Whitmore and + b. Knowl-
| ton stand on the burned district
At the annual State election, September
1lth, the gubernatorial votes were 1919 for
Paris, democrat; l2l for Reed, Wing
3S2 for Morrill,, republican; and : scatter
ing. There was no choice by the people,
and at the next session Of the legislature
Morrill, was elected Salathiel c. Nicker-
son, now residing in Bridgeport, Conn,
was elected representative.
Among the vessels launched this year
We're the ships Coronet, OF about 1876 tons.
Peucinia, 700, Wild Cat, GA, Mary Me
Near, 992, and the Ocean Traveller G9j :;
the briggs Progressive Age, 300 ABBY
Ellen, 300, Sclah, PIP, Martha Hill, 173;
schooners Fred Wording, l54, Wyona, 80,
and Opal, AZ,
Incn,,I E,4l q
fellow citizen Judge Williamson, died
suddenly of Justification of the heart on the
evening Of September Both, after having
been engaged through the day as counsel
in the trial of a case. He was born at
Canterbury, Conn, August H. 1899, grad
uated at the University of Vermont in the
class of 1912, pursued his professional
studies i'll the offices of Frederic Allen,
ESQ, at Gardiner and his brother Hon
William ID. Williamson, the historian of
Maine, at Bangor, was admitted to the
Bar in January 1916, and Immediately
| thereafter came here and commenced the
practice of his profession. In 1920 he was
appointed County attorney for the County
OF Hancock, and held the office until the
organization of the county of Waldo, in
1927, when he received the same appoint
ment for the new county, and held it until
1882. He was member of the Senate in
1888 and 1884. and for the last year Presi-
dent Of that branch of the legislature In
| 1889 he received from Brown University
the honorary degree of Master of Arts
The brick buildings on the westerly side
| of Main street, from Church to HIGH
streets, the block on High street long
known as the Fire-proot Block, the block
| on Church street now occupied by the Of
| flee Of the Republican journal. and the
| dwelling-house on High street now occu-
pied by Mrs Timothy Thorndike, were
all erected by him.
Mr. Williamson was one of our most
public spirited men. always among the
| foremost to aid and encourage, by word
and purse, every enterprise which had for
its object the promotion of the public well
fare IN his daily walk no man among US
was more exemplary. His whole profess
slonal career was marked by untiring tidel-
ity to his clients,-he died with the har-
ness on-by uniform courtesy to his breth-
| rem of the Bar. by honorable and upright
dealing with his fellow-men In all his
relations, public and private. he was truly
an estimable man. and his death was sin
cerely regretted, not only by his immediate
friends but by the community at large
His funeral, on the 18th of October, was
attended by the members OF the Bar. and
Judge Tenney who was holding a term OF
the Supreme Court at the time, as mourn
ers. The following resolution passed at a
meeting of the Bar is an indication of the
respect and esteem entertained for him by
his professional brethren "Resolved, that
in the decease of Hon. Joseph Williamson
the members of this Bar have lost much
valued friend and brother; one who
through protracted professional life, by
faithful and indetatigable devotion to his
profession, and by unvarying amenity Of
manners, deservedly enjoyed the fullest
confidence of the public and the highest
esteem and respect of his professional
brethrenn
This chapter concludes the Annals Of
Belfast for the half century commencing
with 1905 and terminating with 1854. As