The Republican journal., 1875-05-27
News OF the City and County.
Dandelions are in bloom

The early mosquito, the ,hrlll harbingcr OF
summer has made its appearance
The Unsuitable house-fly begins to sLirnish
around the ragged edge of the butter dish.
Next Sunday will be Decoration Day. II
will be generally observed on Saturday, the 10Th.
A load of oak timber from Virginia, for Car
ter Il Co, arrived saturday by sch. Evelinr.
1t is for Capt. Herriman's new ship.
A cargo of plaster rock from near Windsor,
Nova Scotia. is being discharged at Railroad
wharf, for parties in Fairfield. 1t will he ship
ped over the railroad
The municipal government still allow the
city clock to hold lying face 10 each OF thu
quarters OF the compass. l. it u public decep-
ton multiplied by four:
| Three ear loads $50 in number) Of extra
large and very hand some ship knees for AT
ter 4 Co. OF Belfast. Were sent by Mr. Joseph
Clark OF Carratunk, last week.
| Hall Clements AN old and well known res
dent of Waldo, WAS stricken with paralysis on
Saturday night. and died in It few hour. H.
| was Sc years and months Of age.
| Samuel Wtham, a rigser, while at work last
week on board the new sch. Lois y. Chaplr~.
had his hand severely damned between the r,,.t
and the shears used for raising the m,.>t>.
| The old shed on Church street, belonging L.
the Angler house has been taken down. Iht-
wa, the scene Of an incendiary fire last winter
1t is decided improvement. The lot uuly
needs Il rear fence.
| The ship city Of BROOKLYN, before REPORTED
| leaking al st. Thomas, arrived ut Liverpool
last week, twenty-four days from the formct
port. Capt +. IL. Herman. agent. lrll tor
England Thursday, to meet her
The remains of Mrs. Wheeler, WHO w..- H,-
cidentalIy killed at Rockland last week. were
brought to this city Friday for burial. Shr
was the widow of the late Capt. John Wheeler
of Belfast who resided At City Point
The Boston Herald of the 18th SAYS
David Alden. who WAS run over by par Of
horses ON Washington street, Lynn. ve-teri4s
afternoon, died al the City Hospital ut I O'Clock
| THIS morning. He was formerly g resident ul
| Northport. Me, and represented hi town ill.,
the state legislature. lie was * year, pt ,g,.
and had resided in Lynut five wears.
The cause Of temperance ha, made q decided
advance in this city of late, and many crrin-
young men reclaimed. 4 Reform CLUB ui
some twenty members was duly organized 1T
Fe!rce's Hall, on Wednesday evening last,
same evening club of Juvenile Templar-
numbering about forty, was organized in tn
YeStry of the UnNcrsaliSt church.
our citizens will regret to learn that MI
Richardson has Withdrawn from the firm ut
Richardson x Critchett, of the Belfast Shoe
Factory, and will probably leave our city. Nj.
Il. has made many friend, during his STAY hen
! and his loss will he regretted. MIR. Crltcheu.
who Will in future conduct the business, viii
in all probability make Belfast his home fur
some time to come. He has built one Of thr
best houses in our city, where he i, gathering
about him the comforts of an elegant home
Belfast ha> seldom acquired "a more desirable
citizen
Three O'Clock Thursday morning ut last
week, our inhabitants were startled from their
sleep by the hoar>e gong at Mathews Bro
| factory sounding the alarm of lire. With VS.
ions of recent inccndariSm the city was eager
ly scanned for the supposed fire, but none aI,-
peared. The full moon was low on the horizon.
and was, undoubtedly the innocent cause 81
in the direction OF that orb, but being short of
hose for that distance returned somewhat to-
moraliIed.
Benz. p. Ha1cltne. one I'll the oldest AMI
| best citizens of Columbus, has sold his interest
here 10 Mr. Henry SwcrtappIc. hi- tormrt
partner and left for san Francisco fruA
| whence hr viii probably >hortl, make u iriu
10 his old home at Belfast Maine Mr.. Hazel
tine i one OF those men whom FSnrraldA eHu
ill afford to lose. He has resided here for
number OF years, Is personally known to almost
every one who has ever been In the county
and think il safe to say that hr rninvcl
greater personal popularity than any other eli
zen His departure i regretted by all. ani ",
but echo the sentiment Of the community y hen.
we bespcak for him the choicest pleasures
wherever his lines al life may fall. ,uuubu-
Nevada, Miner
Mr.. f. \. RUS. Who lives three miles Gaosl,
this city, VA, i'll town last week eNhih4t.u.
gold producing ore discovered on his farm
He say il happened in this way lie dreamed
ON three successive nights last " inter, thar h,.
had 4 gold mine ON his farm, ANA that ID d..
should dig four feet ia Il certain l,ture hr would
strike the precious metal. He then ami There
resolved to Ito 50. Last week he repaired / u
the spot and dug H. directed. and al the spert-
fed four feet unearhed quartz containing SHIN.
ing particles resembling gold, lie also say
The earth in the Vicinity rout,nu- rnil ,tu.t
\n,y. d,u,f a,rf,l,nIy rush riohi brr,. N one.
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crowd Wait muu m, tldn. il ,.ientihror,
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