The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-11-04
Lecture at the Universalist Church next Sun


of the Methodist bell, and finds crack extend
ing from the rim towards the top. The bell
was present to the society from Mr.. Sleeper
of Boston Highlands
The Sabbath school Concert at the Methodist
Church Sunday evening was one OF the best
entertainments of the kind ever given there.
The singing. defamation, &C., for the scholars,
was very good and well received
A subscriber writes us to discontinue his pa
per- and says, Il don't find any fault with it
bIt want to learn my neighbors 10 take rbeir
own papers" We shall expect large list
from that town now that their supply has been
cut OFT.
ON Wednesday night Of last week parties
entered the store of 5. Otis a Co.. CITY Point
through the cellar windows. and stole what
scrip and coppers there We're in the money
drawer. Small articles 10 the value of Sl5 on
so We're also taken.
Frank Bicktord and Charles p IIazeline
WHO are hunting some fifty miles east of Ban
gor. >cnt home the carcass of n very large and
fiat buck. which was on exhibition for several
DAYS al O. a.. Whites market We can testify
to The iucncSs and flavor of the steaks
The boot and Shoe dealers make Il good dis
Play IN our advertising coumns-Dinsmore 4
son and II. II. Forbes They always deal in
first class articles, and sell them at living prices.
Give them a calI......W. G. Clark has opened a
new fruit. confectionery and oyster store on
Church street, and is deserving of patronage.
see his notice in another collmn.... .Iieryey
Advertises jewelry.....See list on nonresident
taxes in Bemont,.....A. p. Mansfield x Co. ad-
Yerti>e large quantities of Goldfish
Judge Libby, on Saturday al the Supreme
Court severed the bonds Of matrimonv be-
tween an unhappy couple - Ncsta H., and
Leonard j. Dickey. Of Searsmont. The plain
IN was Young and prepossessing girl Of IS
Years, and WAS married at -. Her story was
one ot ciueltl-beaten and shut into closets on
numerous occasions by her husband once at
neighbor'> house, in company with Young
people, in a rage Of Jealousy he seized and cut
from her head with a knife a long braid of hair
She had number OF witnesses who We're not
examined, the Judge thinking her own story
sufficient
1.-THE owners Of the three mascd sch William |
Frederick, have received letter from Mrs |
Annie /. Mckecn, nj Genoa, italy, From it !
We learn that Capt. Mckeen died OF board The |
vessel. Sept : and four days afterwards put !
INTO avail, before reported. Here Mrs Me
Keen assumed charge Of the vessel Procur-
lng metallic coffin for the remains of her hus- |
nand, they were placed on board, and the YES |
sci sailed for her destination, Genoa where she |
arrived oct. II. after passage Of 81 DAYS from |
Philadelphia. The voyage up the Mediterra- |
neal was long, accompanied by Gains Think !
OF this lone, frail but brave woman perform |
ing The duties of her dead husband and he a |
corpse beside her-the vessel in foreign and |
strange waterS-the mates and crew bowling Il |
cheerful acquiescence TO her commands 1t |
must nave been spectacle to move the stout
est heart, and adds one more tribute to the
worth and energy of American ladies'. LEI
ter written at Faya, stating the cause of the
captains death, has not yet arrived, and that
Part Of the narrative still remains unknown.
At the date OF her letter Mrs McKeen was con-
duetlng the affairs of the vessel, in ignorance
OF any doings of the owners. Mrs. NJ. is a |
thorough navigator having learned at sea with !
her husband on former voyages She is the
daughter of the late Capt. James Burgess of
this city.
STOCKTON. While young man named VIII
liam p. Goodhue was out cunning Monday.
he discharged his gun at a flock of ducks with
serious consequences TO himself. The breech
pm OF the gun flew out cutting his cheek and
forehead, and filling his face with powder II
is thought he will lose the sight Of both cves..
The new bark kremelberg sailed Tnesdaymorn-
ing for Richmond, Na....There are two car
goes Of corn discharing here, Il large quantity
tor this town.
BtRNHAM. Gershom Twitchell undertook
To ford the Sebasticook river at Peltorne Point
Tuesday, and when about half way across,
finding too much water, be was turning to go |
back when his horse made a stumble and went
of the bar, and was drowned. Mr.. Twitchel
swan ashore with much difficulty, having on
IN overcoat and mttens, and weighing nearly |
$50 lbs. The horse and wagon sunk Il few rods
below the bar, but was recovered.
LINCOLNVnLE. \ sad accident occurred on |
Thursday last, resulting in the death of Mr..
Nathan Fletcher. He started from home in
the morning for Camden. with span of horses
and load of cord wood. He had proceeded
about one mile and a half, when he stopped his
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harnesses. In getting of of the load he slipped |
and fell, which started the horses; they swung
round out of the road, crossed the ditch, went
over range of rocks that had been hauled tor |
a wall, into an adjoining field. Mr. f. was |
dragged all the way by some means. The load |
ed wagon passed over him. crushing one of his |
thighs, breaking his back, and rupturing his |
bowels. He died that night at eleven O'Clock. |
lie leaves i widow and two children. Mr. +. |
was an industrious man and a good citiZen
On Friday Mr. Albert Thomas, living in the |
scafod in his barn, fell ten feet, striking on |
the barn floor. lie was badly hurt though no |
bones We're brOken..... Sch. Agnes, French mas
ter, which lay at the Beach previous to the gale
of Saturday night, was driven ashore but will
come Oft, it is thought, without much damage.
She was from Bangor for Boston, with potatoes.
SEARSPOKT On Friday of last week. man
giving his name rs knowls, called at the board |
ing house OF Mrs. Cyphers, stating that he had |
obtained employment at the sash and door fac |
tory of Messrs. Black, Mathews & Co., and ask |
ed for board. Not suspecting anything wrong, |
Mrs. c. acceded TO his request, assigning him |
a room and bed with another boarder The |
next morning, at an early hour, he decamped, |
taking with him the sum of 500 in money, |
and IL pocket handkerchief of the goods and |
ehattels of his fellow lodger 1t is needless to |
say that his story Of having obtained employ |
ment was but the false fabrication of Il thiev- |
ing tramp.....A recent cable dispatch from Capt |
Dunbar, of brig III. Ii. Wright, announces the |
death of his wife, by typhoid fever, at Stettin,
Prussia. Mrs. Dunbar was the youngest daugh- |
ter of the Hon. VIM. McGilvery of this town.
IA ship of about 1000 tons measurement, is |
in process of construction in the shpyard of |
the late John Caryer....Two good reservoirs |
have Just been completed, one at, and the other |
near the village, and now the cold water cure |