The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-08-19
Pretty fair peaches are now in market.

| Pretty fair peaches are now in market
DIR. O'Leary has set up his skeletons in Lew
! iston
| On Saturday young and not i'll looking wo
man sat in a store near our office smoking {
| long clay pipe, and blowing cloud that would
satisfy a veteran smoker,
The gutter along High street, 'near. the stores
OF ID. Lancaster and Chas. Mitchell, is being
! newly paved, and good substantial posts erect
| ed.
MIR. Wight, steward of Steamer Cambridge
sent us one Of the new twenty cent coins, rs {;
| specimen of the change that is now paid out OF
| that boat They have abolished scrip.
| Rev. Mr. BiXby preached in the Unitarian
church at Castine on Sunday. 1t was remark
able circumstance that, including Mr.. T., five
| Unitarian ministers We're present.
! The Ladies Centennial Executive Committee
| are requested to meet at the house of Mrs. ). q.
| Dickerson, on Saturday Aug. ISL AT O. CLOCK,
| u. NJ A full attendance is desired. as import
| ant business will come before the Committee.
| Dr. Townsend, whose oXygenated air adVer-
tisement we are publishing, will soon make a
! tour through Maine. He will be at the Ameri-
can House Belfast September /, ., and a.
and October II and ID when he can be seen by
patients.
Attention is called TO the advertisement of a
farm for sale at Belmont, on very easy terms.
by W ". Dow. Belf;tst......A girl wanted to
do house work, hv Rev. j. +. Bixbv Belfast.
IA two Years old steer wanted by Arthur
lIeagan, Prospect. Pocket book lost by 1hos.
J. Piper, Waldo.
IN accident happened at Brooks Monday
afternoon in which Albert Knowles received a
flesh wound hy an axe in The hands of his
brother Edgar They were cutting wood to-
gether when unobserved by Edgar, Albert
stopped over to pick up stick of wood. While
in This position the axe. descended and struck
the most fe>hy part of his anatomy. He is get
ting along nicely, bat has 10 stand up when he
eats his dinner
SUICIDE. ON Monday.the wife of Milton F.
Carter was taken to The Insane Hospital at
Augusta, having been lor some time deranged
On Tuesday despatch was received saving
| that She died that morning. She committed
suicide by choking herself to death with a gar
ter. She had twice before attempted her own
life, once by taking morphine and once by
scyering an artery with 4 razor. Mrs. Carter
was a daughter Of JeWett Farwell, of Unity,
and was for several ears teacher in the Bel
fast public schools.
Capt Thombs, of brig Ned White, at New
! DIRK from Havana, writes that the vessel was
struck by lightning at noon on the day Of sail
ing. 1t struck the maintopmast, knocked OFT
the gilded acorn and >hiNcred the pole-passed
down stay to the iorctopmast head, where it
divided. one portion passed down the stays to
the bow. and the other, down the topsal rum
ner TO the deck and into the hold. No damage
was done beyond a general scolehing in, the
track of The bolts, and the starting ,of a few
plank~ at the bow.
While at Brooks Tuesday, we visited the
cheese factory, operated by Mr.. Chase, whom
we found busily engaged in his operations not
Withstandmg the gaycty going on outside. They
are obliged to work on all days. including sun
day. The cheese made at this factory is an eX-
cellent article. and they keep one always cut 10
be sampled by visitors. The amount of milk
tablishmens from 1900 to 1900 pounds being
the complement We were informed that on
Wednesday, when the veterans ate there, they
skinned the milk. gave the cream to the boys,
and actually made Il Skim-milk cheese, which
they propose to send to parties in this vicinity.
BCENuAM, Saturday evening, Mrs. Elisha
Allen and Mrs. IIezelliah Hunt, were thrown
from a wagon by running on to 4 WheelbarroW
while turning in a neighbors door ward. Mrs.
Allen injured her spine, from the effect OF
which She died Monday noon. Mrs. Hunt is in
u very critical condition, having broken both
bones in one arm above the wrist, broke the
wrist OF the other hand III shocking manner,
d>i0cated one shoulder, and il is feared injured
internally. Yhe cause OF the accident was the
carclessness of the ladies', the horse not being
frightened, but stopping rs soon as they were
thrown out.....,Dcan Kraley has been arrested
IN this town. charged With passing counterfeit
money, and taken to Portland. The officers
have for F, long time been after him. The III
rest WAS made by Deputy [ . :. Marshal Mar
bic.
SEARSroE1. For the past ten Years The
Mcssrs Barney have made large amount of
castings for Iatornia parties. Since the first of
January, $50, they have made for the same
parties, twenty-five windlass purchases, as also
many thousand pounds of other ship castings.
They are now in receipt of fresh orders for
more wniAss purchases and other c;tstings
Sneak thieves are now added to the list OF pests
that nteSt our locality. Recently three coats
have been taken by these hircngs of the devil,
and the owners thereof would like to place their
hands upon the sneaking seamps... The tramp
who unceremOniously entered 4 house on Sat
urday last, and was AS uncercmoniOuslv knocked
down and booted out of the door can have The
same application repeated if he chooses to call
again when the household are at home..
Tie army worm is still with us, but NOT SO
demOnStratYe in lis movements. AT the village
the hens and turkeys have met them sin battle
array and have wage,l a war of cXtermna-
ton. some companies are quite wiped out bl
them. On the Houston farm, Mr.. y. +. IIous.
ton has successfully stopped their migratory
progress by tlitchn%.....NeW Ship Premier i,
now ready for sea, awaiting a fair wind The
Penobscot Fire Engine Go. made An excursion
on the Pioneer on Saturday last.
Observations OF Men and Thi ngs.