The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-10-26
News of the City and County.

Seems like money wasted to pay last summers ice
| bill on frosty autumn morning.
The gas feels happy. The nights are length
cning, and kerosene has gone up one hundred per
| cent.
| The heavy rain Of Tuesday overlooked the sewers,
| washed the streets, and did considerable damage in
that line.
Those sheep thieves were dealt with by the court
last Saturday They went wool gathering and
got shorn.
Geo. Wells is Offering his customers fine assert
men of fruit confectionery, &c. His grapes are
especially fine.
| Lecture at the Uniyersalist Churh next Sunday
evening. Subject: New England Farms and New
| England Brains.
The fog came in last week in regular dog day
style. 1t was so thick to delay navigation and
the arrival of the steamers.
Business along the wharves is quiet Some few
vessels loading potatoes the cargoes OF which
| are being purchased by the captains.
Capt John F. Gilkey, retired shipmuster from
| Camden, has purchased and settled on the farm of
the late Lewis Weiherbec in Belmont.
"Who's indicted" question asked often
last week by those who sat on the anxious seat from
| persons VINO came from the Court House.
Our fishermen and vessels returning home
| They report rather hard seasons work. Plenty of
fish have been taken, but the price has ruled low.
A good many of our visitors to Philadelphia come
back with centennial colds, the effect of chilly
| weather and draughts through the huge buildings
1t is rumored on good authority, that unless the
hotels, billiard and eating saloons in this city take
out city licences, warrants will be issued against
| them.
| it has since been moved, but for Il long time "A
| local dealer in the odoriferous onion displayed
sign with this announce ment -"UNIoNs FORE SAN
| HEAR
The tenants of the Savings Bank building are pill
ing up unsighty heap Of coal ashes and cinders
at the of tie streets, contrary to the law in
such made and provided.
The japanese and Egyptian commission at the
centennial have ordered mitering machines from
the Howard Manufacturing Co. in this CITY, to be
sent to those distant countries.
Tie street commissioner is determined to nut the
walks il good condition. The concrete walk on
Main street, from Lancaster's corner, down, re
ceiyCd new coating Saturday.
large hawk Tuesday morning to
seize and carry off ono in his claws. Between the
boys and hawks the poor doves have hard time OF
it.
a melancholy organ grinder, on Monday morn
ing, standing amid the fog and mist and fallen
leaves, trying in vain to coax the votye penny WAS
suggestive that these days the saddest of the
year.
On the outside of to,lay's paper we publish q let
. |
visit to relatives in Nevada. lie writes very pleas
antly and intelgently Of OF the strange things
of that region of silver,
After the fog and heavy rain, the weather has
cle..pd oil beautifully, and at this writing, (Wednes-
! day there is as fine an autumn day shone
If the Great Spirit will give the Indian his sum
mer we shall all be happy.
Large quantities Of potatoes are moving over the
Belfast Branch railroad. Some are being hauled in
TO this city, while others are hauled out to the mail
line. Conductor Mace says he has transported 80,
COO bushels in the last six weeks.
, The clerk Of the weather is giving us queer speci
mems Of the article in which he deals. A snow
storm upon ungahered fruit last week has been fol
< lowed by and muggy weather, With a smar
thunder shower ON Tuesday morning.
: Next Tuesday evening will be All IIaows Eve.
when girls who wish to see their future husbands
can do SO by going down cellar backwards in til,
dark, carrying mirror in their hands. 1t is sal,
that 4 man can be seen looking their shoulders
lie that has had his good name tilced from hin
had better look for it most any where than in
court of law. We always liked the remark of tht
| blacksmith who said he could hammer out bette
character his anvil than he could get in years 0
litigation.
A good many individuals who supposed at
times to view the world through the bottoms OF
) tunlblrrs, summoned before the grand iur1
last week, but they all suddenly and unaccountably
/ lost their memories. They couldn't for the Worl,
tell where they moistened their clay.
The Belfast stage met with quite an accident n;ai
Mr.. Buffers in IIampden, Saturday, by Il team
driven by two intoxicated young men colliding witt
had 10 be procured to bring the mail and pa sscugcr
) | to this city. One lady passenger had her ankl,
| sprancd, but the young fellows and their team =
capped serious injury. hangor Wing.
Isn't there law to protect suffering humanity ans
the shopkeepcrs from the npositons of rotten eggs
One day last week two little girls brought to
| kct in this city two dozen eggs for which Il higl
price paid. They all bad, and had I'm
} doubtcdly been under hen for week.
Scden Hancock of Burnham was before Trial Jus
tce X. S. Rich on Monday on complaint of John
liazeltine. The complainant alleged that lIuncocl
threatened to take his life, which charge was su~
tanned Hancock ordered to give surete- in tht
t sum Of 500 to keep the peace for one year.
| When n few more of those cases from The Pole,
Court are dealt with as the present Grand Jury ha4
done, there will be fewer appeals and more power
in the decisions from that court. 1t has become
standing remark that persons can appeal from the
sentence of the Police Judge, the Grand jury will
find no bill, and they can thus escape,
Some anonymous cleaner in the field Of agrcul
ture, recently hung upon Office door Il vegetable
curiosity that is certainly remarkable freak of ma
ture. 1t is drying up in the heated air Of the edori
ii room and will perish, not being of that elias;
which, as the poet says
cage cannot wither, nor custom stale
Its infinite variety
The Camden Herald gives account Of the freaks
Of Belfast girl, Of the rapid sort, who drtcd tC
that town. She ordered largely OF goods at MILL
merry shops, shoe stores, &c. stolr articles
gave false names, sc. After Icing arrested. She
, was recognized by Belfast man, and owned up that
her name Jordan, and that she had lived in tho
rooms Haytords store, on lower Main street.
FIRE IN BCENliAM. Tie house, Shed and barn OF
John b. Hazeine We're burned on the night of The
10Th. The fire originated in the barn, aud pasSet
through the shed to the house Nothing saved
not the clothing of the family A horse, CARR
age, and valuable dog burned. There
has been previous attempts TO burn the buildings
and Mr.. Ii thinks this m incendary fire. Los
about Sl000-no insurance.
DEPARTURES FOR TIE CENTENNIAL. Mrs. Capt
| Otis Patterson, Capt. Geo. Ames and family, Ed
}. Morrison and bride, +. II. Carter, +. A. Coombs
Watt knowlton, Misses Caldwell, Lewellyn Sleep
and wife, Charles johnson and wife, H. y. Car
ter and wife, VIM. I.ttleield Miss Mary Patterson
Dwight Palmer, Isaac HILL Joseph Townsend, c. +
, Ginn Miss Julia Wiggin. Miss Edna Piper, Everett
Carter and wife, B. G. Dnsmore and wife, W. n
Hall and son, Asa f. Riggs.