The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-28
News OF tho City and County.
Nice Christmas weather this year.
Nayt Monday will bn Eau, Noo,,


Nice Christmas weather this year
Next Monday will be New Years.
The days have commenced to lengthen.
Our advertisers made large sales of Christmas
goods.
An" open and shut" winter is what the old farm
predict.
number Of loaded vessels sailed with the strong
north west wind on Sunday.
There large amount Of drunkenness about
the streets Saturday afternoon and evening.
There is serious winter drought in this region
The paper mills in this city are shut down from
lack of water.
Times are hard and butter is high. The question
is whether to cut your bread slices thicker spread
the butter thinner.
Smclt fishing is lively above the bridges. If it
wasn't for smelts and CLANS the winters would be
harder than they for some people.
Burgess & Alexander recently had on their blocks
an eighteen month pig that weighed so pounds
raised By Robert Patterson Of Ward /.
For New Years present. send your friend the
journal year. 1t will be a weekly reminder Of
your generosity as well as good taste. see it?
me person VINO mas GOT an odd volume oil l!tief
h''loiy oi 0coiahu' VIII confer iaVof on the own
Vi ''e resi- VI ''e SET oy leaving II AT th7 once
Eager pursuit of the clam has made that shelf,
fish scarce in harbor, and the shores OF the
~ NO" 'h'e'' ioi Win SPaoeS ana noes
The person who on Friday picked up on Main
street a paper containing list of shareholders in
corporation, VIII confer Il laVor by leaving 1t AT
| this Office,
Next Friday evening there will be an election for
officers in the Odd Fellows Lodge ana ON Monday
evening the at Corinthiau Royal Arch Chapter
OF Masons
| How many Oh your bad habits are you going to
break On Oh New rsr's ,lays And How laauy that
YOU s,vo-c oil from a vcarneJ have like ci,iclr n.
come back o roosts
The cat of IL family in this city Disguised With tine
cold weather, hard times and scarcity OF forage al
| tempted to drown herself in the ci3tern Florence
courageousty rescued her
| y, woman in c,or,, ,f g, t,,,. ;i ..,n,. ,,,...
| Friday, Ly getting the animal the Sidewalk in
| front Of Carriers market on High street. large
case OF photographs belonging to futile "a entire
~ 5mafhed-
There wa Il bu-.nys- meeting Friday It.r yi The
Masonic Temple Building Association c5nIernin. &
theT purchase Ill it'caSter3 corner irooav!y
'N'l' "i'i ~ "'tiIhH ''"' ~ 'n' "'' 'i 1''"iH3
'fT coming YEAR
| Under the flooring OF the journal oihtr va BE-
Gently found hammer which wa lett there when
the building was built, nearly thirty years ago. ii
'''e o"i ''f h'7 no. I'ihr' l'' 'i""t H'J"f"s' he
can prove properly, ac-
| Col Tdrn, of the Governor -tali and state IN
spector OF ann and equipments was in this city on
| Friday to inspect the arms o the Belfast military
| company. He pronounced them kept IA excellent
condition. among the best N the state
ieopl, who lun furnaces in lou,e- with slated
root must be careful TO keep their attic- cool OH
rrHiae the melted snow win trecl- ON the colI
slate the caves and form dams in Which The
water Viii accumulate aud ran Though.
IT j. estimated f.your local hlyrrs that there h.,4
been over 60 900 Luyhel. Of potatoe- .hilped from
This mort the present G 10 on, of which bay. been,
Skinned during Tie past month. mi is the lIraest
amount ever sent from this place in 80 short = tinr
Observation-Disclosures. ,t,.,.,, n,,,i., .,..,...
Gently h,d , shared ONE. h,ilt over if lint IN,
s,r,hi,e, dram. 81 th ,,ltin, ,,,, ,,,+ t,r,,l,
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"notl,ina bu, the >Imfyn+v ar , tin rnnr will keen
,o, div,
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sisted bc uo, Nr Gooleno,,aI of ma, I ,.r..1i.t
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uersey dons the falling rrminr of the editor of the
Progressive Age
Sam, ;+, ,,,,,1,. have, ,,o,1.l IN ,, i,,,s ,,r;l
tho, ,hinl yil1 dic.onnt s,,,a ~ th.s ,,,Ii.I,o.
l..t week We viii s,v trat tb, ,,i, r,turnin,
board Inns made III Official announcement ana ad
iournod and that there. is no GOING b. hind The re.
turns for this nrrrirrt
The Howard Manufacturing company Of this city