The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-21
News of the City and County.

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The keel for the new steamer is stretched in Car
ters yard.
A large number of Belfast vessels are hauling up
for the winter.
Silver coin is distributed very literally now by
| those who make change
The best hunting at this season is to help hltnt tie
wolf from your poor neghbor's door.
n. L. keene is making preparations to build
dwelling house on Northport avenue.
Sheriff Norton made his mark Friday night. lie
made it on Lon Wentworth's starboard eye.
The fluid which milkmen delivered last Sunday
morning had lost its animal heat, beyond doubt.
Mr.. A. c. Bean, who recently left Belfast Tor Cam
den, * requested to communicate with this Office.
kangaroo skin boots ior ladies is d new notion in
that line Girls that wear them skip very gracefully
Mark the soft falling snow" does not apply to an
avalanche from the housetop that smashes Your hat
Lumber ana potatoes transported across the
country from the kennehec and shipped from this
port.
The river ANA hsrbor Improvements bill, before
Congress, contains an item Of $1,000 lor the i'm
proyement OF Belfast harbor.
hundred years, and vet man in this city recently
sold lis Bible to1 paper rag
There's complaint that the Belfast Irouing As.o.
citation don't make fat time financially foot dral
OF scoring with bills, but no word go
The growth Of the city extends castvArl. Tive
dwelling houses have aready been contract ed 10 be
built on Northport avenue, in the sprius.
Sheriff Norton, At lie expiration OF III terra OF
office, viii settle in the city, ha, ing purcha'e - lot
ana viii bNiIi hous, on Northporl uvcnur.
About his time tr. benevolent man .Irluhrs
ashes on the walk. Likewise the careful houa,0 tir
~colds because it is tr ,cked upon her carpets
Local ad, ertiSer| Should send in their manuscripts
as early possible. those who do SO will gtt hrt
Ter display and better position than otherwise.
| Coal loaded vessels whose port Of discharge was
| Bangor now come to mis- CITY. Their cargoes are
mostly for Watrryille and 60 over the railroad
| We Will persons at flu season Wouldn't smoke
Ees when they call US, hccausr it j. top cold to-
open the wiulovs ana air the room after they are
! gone.
Last week citizen sIiplrI while Nalkins on the
street. and threw hi> feet high to kick another
individual i'll the tlcr. 4 Very black eye va, the
result.
There are cnty five different shapes Of hats This
season for women 10 choose FROM Any OF them
viii give the wrarer ncur: ia Of the head in TWO
weeks.
The harbor at Belfast /, closed with ice. Dam
| ari>cotta Herald.
Nobody here il aware ot It. Where do yea get
such extraordinary news
Steamer katahdn laid ut her wharf in this city
Saturday night, and left for Hucksport Sunday
morning Returning Monday She laiJ Through the
| snow storm of that day and night.
The sun to-day reaches thc southern solstice, or
his highest southern declination, being the short
st day in the year-nine hours and three minute,
| long. Then will commence the astronomical winter
| 1t is estimated that cargo of ice from this city tc
South America will shrink fifty per cent, on III,
passage Tie schr Frank Queen which recently
sailed for Sayanilla with 100 tons expects to land
but 200 tons.
Mr.. Cornelius Hayes and Capt. Riley Cotrrll o
Belfast We're on board schr Fannie X. Shaw, re
Gently wrecked on Cape Henry. The crew were al
saved, but had suffered considerably ON account o
| the extreme cold.
Sch Fannie Butler, of Bangor Captain Warren
sailed from New York. about Nov. I, with Il cargo o
coal IOf SWAN 70, ana arrived ltlSl MOnuaN- lJtl
fast vessels since that date have been from this por
to New ork with cargoes ana arrived back
A fire inquest was last week held in Brooks, rcl
tive to the burning OF the Stmson barn. rhc yer
| dict states that circumstances point 10 Mrs Susan
L. Roberts wife of Ezra VI. Roberts. ~ the inccn
diary. A neighborhood quarrel is sail TO " at thu
| bottom of the matter.
| PoIlrE lrIM,. Alonlo Il. Wentworth an,
Thomas Gordon, Of hno>, were in tide city Friday
got drunk, and went bulldolng about the street
assauing people and breaking gluss. Policeman
Gray, with help secured ana lodged them liz jail
| Wentworth wa ugly, aud HAD an encounter Will
Sheriff Norton, in which he came oil second best
They We're before Judge johnson on Saturday. plea,
not guilty and waived an examination. they wcr
fined ! and costs, appealed, and @aye surcties il
the sum of ii0 fol- their appearance, Al TN, Jtuulr
term OF the Supreme Court
The Portland Fr, OF til. th has lii, following
in relation to the loss Of the scur. General Meade
Last night the schr. General Meade from Belfast
loaded with oil casks, found herself IN tight posi-
ton OFF Green Island. The vapor from the wa
tnding, and with it was mingled snow, while Tie
wind blew a gale. Every effort was made 10 wealth
or Green island reef, but without success, and at
| about six O'Clock the schooner struck with grca
violence on the ledge The retreuting wave uullr,
her back 4 little but the next set her down Will
ZACH force on the rocks that her cabin luickl
filled with winter, both masts went by the board, an,
she began to leak in several places at once Th
sea made clean breakers over her. The ouly mean
Of escape lOr the crew a small boat, aud ii hard
ly scemed possible it could live in 70 rough "a
With great difficulty It was launched narrowly C
Gaping Being sWamped aud the captain and crew O
three men, enirHyored to to land four mile
distant. After several hours OF great suffering AN,
peril during which they Were all more or less iru
IN, the reached land and arrived in this city th
morning. The General Meade went TO pieces dur