The Republican journal., 1876-08-17
News of tho City and County.

| News OF the City and County.
Picnics at the battery are in order.
Ye tramp has gone to ye Centennial.
Politics are of sudden getting red hot.
Camp-meeting commences next Monday.
Pretty good peaches are coming along now.
Our farmers have made very good hay crop.
And the golden pumpkin comes into market.
Damp, fogsy, dog day weather has prevailed for a
| week.
The city schools will commence on Monday, Aug.
| 2sth
"Dust to dust" has in these dry times more dusty
meaning.
The melancholy chirp of the cricket tells of com.
ing autumn.
It's not much fun fishing for tinkers as it was
little while ago.
per cent. discount?
The River and Harbor Bill appropriates
So 900 for Belfast harbor.
In two weeks there will be month with an r in
it, and you can order oysters.
Don't leave the family wash out over night Some
| body may want a stock of shirts.
John 7. McCrillis of Bellefontain Iowa, formerly
| of Belfast is now visiting friends in this city.
The Lewiston Journal says that large party from
| Auburn are to encamp at Northport this week.
The Second Adventists are again talking of going
up Hope they'll get the word "go" pretty soon.
A gang of hooting rowdes infested Church street
last Saturday night. The night watch should have
an eye to these chaps.
Returning picnicers warble pious melodies as they
drive homeward over Northport Avenue. Camp
meeting week is near at hand.
| There will be dancing every afternoon and even
| Ing of next week, commencing on Wednesday, at
Brewster's Grove, South Belmont.
| Mr. Crocker, of this city, who was Kidnapped rob
bed and sent to sea from Boston, only took glass
of beer, but it was glass too much.
There will be free organ recital at the Congrega
tonalist church, on Saturday evening at O'Clock,
| by Mr.. William II. Aborn, of Massachusetts,
Certain persons manifest an undue amount of Gu
rosty with regard to ladies in bathing Evidently,
curiosity is not monopoized by the fairer sex.
A young man belonging to excursion party
from abroad gave of surgeons a Job in cut
ting fish hook from his hand one day last week
The moonlight excursion to Castine Friday night,
on steamer Pioneer, was half daylight. A dense
fog coming in they did not reach this city until six
O'Clock next morning.
When you arise at early morning and behold a
soft white film folding itself above your window,
don't fancy that the wings of angels lowering
there. It's nothing but the cussed fog.
The members of Aurora Lodge, Daughters of Re
bekah, to the number of fifty had a clam bake and
+bo ac-
Gilverys ship yard, Saturday afternoon.
Too MrCH Rum. A good deal of liquor is sold on
the sly in our city, and intoxicated persons are again
quite common. Some of those who have been CON
viced and promised to abondon the traffic are at it
again
j. g. Harding Of Waldo was on Monday attacked
in his barn by bull that had broken loose. He was
thrown down, trodden upon and tossed on the ami
mails horns, but managed to escape without seriol
injury
Sch. Mary LyInburner, arrived at New Bedford,
Saturday, from South Carolina, reports that Eben
Collamer, mate, died the 9th inst. and was buried
at He native of Linconville, and sixty
years old.
We are informed by the postmaster Al Chelsea,
Mass, that j. E. Staples subscriber to the Jour-
nal had moved to Belfast, and that his paper re-
mains uncalled for. Will Mr.. Staples communicate
with this office?
Some of country friends have got the suicide
of Mr. Gray the late bank watchman, confounded
and think that it the cashier who made way
with himself. John is alive and well, and has no in
tention Of departing in that way.
The night police heard noise issuing from the
meat market of Gray & Patterson on Saturday
night and thought they had burglar Gagged, sure.
Their doubts dispeled when a large dog that
had been locked in, came out through the window
Rev. w. o. Thomas of Gardiner, formerly pastor
OF the Baptist church in this city, is visiting friends
mere. A surprise party given him at the resi-
dence of George f. Wight, on Monday evening, by
his former church friends, and social evening spent
The Reform Club of Bucksport, and others, mum
bering about 400 made excursion to Camden Sat
urday, on the barge Clifford. They were unable to
proceed up the river, owing to the fog and to
this city where they remained until Sunday morning.
About this time the pensive clam is liable to be
disturbed in his little bed, and to undergo expert
enccs such in store for the editors of Grant
organs and Republican stump speakers But then
some people don't believe in future fire and brm-
stone and that sort of thing.
for the collector thirteen of the fifteen days that are
usually allowed tax payers to avail themselves of the
discount, expired leaving but two days, Monday
and Tuesday, in which the per cent. be saved.
He gathered considerable scrip on those days.
One Of the most inspiring and soustirring sights
in this world is to an individual who is the vic
tim of misplaced confidence, take from the hands of
lady and coolly eat with seeming pleasure and rel
ish, blueberry pie in which salt forms the chief
ingredient. 1t happened at late picnic supper in
this city.
BURGLARY. The store of f. c. Hilton and c. w.
Haney, on Main street, entered by burglars on
Thursday night of last week. and some 500 worth
Of clothing and furnishing goods taken. The thieves
effected an entrance through the rear cellar win
dows and then forced the cellar door leading into
the store. portion of ladder was found in the
back yard, which indicates that unsuccessful at
tempt made to get through the upper windows.
Waldo County Lodge of Good Templars met at
Troy, Friday, with County Templar Fred s. Walls in
the chair, and held very large and interes ting ses
sion. Over 200 delegates representing y lodges
were in attendance, and 300 Good Tempars partook
of the tempting eatablea furnished by Sparkling
Fountain Lodge Of Troy. The prizes for the largest
gains in numbers during the last quarter award
ed to Golden Band Lodge, of Searsmont, for largest
gain, viz 81 members, and tie largest ratio to Mon
terey Lodge of Northport, II per cent. gain The
prizes quarto Bible and marble gavel block.
The next session will be at Brooks in November.
HORSE THIEVES. We last week mentioned a case
Of horse stealing in Scarsmont. On Wednesday
night of last week. a horse and carriage were taken
from the same neighborhood, from the barn of Ma
than Whitten. Mr.. W. traced the horse to this city,
and afterwards found the team at the farm of S. T.
Edgcomb where it came the next morning after the
theft, minus the driver On Thursday night parties
entered the barn of Asa Southworth in this city,
harnessed a horse into carriage, and in doing so
aroused the household. The thief fled leaving the
team standing in the yard On Friday night Nelson
Furbush, who lives mile out ON the Augusta
road. had horse stolen from his pasture which has
not yet been recovered.
SUICIDE Alpheus Gray, night watcEman in the
Belfast Savings Bank, committed suicide by hanging