The Republican journal., 1877-02-01
Go slow over the slippery places.

| 1880
There is said to be visible and hopeful increase
in the piety of our city.
Lent comes on Valentines day and Faster o,
April FOOLS day this year.
Freight traffic over the railroad 10 this city i, re
markably good at present.
Loaded ears are kept standing on the railroad
bridge 10 keep the ice from lifting it..
| iung loads OF tom Gods are brought from the Pc
no5scot river and retaed in streets
Tomorrow Friday will be Candemas, the hal
way house between autumn and spring.
Men who have but single shirt, and that i dirt,
one, now say that the cistern has given ont.
She now loops up one side Of her dress, ana let:
the other hang. "swiug low, sweet chariot
There haunt been many meteors this winter, but
| falling bodies numerous the icy walk-.
There will be broken bones among the toys who
60 down the icy hills, loaded upon those big sleds.
A public installation in Corinthian Royal Arch
Chapter is among the probabilities for next week.
'Nobodys darling" is what the girl. softly hun
now that leap year Is past and they didn't hitch to
Tim.
The sIeighing is very good at present, and parties
renee.
Presidential bets in this city are being arranged
| and made TO depend upon the decision OF the com
| promise commission.
+ Castle is removing his patterns and machinery
from the old foundry at the Head of the Tide his l
| new building in the city.
Schr. Ralph Howes, from Belfast, one Of the
first vessels to reach rhadclph, the recent rai-
ing Of the ice blockade.
i man in this city was found setting on Il dozen
eggs the other day. He had started with them from
/ the grocery over an icy walk.
| Brig James Miller of Belfast, al New York from,
Rio GTande had very rough weather on he passage
| and lost an entire set of sails
| George Wells keeps wafer proof paper bags. in
| which customers can take home thing moist,
| from pint Of oysters to Il quart Of milk.
| The nncurbed well, close 10 the sidewalk, Oh the
Angler lot, the Court House is liable 10 pick up
some needless boy. 1t ought to be covered.
| The receivers OF the failed American Bank, at
| Hallowell, have large number OF unclaimed diyi-
| dends of its assets some Of which belong in Waldo
County.
| Last Monday, W Gods Mathews < Baker shipped
large quantity OF potatoes in barrels by the Katah-
din. they viii 80 by steamer from Boston TO rhill-
delpta.
| lhe officers OF pheniN and 1imothy.C base lodges
Of Masons and Belfast lodge of Good Templars will
be Installed in their respective halls this Thurs
day e'enina.
Evening services at the Unitarian Church next
Sunday At O'Clock Subject" Eyolution needs Il
God to work it, Lecture to be followed il, the
usual social sing
{. ". Haney of this city, District Deputy Grand
High Priest OF the 9th Masonic district, on Tuesday
| evening, installed the officers OF Key Stone Il: A.
Chapter, at Camden.
Early rose potatoes have declined! ten cents per
bushe and sold on the streets Tuesday for 90 cents
per bushrl, the same IS white. argr quantities
came into market that day
George J.. otarkie, formerly OF this cav now 4
clerk in the interior Department at Washington, il
creating some interest in that city, in consequence
CT Il dis orce mt brought by his wife.
The present force at the Belfast shoe factory i
larger than AZ any time since thai Institution com
inenced operations New hands are added daily.
and the force now numbers two hundred
The regular quarterly and annual session OF ado
dem Lodge, NJ Ellis Hall, in South brooks, on Sat
uTdat, ei. l.th All Good I,lnpar arr invited IL
attend.
The up tr.n W rine4day morning lu.-t an acu
dem that di7abltd the cnplnr Another one was sent
over from Watelvilie and IN coming down al noon
another slight casualty delayed the train couple Of
hour.
Mr.. frank N l',ndAstar Wshci ii nnder'toor Tia.
lie had nothing do with the recently seized liquor
which marked 18th h4 lniti.ll. lie says those
chaps viii use tic letter 81 the alphabet il a. hey
have mind To-
The ic. about the Wlr,roes i doing cons i,rrahlr
damage 10 the pillna by freezing and lifting the
pile with the Hood tide. Fine westerly end OF the
railroad bridge hove somewhat out OF Place
Gently, and the wharf Of the lee company ON tide
eat nd OF the river resembles the back oil camel.
The follow ing were elected officers in i'llvnix
ensuing year =. S. Carter W. NJ; J. c. Gates, $.
W. \. 4. Small, j. W. W. q. Poor. Treas; X. q.
Dyer, Secy.; Ed. Frost. :. D.; j.. T. lhomb@ j. S.
II. G. Gray, 5. s.; i. o. l'rndirton, i. s.; A.
Sawte", Tyler.
10 hl,c ones broken hy fall the icy
pavement is accident the anguish OF which only
h- knows who il the victim. Such mishap hap
prnpd to Mr. Edward HaZclton of Belfast, on Spring
street, IN thiA city, yesterday. Portland Argu7,
Tuesday.
No such man beonas here. 1ilat broken e has
got wrong label on it.
Schr. William Frederick, OF Belfast, at Cpntue-
goa, h.t4 been chartered load sugar for New ork
at 5, per hd. This the first charter OF the
son at Cienfuegos. The captains opinion is that
rieghs there Will De excellent, if the weather will
allow the hauling in OF the new crop before large
feet of yessel9 arrives.
some OF the boys tried, the other day, to dclude
the retCrmers ana the police into making liquor
seizure when there nothing to seize. They
drove City Point station, with much afectation OF
secresy, loaded in cask that looked if it might
have key inside and with much manifest trepida.
ton, drove TO the city But with all their we'll con-
trived PLAN nobody took the least notice, and it was
a failure.
A subscription paper is being circulated about the
city solicit stock for another shoe factory. The
present has realized the expectations of its ar
| dent projectors in the respect of increasing our
| business population. Two years ago it was ascer-
tanned that the present factory the direct cause
of adding seventy families to the population Of our
| city, the most of whom became permanent residents
| Thousands of dollars weekly paid to workme
OF 1amlies Which is distributed through the city.
| factory can be built now much cheaper than when
the present erected and parties can be
found to operate it, if the enterprise is successful
We would like to a dozen Of them built if the
| thing possible.
BUSINESS CHANGE. g. w. Burkett has leaset
for ten years, the store in McClintock Block. nov
occupied by A. r. Carter, and will move in the
of a month two Considerable changes will b,
made i'll the store, TO conform to his dry goods bust
ness. The partitions that now divide the room vii
be taken away making one large apartment; tn
hall and stairway leading to the above will b.
removed the granite pillar that forms the doorwa
to the hall entrance will be taken down, and larg
show window substituted; the rooms in the secon,
story Will be for carpet and sample rooms, SC. Tn
location is central, and an excellent one for trade
MIR. Burkett IS an enterprising business man, am
deserves the success that he is achieving
Attention is called to the following new adycrts,
mentS--Gas fixtures pipes, globes, SC, and every
thing in that line, at he gas works. A, H. Pierce