The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-07-26
Another new hand at the city bell.


The engines will not have their trial until after
the drouth.
The call for the Waldo County Democratic Con
vention will be found in to days paper.
\ big excursion from the Maine Central will pass
through this city to Castine. to-day, Thursday
On Tuesday Mr. james Goodell of this city paid
his forty second annual subscription to the Jour
nal
Capt Fred PattershaIl will take command OF
schr. Earl and Capt. James Hallowcl of schr Nal
abar
WIN. Pitcher a Son have loaded schr. Nellie
with hay for Brunswick, and have chartered schr
Eveline for Savannah
Instances are numerous in this city where fam
lies entirely without water, and the matter is
becoming serious one.
SEAEsroRT. Rev. }. 7. Bixby will preach in
Union Hall, Sunday July Doth, at 7,45 O'clock
Subiect-The two stories of the king
b. f. Wells has purchased the lot on Bridge
street, formerly occupied by Jerome Stephenson
and will build a dwelling house on the same.
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eur on one Of our principal streets, i'll which two
men were nearly killed, and the night police know
nothing about it.
1t seems hard to tasten up wells and deny PEG
pie little water, but those who are fortunate
enough to have supply cannot be blamed for
taking care of it.
The Rev Mr.. Peterson. (Catholic) Of Rockland,
held services in this city, at Johnson's Hall, on
Sunday last Bishop Healy of Portland, will visit
Belfast next month.
The reservoir near the residence of P. r. Hazel
tine is to be enlarged pipe has been temporarily
laid and the water it contained run into the reser
yolr in front Of the Custom House
A Knox county Subscriber to the journal, IN re
hitting his subscription, says-"The man Mahan
that is i'll your jail got one hundred and forty dol
lars ont Of me, which makes money scarce with
me"
There will be moonlight excursion this Thurs
day evening to Castine on steamer May Queen. A
band will be organized for the occasion which will
furnish music on board and for dance at Castne.
An excellent time may be expected
During the high wind of Tuesday boy started
ii fire in the grass near house on Union street
which soon communicated with an outbuilding. A
serious confagration saved through the efforts
| of neighbor who extinguished the flames
| George Wells disposed of the last box of straw
berries Of the season last week. Mr. W sold during
| the season 1851 boxes, all cultivated berries Oi
this number $50 quarts were raised on one fourth
| of an acre of land on the east side of the river
| The Unversalist society made an excursion to
| Ryder's Cove, Tuesday steamer May Qneen
| To-day there will be large excursion over tn,
Railroad from Dexter, Newport and Pittsteld
| which will also take a cruise on the new steamer
The game of base ball that was advertised t,
| come off at the trottng park in this city OF
| Wednesday, between the Dirigos of Rockland an,
the Pastimes of Belfast, has been postponed, OF
account OF an accident to a member of the torme
| club
Trial Justice Wallace disposed of the followin.
cases on Tuesday-Daniel Sheehan. for drunken
ness thirty days in jail Jack Fogerty for drunken
! ness and being concerned in the raid upon the In
dams as noticed in another part of the paper wa
sentenced to thirty days i'll Jail. Both appealed
| and gave bonds for their appearance at the s J
| Court.
forest fire of some extent ragged in the wood
near Mnsons mills. Oh the east side of the river
| during the first part of the week. The wood lot
of Harding and Sherman, VIM. Thomas, Frank an
| Richard Patterson, were burned over on Tuesday
| In some instances it communicated with the fence.
and buildings were kept constantly wet down t
| save them.
FOREST FIRES. Extensive fires are burning owe
the woodland in Burnham and vicinity On Tues
day several farm houses and outbuildings wer
threatened, and were saved with difficulty TIL
afternoon train from this city met with no troubl
on that day, but its return an hour later Ell
countercd fire between Burnham and Unit,
which was spreading rapidly, and threatening
large pile OF wood beside the track ConductC
Mace stopped the train, had the fire quenched i
part, and men sent from Unity to take care of i
The riot that commenced in Baltimore last wcel
is the first one in that city, since the famous Sixt
Massachusetts volunteers assaulted in Apri
1861, while marching from one depot to anothe
There at work in the shoe factory in this cit
two men who were members of that regimen
both of whom were wounded on that occasion
being among the first to shed blood in the gre,
rebellion One was shot in the leg, and the otht
has beautiful mould of a fiat iron on the top
his head.