The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-03-17

ly man. known as spring house cleaning is upon us.
| Willard >eekins, mentioned last week az being in
jail for forgery, has been liberated the matter hay
| ing been satisfactorily settled.
City Marshall j. {. Gates, il, ON Wednesday
evening treated the out going police force of this
city with an oyster supper at Dodge's.
MI. +. /. Bean, of Searsmont. i, very liberal
patron of the railroad. Every train into the city
brings large quantities of goods for him.
The concert and bali at Hayford Opera House on
| Tuesday evening last, poorly attended. The
| music by portion of ChandlerS band, of Portland
was of course good.
Mathews Bros. sash, door, and blind factory,
| which has been closed for repairs for week. re
sumed business on Monday. The machinery is now
| in thorough repair
one of the reasons given by the Greenbackers for
not making nominations in this city, last Monday
is that it is now CLOSE time and unlawful to kill
| Woodcock out of season.
| TROY. Jonathan Baglev died in Troy a few DAYS
| since aged 30 years. months. The deceased
was one of the first settlers of Pownal, and he was
| the first postmaster of Troy.
| H. }. Locke of this city, has invented a support
for a table leaf, which has been patented. Mr.. \.
b. Mathews, furniture dealer, i, interested in the
patent. The support is very ingenious piece of
work and simple in its construction.
Representatives Pitcher. Richie, Harding and
Freeman OF this county advocated the repeal of the
| con7tabulary and cider clauses of the liquor law
| and voted in favor of it, Il, did Representatives
Broadstreet, Nckels and Packard. Mr.. Estes is not
| recorded As voting on either side.
George W. Burkrttrontinues his great sale of dry
and fancy goods, carpetings &c. BY reduction
in prices and iudcious advertising. Mr. b. has dis
posed of large quantities Of goods the past winter.
The addition to his store gives him extra shelf
room, which is now utilized with new goods Read
| his adv. in another column.
one of the proprietors Of the Phoenix House
found himself in the hands of three assailants, on
saturday evening of last week Attempting to
enter the house he found the door locked when he
turned and fired three shots from revolver to in
tiniiate the crowd The affair caused some excite
ment in the vicinity, but nobody was hurt.
ALONG THE WHAKrE~. VIM. Pitcher & Son have
loaded the thrcr-ma-ietl sch. VIM. Frederick with
hay for Brunswick and in company with Woods &
Mathews have loadedthc three -masted srlr Charley
Buci with hay for Wilmington. Mr.. q. W Gerham
has loaded brig Stacy Clark with hay for Charles
ton. SCH 4. O. Co.'s is discharging a cargo of hard
pine for J. \. Courell.
TIE CHURCHES. The subject of Rev Mr.. Good
enough's SUNDAY evening lecture will be ''Chlist
and MahUmet. Mr.. Crownin>hield at the [ nj
tartan Church next sunday morning will preach on
The Atoncnent. The subject of Rev. Mr. Ross
sunday morning sermon at the North church will
be John the Baptst'o last Testimony to Jesus
Irayer meeting in the evening
y spring advances the attention of the farmers
i turned to the coming crops. Fred Atwood, of
Wintelport, offers for the farmers consideration
the Nulkv pIoW... The Earle, Phosphate Company
call attention 10 their fertilizers. Geo +. John
son. assignee adverti-e~ real estate for sale ut
auctiom..--Nles :. Staples advertises the annual
statement of the reliable Liverpool and London in
SuItnce company....A lady teacher is wanted at
Hurricane. r. g. Stone will sell at auction. on
saturday next his household furniture bedding,
etc. House on Cedar street.
TRANSFER, N REAL ESTATE The following
are transfers in real estate in Waldo county for the
week ending March l5-William Bither, Unity to
J II. Damon, same town. Hannah d. Baglev, Troy,
to Augustus stevens, same town. Brooks Dairy
Co., to Cha- f. Lane, Brooks. Benz. Col~on,
Monroe, TO Ira q. White, Winterport David L.
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B. Curtis estate, Frankfortt to Nbion J. and Amelia
NJ urtis, same town. VIM. DicAey Waldo TO
Levi Mcdonald, Waldo Jane, Mulq.h estate.
Winterpor(, to Edmund j. Murrh same town.
John W. Ellis, Belfast, to Fred W Brown. Belfast.
John r HAYNES. I>le-boro, 10 stephen knowlton,
same town. solomon w. Haynes Islesboro. to
Rpsannah Haynes. same town. Rufus kenney
Frankfort, to j. ID. king>burv, same town. Estate
Of Amos NJ. Mathews, stockton, To Geo. y Staples,
same town. Waldo Peirce estate Frankfort to
Rufus kennev. same town. Hiram PIERCE Bel
mont, to Dayj /. Cook, Belfast. Della W. Thomp-
son, Belfast, to Nathan F. Houston. Belfast. john
F. Woodbury., Waldo, to Jeremiah Mixer, Knox.
Daniel Wentworth, Knox, TO Iiortense >hibles 4 al
same town. VIM q. Whitney. Pittslield to Au-
glIStus Stevens, Troy
Personal Hon. Roscoe Holmes formerly of
Belfast, has been reelected Mayor of Ellsworth
Mr. Holmes i IA Democrat. 4 of James Holmes.
Mr.. and Mrs w. l.. ~tudley, of Belfast will go
in the new bark {. =. Dixon as steward and stew
arie5s-. j ohm : Caldwell laid up with an attack
of sciatic rheumatism. Geo. II. Fisher has been
appointed postmaster at West Winterport. Geo.
A. Perrgo, formerly of Belfast. has been appointed
Judge of the Police Court Of Rockani, IA Wash |
ington correspondent of the New York Herald init
mates that Hon :. l. Millikrn would not be avcrse
to representing his country abroad in consular
diplomatic capacity. ...Rev. Mr.. (.oodenough, of
this city. Grand High Priest of the Grand Encamp-
ment OF Maine, /. @. O. F., in company with the
other grand officers. instituted at Wilton, on Mon
day night. cncampment. Nh Goodcnuugh
Will INSTRUCT shortly. in the revised work. tncamp-
nents al Bangor. Ohtown, Dexter and Dover.
Mis- Muigett has recovered from her illness. and
resumed her place at the South Intermediate school
DR. johnson, of this city, has been appointed
local Medical Examiner for the Etna life insurance
company. Mr. ID. \. Wadlin, of Northport. has
bought the butter route, i'll this city heretofore the
business of j. W. Knight. Fred 5. Walls, Esq, of
Ninalhaven, was in Belfast on Wednesday,. Mr.
II. H. sleeper, of Fort Wayne, Ind, who recently
came east for his health sails to day in sch Charley
Buck, for Wilmington He will go as far south as
savannah and Jacksonville, and after Il time will
return t. Belfast.
Wills FILED. The following are, in sub stance
the wills filed at The March term of the court in this
city
Martha Elweu, late of Waldo gives and bequeaths
to her son Emerson EiwelI, where she, has made
her home for many years, all he now owes her in
notes, secured by mortgage which mortgage is to
he discharged, providing he does not demand or
wearing apparel, clothing and Il portion of her
bedding She gives 10 her Observation-Disclosures, Sarah
Jane, Deborah p, Martha A., Lizzie, Nancy T.,
Eta NJ and Lydia. The balance of household fur
niture, bedding sc. goes to sarah Elwel wife of
Emerson. \ sum of money not to exceed 800 is
set apart for the purchase OF Il burial lot and two
sets OF grave stones, one for herself and for
her SON Newell J. Elwcll, who lost his life in tIe
of the rebellion. After all requests are made
and bills paid the balance to lie divided among her
children, except Emerson. d. ) Flanders ESD, of
Monroe, Is named executor.
Hazen Aver, late Of Montyic, requests first that
all his debts he paid and set of grave stones pur-
chased. He gives to his son Marshall : Aver 5000
TO his daughters. Mary W. Aver and Caroline l..
sprowl, he gives household goods and furniture
He gives all his estate both real and personal, TO
MS son. Marshall : Aver, to be held in trust for the
sole Use and benefit of his daughter Mary W Aver