The Republican journal., 1881-05-26
he thermometer registered 81 in the shade

A swallow got imprisoned in A. p. Mansfield
cellar, in Masonic block, Tuesday. The bird must
have passed down the chimney
\ strange dog shut up in Colburn's boot and
shoe store on Sunday night and before morning had
destroyed pair of So curtains.
The Belfast Gas Company has purchased of j. Y.
McClntock strip of land at the rear of the Angler
store on High street The company is preparing
for future contingencies.
H. E. Mcdonald has bought the handsome house
lot on High street formerly owned by David W.
Dyer. The lot has been vacant since the fire of
| 1873. Mr.. Mcdonald will doubtless build house
| another year
Francis IL. Bacon, of Hartford, Conn, a sailoron
board sch. Abbie X. Bentley, was injured in the
knee last week while that vessel was loading with
| ice. He was taken to the American House under
the care of Dr. Small, marine hospital surgeon.
Col. Hubbard, of Winterport special administra-
tor on the estate of the late Jonathan Elwell, of
Northport appointed at the request of Mrs. Mar
| SHALL with Mr.. q. f. Hartman, one of the trustees
| under the will of the late Jonathan Ewell, visited
the property on Tuesday for the purpose of taking
an inventory of the same
WHEREABOUTS OF BELFAST VESSELS Schr
Stephen f. Woodbury. is on the passage from Jack
| sonvie to Elizabcthport. ... sch Nellie s. Picker
ing is on the passage from Georgetown to Thomas
ton. Sch. Edward johnson is loading at Bruins
wich Ca for >antes, = A.. Passed in at Fortress
Monroe May 2l-t for Baltimore sch Lizzie Poor
| from Elenthera.. Sch Di0ne arrived at George
town on the Eth from New York. Sch. Welaka
from Belfast arrived at Charleston op the 18th.
sch \. ". Ellis from Jacksonville, arrived at New
| \ ork on the 20th... Brig james Miller and sch.
| VIM Frederick at Boston. sch. Nellie 32 days
from Sierra Leone, arrived at New York on the 10Th
o.. Sch. +. +. Mcdonald i, loading at Brunswick
| for Boston.
STEAMER NOTES. The storm of last week. dis.
arranged the trips of the Boston steamers The
katahdin laid several days at Gloucester where her
passengers were landed and forwarded by rail. The
boat arrived in this city on Friday The Cambridge
made landing here Saturday. the only trip for the
week. steamer Planet, of Camden, on Thursday
of last week. brought the Maggie Mitchell company
to this city, taking them TO Bangor next day We
! learn that +. r. Walker, of Ninalhavem has made
an offer To the owners of steamer Nav Queen to
purchase that boat. Nh Walker wants a small
steamer to take the place Of steamer Clara Clarita
between Rockland and Ninalhaven At meet.
my Of the owners Of steamer May Queen on Mon
tay evening, ii was voted not to sell the boat for
the sum offered. Capt. Tapiev, of the steamer,
bought the shares of those who wanted to sell lie
now Owls 81 If the l2s shares of stock.
The heavy freshet in Goo-e river. East Belfast.
on sunday morning carried away the nulkhead of
The dam At Ma-om's mills. The dam at this place
flows 4 pond about one mile long, and half nile
wide, Inc water OF which has been used as a re
serve supply for the mills below The bulklead to
he To, 40.
making the water in the pond that number of feet
higher than the stream below. When the buIkhead
gave way this large body of water went pouring
and tearing down the river, emptying itself over
Pierces dam ami into the harbor AT one time if
looked though all dams and bridges on the stream
would be swept away. Frank Eame> saved the
main bridge on the stream by hauling and piling ON
TO it large erindstones from the mill The weight
kept it down although the water poured over it.
The banks OF the river were badly washed and
some Of the paper mill dams were quilted out hut
no serious damage was done
TIE eTRAsBuKG CLOCK. y model of the famous
clock at strasburg Will he exhibited at Peice-s
Hall, in this city, nn Monday morning, and daily
throughout the week. Many of our readers have
heard Of this clock, and as is impossible for All to
visit strasbmg to the original, vet all have the
astronomical, musical mechanical and Apostolic
time piece. 1t is a wonder in mechanism. Among
other marvellous things is representation of the
earth revolving every twenty four hours showing
the time at any portion of the globe. The most
wonderful feature j. the march of the apostles.
Every quarter of an hour Il chime of bells is heard
the door on the right then opens and the apostles
appear in procession. A. they advance the centre
doors open and the saviour walks to the end of the
platform As the apostles approach, the saviour
beSses them, and Peter draws near, Satan is
then coming out Of the balcony above and tcmpts
Peter, who alone does not bow, but turns his back
III denial of the Lord. Satan again appears and
watches Judas who comes last. These mechanical
wonders are performed every II minutes and a de-
scrptiNe lecture given. W one should fail to pav
it at least one visit. advertisement for aImis
sion price, etc.
Personal. Capt. p, T. Cocord, of searsport,
who is to command the new Bath built ship \. J.
Fuller has the reputation of making as quick pas
sages As any captain living Capt Colcord was for
merry in the ship Pactolus and was in san Fran
cisco. He sailed from there to Queenstown for
orders, waiting five days at Queenstown, sailed to
iaYre, discharged his cargo, taking in ballast and
sailed for New York, arriving at New York in lust
five months from the day he left san Franci,co.
iy order of the Secretary of War, under date May
18th, leave of absence for five months on surgeons
certificate of disability with permission to leave the
department Of the South, has been granted first
Lieutenant j. y. Fessenden, Fifth Artillery. The
President has nominated and the Senate has con
firned Wallace II. White, of Winthrop, as [. ;.
attorney for Washington Territory. Mr.. White is
a brother OF Mrs Alfred A. Small, of this city,.
Geo f. Wallace has been appointed Justice of the
Peace amt Quorum. Capt. Robert III. Coombs has
arrived at his home in this city where he will re
main for some time. The captain has been in hot
climates so much his health is somewhat impaired
His ship, the Cora will be commanded bv Can't.
Joseph :. Thombs, also of Belfast. Rev. Mr.
CroWninshleld is in Boston, where he will remain
during anniversary week. Representative Upde-
graf of OHIO, who did good service the stump
IN this state ami county last fall, has presented
President Garfield with fine pairof blooded horses
.Charles NJ, Berry, of the firm of Berry, FRYE 4
Co., produce dealers, Of Boston, Is on visit to th,
city Mr. Berry is Il Belfast boy, Who Is makinga
reputation for himself at the metropolis
DEATH OF REV. FATHER BLODGETT. ON Satur-
day of last week, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel \. Rlodgett
of this city, received telegram from Dover, y. H.
stating that their son, Rev, Herbert Blodget. was
Dover. Early Monday morning the sadintelligence
reached this city that Mr. Blodgett was dead hay
ing expired at O'Clock Sunday evening One week
before Mr. Blodgett took severe cold which re
suited in fever and although at times his ease
seemed hopeful he gradually sank until death en-
sued. Herbert Blodgett was born in this city Sept
10, 1851, being little more than % years of age. AL
though of Protestant parentage and training, he
early conceived passion for the Catholic church
1t Is remembered of him that when the small Cath
olc society of this city met at the little church on
Waldo avenue, the boy Blodgett would he about the
door. subsequently he entered the church. Father
Blodgett seemed to have been born Catholic and
for the priesthood In the fall of 1868 young BIodg
EFT entered st. Josephs College, Memramcook, " |
H., where he vigorously pursued his studies for
seven years and graduated with all the honors in
1870 He then went to Montreal and entered upon |
his seminary course in the collapn Of Sul,,ico