The Republican journal., 1881-02-03
News of Belfast and Vicinity

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pupils.
The levee and ball of No. engine company took
place last evening" too late to be fully noticed this
paper.
Mr.. Pitcher, last week, presented to the Maine
legislature the petition of J. w. Frederick and As
others of Belfast, for the repeal of Compulsory
plotage through Hell Gate; referred to the Com
mittee on Commerce.
Howes & Co. have three clerks named Charles
They are designed as Charles the First second and
Third. One of the Charleses was very hard char
acter in history, won't say which of the boys
that handle belongs to.
said that
''If Canllemas day is fair and bright,
Winter II take another flight;
But If it brings either rain
Winter Is gone not to come again."
The Fcrnald Brothers are making Il very cabo-
rate monument and granite enclosure for the lot in
Grove cemetery, where repose the remains of Ma
thanel Wilson, a native of Belfast. The journal
has before given description of this monument,
which is to be erected in the spring.
The " S. revenue cutter McCulloch was in our
harbor two days last week. Capt. Deane aud of
ticers very popular with Belfast people. While
here the officers attended the Masonic sociahle ON
Wednesday eve, and the ban at IIayford Hall on
the evening following.
A funeral procession was badly dsArranged in
coming out Of the cemetery the other day. A
sleigh had stopped to take in another person, when
the horse jumped, taking of the back of the vehicle
and tumbling out the occupants of the seat The
new conner standing up and looking around, was
of n,I Iuu aI,
The recent cold snap reduced the coal bins, and
coal dealers are happy The price of the article is
now S6.25 per ton The man who filed III. his coal
bin, the first of November, and thought he had Il
pile of coal big enough to keep his family warm till
May is staggered mt finding the bottom Of the bin,
about this time and or lcrS for more coal the re
suit. If you hear Il man talking win exceeding
JUNCTION about the severity of the winter, y"u are
generally safe i'll concl ling he been eNpinrng his
private coal mine.
STARTED Up Fire was put unler the boiler of
the Belfast Foundry company last week, the first
time for Il number of years. Mr.. G. j. Hall has
leased the building from the company and Will put
the same in condition to work. Mr. George :
Chase, Of this city, is foreman of the foundry de
partment, and John LoSo is engineer. Two ma
chnsts will be set to work and the force increased
as business may demand. The building is good
one the facilities for work excellent, and ii is to
be hoped that Il profitable business will again he
built up.
STEAMER NOTES. Capt John J. Tiscomb, long
and favorably known "a master of the steamer
John Brooks, of the Portland and Boston line died
at his residence in Portland the 18th ult,, aged
nearly siNty-one years. He began his steamboat
career on the steamer Bangor, running between
Portland and Bangor in 7....The Cambridge
will come upon the route in about week, when the
katahdn will haul of to be made ready for the
coming season.....T The katahlim will make but one
trip this week. leaving Boston to morrow FRIDAY
ut the usual hour
Mrs. Abbott of this city, mother of William I.
Abbott, now serving -four years sentence i'll the
State prison, at Thomaston, for mccndiarism, is
seeking to obtain his pardon. Mrs. Abbott does
not receive the assistance of leading citizens in
the matter. Everybody remembers the terrorism
| which reigned in city few years ago, ac-
count of the ncendarys torch, and contrasts that
| period with the present exemption from fires, and
| the security felt ny our people Everybody
sympathes with the mother in her troubles, but the
| safety of property demand that 4 crime If such
| enormitv should not be easily condoned.
| Recently a long time subscriber to the Journal, 4
staunch Democrat, and one Of the most substantial
and respected citizens of his town, in Waldo county
| discontinued his copy of the Journal without the
| knowledge of his family. one week passed and
| numerous inquiries made in the household
| for the journal. The postmaster was asked il he
! had overlooked it, and with adjusted spcrtaclt-
! peered about in vain. At last the true cause was
asccrt,lned, when the family organized themselves
| into II committee of the whole and unanimously
| voted that they could not get along without the
journal. The writer in forwarding - for re
| ncwal says-"Whcn the real cause of the papers
| non appearance was ascertained and countCrmanG
! emphaticay demanded, checrfully acceedcd and
forward the necessary messenger for another year
| HAY NOTES. The Appleton corrr- pendent of the
| Rockand Free Press says "Mauy If our people
are engaged in pressing hay for market at present
| have heard it estimated that S40,Oo0 viii hc
| brought into town for hay before neNt July The
| greater portion of the hay sold from here goes t.
Belfast for shipment, though some goes to torklmC
| and some to the railroad at Warren" We venture
| the assertion that Belfast is the largest shipping
hay port in the state. Hay continues at our la,
quotations, from SIG t" 81 per ton orbeet.. Tho
latest Boston quotations for hay and straw are Is
| follows Timothy, 80 a23 y ton, for good eastern
| lots and 81 for common grades fine hay, 5l94l0
lower grades range from Sl3 % for sNvale to Sl74'
formecum; straw, s23 al U tom machine thrcshed
sl742o v ton, oat straw Sl2aI3.
| TIE COLD WAVE. One of the coolest waves of the
season reached this locality Friday continuing
| over several days The weather not extreme
| ly severe, but the cold was steady, the mercury
remaining about zero. The north west wind of
| mi,
about and blocking up travelled way- well as thu
| railroads. Fridays evening train did not arrive I'M
til two O'Clock saturday morning although I'm extra
| snow train was on the road. On saturday the snow
was packed in very hard, and the pillow of the
| up train was broken before reaching BuIniIun,
where new one was procured The colt made
| hard work for the railroad men, and trains foI
several days were late Friday Boston boat did
| not arrive until Saturday evening, The continued
cold penetrated dwellings, killing house plants
| freezing up ci5terns and water pipes, Some ice
made in the harbor, but not enough to impede nay
| CATION.
coon TEMrLAR NOTES Tie t,rand Council
| last week fixed the date of the annual session OF
the Grand Lodge in Portland on Tues lay and Wed
nesday April 10Th and 27th. 1t will he very large
| session. Belfast lodge is entitled to ten delegates
W.
| tour in Franklin and Somerset counties having on
ganized nine lodges and broken ground fen
half as many more This is the week of installa
| ton of officers in the lodges for the new quarter
| throughout the world. The principal officers OF
| Belfast Lodge No 30 will be John ;. Fcmald thei
Templar; Linnie Davis and Nancy Miller, >ecre
| taries; Mrs. H. l.. Bracket, Treasurer; j. W
Knowlton, Deputy. The lodge starts it, new quar-
4 t.i.
condiion....At the annual session OF the Waldo
District Lodge in this city Feb. 2ih the visiting
members will be treated to picnic dinner by Bel
| fast Lodge. Besides installation Of officers and
| the usual business this evening in Belfast Lodge
there will be charadc.
| WARNING WOMEN. A lively of words be
| tween two women recently took place ON boart
| steamer May Queen while crossing the bay. \
| female named BROWN Isles b,-n