The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-08-04

| Tested with thief VINO prowls about i'll the night
time and enters ''weUinrs. rec mtly the "Se Of =
Mr. Abbott was entered, and later the house OF
| Reuben Branard Last week the thief broke into
| the house of Tieston Wadn but took nothing,
| evidently becoming frightened at something. The
| people alarmed and dare not keep any money
| about them.
| SEARsMoNT. The haying season thus far has
been poor one, and farmers in this town have lost
| large quantities of hay. Two unknown men came
to town last week and put up at the hotel. When
| about to leave it discovered that their gig was
| out of repair. The men made arrangements with
lhe landlord TO 1lN up the gig, at the same time Dor
| rowing of him carriage with which to drive to
Belfast, promising to return in day or two and
| pay the bill. The men have not been heard from
| since DR.. p. A. Crooker has recovered from his
injuries and Is again attending to business Mr.
| y. Mariner and son were thrown from their car
| rage one day last week. The vehicle was some
what smashed, but the gentlemen escaped uniniur
ed. VIM. :. Hunt met with similar accident last
week.
| MORRILL,. Our quiet villagers were startled last
| saturday afternoon by the arrival of Sheriff Baker
| followed by several other carriages. They dashed
| through the village, halted and proceeded to arrest
| several of our innocent boys, which however were
| not the ones wanted. Farther on they found the
| tramps they were after and started homcWard.
Mr. James Mears has exchanged farms with his son
RoIie, and now lives in our village. j. u. White
| has sold his two story house and lot in the village
to Josiah Cross, of Searsmont, who will move in in
about fortnight. County Council L. of II meet,
| in ID. o. Bowen'S grove next TUESDAY. Richard
| Nuttcr, Lecturer of Maine state Grange, will he
present and address the Patrons and farmers of
| Waldo Go. \ large attendance is expected.
Farmers have had hard time to get their hay and
many tons in this town are rendered worthless
WINrERPoRr. Capt John W. Arey, well
| known ship master, died in Boston, July 2Gth aged
| siNty-four wears. lie Wa formerly resident of
| Wnterport.. .Ebridge Fernald has bought the
John Webb property on Water Prof. Slit
has been delivering short course of lectures ON
miscellaneous subjects Mormons, Indians, big
| trees of California, &c....Rey Mr. Pratt favored
Ou people with "reminiscences of his early life, and
% his subsequent itincrant life, sunday evening
Il, It. He listened to with much interest. .Oul
people filing up their coal bins for winter from
| Il cargo received by +. G. Arey Price 1928 per ton
net. Considerable hay handled last sunday.
The ON had been in the ditch so long that they were
obliged to haul him out on the sabbath day to save
his life....An excursion by the Catholics of Win
erport is announced for to-day <ThursClay to Fort
Point and Dirc's Head, on the barge Clifford. Nc
Quown'- orchestra will furnish music.
PENoBsCoT MessI-. Martin and True Leach
| have Just completed boarding house in connec
ton with their brick yard. Mrs. True Leach hat
| The care of the house. They have burned a Kiln of
2o0,ooo bricks and are shipping them to Boston in
sch. ID. I. Patchen, Capt. Patchcn. .Messrs. Bow
den x Grindle, have burnela kiln of 4o0,O 900 bricks
and are shipping them in the Schs. Amazon Capt
| BoWten, Fairdeaer, Capt. Grindle, Cabinet Capt
| Leach. Forest Grindle has bought the Charles
| Bridges place and will 90 into brick making 4
more extensive scale than heretofore Business
is brisk and if man is willing to work he can get
plenty of employment and good wages What a
| laundering summer we have had For thirty two
consecutive days 4 thunder storm was within hear
ing, and nearly every day passed directly over
The lightning has struck in many places, but foru
| nately has done no damage. Mr.. Austin Hutch
ing> of |. vnn Mass, former resident of this place
| is spending his summer vacation with MS His
cheerful face bring. pleasant memories of the past
to his many friends here.
CAsrINE. Edwin Lee Brown, ESD, Of Chicago
4 native of this state, President Of the National
Humane Association, delivered 4 lecture in the
Orthodox church on sunday evening. subject
Cruelty to Animals in Transit" =. .Rev. Mr.. Dt
Long Of Mc'lford, Mass. who is spending his sum
mer vacation here, occupies the Unitarian pulpit
during The absence Of the Pastor, Mr.. Locke. )
in commenting on 'Nl's advice to cNcur5ionst1,'
seem, to he entirely in error in relation to the acct
dent Of the May Queen. In The first place the May
Queen was not intending to 90 to "Dice'- Head
but to Castine village, where the largest ships can
II, ia.
dent occurred before the steamer crossed the lay
some twelve miles from Castnc. We know nothing
about Ma;tnocook but to charge Dicc- Head viii
an accident which happened on the way to Sears
port, because the steamer was bound to a port III
the town where Dicc's Head is Situated, is rs I'M
just as it would he to charge Colorado With tn,
shooting Of the President, because the lead from
which the balls were run was taken from her mines
Nv think we have never seen many summer
boarlcr- in Clstine a. at present. Many applica
lions for cottages at Dicc's Head have been madt
recently. The new Town IIouseiS complete. ano
looks finely. No better behaved excursion parc.
come here Than those from Belfast. The Castin,
Camp Meeting will commence on the 18th of tn,
present month.
CANDIES. over one year ago a Mrs. Bartlett, OF
Hope, lost a pocket book containing over thirty
dollars in bank bills Recently the pockctbook Will
it. contents were found in the cellar Of her own
house The bills were acted upon hy the damp
ness of the cellar that they could not be separated
OF handled without falling to pieces, except by an
expert in this business. The package therefor,
was brought to Camden and shown to merchant
who passed it to the Camden National Bank. Ipol
4 careful examination the cashier finding that any
effort to separate the bill. to ascertain their rea
posed t. send the entire package, ndisturbecl, tC
the L. ;. Treasurer, which he did, accompanied
with a note enquirng if the bills were Of any value
and if they or any part of them could he redeemed
In due time the cashier received communication
from the L. :. Treasurer stating that the contents
of the wallet was-two 81 [. :. notes =; two ).
National Bank notes $40; one $40 National Banl
note so: total, So And inclosed was a trans fel
check the Assistant Treas, New York, for The
amount. Under the old banking system there woulo
have been dead loss to the holder of the notes.
The letter in last weeks Journal addressed to W
W. Perry by one of hi hired girls meets with gen
cral approval by every one we have heard speak o
it....T. Il. Sm0nton Esq. has just returned from
The Maranocook temperance meeting and reports
good time. quite Il large number of arrival,
OF summer boarlerS nave reached Camden within
few days past.
LIBERTY. Large quantities of hay We're ~poileC
by the bad weather during the past two weeks
Dark brown hay with blue mouldy polka spots vii
be in fashion next winter, The woods are full OF
former residents of this place who have com" HON,
to roost on the old vine and liz tree for season
| Frank Chaplin, of the firm of Chaplin X son. boot
and shoe dealers, No. 1914 Washington street, BoS
ton Il Liberty boy, is stopping with L. c. Morse fo1
Il few weeks William Aver, of Emira, y. Y.
and NJ. Butman of Lynn, Mass, both former mer
chants of this village visiting their friends here
....Thc following persons that were residents o
this town II years ago doing business il
| other places and all successful: Chaplin 4 Son
Boston, &. Chaplin, Brookline, Mass, John Brown
| Worcester, Mass, VIM. Aver, Emira \. y, NJ
| Bulman, Lynn, Mass, b. L. Clough, Chmlestown
| Mass, y. A. kcene, Charleston, Mass, G. L. Nher
| man, Burnham Me- Frank tpham, Augusta, Me