The Republican journal., 1882-11-23

A sketch of Searsport by Howard Owen, will be
found on the first page of this weeks Journal.
Some of the brooks and ponds have frozen sutfl-
GENTLY to bear the weight of aperson and boys were
skating on Monday.
The Belfast Choral Society will resume their re-
hearsas Friday evening Gath inst at the usual hour
and place. Mr.. Blake will be present. New music.
Mr.. Hall has shipped by sch, Flora Grindle the
first cargo of dressed stone for his Boston contract
at the Back Bay. The stone is red granite and is for
coping.
POLICE NOTES. Peter Kelley and Charles Aus
tin, hailing from Portland, for drunkenness and
disturbance were sent to Belfast Jail for fifteen
days each, by Justice knowlto
meeting of French spoliation claimants was re
Gently held in New York and chose committee to
push the bill now before Congress. Circulars have
been sent to the dozen claimants in this city
We have examined advance sheets of the forth
coming number Of Brackets Illustrated Almanac
for 1888 and find it very nicely printed and fully
equal to last year edition. 1t will he ready for dis
tribution just before the Holidays.
The stable at Fort Point. owned by &. b. san
ford totally destroyed by lire on Monday night
together with farming TOOLS furniture stored four
heifers, one COW and horse, Loss $4,000, no
insurance. Cause OF the fire unknown.
Mr.. f. X. Mad,lorks, for fifty years a resident of
Belfast, ded ON Saturday of last week, aged s.
years. He was a native Of Boothbay Mr.. Mad
docks was the first Alderman in ward four after
the incorporation of Belfast as a city.
Geo. w. Burkett announces that workmen are
soon to begin the remodeng of his store, and to
reduce his stock he has made slaughter on
prices. Read his three column advertisement
I. w. Pitcher II Co. viii take possession Of their
new and fine store, No. ) Main st., NOV. 27th...
Miss a. F. Southworth announces Il fall line of
trimmed hats and bonnets, and the same untrim.
med,...A p. Mansfield, at Masonic Temple oGers
an attractive stock of seasonable dry ana fancy
goods,...W. X. Morrison 4 co. call attention to
their line of skates, which will be in brisk de
mand.. Money lost. The finder will he rewarded
by leaving the same ut this ohcc....S. IL, Mathews
calls upon all indebted 10 the estate of the late 4.
b. Mathews to settle with him.
The ladies and gentlemen who are to produce the
play of sour Boys" in this city next Tuesday even
ing hard at work ON their rchearsals, and it is
safe to say that they would not have attempted its
able manner. The music win be under the direction
of Messrs Chase and >anborn, and Miss Mau,le
Milliken has kindly consented t, sing between the
acts. The stage will he handsomely set, and such
costumes rs necessary for thc production of the
piece have been engaged, and all the minor details
carefully looked after. As the proceeds of the en-
tertainment will be devoted to Masonic purposes
it is expected that the Fraternity will assist a
they can in giving "Our Boys" a roli~ing house
Remember that the sale of reserved seats begins
this morning At 9 O'Clock at Potc's.
The paragraph III last weeks journal, relative tc
the LincolnviIle land case, has brought reply from
which we trust will be satisfactory to enquiting
correspondent. We give the essential points in
brief our space i valuable just now The lane
has been for sale some six or eight wears. About
three years ago an otrer of $3.50 was made, which
G. w. Young, then chairman of the board of select
men, did not see fit to accept No other offer was
made until about two months ago Harris Prock ten
dered $500, and petition was drawn up and nu.
merousy signed, asking the selccmrn to sell t.
Proek at that price. They did not understand that
they were compelled To make the sale If they could
get more. and sold the land to John Dean, fol
S2005o Mr.. Duncan SAYS. in conclusion "If any
more explanation is needed, will try and satisfy
all concerned as do not intend to 40 any business
uudcrhanded."
Thanksgiving has been appointed for Thursday
of next week. The proclamation says it is IL day OF
fasting and prayer, Iut in it, observance tits usual
ly LAY Of feasting. 4 look about our local mar
kets on Monday did not show any unusual activity
and high lie said that the country is full of vcnd
ers who go about buying up all the poultry obtain
able besides large quantities sent to Boston
Eighteen and twenty cents per pound are now pait
forturkeys, with the probability OF large prices neX
week. Not many geese come into market durin.
anksgiving week, there being little OF cali fo
them, while during Christmas week the sale o
geese Is large, Another dealer said the supply an,
prices of Thanksgiving poultry will depend on tn,
weather and the Boston market If it is soft wealth
er, the chances are the market will he glutted an,
poultry cheap, but ifit is cool crisp weather it will
be the reverse. Pork is on The decline but beef i
firm.
TRANSFERS IN REAL ESTATE. The fulowin!
are the transfers in real estate in Waldo county TO
the week ending Nov. 2lst-Mary J. Burns. Isles
Bangor, and Mary J. Burns, Islesboro, to :. II
Barbour, Brewer. Mary j. Burns, Islcsboro, {,
Chas. A. Barbour, Bangor. Chas. IL Black swan
VILE, to l., Il. Chapcn, SWanNillC y. +. Carpenter
jackson, to VIM Perry, same town. VIM. Il
Coombs, ID, I~lesboro, to Eben Stevens, Bangor
!. and X. W. lngrahAm, il, Linco!nlille to @. Ii
Thomas, same town Emeline c. Dillaway, Bel
fast to Flavilla j. Merrill, Belfast. Francis Dodge
Durham, to Margaret Luce, same town. Hamie
b. Elliot, Everett, Mass. to T.. y. and :. Il Fuller
Freedom. Jacob f. Eames, stockton, to Sally \
Eames, same town. Mary Freeman Prospect tW,
lots to ID. X. Thompson same town. Hollis +. Fay
Palermo, to G. T. Nutter, same town. q. ana Z, :
Fletcher stockton, by adnir., To Z. L. Roberts
same town. A. p. Fogg, Monroe, to Wilson Win
gate, same town. sias NJ Fuller, ~omcrVIc, i,
VIM. Moody, Belmont. a. {, GoddnE Brooks, t.
Peres L. Hall same town. :. l}, Hazcltne, Sears
mont, to Mary +. Moody, same town. J. r. Her
rick, Northport, to VIM. \. Bullock, same town
Francis NJ. Hartman, stockton, to II +. Hartman
same town. j. q. Knight, Searsmont, 10 l., f. wy
man, same town. Jane +. Libby, Chelsea to JOIN
NJ Smith, Belfast. J. H. Montgomery, ct al, Cam
den, to Edward Merrill, Rock land +. X. Mad
docks, Belfast, to Mary Rose Maddocks, Belfast
John l.. Norton, Winterport, to Joshua II. Thayer
same town. Lizzie \. Partridge, Stockton, to Sa
rah j. Staples, same Gown. VIM. \. Pendlcton
Revere Mass to VIM j. Martin, same town. G
G.. Roberts, stockton, to James NJ. Treat, SAINT
town. IL. l.. shepherd, ct al. Camden, to Edwar,
Merrill Rockland. John NJ. Smith, Belfast, to Am
w. Smith, Belfast Jonathan stone, Unity, TIVE
lots to I. j. Whitchouse, same town. Isabelle Il
Trip, Belfast, 70 Ada b. Nickerson, SWanyille
Jas. II. Taber, Unity, to VIM. W. Clark, Lowell
Noah 5. Twiss, Prospect, to Thompson Daniel
same town. Hannah Thomas, Linconvile, to O
c. Thomas, same town. James NJ. Treat, stockton
to J. &. Lambert, same town. +. T. Wilson, Sears
mont, to l.. NJ. Bryant same town. Samuel Wight
Belfast, to Orlando Iierrick ct al, Belfast
CHURCH NOTES. Rev Mr.. Libby, Methodist
preached very interesting and instructive sermon
Sunday, from the subiect-"What shall we read
After dwelling upon the importance Of the RICH
kind of an education, he came down to the licratur,
OF the dav. His denunca ton of such papers A. the
Police News, dime novels and flash story paper
was Just and truthful. He said they poisoned The
minds of the Young and were us detrimental to
community as a liquor saloon. He said it The
first duty of all to paronizc their local paper anC
If they We're church people by all means subscribe
to the church paper. When asked to ito so many