The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-12-07
News of Belfast and Vicinity.


Mrs. Fitz Gilbert, living on Cedar street slipped
down on Tuesday and fractured her ankle
Susan III. Jackson, of Montvillc, now in this city,
has been adjudged insane by medical eXamnat
ion.
sleighs were out on Thanksgiving day, for the
first time this season, enough snow having fallen
the night previous 10 make indifferent sleghing.
Sarah f. Mcservey, of this city, has sued Belfast
for $1,000, for alleged damages in being thrown
from carriage at City Point, on July 4th, She
claims the accident was caused by defective
highway. The city denies
One of our local marketmen said he never had a
better sale of Thanksgiving poultry than last week.
Every turkey he could get hold of went quick at
twenty cents per pound All the markets made
substantially the same report.
Thombs 4 Osborne. salmakers, have been COM
PEELED for the past ten weeks to work every night
to keep up with their orders. At times they have
employed fourteen hands. some 10000 yards of
canvas have been made into sails in the ten weeks
work
meeting viii he held on Wednesday evening of
next week at ~ O'Clock. in the room over f. b
Know tons store for the purpose Of organizing a
new Reform Club 1t is expected the club will
start with thirty members.
Postmaster Bean has engaged Il livery team to
bring the mail agent and noon mali from the depot
to the postotice as soon as the train arrives, thus
ensuring the delivery eff the mail from fifteen to
twenty minutes carrier IMAM formerly
Mr. George Murc of Morrill, sailed from Mobile
Sept. 9Th in Boston ship, bound for port in
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The samples of shoes recently sent away from
the Belfast factory lind much favor in the Boston
markets, and orders have been received from them.
y very l"lse stofA "I leather was received ut the
l"''oi9 on 7"'U'''S any prospects i"f the future
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TWO seamen, John Comes IarCline and joaquin
Jose ilenique, were Lefore Justice Joseph Will
hanson, on Wednesday, for desertion from Schr
Elm CITY The men had shipped, signed articles,
but subsequently shipped fer another vessel, and
refused to go ON board the Elm City They We're
committed to JAN To await tine sailing of the Elm
Nty.
Business is lively on the Belfast railroad. The
general frcighting business and the large amount
OF coal now going out makes very heavy trains
on Thursday the train was one hour and hair in
reaching Brooks Owing to tho frost in the rails
the driving wheels could not stick but slipped
badly large quantity of coal for the European
pfahch OF the Maine C'hifal l. now on lts way TO
TINS port
ISLEsBOKo ON SttI1r,iay evening =. Mr. 4 e.
Hunt, of IIoulton, was returnin. from III, po.tof
the carriage on to The horse. Thc horsfr;,n, throw
ing Mr. Hunt out frlctt,rins hi, hjp And inil,rinr
his Knee badIy. He bal q narrow ,.carr from
being killed Capt Thoma, H. williams wa.
chosen town treasurer on saturday TO ill the
vacancy caused by the death of W sherman
srr,vrr Norris Tho Pasta, steamers. ..,,.r
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ON Monday nFAt.Ntetmer May Queen, of Bel
fast has put IN new speed wheel, which is said
70 pc an Improvement to Ter sailing qualitie9.+..
me Bangor " hlE ahd Courier says llls rumored
that the Boston ah' Bangor steamboat Company
WIZ oult &c f-a|t boston tii7 winter steam pro
prner OF ABOUT the tonnage OF the cm bri', of the
Bangor amt Ear liarD"r line to be placed upon the
route rs winter boat between Rocklahi and Bar
liaroor IN place OF the MI Desert
closed this winter. Mis- White and AIr~. Alden
will spend the season in Boston, and Miss Mary
White in Bath. Henry =. White, Of this city, i to
be one of the editors ~ the Franklin journal, an
independent paper which is to succeed the Farm
ington Herald. Fusion. .Rev. T. Gcrri-h Has pre-
pared three lectures concerning his recent visit to
Gettysburg and the southern batte-lields and has
delivered them in Bangor and elsewhere with great
I,,, IL
MIR. and Mrs. William j. Colburn Of Toledo,
Onto are visiting friends in Bclfast. The Machfas
Union makes mention Of Mr. A. g. SmaIley. son Of
Capt b. L. SmalIev WHO is duiu. cuisines, In
Blackstone street, Boston, ana la one Of IN. ;,r,
est concern, il the glas- trade III \t,y Eu.1llG
can't. smalpv formerly resided in HrIfa-t. and i'll
son is a native of thi, city.
Ep' 'AlioNAi Aso"'lAil"N' Inc annual meet
ing Oh tue "aplo county institute WAS hcI' ''l ihe
iilsH S'h"ol room III 'hl9 Guy on fr"I ana ottul
''S - ~ "''N II - W.
$780, ""' ~ 'N'"! II ~ -" "9PooPl0 WY ~
1T hoN' = = i-"'e' 9''lc superintendent VI
common Schools W. ~ attendance "ho tooN "l
"''l'c p"il III ''e cAel'lSe7' ''eolSt T. bl"'Nt't
VI DeH"o'' plesp'eht 81 the a97ocl'tl"n' PfVSN'c"
me eNei'I7e9 oleue'' Ut IL 'loVA I'H l"ieNe""
i'i' iNo 'E ii'il' ~ - i''' \
lie stated lhat tiS was tht hlttchth meeting 6" lit
Mn" nc haN "Veh"el since ttic last ol september,
nc was Siad 10 gct nome AGAIN ne was "I''o
county man all helu membership IN lhIS aNSo'la
tloh. VI the l'o" men ah't women teachers III lAt
state none surpassed those OF Waldo county for
eiicleht work lie stated the object "t the meeting
to be the advancement OF education, ana for mutual
benefit of teachers. Here we come to relate our eX-
perlences and to take counsel of earh other The
first paper read was one Ivy W [. Curtis, principal
of the Belfast High school ON the "lnhuenre of
Surroundings upon the Iuplls. lie believed the
school room and surrounding Of school life should
De mate rs attractive AS me nome ne. IN rontu-
sion he sald-"Ouglt not school rooms to be made
as comfortable as the rooms in which we live, and
ought not the money be 50 eNpenled:' This paper
was discussed by many OF the teHrhers. Mr.. Luce
said the only school room in Maine, TO his know
ledge, which is carpeted, is the High school room
at Rockaud. 1t made the room look h0melike and
cheerful, besides the pupils matc less noise in
Ing about Mr.. Luce criticised the bylaws Of the
Waldo county association and said it was the only
county Institute which charged 4 membership fee.
He recommended that the fee Of % cents per mem
Der be abolished and membership be made free. At