The Republican journal., 1882-03-02
News of Belfast and Vicinity.


Ship Cora, Capt. Thombs, of Belfast, arrived at
San Francisco on the 10th, in ballast after fine
passage of twenty nine days from Japan.
Frank Patterson celebrated the fifth anniversary
of his married life at Foss Hall, Saturday, by
wooden wedding His associates at the shoe factory
and others, made some very handsome and useful
presents
The booksellers and Mrs. Barker, in this city,
ceive frequent calls for copies of David Barker's
poems. The book is now out of print, the first
edition having been exhausted. A second edition
ought to be printed.
The next lecture in the High school course will
be given on Saturday evening by Rev Mr.. Tufts.
Subject-"Other Worlds Than Ours" When the
full arrangements are made we shalt publish list
of the lecturers with their subjects.
Mr.. c. j. Hail. of this city, has sold sch s. j. Gil
more to a. C. Gray & Co., Rockland The schooner
will be commanded by Capt Hiram Rhoades. The
Gilmore is l23 tons, about ten years old, and was
built in sullivan. She was taken away on Monday.
Sch. Castellane, of Thomaston, in the storm of
last week, went ashore on Mouse Island, near
Boothbay, and became total loss her Gtrso If
lime taking fire The Casteanc was built in this
city in 1880, and was owned here until about ten
years ago
The horse of James Pendleton, of SearspOrt be
came frightened at the depot, on Saturday, and
clearing itself from the sleigh dashed through the
shipyars, over Bay View street, and finally
stopped at VIM Dyer's, near Cottrells shipyarl.
The animal was not injured
THE ORANGES. Waldo County Council will hold
its next regular meeting with Mystic, Belmont,
Tuesday, March It'll at 10 O'Clock \. Basket pie
mic dinner. following the officers Of Island
Grange. Islesboro--M., Austin Trim; o., Joseph Il.
Grover; T., John p. Bragg; s., Wilson Coombs, a.
$, VIM. w. Haynes; Chap Pillsbury Coomhs; T.,
Catherine NJ. Coombs, Sec Edna Wargent, &. X,
James Richards Ceres, Mabel HAYNES; Pomona,
Ellen VI. Wyman; Flora, Anna Bragg; l.. A. s.,
Mary Whitcomb.
The sketch on the first page entitled "'rhc story
of Charles Grecneaf" Is from The Nassar Miscel-
lany, and was written by Miss NJ F. Hussey,
daughter of Thomas b. Hussey, of Unity. The
young lady few wears ago Il pupil in the Bel
fast High school, but is now at Nassar college,
where she will graduate in the class of 1884. The
story is exceedingly well written is drawn from
life and true in all its details. Many Of our read
ers will remember old Charles Grcenleaf and his
eccentricities, and will be glad that Miss IIussry
has thus pprpetuated his memory.
Gentlemen in this city recently sent west two
bushels of CLANS in the she'll One bushel went to
Terre Haute, Indiana, and the other to Milwaukee.
The CLAIMS packed in weed with a quantity
of Indian meal on which they fed They We're forty
hours from Boston and arrived alive and in good
condition The family to whom they were sent at
Terre Haute invited friends to the feast, and a
genuine down east clam supper was the result \
lot was given to a leading merchant of the place
who, forty five years ago was resident Of Maine
and in all the years since leaving the Pine Tree
State his eyes have not been blessed hy Tic sight OF
clam, When he behed the byalves he Is said to
have actually wcpt
We call the attention of our readers to the advcr
tsemcmt, on the fourth page, of the Rockland Com
mercial College. The institution is prb,pering fine
ly, and its prospects are very hatte"Hg 1t l. the
best and largest school Of the kind in the state
having l2J pupils, of both SEXES, in attendance
Practical instructions in bookkeeping, business
writing, commercial law, business -pondencc
arithmetic and grammar are taught. Also special
studies in navigation. photography and ornamen
tai penmanship. Sin competent instructors are en-
ployed Mr.. kigore, one Of the propretors, i, u
brother Of Dr. klgore ami II. L. kilgore, Of thi-
city. There j. need of going out Of the state to
receive instruction in these branches when such cN
ceent opportunities are afforded 1T home Read
the advertisement.
Ice NOTES. The Evening Register, of Hudson
\. Y, says of the lee crop in that State that-"No
more than 2000,000 tons have been gathered, which
Is less than half the average crop, aud the quality
generally is inferior OF last years crop less thar
100000 tons were left over, while usually they have
double that quantity. The old crop is in poor con
dtion and much of it is understandable Upon
the whole, the Ice crop on the Hudson this season
has been failure, and dealers seem to have a bet
ter excuse than usual for putting up prices Ii
is believed that our people can dispose Of ;heil ice
to an advantage, rs the quality Of the commodity
here is always excellent. ice frc4hts are going
up in this city. on Saturday $50 per ton vas Of
fered to New York, and schooner5 Mary and TIar
mona We're chartered, and are now loading al
Pierce's wharf. The ice is taken from the pond
The Belfast choral society will probably come t.
this city to assist in concert this spring The 50
Ciety in this city decided not to go to Belfast The
travelling will he hard, but they sent IN invitation
to the Beifasters, through Mr.. Blake, which, We
understand, has been accepted ICourier-C iazette
. The above is not correct The arrangement wa;
that the two societies would unite and give per
forlnances IN each city. The Courier Gazette says
"As the travelling Will be hard" the Kockland %
ciety will not to Belfast, but they understand
that the Belfast society will go to Rockand. In other
words, the Rockland society is 50 delicatry con
stitued that hard travelling will keep them at home
but Belfast can come to them. Why don't YOU say
that you not up in singing and let it 90 10 that
Prof Torrens has invited the Belfast society tc
Bangor to assist in dcdicating the new opera house
and they will doubtless 90.
BLOCK MAKING. The making of ships blocks is
an old local industry, but Tor few years nothing
of the kind has been done i'll Belfast. Mr.. Isaac A
Murch, of Ellsworth, has just opened a block SHOP
in the foundry buil'ting, and with new and improv
ed machinery Is prepared 70 turn out first class
work of all descriptions. The first block maker in
Belfast, according to Williamson was Joshna
Adams, who had shop near where the railroad
depot now stands. Afterwards he moved to Car.
ter's ship yard. About lS25 Lewis c. Murch, who
had served long apprenticeship at block making
in Castine, moved here and opened a shop, which
business he carried on until within few years. \
number of his sons followed the same business
Isaac A. Murch, the gentleman who has just reviy
ed the work here is son of Lewis c. and has been
Il block maker from b0yhood. Thirty years ago he
left Belfast settling in Ellsworth, where he carried
the same business. With the revival Of ship
building, the large fleet of vessels here, and being
an excellent workman, it is believed his venture
will be 4 He is aided bv some of our mos
enterprisng vessel owners. The making of ships
blocks has improved with everything. From the
Old hemp strapped morticed block with the shc;vt
running on a wooden pin, we have the symmetri
cally shaped made block, iron strapped with frc-
ton rollers, whose rafting is sweet music to the
of a sailor. The first set of machinery for
making blocks invented by Brunei early in the
present century, and was set up at Portsmouth
England In S0S Blocks, with the aid of ropes, are
used to gain an increase of power and are either
single having one sheave, double, threefold, four
fold &c. A block consists Of the Shell, sheave, pin
and strap. The shell is the frame or outside part
and is usually made Of ash. IL consists Of pieces
pinned together the two principal outside pieces
being oval shaped and called cheeks. The open
apartments between the checks the shcaye
holes. The sheavc is the wheel over which the rope
runs, and is made Of metal or lgnum- yite. In the
centre of the sheaye is hole to receive the hin In