The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-03-09
News Of Belfast and Vicinity.
City election next Monday.

| NEWS OF Belfast ana Vicinity.
| City election next Monday.
Montvie is talking up a lodge of Odd Fellows.
The aldermen will be in session on Thursday
Friday and Saturday, for the purpose of revising
| the check lists.
The finder of lot Of keys Il fiat ring will be
amply rewarded by returning them to the owner
Geo. A. Quimby.
| Ship Cora at San Francisco, has chartered to load
lumber at Port Discovery, Puget Sound for Iquique
| Peru, at 81 per thousand.
| Bark H. D. Brookman, of New York, built in Bel
fast in 1856, abandoned waterlogged Feb 18th.
| She was from New York for London
| Mr.. George Read is making friction rollers for
| ships blocks, a new venture. The patent having
expired this roller is any ones property and is
| staple article.
| \ number Of Belfast people will go to Bucksport
next Saturday, to witness the dedcatory ceremonies
of new organ at the Methodist church Mr.. Gerrish
| has been heard from
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Sargent of Belfast ccle-
| brated the fifteenth anniversary of their welded
| life, ON Thursday evening of last week. They re
| ceived many presents and hearty congratulations
| from their friends.
Charles Greenleaf the eccentric school teacher,
| sketch of whom appeared in the journal OF last
| week. Il school teacher IN this city and Is
remembered by many of older people. lie in
| troduced his grammar into the school.
Sch. Abram Richardson. the vessel recently pur-
| chased here, arrived from Boston on Saturday
| morning, beating the steamboat. She is Il very fine
| looking vessel and is valuable acquisition to the
| Belfast fleet She was built at Bass Ifarbor Mt
| Desert. The Richardson is commanded by Capt
| Geo. Pattersfa
Mr.. A. II. Kelley said good thing at Hay ford
| Hall on Saturday evening, when introducing Mr.
Tufts TO the audience at the second lecture OF the
| High school course. In commenting on the very
small number present while across the street
| Pierces Hall ovcr-run with dancers, Mr.. keI
ley said-"Wben the heels and heads Of Belfast
come into competition, the heads have no show"
| And it is even so.
PERSONAL. The Governor has made the follow
| ing nominations in Waldo county-W. KnowIton of
Belfast, and T. II. Smith, Prospect Trial justices
l. a. Sprague, Isesboro, Dedimus .Justicy....At a
| fire in Watcrve last week the iewelry establish
ment Of Mitchell Bros was burned one of the firm
is Herbert Mitchell formerly of Belfast. The firm
loses quite heavily Frank L. Ekns, formerly of
tii9 'llG, - pUDllNiCl bl Inc JHdGltSlONI Mass.
News well printed and nrwoy paper.
The Bangor Amateur, were greeted by a full
house in this city last week, notwithstanding ii was
| stormy and disagrgeabie night. "Camlla's IIus-
| band' and "A Regular Fix" were pleasingly pre-
scnted and in some individual cases much dramatic
| talent was exhibited. The Amateurs have many
friends in thi, city who will always De pleased to
meet them. At the close Of the entertainment the
Amateurs were invited to Pierce's Hail. where a
| few hours We're spent N dancing Andr " : orche--
ira, which, by the way, delighted the audience at
lIayforl Han, furnished the music for the dance.
Too much cannot be said in praise this orce. ira
The Greenfield, Mass Courier oG recent date
| contains 4 long article a new invention and the
| formation of company for its manufacture with
n capital OF $4,000. The Inventor /, Col. a. T.
Rich, and the article is stopper for bottles. 1t is
| principally adapted for soda water, ginger ale or
| drinks charged with carbonic acid ga. The com
pany is making its own bottles ana stoppers Col.
! Rich is the youngest son Of Joseph Rirh formerly
of Thorndike, ami brother Of r. : Kich of the
same place. Col. Rich is Il locomotive builder hv
trade. At the breaking out Of the rebellion he
| found himself in North Carolina and was pressed
into the rebel service running trains from different
points. Having wife and children in the south
he preferred to remain there rather than escape to
the North. Iii, hoped the venture will he surre $
| full.
TRANSFERS IN REAL ESTATE. The following
are the transfers in real estate III Waldo county,
for the week ending March eth. seth Bartlett,
| Hope, to Marcus O. Wentworth x AL same town.
| Howard II. Bachelor, Swanville to VIM Davis.
Belfast. Henry {. Bailey, Belfast, TO Hiram Elli.
same town. Timothy Dunton, >earsmon;, to Mrs
! Films, same town. Loren W Fowler, Searsnont 10
Elias Skidmore, Liberty. Daniel Fuuncn Belfast.
| to Orman A. Hopkins same town. Lena l. clifford
| N al Washington territory Chas. A. Mescrvcv,
Appleton. Geo. W. GoodeIl, Belfast to J. W Fred
erick, same town. Melinda Mahonay 4 al Lincoln.
vile, to l4ovica l.. Moraug, same town. IIoi, NJ
| Peavy, Iowa, 10 Chts. ID. Davis, Brooks Mary
ID. Page Brooks, 10 Prince Ee~sey, Thorndike.
| Bridges G. sherman, Liberty, to Alnon ". Rich
ards, Camden. Seth G.. Wyman, LnconyiIIc to
Sarah 7. Trim, I,e,boro Martha T. Young 4 al,
l-incomville, to Loyica l.. Moran- same town.
The second lecture Of the High school course,
was given at lIayford HAIL. ON Saturday evening,
| by Rev. Mr.. Tufts-suhjcct, "Other Worlds than
our Own" The speaker gave sketch Of the an
| tlquitv Of astronomy which WA known many cen
turtles before Christ Pythagor;ls was the first who
discovered that the sun Was the centre of our solar
system and that the planets rcyolyed about it until
then it was believed that the earth was the centre
The latter belief at last displaced that of Pvthaeo
ras and it 1900 years before the true doctrine
AGAIN came INTO vogue. Our sun with all the solar
system revolNes around a still greater sun, ana the
latter still about another. The immense distance
of the heavenly bodies was touched upon Light
travels at the Of 100000 miles every second If
the north star should be boted ont of existence to
day its light would shine for As years-or in other
words it would require that length Of time tol, the
light Of the reach the earth The Stars Of the
! Pleiades, or milky way, are far distant that it
requires 200 years for their light to reach the earth
The lecture very interesting and deserved a
larger audience. The third lecture viii be on Sat
urday evening next, by Rev Mr.. Libby. Subject
| "Mun."
| BARREL HEAD MAKING. Some time since MI
AAcl IIayforl began the manufacture of fish barrel
heads at the in the Belfast foundry building
| recently occupied by Politics. kit factory Barrel
heads are usually made from pine Mi Hay ford
| the past winter bought and hauled from the east
side 4 quantity of pine logs These logs are taken
to circular and junked up into the required
| lengths Another saw splits the blocks into small
boards about three fourths of an inch in thickness
The lumber Is then placed in the dry house where
| it Is thoroughly seasoned, when it is ready to he
| made into heads. One side OF the head is planned.
| The next operation is t, doWcl together two or
| more pieces until the surface is large enough to
| make 4 barrel head. The edges Of the pieces are
first jointed and then placed against two revolving
| glmlets, which bore hole about two inches IN
| depth. Into this hole dowcl pins are placed and
| the pieces firmly pinned together. The material
now goes TO the header where it is sawed into shape
This is done by placing the doWelled pieces on to
| circular drum, which reyoiycs against saw. The
heading is held at such an angle is to champer the
| edge. The hraG is not completed, the finishing
| being left to the cooper who sets up the barrel.
The machinery in use is the same formerly employ
| ed by Mr.. Hayford 1T his mill in Orind. Fish bar
| rel heads always in demand, and are worth from
seven to eight cents each. Mr., Hay ford has already
received orders from different places asking forcar
| loads We do not know whether or not this is to
become permanent business, but Mr.. H., who is
| never idle, is filling in some spare time