The Republican journal., 1883-10-11

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The present beautiful moon is called the Hunters
Moon.
The vessel building in Mcdonald & Browns yard
| for Capt. Holt of Ellsworth, will launch Oct. 18TH
All the U. S. jurymen from Belfast at the recent
term Of the court at Portland excused for dis
| ability.
Large numbers of Belfast people have taken adj
vantage of the excursion rates and visited Boston
| and the fairs.
Rev. Mr.. Gerrsh's book, 1.-THE Blue and the
Gray will be ready for delivery about Oct. 18th
The book has been enlarged and now contains $50
| pages.
The Belfast party who picknicked on the fair
grounds at Monroe have christened the spot where
they made their coffee Elizabeth valley. Asa will
| tell you why.
| Thursday morning of last week the sidewalks
were thickly strewn with hailstones. Snow has
fallen in several towns IN the county, and ice has
| made several nights.
| The b. & B. Steamboat company has decided to
extend the excursion rates to Boston until Monday,
Oct. 18TH Those wishing to visit the great fairs
should embrace this opportunity.
Mrs Silvia P widow of the late S. B. Hanson,
dled at her home in this city on the 9th, aged 10
years. She was attacked few years ago with
| paralysis from which she never rallied.
Arnold Harris has notified the Masonic Temple
Association to discontinue the drain from the Tenn
| pie building across his land in the rear of Main
| street. The matter may come before the courts.
man stole sheep skin belonging to Small Il
| Houston, from the sidewalk Friday. Mr. Small
| caught the thief who on his way to the wool
factory with the skin where he would have sold it,
Mr.. John w Holmes, of Belfast formerly in the
employ Of F. T. Barnum and Adam Forepaugh, is
now proprietor Of place of amusement at 434 Full
ton street, Brooklyn, n. Y, known the Standard
| Museum, and is said to be doing we'll
| On Saturday last the shoe factory hands were
paid off for one months labor the amount paid out
| being $500. The stores busy places in the
| evening, large portion of the money being left
with the traders. The factory now employs l15
| hands
| Watab, u trotting horse owned by the Mudg,tt
Bros, of Belfast, was injured at Monroe trottng
| park on Friday of last week While the animal
was being exercised preparatory to trotting heat
it stepped on small stone spranng its ankle. The
animal could not be brought home.
We make no claim TO patent rights on newspa-
| pers, and have made none. Nor do we propose to
infringe on the Prog. Age patent for stupidity. We
simply called attention to the fact that the Age after
| crticlzing the Journal for adopting plain letter
head, did the same thing itself twelve years later.
| A Providence, r. l., paper III giving full paricu-
lars of the recent session Of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows in that city, also presents a
very good picture of Hollis NJ Coombs, Grand Mas
| ter Of Rhode Island. Mr.. Coombs is Belfast boy
and has many friends here who are pleased at his
| preferment
the new vessel in Carter & Co.'S yard, building
for Capt. Henry j. Chaples, has been named the
Palatka. Palatka is a town ON the st. Johns river
in Florida iii fly miles above Jacksonville, and is at
the head of vessel navigation. 1t is an attractive
and enterprisng place. The schooner will
carry her first cargo to Paatka.
| STEAMER FLORENCE. This fast and popular
steamer, which has for some time been running be
tween this city, Castine and Brooksvlle, will
| ttnue on the route. The fall time table is publish
| ed In to-day's paper. Capt Decker has made him
self very popular and by promptness in running
and strict attention to business has won the conf
dence OF tho public.
Some thief stole Capt. John Hasse's horse from
|
ed, on Friday evening of last week The team was
taken at about six O'Clock. Half an hour later the
horse was seen passing the house of J. C. Written
at the upper bridge, coming towards the city, the
carriage being empty. 1t is thought that some one
living beyond that point stole the team, rode home
| and then sent the horse back alone.
| Capt. Fred S. Dyer, of Linconyille, has been
awarded $4l2.50, with interest, which swells the
amount to $780, Alabama claims for personal effects
lost by the burning of bark T. c. Alexander, off
| Monhegan, in Aug, 1864. Capt. Dyer mate of
the bark and on the 10th of Aug, 1864 when few
miles outside of Monhegan the Alexander fell in
with the rebel cruiser Tallahassee and was captured
and burned. Later in the day schooner cap
tured, boarded and the crews of several burned
vessels placed on board anu sent in. The schooner
| landed the men on DIonhegan.
A NARROW ESCAPE During the high wind of
Thursday last Mr.. Joseph G. Townsend, of this city,
and Mr.. Frank Wood, of Northport, engaged
In removing the canvas covering from the roof of
the exhibition building at the Park. gustof wind
lifted the canvas, and with Mr.. Townsend it was
blown to the ground, distance of over twenty feet.
Mr. Townsend struck partially on his feet. He was
taken up unconscious and remained for some
| time. His wrist was spraned but fortunately he
was not seriously injured. Mr.. Wood barely es-
| capped being blown of the building.
z. H. kiby, editor and proprietor of the Odd
Fellows Register, Portland, was in Belfast last
week looking after the interests of his paper 1t is
the only paper in New England devoted to the order
and has large circulation. The Register was for.
mcrly the property of NJ. NJ. Reynolds, of East
Greenwich, r. L., and was model paper in its mat
ter, make up and press work Two months ago the
paper was purchased by Mr.. kilby and moved to
Portland. The paper is printed at the job of
flee of Ford & Rich, Portland The numbers we
have seen since the change do not compare favor
| ably geographically, with the old management.
The printing is faulty, the proof reading wretched
and make up bad. The contents of the paper all
right. The Register has large circulation among
the Odd Fellows of Maine.
The annual picnic dinner of the Belfast party was
served on the fair grounds at Monroe on Friday of
last week. The large coffee pot was brought out,
the mess cloth spread in the valley the judges
stand, and happy crowd assembled around the
board. The party consisted of A. A. Howes, K. Ii.
Coombs and wife, Capt. A. Hunt and wife, H. y.
Lancaster and wife, Miss Sarah Gardner, Miss
Annie Wildes w. c. Marshall, II. G. Marden and
wife, Capt. Robert I. Emery, Mrs. Button, w.
B. Rankin and wife, and Capt. Havner, wife and
daughter, of Winterport. Among other Belfast
L.
.. Bailey, A. j. F. Ingraham, W. H. West Phin.
Moody, II. W. Clifford, f. W. Berry, Dr.. >. w,
johnson, r. F. Dunton, Ben. Field, Fred White, |
Willie Marshall w. p. Thompson, Ansel Wads- |
worth, e. w. Haney, c. II. Field, Lorenzo Dow,
George e. Bracket, James Pattee and wife, o. w.
Mckinney, Eben Littlefeld, George l. Mudgett |
| Henry Mudgett, Horalio Spicer Mr.. Mayo and
family, j. d. and James Tucker, John Fernald, Dr.
G. w. Stoddard and wife.
STEAMER NOTES. Steamer Cambridge. Satur-
day night, while about seven miles out from Rock
land, bound for Boston, broke her main shaft close
by the bearings. She anchored and remained there
during the night. Steamer katahdin, which left
| Boston at the usual time, Saturday evening" en-
countered the Cambridge Sunday morning, and
towed her to Rockland. Steamer Penobscot went
from Bangor early Sunday morning to Rockland,
and took the freight and passengers of the Katah
din, making the usual landings along the river to
Bangor, and the steamer Katahdin took the passen
gers and freight of the Cambridge, and left Rock
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