The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-12-13

GRAND ARMY I'o>T ELECTIONS. Thomas II
Marshall Po-t, hclla-t elected NV followin.
olcer7 last week 4. W. IIaHey, Conn.,. L. O. Pen
dlcton, = y. Coh.. Henry Staples, j. v Com.
rhllo ljer7cy Qlmr.; W. IL sanborn, .. of D.. u
T. Guptil, O. of g.; Edgar Paul, surgeon. IL. W
rrundy Chap. Tue Post numbers over 100 mem
bers.... Officers Wc.e elected BY Lafayette Carve
Post q. \. r., Nnalhaycu, last saturday evening
A. follows: Commander, F. walls; senior Vic,
Commander, j. Mcintosh; Junior Vice Command
cr, Geo. Carver; Quartermascr, IL. :. Hopkins
surgeon, T. II. lytord: Officer OF the Day, Geo
W. Burns Onrer Of the Guard, W. Page Chap
lain, II. Z, Day; Adjutant, Hi T. Merriam.
POLICE NOTES. John Dollin was before Judge
Boar,Iman on Friday morning of last week for al
assault on john henley. The men we're workmel
at ilthIs granite works. Complainant testified tina,
in moving stone from the polishing mill respond
ant struck him over the eye win a crow ban
inficting d painful wound. Respondent pleadc,
not guilty and said it was an accident. In lifting
the stone the bar slipped and struck complainant
Dollin was found guilty and lined = and COST
from which ne appea LED and recognized to appear
at the r. j. Court. Before Judge BoMdman-
John Dean, Michael Mccarthy, John Walker
Thoma Foster and William Willard for drunken
ness were sentenced to fifteen days each in Jail.
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD. We have received
the twenty second annual report of the officers OF
this corporation tol the year ending sept Both The
business Of the road shows gratifying increase
over last year. The gross earnings for 1882 were
-, G}3 l40.0 for SS3 81, >G4 Gl5.3, an increase OF
So, i570l Total number of passengers carried
LILO 937, against 93i ,13S last year. Total number
Of tons of freight carried, 7714s9, against 556 6t
last year. Receipts for same 1896 ,947l. On the
Belfast branch the passenger traffic is about The
same as last year while the freight is largely ii
excess. The amount of tons received at the Bel
fast station is nearly double that of last year
while the amount shippe remains the same. The
receipts Of the Belfast station for 1852, for passen
gers and freight received and sent out amounted I,
$} ,6l9.65, while the items for 1883 amounts Il
S31 81. The following is detailed account OF
the business the branch-Belfast, passenger
tickets sold 1906, amount, $l2,soo.l3 freight re
ccived S,23S tons, amounting to SIS ,63309; freight
sent out 4,1li tons, amounting to 1929 a. City
Point, G29 passengers S406.55; tons of freight re
ceived Il tons, 1924 shipped 3S1 TONS s577.SO
Waldo 26G passengers, $359.95 freight received, i
tons, $3.50; shipped lS6 tons, $472.19. Brooks
2,072 passeng gers $2,02ll5; freight received 1860
tons, 2323.67 shipped, $3.50 tons, $5,92607. Knox
passengers, 259, S2G1.9i freight received 81 tons
$23.3l; shipped, 323 tons, $9ol.47. Thorndike
passengers 1877, 81 OG2 iG; freight received, 1865
$3,3lS5l; shipped, l,1S3 tons, Sl,Sl5.34. Unity
2,lsO passengers, $2,5os.4G freight received, II
tons, S23ll.l0 shipped 1900 tons, 50 $500. Burn
ham, passengers, 1929, $263l.l2; freight received
$50 tons, sl,5ls.65; shipped, $50, $l,64l.79.