The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-05-24
News of Belfast and Vicinity.

| We have received correction of the item in last
weeks Journal concerning the Evans school house,
Waldo, but perhaps the less sail about the matter
| the better
One evening last week stone thrown
through of the basement windows of the
Belfast shoe factory and came n ear hitting one of
| the workmen.
paper on the Capital Trials of the District of
Maine, by Joseph Williamson, Esq, Of Belfast,
will be read at the meeting of THE Maine Historical
| Society in Portland to morrow.
| The committee having in charg the Spritualist
camp ground will meet on the premises on We'd
| nesday of next week for the purpose of deciding
| on some plan of action in regardto improvements
| W. p. Thompson, the committee from the city
| government to dispose of the LIQUOR now Oh hand
has written to several agencies Jpn this state but as
| yet he has not effected sale. The state agency
| will be communicated with.
The stockholders meeting of the Belfast Manu-
featuring Co. again postponed and will be held
to-day, Thursday. The insurance companies sent
an engineer to Belfast last week to test the boiler
at the shoe factory and his rep4 rt will be laid be-
! fore the meeting.
Sheriff Wadsworth went to Augusta last week
| and brought back George Grover the horse thief,
who is now at Belfast Jail. Thd probabilities are
that he will not again break Jail There are three
| indictments against Grover, found at the last term
of court. He will be tried at THE October fern Of
| Court.
| CARRIAGES. Mr.. James Barker, of Searsmont
| advertsc5 i'll another column, d large number of
Inherent styles of carriages. Mn Barker is d man
| ufacturer of excellent reputation having been in
the business over twenty years lie EMPLOYS ten
men at his factory all skilled W Prkmen. Those in
want of good carriage at mani ufacturers' prices
| should give Mr. Barker a call.
POLICE COURT. WIN. Robbins, .Jr and Isaac
| Baker were found drunk and making disturbance
on board Capt HarCs vessel Id st week and were
| lodged IN Jail. On Saturday Robbins was SEN
fenced to 80 days in Jail, but Bal ker let out by
the Jail commissioners and has not yet been tried.
On Monday Horatio Anderson for drunkenness
and disturbance was sentenced ID 80 days in Jail.
Samuel Lear died at the Nel England House
Sunday morning at the age of F9 years. He was
born at Ossipee, " H., in 1S0 ahd came to this city
to reside in lS25. Mr.. Lear was hevermarred. lie
passed his entire life at the hotds in this city and
was well known to the travelling bubble His nearest
relatives live at MarbleheaJi, Mass. to whom he
leaves his property. His remains were blIied at
Belfast.
The citizens of Belfast are red uested to provide
flowers and to assist in the deed ration of soldiers
| graves on Memorial Day. The friends of deceased
soldiers who were residents of Belfast and whose
names have not yet been placed the "roll of
honor" are requested to scnd to James Pattee,
adjutant of Thomas H. Marshall Post, q. 4. K. the
names, date of ieath, company and regiment of
| such deceased soldiers
The painters have completed the interior of
Iicrce's Hall, and it presents cry handsome APP
| pearance The walls tinted, with border and
the ceiling is done in panel worR. The stage
cry is attractive and is the won k of MI. Iuvcncr.
The drop curtain represents a SC enc in Mexico and
is much admired by those who have seen it. The
stage has been enlarged and will be provided with
| dressing rooms. The hall is now well adapted for
! the use Of amateur and small companies.
The county commissioners met last week for the
| purpose Of opening the bids Ifor indcNin- Tie
volume, in the Register of Deeds office from Dee.
81, 1869 to Jan. l. 1850 seven hEd5 were received
as follow Mary T.. Rearlon, s73o l.. II. Murch.
$500, II. L. Frohoct. $500, }. q Cock, $500, Way.
| land knoWlou, twenty cents pei page all of Bel
fast, and p. NJ Fogler, of Augukta 500. and W.
II. Trundy, OF Frankfort, 800. The commissions
| ers will meet next week to make the award
The Mrs Mcclellan spoken Of a. being injured
last week in the cyclone at Kan las City, Mo, was
Mrs. w. II. Mcclellan formerly of this city. 4
Kansas City paper las been received containing a
| full account of the calamity. The paper states
that the house in which the McI.ellans lived was
completely demolished flat with the foundation
Mrs. Mel. with her two children was at home alone.
| The account does not state that they We're badly
| injured. man who lived in ahother part of the
same house had lee broken
Mention was made last week of bag fastener
patented by Messrs. Bradford q Burgess The
former is the inventor and the latter is Mr.. A. c.
| burgess, dealer in hardware I'm this city The
fastener is different from the one invented by Mr.
Bradford a few years ago and much better every
way, consisting principally of dhan and fastener.
1t IS said to work very nicely and as it is always
fastened to the bag will save much time ard
annoyance. The fastener will be manufactured in
this city and can be sold at very small sum. The
propretOrs anticipate an extensive sale in the w
! where much grainis shipped in bags.
| \ PROBLEM TO SOLVE. In the journal Of May
81 we published an item CONCERNING the penman-
ship of Mr.. Peter Moulton, of Unity, and of pro
blem he sent TO an Ohio paper with reward 10 the
first one who should solve it CORRECTLY MI. Moul-
ton has sent us the same problem, as follows
| 1t is now Saturday, May 10TH 1883, and have
| HVed Jl,l1S days. What year, what month"; what
| DAY OF the month and what day Of tie week was ]
| born:
! The first one of the Journals subscribers who
! gives correct answer will receive the Lords
Prayer written in full with an ordinary pen, on q
piece of paper that be covered with a ten cent
coin, every letter complete
Mr. Frank w. Berry returned home last week
! from New DIRK and brought with him thorough
bred Kentucky stallion known as hIambrino Lance,
which he purchased of Or. Tufts, Maiden, Mass.
| This stallion is said to be the finest animal ever
brought into this part Of the Stad. Mr. Parker, Of
Bay View stock farm, on the east side, says he has
| known the horse from colt when the stallion
was two years old he was sold fob $4,000. In 1873
he took the first prize at the New England Agrcul-
| tura fair, "a medal which Mr. Berry now has in his
| possession. Mambrino Lance is bv Mambrno
! Patchcn own brother to Lady Thorn dam Lucy
Ganet, by Endeavor. He is coal black, stands six
teen hands high, with fine, clear head and long
| and we'll proportional neck, and is a very hand
some horse.
REV MIR GERRIsH SECOND BOOK. Rev. Nh.
Gerrish Of Bangor is now at work bn another book,
which will be issued in September. While at the
South last fall he obtained much important inform
alton in regard the late war which has never been
| published, and he also made the acquaintance of
the Rev. Mr.. Hutchinson, of Frederickshurg a
| Methodist clergyman, who for four years was 4
| member Of the famous StoneWall Jackson Brigade.
| The book Will be Il Joint production of the two
gentlemen, and will give Il condensed and correct
| history of the two great armies to which they
belonged The title of the book is VERY appropriate
| 1.-THE Blue and the Gray" 1t will be an octave
volume of 800 or 100 pages, with twenty full page
maps and will contain roster of both armies for
| each year. Col. A. C. Hamlin, of Bangor and Gen,
Fz Hugh Lee of Virginia, will write introductions
for the work The design for the cover will be q
| Union and Confederate soldier shaking hands. No
words OF condemnation are to find place in the
| book, but two boys who carried their knapsacks
one in the Federal and the other in the Confederate
ranks, are TO tell their STORIES Ihe success of Mr.
Gerrsh's book on Army Life has been very great
and the venture will be looked forward to with
a good deal of expectation.
WILLS. The following wills were filed at the
recent term of Probate court In this city-IIarrot