The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-12-11

ming on and after Monday next, and continue
through the holidays
Steamer Florence has entered upon her winter
arrangement For trip days time table publish
ed in another column.
Mrs. Jesse Robbins has purchased the house on
Spring street owned by Mrs. James Greer and occu-
pied by Mr.. Charles W. Haney.
There were thirty four prisoners at the Belfast
jail on Monday, including some from Knox county.
This is the largest that has been in our Jail
for some time.
Frank Banks, of this city, raised this 1000
heads of cabbages which he sold for five cents
each. Mr.. Banks started on Thursday last for
pleasure trip to California. He will return in
April.
| Little lnez seven years oh daughter of Mr.
Charles W Haney was quite badly injured on
Thursday last. school boy accidentally struck
her on the head with a bat, shocking her down and
intlicting scalp wound.
| WARM DAY. Mr. Murch informs Us that on
Sunday last the thermometer registered 81 degrees
above zero In some parts of the city it Co.
Mr.. Murch, who has kept daily record of the
weather ioi tWtntN-SlN wears, says mat sunday
was the warmest December day in all that time.
telegram reached this city on Monday stating
that Capt George Haskell. of sch. ID. ID Haskell
died at Galveston saturday last. Capt. Haskell
| belongs in Deer Isle, brother in law of Capt
). q. Haskell. the principal owner of the vessel
and one of the most enterprisng captains on the
coast. The vessel was built in Belfast few years
/ ago.
Last week the overseer5 of the poor of Belfast
| received letter from the Portland authorities
stating that one Chas A. Knight a commercial
! traveller. was sick and in distress at the hospital
Knight claims that he belongs in Belfast that his
/ fai hers name George Knight and that he died
seven years ago near the Head of the Tide. MIR y
G White has made inquiry but no one knows Or
/ remembers such family here.
/ THE STORM. storm Of rain and wind visited
! this section saturday night, but it cleared away
| warm and bright on sunday. The rain fall was
the heaviest for many months ant much needed.
/ No material damage done to shipping about
| the wharves. 4 small boat owned by MIR. VIII
| Howard, of North Castine, drove ashore at the
! sanford wharf and stove up. Mr. Howard, who is
carpenter, had a chest If tools on board and was
intending to go home on sunday. He lost a GOOD
portion of his tools. Those be saved We're dug out
of the sand and wreck on sunday morning.
The December term of the Probate Court held in
this city on Tuesday, is the last regular session of
the present incumbCnts. At the next term the
newly elected Judge and Register, Geo. T. John
son, Esq. and B. Z. Field, Esq, of this city. will
take charge of the conrt. The present officials have
4 been in "iice four years While differing from
them politically the journal has to speak
! of them otherwise than in praise. Judge I.amson
of Freedom, has made an excellent official. But
| three appeals have been taken from his decisions
and the supreme Court has sustained all three
With Mr. \. y Fletcher the Register, we have had
the most business, and have always found him
genial, prompt, and painstaking. Nh Fletcher is
graduate of Watervihe college, and is wei quail
| fed to fill any station in life. lie is noy teaching
| school The journal wishes success to the cute o.
ing officials.
The fact that prisoner at Belfast Jail, serving
out a sentence from the = J. Court, was allowed to
70 ont before said sentence expired got drunk and
was again arrested at large expense the county,
demands an explanation. \ Journal reporter call
ed upon sheriff Wadsworth and learned from him
the following: Two prisoners, W. l. Cunningham
| and Jerry Flags of this city, were sentenced from
the : j. Court to 60 days in jail, being appealed
cases from the Police Court Harrison IIavford
keeper OF the city poor went 10 the sheriff aud said
in substance that if the men were Kept in jail their
families were liable to become town charges, and
asked that they might he allowed to 20 ont aud
work during the day. The sheriff, after mucn per
suasion from Mr.. Hay ford ami the families OF the
men, consented. Fla2g got drunk. was arrested,
tried and sentenced to 30 days in Jail The cost Of
| prosecution was nearly $40. Mr.. Havfora has Il
right to look after his interests, but when that
interest conflicts with those of the tax payers Of
/ Waldo county the latter have a right to complain
| Mr. iayford should be held responsible TOR the
extra costs in this case. when man Is committed
to Jail on mitlimus the sheriff is in duty bound to
| keep him unless nc is liberated by other authority
The citizens have some rights in these matters nj
they ought to he res pecttu. The criminal costs of
! Waldo county are large enough when contracted in
| Legitimate manner
TRANSFERS IN REAL ESTATE. The following
are the transfers in real estate, in Waldo county,
for tile week ending Dee. 9th: Jacob L. Ames
Unity. to Curtis +. MITCHELL same town Julia
A. Bryant * ais, Linconvllle, to William ii. syl-
vester eamc town. Lyman Curtis, Winterport to
Clara Lowe, Bangor. Estate of Francis Cullen,
| Nmterport, to Francis Averill, same town Ran.
dali W. Ellis, Belfast to Meyill Hill, Northpurt
Hathaway J. Pickett, Monroe, to Darius Fickptt.
swanNille Allen Goudwn, Palermo. to Horace
l.. BlaC., same town. Rose l.. Greer * A.
Taunton. to Julia +. Robbins Belfast w ii.
lIatch Belmont, to Elsa Hatch, same town Mar
tina c. IIurd, Wnterport, to Clarendon o. Hurd.
same town. same to Amena d. Eaton, same
town. Charles r Harrison, Monroe 10 Albion X
Fletcher. same town Amos jackson, Morrill, to
Alfred ;. Jackson same town. Ntrrill Jones' .lr
Belfast. to Rufus }. Condor, same town. Abijah
Kendall, Wnterport, to Lyman Curtis, same town.
Dustin Lancy, Newton, Mass, to Harriet 4. Dur
and, New York. Clark NJ. Marden, swan,ilie to
}. G. Nickels, Searsport. George W. Mufch, Uni
ty, to Curtis f. Mitchell, same iowa. A. v and
Sarah Pendleton, Linconvie, to l.. II. Duncan,
Northport Gardiner Phbrick Thorndke, TO
Israel Woodbury., Morr Alfred W. Stubs,
Ear Harbor, to Lemucl X. STUDIOS, Hampden, W IN.
W. seavey, Bangor, to Amanda J. seavev, same
town. Ioratio Spicer, Belfast to Isaac r. Bowen,
same town Israel Woodbury. Morrill, To Alfred
;. JACKSON same town. Charles F. Wilton, Waldo.
to Martha \. Wilton, Colorado. Lewis A. Whit
comb Waldo. TO Charles A. Wilton, same town
Nathan L. Woodbury., Knox, to Ruby c. Woodbury.,
same town.
CELEBRATION Al MORRILL,. Thomas Storer and
his Democratic associates celebrated the election
OF CleN Gland by Il torchight procession and dance
at Morrill, on Thursday evening of last week. Uncle
Thomas, who is the democratic party of Morrill,,
had been busy for week making preparations
and inviting his friends, and it is said that suspc-
ious looking kegs We're route from Belfast
10 Morrill,. When Uncle Thomas invited Il friend,
he would tip him wink and say, "Come out, boys.
1t wont be any dry time" About hundred from
this city went out, and it is said there were 800 or
500 persons present. The torches were waGs OF
cotton saturated with kerosene and carried on the
end of long poles. They numbered about twenty
I The Belfast uand headed the procession, and the
Belfast cannon woke the echoes. The guns were
distinctly heard in this city, and some say they
even heard Uncle Thomas and q Belfast CAPTAIN
when they had their shouting match. Supper tick
cts We're issued to fayories while the rank and file
had what there left. w +. Thompson and
Wm Nj. Rust made some remarks from the steps
of Mr. Storer's house. Later IN the evening dance
was had, and as Uncle Thomas always has an eve
to business, an admission fee was charged The
dry time ended with a bonfire and naturally enough
the democratic desire to destroy something pre-.
dominated. y quantity of Uncle Thomas fence
was added to the pile and a small house tipped
over into the pond. \ Morrill, correspondent sends
us the following account OF the celebration:
Last week saw in the Morrill, locals of the Prog