The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-06-26

in making her landing here passed that the
officers Of the steamer observed that both of the
boys were crying, and Ia arriving at the wharf
promptly reported them. MI Fred Haskell, Of
Milford, Me, and Nh. l.. a. Dow, of Sears Island,
at once put on in his yacht and went to the rescue,
and after long chase overlook tie boat nearly
halfway to Long Island, Taxing the boys on
board the yacht attempted TO tow the dory, but
after hour spent in beating against the
5lrong wind they were Obliged to cut her adrft.
Much indignation Is expressed among master
mariners That boat not lowered from the
steamer and sent to the of the children, as
they might have both got overheard before help
could have reached them from the shore.
CENTRE LINcOLNvILLE. Mr.. Ed. Frrar recent
y came home from Jacksonville. Fla, where he
has been for some time past He Is in quite poor
health. There quite heavy frost here last
week, which did considerable damage to crops.....
Messrs, Knight Lamb have been pressing few
lots of hay to make room for the crop. They
own one of the best presses IN the state, and
shippers say that they prefer the hay put up by
them, As it sells better In market. The Philips
house has been newly painted and reopened under
the name of the Cosmopolitan House. We now
nave three hotels and expect A larger number of
summer boar'ers than ANY previous season..
Work is in progress on the roads which the heavy
rains of last spring had left in bad conditions.
K. sanford has the agency for lane's book in this
town.
SANDY POINT. The opcrettt GrauAfathel's
Birthday Will be performed at the hall, saturday
evening, ally . under the direction Of Mrs Alfred
II. Black Rev. u ". Hardy has kindly consented
Ia. taEa { 90 A 4.
children" represent a considerable portion of the
school, many OF Whom have very pleasing voices
The proceeds of this, our first musical entertain
ment for years, WA be used for repairs upon the
interior Of the church 1t will be a fitting close for
the week of the Fourth to listen this fine oper
eta with its youthful chorus and to partake of the
society's excellent ice cream and cake. The
three-masted schooner Willie L. Newton arrived
from Baltimore, Friday, with 700 tons of coal for
Ross X Howell Alfred y. Black is building
commodious poultry house, which viii be divided
into eight rooms six by ten feet each designed for
a separate flock =. Frank ;. Hartman has laid the
foundation for the store which he wi build this
| summer. Charles F. snow Is making addition
to the of his store. H. u. Black 4 Co. have
repairs for the Meadow King mower. Francis J..
French reports another large salmon caught in his
weir, weighing 27ls pounds.
| THORNDIKE. The moving machine trade is now
the leading feature of the day. The agents are
numerous and all think their machine is the best,
but the grass crop in this section does not look
very promising to the farmer. Potato bugs are
plenty, but the farmers going for them early
with the Paris Green. ..Ame5 X Cornforth are
meeting with good success thus far with their
bees....o. j. tarWell has purchased II large
amount Of wool thus far. The price paid is 20 and
p cts. per pound....NI. T. Palmer has got his
large new barn up, and it will be finished outside
in the course Of a week. 1t is ONO. Mr.. PEREZ
vil of China, is the builder las Prince Bessy
was driving from his place to Freedom one day
last week with blind horse, the horse made IL
blunder and went of over the end of the Douglass
bridge. Fortunately Mr. b. was not severely in
jurcd. Hon. Joseph Farwell and his were
driving from his place to the station on Saturday
| evening last, when a part OF his wagon gave away
letting the thills fall upon the horses heels, which
! frightened him and he began to run, turning the
wagon over and throwing them both out. Mr..
| Farwe was severely injured. His right shoulder
was dslocated and he was bruised in many places
| about hts head and person DR.. Whitney was
called and in short time replaced the shoulder,
| but his bruises are somewhat severe and Mr. F.
Will be confned to his bed for sometime. His son
got a severe shock but was not seriously injured
LIBERTY. Miss kittie Walker, sister of j j.
| Walker, arrived in town sunday from Florida, and
will spend The summer with her brother here. She
is native of Kentucky. The administrator
sale at auction of the estate of the late j. A. Cloug
took place the 23d....Mr. Frank Gowen, of Free
dom, spoke the constitutional amendment in
place of NJ. }. Dow, at the Law and Order League
meeting Sunday evenng...A band of gypsies
consisting of four families, each with a Gothic
steed and dllapidated vehicle. begged their way
| through this village Monday and came near Great
Ing famine among If another avalanche of
this sort should come upon us within il few DAYS
we shonlu DE III worse condition than the people
OF the Hooded districts of Ohio and be compelled
10 cali upon the secretary ofwar to issue ratons
beep us from starvation until harvest time.
Some people say that in our correspondence in tn,
Journal we waste too much ink in speaking OF
ourselves and the tribe of Isaiah which we hav,
the honor to belong. We forbear, and let othel
people tell it. They say that we have the bigges
potatoes in Waldo county, they stand two feet higl
and are in blossom They also say that have
the meanest corn in the State. w. Cox, of thi
village, on this 23d day of June had green peas o
his own raising for dinner. They are of the kline
called Blisss American Wonder. We planted som,
Of that variety side hill just before one o.
those heavy rains in the early spring and have beer
wondering where they went to, as we have seen NJ
signs of them since that time
BROOKS. Serious damage was done here las
week by fire set to burn up small quantity o.
brush. The fire rapidly spread over large extern
of territory and last Sunday large posse of me,
was employed to keep the flames in subsection
Several buildings were endangered and had to b,
closely watched. A large quantity of fence wa
destroyed and several lots of hourishng timber
growth entirely ruined. Wellington Simpson
Chas. Austin, c. E. Lane, and Alonzo Roberts arr
among the heaviest losers. We cannot be too care
fuI in setting fires. David Jones has been Sc
riously ILL., Business is little slack in the cloth
ing shops just now. .Chas. K. Peavey has beer
offered five hundred dollars for his stock horse-
c. E. Lane claims that his stallion has the bes
strains of trotting blood of any stock-horse in thi
vicinity. IS. l.. Dodge is putting up new build
ing to be used as shop. Michael Chase has sol'
about one thousand dollars worth of Bradley
Phosphate this season, and probably Lane & Hol
brook have sold as much. Some of our farmer
have sent direct to the manufactures for it. Johl
Nj. Dow purchased ton of the "Sagadahoc Fer
tilizer" for corn and beans. This question of fer
tilizers is one that should be thoroughly discusse,
In our oranges and farmers clubs. 1t represent
thousands of dollars to the farmers of Maine. TIL
question is, "Do we get back our money, with in