The Republican journal., 1884-10-09
News Of Belfast and Vicinity


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Large numbers of Belfast people are going to
Boston to the Mechanics and Institute fairs.
Is Belfast to be represented at the New Orleans
Fair? Other Maine cities arc moving in this matter,
and why not Belfast?
We are indebted to Miss II. A. Hamn, of Brooks,
for fine specimens of the Beauty of Kent Colbert
and Strawberry apples.
Mayor johnson, of this city, has been invited to
Worcester, Mass. to the Centennial celebration of
that city on Oct. 18th and 18th
Edgar +. Boardman, formerly of Belfast, now of
Lynn, Mass, is conducting successful boarding
house business in that city. He has large house
ahd fifty regular boarders.
City Marshal Gates says the names of the parties
are known who Sunday last shot doves in the
Streets and that if the offence is repeated, at any
time, the law will surely be enforced.
If Belfast wants another shoe factory, advances
ought to be made to manufacturers at Lynn. Sew
eral factories moving out of that city on account
of strikes, and going 10 New Hampshire and
others would move if proper inducements were
offered
Many of the wells in this vicinity are dry and the
question of a water supply is becoming serious.
Although it seems as if the usual amount o f rain
has fallen during the past season, it is said the
ground has not been wet below the surface for a
long time
We have received the prospectus for lSS4.5 Of the
fremont school of Music. 80 fremont street. Bos-
ton. Mr.. +. o Thorndike, formerly Of Belfast, is
the principal instructor in vocal music The school
h.i.
in all the branches of vocal and instrumental music
BUSINESS CHANGE. Mr.. H. II. Forbes of this
9TH who hns been ii the boot ana shoe business for
trty-slN ears, has sold out his stock and trade to
the shaw Bros, of Portland and Boston, who now
have charge. Mr. +. A. shaw, of Boston, win be
H. the store, while A. " Shaw, of Portland, il on
the road. Mr. Forbes will also remain III the store
where he will receive his old customers. The new
firm is composed of gentlemen Of experience, and
y E are ga,! to welcome tnem to Belfast. They have
opened large and new stock OF goods III their line
ana attention is called to their adv ertisement in an
other column.
DEATH or DIR. MOODY. Rchard Moody VI. D.
diel at his residence il this city on Thursday of
last wees, aged 81 years and & months DR. Moody
had been in III health for some years and }attcry
had passed his winters in Virginia. Dr.. Moody
WAS born in >nco, in this state ana graduated at
Bowdoin Medical School in ISIS. In 1929 he came
to Belfast and entered upou the practice of med-
cine, residing here ever since. His Office from 1879
t" 1880 was 10 4 building where the store of Alden
H. Chase now stands. He continued in active prar
tice until 1858 when he retired. lie then bought the
drug business of samuel Hay mes, in McCllutock
block, now conducted by his son, Richard II. Moody
br. Moody Very pronounced and life long
Democrat. Ii 1850 he was Mayor OF Belfast and
was III only Democrat ever elected mayor of this
city. During his term OF Office Belfast was visited
~ The Hon. stephen a. Douglass, then the Demo
cratic Presidential candidate. Dr. Moody recey
ed him in the square, delivering an address of vel
come When youGg he was Il prominent Old Eel
low and Noble CIranu of PassagassaW akeag Lodge
Inr"u5h MIS- eNer"ons the lodge was kept alive for
mau" years bu, finally succumJcd. Dr. Moody was
very decided in his views, but was thoroughly hon
est and conscientious. He grew up with Be f4st
!oyea the civ ahd shared in its prosperity. He
married Eliza j., daughter Of thc late FRYE Hail. OF
this r.,y, WHO With four chilIren survive him The
chit.,4en are William IL. Moody, OF California,
Richard Ii, Mooiy, Belfast, Mrs. Asa A. Howes.
Belfast AMI Mrs. Dr. NJ. F. Daugntery, of Norrolk
Virginia. The funeral took place on Friday and
largely attended.
Personal. Cha7. b lItzenine, Es,l., has gone
10 J1ekeonHillc Fiat. Mr. Reuben ;. Smart, for
mer resilient, hut lalcrly living Portland, has re-
turned t" maize his home in Belfast, anu has bought
the Nat. Wilson place on the east sile.... Mr.. and
Mrs H. O. Dodge are visiting in Massachusetts,
hd Will return to Belfast about the 18TH inst......
Ncssr9. F. u. Wright and q. f. Topih artists OF
Boston, are occupying the Allarl cottage near Lit
lie River and Sketchiug in that vicinity....J. W.
Lang Esq, of Bowdonham, Is at the State House,
Augusta distributing the agricultural reports....
Eriw johnson, esq. ana family, have gone 10 Dor
chester Mass, for the winter....G. L. Bracket is
at Houl.un, attending the meeting OF the Grand
Lodge l. O. e. T.. .lielfaet is wen represented at
r. II. Nhiir's store, ioston Chae. Al Quimby,
Mary kearyOn, Miss Carlton and FL. Clark are en-
pioveG there. Mrs. George Dyer j. at Jordan &
Marsh's.. Mr.. and Mrs. |. O. Estes, of BrUckton,
Mass. are in Belfast visiting friends.....W, A.
Cooper Of oIdioWn, was i'll Belfast last week..
MIR. William Moody, of Saco, brother of the late
Or. Richard Mccoy, Of Belfast, was in this city
last week. He arrived before his brothers. death
ana remained until after the burial, He is the
nHts surgir"r Of HE t;mily... Mr.. Lorenzo Arm
strong % New Haven, Conn. is in Belfast. He is
o'c Of the owners of the new schooner Yale and
came On 10 the launching. Mrs. Staples is now in
the telegraph ohire in this city, temporarily oc-
cuPying the place OF .hc late Miss Field. Mrs J..
A. Ross amt Miss Nellie Ross have gone to Boston,
...Mcs. David Alexander is in Portland attending
the annua' meeting Of the New England branch ot
the Wonltn's Foreign Missionary Socie,y. Char.
e- }. Burgess, of this city, is in Boston,. Mrs 5
\. IIowes has goue to New York for the winter. -.
of cit1 no,
home with typhoid fevei....Will Rivers, Of this
ci- has returned home from Boston where he mas
been On ii raeatioA... Mariana Thurlow, who has
been poshnis'fess at fabyan'a Mt. Washington, is
NOW at home in This c7tv
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE twill crafty many of our
rea ltrs to know that Mrs. sarah f. Meader, of
Lynn, Mass, formerly of Belfast, is now in sue
ces9ful practice of the method of treatment orgi
mating with the late DR.. p. +. Quimby. Of Belfast
and now known rs Christian science. Her natural
a9Aliea liberal education, and other qualifications
,tlnenty tit her fort the work. Mrs. Meaier studied
WITH pr. Libby of Maine, who, we believe, was a
pupil Of DR.. Quimby'-, and began practice at Rock
Etud and Abingdon, Mass, where She made many
remarkable cures. The sickness and subsequent
death Of her husband, which took place some two
months ago, disarranged her plans, and She moved
to Lynn as a central point of operation. Four
pupils of the late Dir Quimby have inaugurated as
many different branches, but all recognize the prin-
clpN feature, which is that mad controls matter.
Like Or. DUMMY Mrs, MeHder dscartts all mcti-
zines, but unlike him, She sometimes manipulates
ami handles her patients. she, with others of her
Glass; claims that the princ Ne is the same as prac
ticed by Christ in the wonderful cures which he
wrought. She di,caretS pirituali9, faith cure, and