The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-03-12

ncsday and took a number of Normal School pu-
pills The school term began Tuesday.
Conant & Co., of this city, have bought 100000
hoop poles which they will ship to Rockand. The
hoop poles were manufactured in SwanviIle.
When Mr.. John Poor deposited his vote in this
city on Monday he remarked that he had voted
every year for sixty one years A good record.
The salary of the county treasurer has been es-
tablished by statute and the same rule should APP
ply to all the county and city officials. The fee
system is a bad one
DIR. Kilgore of this city, and Mr.. Wilson, his med
ical student, have bought out Mr.. Towards saloon
in Hayforrl Block, and will convert it into drug
store, taking charge May lst
San Francisco despatch says that the ship
Levi G. Wade from Manila for that port h S been
given up as lost, and that the underwriters have
paid the insurance. This is the ship on which Mr..
Charles Herman, of Belfast, took passage
The Shaw Bros of this city boot and shoe deal.
ers announce that they will soon repair their store,
and i'll order to reduce their will offer remark
able bargains for thirty days Read their adyer-
tisement in another column.
POLICE NOTES Edward Duffee, who has pass
ed the winter at the Belfast jail was liberated last
week. He and his wife went a bowling drunk
and Edward again found himself in the hands Of
the officers. He taken before Justice Greer
and fined - and costs. Failing to pay he com
mitted to Jail for thirty days. james Thompson
for drunkenness was sent to Jail for thirty days.
DRY GOODS BULLETIN. Geo W. Burkctt has
to his new announcements in this weeks journal.
/ I'M & n
tse closing out sale Of their large and fine stock
and cash customers will find some excellent bar
gains...A. p. Mansfield has also revised his adj
yerusement and shoppers will DO well to give it a
careful roadmg....T W. Pitcher takes four col
umns of the supplement to cnumerate some of the
bargains to be found at his store. For further par
ticulars call and examine the goods
WHO CAN EXPLAIN? MIR. Il. A. Perry, of Fargo
Dakota, while in Belfast recently, related a some
what remarkable incident. He said that while
hunting near Fargo he came upon "A small fresh
water pond with beautiful white sand bottom,
and ON the surface of the pond were mnumerahIe
large gray sea-gulls several were shot and brought
ON shore. Mr. Perry is not naturalist, but his
long residence in the east has made him familiar
with sca-fowl and he knows that the birds were
SEA gullS As Fargo is thousands Of miles inland
it would be interesting to know what took these
apa fowl 50 far from their natural hhunts.
CHURCH NOTES. The subject of Rev. J. a.
Kos, sunday morning sermon at the North church
will be, "The Inexperienced Young MAN.. Rev
J. A, Savage will lecture at the Unitarian church
nrNt Sunday evening Subject, The Physical
Man.. .Rcy, Geo. E. Tufts, Baptist will preach
at Merrill next sunday forenoon-.. Rev. T. Il.
Gregory, who has been ill., has nearly recovered.
....Rev, W. II, Williams, Methodist, will preach
at P"or's Mills next Sunday morning. ....Rcy. Mr.
Cro-lcy, Of Brunswick, will preach at the Univer
saIi4t church on Sunday neNt. Morning and even
ing. Let there be full attendance, especially as
ii i, collection day.
LEGISLATIVE. Among the meaouere Of local
interest passed at the late session Of the Legisla
turc wa, an act filing the salary of the Treasurer
of Waldo county at $500, resolve authorizing our
County Commissioners TO obtain a temporary loan
OF $1,000; a resolve giving pension to Matthias A.
CuIman, of Belfast, and an act establishing the Pc
lice Court Of the City OF belfast. (rhe act was
published in full in the journal of Feb. 49, In the
House on the eth, on motion Of Mr.. Houston, of
Belfast Senate document No. l24, an act amenda-
tory OF sections 81 and 2i, chapter Is, revised
urs, fixing the compensation and duties of county
commissioners, was indefinitely postponed.
4 COOP WORD FOR TIE Kinks. Law and
Order, a weekly paper published in Boston and
devoted to the suppression Of intemperance,
say in the issue of March 7th;
The skating Kinks are having hard time, be
tween the opposition of the clcrgymen and the
saloon keepers Tins Is especially true in some of
our tsttrn States. We feel no surprise that the
saloons oppose place of amusement which draws
the young; men away from their dens of vice, and
san L4l IIc No..
shatluS rlnk5 we approve them. Inc rink may be
the centre Of other SINS, but believe the clergy
men, and other Respectable people. should take The
matter IN hand and remove the vicious features,
and promote all that is good in this institution
which does 80 much to draw our youth away from
the temptation TO fail into The hurlt5 which are
tngcnrerCd in the liquor shops of This land. starye
the saioon purify and multiply the skating rink,
would be our motto.
TIE "AlIGHi HAVE BEEN" Under the fore
going caption the Racine, Wisconsin, Advocate, Of
Feb. 18TH, published the following editorial item:
The readers of the Advocate will find in another
column a very interesting letter written to the Bel
fast, (McJ Journa by VIM. c. Marshall, ESD.
wa" made Racine a visit last month after nearly
twenty-five Years absence Mr.. Marshalt notices
the changes tilu have ,.,Ncn place, especially
fe1lnI To- thc pieces o rrai estate he amo5t) gave
away before he went back clown east" TO live.
Rtrlhe lost a good clilzen Wien Mr. NJ. turned his
race ch7jW'WL ahd we can assure ann that lie
would he welcomed with open arms and a full
bras, band If he We're to telephone his detorlnin-
alton to rtturn to the Belle City of the Lakes ana
make his hVmc With Us again. Bul if he can't ito
that, the rradcr1 Ut the Advocate wuuid be glad to
see a letter from MIN occasionally in Its columns.
TIE HIGHWAYS. The highway surveyors in the
districts have been the cause OF much annoy
ancc to the City Council and the opposition at
Mondays election was due In solne degree to this
source. It Is suggested that 1t would be well for
the incoming city government to make some change
il.
tax BE assessed and all the districts be under
charge of one general surveyor. Local Surveyors
may be elected, but there shall be one general head
and when a piece of road needs looking after he
Shall order the repairs made. A. the law is now
surveyor can go On and do as much work aS he
pItscs and when he picascs. When people are al
lowed to 60 on and work out their road tax, in "a
majority of cases, poor work is done. One man
viii shovel lot Of rocks into the highway to work
out his tax and another man will shovel them out
to work out his tan. 1t would seem that some
change is needed.
TEMPERANCE TEACHING IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The following communication relates TO a matter of
local interest
Have you space in your valuable paper for few
words of rongratunton and rejoicing account of
the passage of the bill in our legislature relating to
of Maine SIN Years ago | circulated petition to
introduce temperance text books into the schools
in city district and WAS often with the UD-
lection that thr parents many of them too
poor t. T." buy iencd with buying more new books.
The W. c. n. L. would gladly have furnished the
necessary books, hut our funds W"ul't not admit it.
sun We did not lose our Interest in the measure
but have kept steadily advocating 1t ana a year
ago purchased suitable text books and presented
one to each of the teachers iii the city district and
are assured that of them have used them with
profit several weeks ago we circulated another
petition for scientific temperance teaching in the
puplic schools of Maine, and mailed one to every
town il the county OF Waldo, other Temperance
Unions throughout the state doing the same. AS
the result Of our united efforts are gratefully
happy to acknowledge our thanks for the passage
of the bill and tor your generous notice of ii in the
local column of last weeks issue
Belfast March 9th, 1850. A. A. HICKS.
MARGARET MATIIER. Despite the increased prices
dienccs Monday evening that has ever assembled in
the Belfast Opera House to witness a theatrical en-
tcrtaimont. The star was well supported, and al
though the play not well mounted as was
As Juliana in ''thc Honeymoon" Miss Mather had
an opportunity of displaying her versatility. and
she fairly captiyated her audience. "Thc Honey
moon" is of the good Old fashioned comedies
ty of IL ash, Miss Mather is emnenty fitted for the
heroine of this graceful and pretty stage treatise
wifey humility and subsection to her lege lord.
She grace itself in her RACES, her poutings,
her her canricps. dancing the