The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-03-05
News of Belfast and Vicinity

City election next Monday.
The ice went out of the harbor and bay MONDAY,
and navigation is free again.
The Boston packet James Holmes, hauled out of
the tier last week and is on her regular trips.
The Aldermen will be in session on Thursday
Friday and saturday for the purpose of revising
the voting list.
Drew Hazeltine Il Livingston, of Jacksonville,
Fla, have remembered number of their Belfast
friends by forwarding to each box of luscious
Florida oranges.
club of ten in this city Las an appropriate sign
the door of the entrance to their 1t is the
ten spot of clubs If chat does not signify club
of ten, what does?
The pulp mill Of The Russell Paper Mills at Law
renee, Mass, burned one day last week. This is
the mil! In which H. O. Russell is interested, and
several Belfast men re engaged there.
Mrs. 5. A Howes, Mr.. e. J. Morrison and others
from Belfast who in New York last week
went down the bay on the new ship Henry b. Hyde,
Capt. p. Pendeton, and returned on the tug having
very pleasant excursion. The Hyde sailed for
San Francisco.
A COOP COMPANY. Hi lienry's minstrel troupe
which exhibited in this city last week Is one of the
best companies the road. The singing vas
good the jokes new, the costumes elegant and
everything first class. For evening of genuine
fun commend us to this troupe. 1t was greeted
with full house and Oh We're satisfied.
a slight accident happened to the Saturday
morning train on its trip to Burnham, When near
City Point of the trucks of freight train is
supposed to have left the rail, hut it not dis
covered until the train reached the water tank in
Waldo, a distance of six mics from the Point.
One set of wheels and the truck frames were en-
tirey gone and were scattered along the rail.
Fortunately one set of trucks remained. The ear
was set of ON side track
Howard Murphy, of this city, whose son and
daughter were married about the same time, said
he should present gold medal he had to the first
grandchd Last week he received word from his
son, Rev. I. H. Murphy, who is officiating at Surry,
to lay that medal aside and that the grandchild'+
name was Howard. This seemed to settle it, but
later returns from Lowell, Mass, where Mr.. Mrs.
f. l.. White residing, brought news of another
grandson, who was born ten hours earlier than the
one first heard from. And so the daughter takes
the medal.
ECLIPSE OF THE Sun. On Monday, March 10th,
there will be a total eclipse of the visible in
North America. In New England more than one
half of the sun will be ouscured and it will be the
greatest eclipse visible in New England since 1881.
1t will he total in some parts Of the country. The
width of the ring or amnular eclipse, will be in the
United States about seventy miles, but no large
town is included therein, and Eureka in California
and Bozenan III Montana. seem to be the most i'm
portant places. The eclipse will begin in Boston
at thirty minutes past noon greatest observation
In. 56 M Is s. p. M; eclipse ends eleven minutes
past three p.
III, Xii. Club reception has elirted compliments
from every quarter MI. G. l.. McClery, the Bos-
ton Journal correspondent telegraphed an account
of the affair, in which he sal "Thc club is organ
lied for social purpose, and this evening gave the
people of this city one of the peasantes occasions
ever enjoyed" The Associated Press despatch,
sent 10 papers all over the state aud country. spoke
of th- reception as 1.-THE most brilliant social event
of the season in EASTERN Maine" The Bangor
Wing and Counter corree poudenl also sent TO that
paper very httteriug account of the entertain
ment. The Club did good thing for Itself and ton
our city and deserves to be congratulated and
commented
CITY GoNERNMENr MEETING. The last meeting
Of the city council for the municipal year was hed
ON Monday evening. Fred A. Carrie collector of
taxes reported as follows: Collected and paid
over on the taxes of 1881 To city treasurer 745I2;
state treasurer, S9,S1000; county treasurer ssh,
80; total, Sos, 3i 90 The city solicitor reported
that one year ago there We're Two cases where the
city was a partncr-"B. & NJ. l.. r. Il. Go. in Equity
W. city of Belfast" and "sarah A. Morse VS. the
City of Belfast. The first case is now before the
teirts ana III the other case, 'the plaintiffs motion
for a new trial was ovcrrued by the court. The
costs have since been paid by the pltintitl.".
The chief engineer reported six fires during the
year and taxable property DESTROYED by lire to the
value of $1,000 The lire department is in good
condition.. surveyor of central district reported
amount expended streets sc. : .33 80; cash on
hand 5130 The streets in excellent con,l ton.
Tho city sexton reported nnetv-sevcn deaths
during the municipal year :. The committee on re-
funding reported lhat four per cent bonds have
been sold during the year OF the bonds S599,0o0,
not signed or sealed are deposit ut the Belfast
National Bank; bonds signed and scale, amount
Ing to $4,000 are ON deposit in the Belfast Savings
Bank. Total of such bonds not issued s63S ,Ooo.
Cash on hand at date of last report to refunding
account in Belfast National Bank s34Oo; bonds re-
deemed during year and deposited with city treas.
urer s3,200; balance cash hand this date to re-
funding account 500 THE city physician re
ported whole number Of patients treated during
The year II number of patients visited Is; treated
at office s; visits made %; examinations at Office
y, died under treatment !; died not under treat
ment 3; amount of bin for medicine SIS 81 The
experimenting school committee does not make a
lattering report in regard to our schools The
teachers are good but to Attendance on the part
of pupils there is great fault somcw here. Last
spring the school census showed 1913 pupils in HE
city. Of these 9S were in the central district and
625 in the OUTLAY ing districts While there are 90
pupils in the out districts the average Attendance
during the year only 292; in the central dis
rict there are 9lS pupils while the average attend
ance 443. Thus it will be seen that less
than onehalf of the whole number of pupils i'm
the city have been regular attendants. The com.
mittee say "making due allowance tor non-attena.
ance on account Of sickness we think the above fig
ures show state of affairs demanding the imme,i.
ate action of the city government" The committee
| recommend that by laws be made as provided in
Revised Statutes chapter II, sections 81, %, and %
at the next meeting of the city government They
further recommend that their successors 'be re.
minded and instructed to enforce sections "a 2 &c
ard p of chapter IL, r. 5, providing the city gov
eminent sees fit TO raise the salary of the school
committee" The present salary is $50, which the
committee says is grossly inadequate The com
mittee further recommend that the city should own
the text books and furnish them to the pupils with
out expense; parents, guardians and other friends
OF education are earnestly requested to visit the
schools; each teacher should be permitted to sus.
pend his work for one half day of each term tina,
he may visit other schools in town. The committee
also recommend that the several school districts
furnish school library and apparatus for the ust
of the schools provided in section TO- chapter II
OF the X. S..-..T The city marshal reported as fol
lows: Whole number OF arrests during the year
1856; drunkenness and disturbance, l46: Migrants
ID; assault and battery IL; larceny, 4; malicious
mischief6 s; tramps 81 threatening to kill false pre-
tence, search and seizure assault on officers each
felonlouS assault attempt to kill assault with dan
! gerous weapon, breaking and entering, and oh
structng the street, one each......R. f. Dunton
member of 5. ;. committee resigned, which wa,
| accepted. Frank =. Eanes petitioned for Ger
ufcate of certain lots in Grove cemetery Referred
to next city governmental. The city solicitor re
ported in regard 10 injuries sustained by F. "
| Brown through an alleged defect in the highway
/ that the injury sustained and that IL defec
existed as set forth, but in his opinion the ,efec
existed but several hours before the accident an,
therefore city was not liable. Mr.. Brown SAYS II,
can prove 1t existed several days The solicitor il
OF the opinion that Mr. Browns injuries do not eX