The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-10-08
NEWS OF BELFAST AND VICINITY

NEWS OF BELFAST AND VICINITY.
| F. W. Gowen, Esq. will lecture at East Belmont
on Monday Oct. 70. Subject, Temperance.
The sign over II. A. Starrett & Co.'s store is
a handsome one.
Mr. Frank Coley has been engaged at the Bel
fas. post-ofice during the illness of Mr.. Thurlow.
No special delivery letters have been received at
Belfast, and but few of the stamps have been
sold.
! The drill has been removed from Mathews Bros
artesian well and they have bountifu flow of
water.
The change of time on the Maine Central Rail-
road will go into effect Oct. 18th, week earlier
than last year.
Sen. Florida of Belfast, now at Baltimore, was
struck by lightning on the trip from jacksonville
and lost her boat
DR.. Isaac Hills has bought and will occupy
the "hitcomb place. in this city. The house has
been put in first class order.
F. y. Howard will have an artesian well sunk in
the ledge near his machine shop, which Will also
I supply water to Cooks market.
the next annual session of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge Will lie held in Boston.
The october term Of the s j Court for Waldo
county, will open in this city on the goth instant
Judge Libby will probably preside
The Oak Hill Granite company of this city, has
sold 100000 paving to the city of Pawtucket, R. L.
which will be shipped before the river freezes.
st no It an
haul OFF for few days for repairs. Due notice
will he given when she is ready to resume her
trips
William Pickering, Jr,, Of Salem, has bought an
other valuable horse in this city, the latter one be-
ing from MIR. Arthur W. Robinson. Maine horses
are much sought after.
Mr.. F.. A. Howard got up steam at his new ma
chine shop Oh saturday for the purpose of irving
his new chime whistle. 1t worked to a charm and
sounds much like the whistle on the steamer Queen
City.
An important case, in which suit is brought to
recover on notes issued by the town officers Of
Winterport, Will be heard at Bangor this week
Barker, Nosc & Barker are counsel for the plain
lifts and Hon. Joseph Williamson, of Belfast ami
\ Hon. A. T. Gould, of Thomaston, for the town
The settlement Of this will SHOW how far town
officers authority to borrow money for town use
| on their own notes may extend.
| SALE OF THE HAzELTINE ESTATE. The estate
Of the late Paul r. lazetine, of this city was sold
at auction on Wednesday afternoon, by c. c. Crary,
auctioneer The homestead property at the corner
of Franklin and Court street was bid of to John H.
Quimby for $3.50. 1t is said the property Will be
rcsold to Mr.. BENZ. p. HazeItinc. The house on
u lp rlv
was sold to Asa A. Howes for 1886 three thirty
seconds of the brig Ned White to j. W Fred
crick for 1925 one-sixteenth of sch. F. A. Garlic to
\. {. Burgess for S4S5 and one eighth Of sch. T. H.
Livingstone to John ii. Quimby for 1925
REUNION OF FORTY MINERS. There was A
pleasant reunion Of four California forty miners
IN this city last week. They were c. B. Hazetine
and Col. Chenery, of Belfast Major Whiting, OF
Castine, and Mr.. Plummer, late of the south.
The latter was passing through Belfast to Bangor
when he learned that his former associates, Me..rs
liaze!tine and Chenery, whom he had not seen for
many years, lived here, and came ashore from the
boat His stay was made pleasant and he was
much pleased with Belfast. lie said next seas IN
he should bring his wife to Belfast, and il she wa.
half as much impressed with the place as he was
they would in future pass the summers here
ESPECIALLY" he remarked, "if you build the pro
posed hotel"
a FRAUD. We published last week in our
Searsport items mention of one j. F. Jones' a
newspaper canvasser, with a note concerning bi,
call at the journal office and the statements he
made while here. The Lewiston journal Of Satur
day copied what this paper said and added
The above probably refers to j. F. Jones' who
has lately completed term in jail at Houlton, for
stu -Jni,r, al in
| ArooStook county, and making returns. He
claimed then to have been born in Pownal. lie
never represented this paper, but has Frequently
| mlsreprtscntec it. He is a fraud.
This is rs we supposed We now recall the
Lewiston Journals warnings with regard to this
Jones and the efforts it made to secure his arres,
and conviction At the time of his visit we felt sure
Jones fraud but in the absence of proof did not
Iecl warranted in saying more than did and
that we hoped would be sufficient to put the public
on their guard against him. He has, hear
! been canva>sins this city and vicinity offering 4
number of publications at less than the regular
! price,
ACCIDENTS Mrs. Charles A. Ellis. of this city
elrained her ankle badly at Monroe last Thursday
while stepping from 4 carriage MIR. Richards
accompanied toy Mis-, Bates and Miss WISE Of this
city, We're thrown from Il carriage on returning
from Monroe fair last Thursday evening. When
near o. g. Whites house IN Primrose Hill, Belfast
Mr. Richards turned out To- avoid colliding with a
wagon standing beside the road when the Wagon
"as overturned and all were spilled out. The car
riAse was demolished, but the people were not ill.,
jtrci... Nh samuel q. Thurlow one of the clerks
in tie Belfast Post Office was severely injured OF
| Monday, 1t was the 69th anniversary of his brit
ami he was enjoying brief holiday. With his
/ q ia eff h
Horace Returning home the horse stumbled
throwingo out Mr.. Thurlow and the boy The form
er struck the back Of his head the base of the
brain receiving i serious injury The boy was
unlnjured While Mr. Young was at work on the
IIowcs building Monday the handle Of a broad axe
broke and the axe struck Andrew johnson on the
shoulde", in1iicting slight injury.
\ WATER SUPPLY. There is a strong feeling II
this city in favor Of organizing local company tc
build and maintain water works. This has beer
brought about by recent discussion and the propo
sition of Reynolds, and Kinds, Moffett & Co. If
foreign corporation can come to Belfast and main
tain water works at profit and of course they
would not come otherwise, why cannot our owl
people engage in ii? a meeting of some of oul
monied men held last week and the sentiment
was strongly in favor of home enterprise. On Fri
day Mr. James Mitchell and A. X, Pierce drove tt
the Mixer pond, in East Knox, nne miles from
Belfast and were favorably impressed with The
pond and its surroundings. One point is to &c
water place which will fill a reservoir by nat
ur&l gravitation The ponds in our immediate
vicinity all as low the city, which will re
quire an annual outlay of - zoe 10 maintain steam
works to ill the reservoir. Mixer pond is over 20
feet higher than Belfast an elevation sufficient t
furnish power by natural graviaton. The reser
Noir above the city is supposed to give the requr
ed head for fire purposes. All fair minded people
see the necessity for more water and our business
people aso see a good investment for their money
IL has got to come. A proposition will be present
ed to the November meeting of the city council
TIE PROPOSED NEW HOTEL. Messrs H. \
Lancaster and James S. Hartman, of this city
drove to Bangor last week to consult with Mr. II
W. Chase concerning the proposed hotel to b,
erected in Belfast next season. The architect ha
submitted his ps ms which are said to be very salts
factory. 1t is proposed to build the hotel aroun(
Howcs Block, on the corner, having wings on boil
High and Main streets. The building will mucE
resemble the letter L.. The Main street wing vii
he fifty nine feet frontage and one hundred fee
deep, running back to Beaver street. The TIigl
street frontage will be sixty five feet and sixty fee