The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-08-13

The schooner P. NJ. Bonnie. Capt. Burgess, is tc
start Monday for weeks cruise among the is
lands, taking party of Brooks people.
The steamer Katahdin on her trip down Saturday
night narrowly escaped coiding with a fishing
schooner, there being a thick fog at the time
Capt Alfred Staples and Henry W. Mason were
out in the bay Tuesday in sail boat, and in some
way the boat capszed. The occupants of the
boat had narrow escape from drowning, but were
rescued by parties in another boat which was near
by.
There is to be special meeting of the city gov
ernmeht this evening. The business to be acted
upon is petition Of A. A. HoweS and others ask
ing the city council to take into consideration the
matter of grading High street near MIR. Howes
contemplated building.
Negotiations are now in progress between VIM
| Weeks, late of the American House, Belfast, and
). b. Brewster of the Tontine Brunswick, which
Will probably result in Mr.. Weeks taking charge
of the Tontinc. Mr.. Brew ter has had a long ca
! reer In the hotel business and Is DESTROYS of
rest, having in view extended journey which
will include foreign lands Industrial journal.
We understand that the favorite steamer May
Field will come here to carry passengers between
| Belfast and Northport during camp meeting week,
and she may come in to run to the Spiritual
Camp meeting, in which case the announcement
viii be made by posters. Further particulars will
| be given next week.
Attention is called to the advertisement of the
L0wney property. It is a valuable estate. .. The
East Maine Seminary adverises its fail term. D.
] H. Wilson has lost his dog See notice. wv. c.
! futile offers something new in the way of cabinet
pictures See notice of auction In Monlyille
4 Hiram Chase & Son advertise musical Instruments
and sheet music
Mi. W. IL. .Raokin Of Belfast is in Lewiston.
7 interviewing our wooden manufacturers. 1t hap
! pens IN This wise. Mr.. Rankin has a brother
hlehr" VINO mas sheep ranehe III wyoming
Richard has been eight wears in Wyoming from
I his old home III Niuterp)rt, Maine. He has 800
/ sheep ana has sent Il carload of his own clip TO
] his native STATE. ii is now on the rail at Danvlle
Junction, seeking to get itself into cloth iii a Lew
! i-tOn mill. II is good quality, Merin0 grade. The
car contains 1900 pounds of wool. 1t is about
200 miles from MIR. RS rancho to Danville June
on and the freight is about two cents, the pound.
! TIC wool was but twelve days from the rancho to
! Dtuive. Mr. X. never feeds his sheep summer
aud winter alike they get their living on the
| plains Lewiston Journal.
The Literary lllustrazione, a new entertainment
under the management of MIR. ID. 5. simpson, had
l. i1ilial representation at Searsport Thursday last
! and wa success. We understand that Mr. Smp-
soncontcm plates making short tour of the adoin-
ing cities and towns With the entertainment. We
do not hesitate 10 assure the people of the places
/ which it may visit that they Will find
/ pleas urable opportunity for evenings enjoy
mut than by fav0ring this entertainment with
patronage. the readings well selected and
fuely rendered, while the paintings Illustrating
them are alone worth The price Of admission.
POLICE CouKr II. +. Hawkins, OF Northport,
WIS before Judge Boardman Tuesday com
piHint OF the -elecnen OF Northport, charged with
placing Instructions upon the highway in that
town, the road being the new one from the Camp
ground along the Shore. Hawkins was find SI.00
ami costs, from which sentence he appealed 1t
appears that Hawkins, Who was the contractor for
building the new road, has had a dispute with the
town officers in regard 10 his pay and claims that
a. he has not been paid and the road accepted he
has right to place distractions upon it, and says
lie shall continue to do The town officers say
llult they are ready to settle with Hawkins in ac
cordance with the contract. Probably there will
be more law suits grow out Of the matter
TROrT,NG AT FAlHFIELD. we have received the
programme for sly great at the Central
Maine Far GloJnd7 Fairfield. on the l4th and 18th
Of August, for which there art - entries and 800
IN purses In the race for horses that never started
for MONEY A. II. Clark, Of Unity, has entered his
/ b e 4. H., \. T. Bumps, Of Thorndike, his b. m
/ b ,by Gir and J. Kicker, Monroe, his :. m. Lady
Wilson. In the 2&7 class IL. Reynolds, Unity, en-
/ terS =. M Il lily p, and r. 7. Leonard Monroe, Z.
N. Maud L. Ia the 100 class, II. NJ. Bean, Cam
don, b. =. MeLainr, ?. Haggerty, Monroe. :. m.
/ Gypsey Queen AMI c. II. Thurlow, Monroe, b.
! l.cdp For The pacing race g. Il. Ingraham, Cam
! der, enters :. e Gany mede. For the minute
| race 4. u. Bumps enters Baby Girl, p. Haggerty
/ Gypsey Queem aud c. H. Thurlow. Ledo. In the
free for all, Beams McI4a.ne and Reynolds
Kitty p.
| VIM. : Fuller, ESD, of Freedom, has been APP
/ pointed by Commss oner CoIman, statistical cor
respondent Of The United States Department of Ag-
ricuhure for this county. The Department Of Az
| rlcuture is represented by correspondent and
/ three assistants in nearly every county in every
| state. BY this means reliable information is OBJ
tanned from month to month, in regard to the area
condition. prospect and quality of the crops, num-
/ bers and condition Of the farm stock and any 9th
! er subject connected with local and general agricu
| ture, Monthly reports are made up by averaging
the returns from the spondents, and forward
| ed to them for the purpose of disseminating the
DDLitucH IN lnlS way. llllS Is done III
the interest nf farmers and consumers all
| classes, except Spectators. The main reliance Of
! the Commissioner for The accuracy aud complete
ness of t- work is upon the public 5piritof the in
teIItgent aal progressive farmers of the country.
Any assistance that the farmers Of this county may
be eoabled to render in the prosecution of this
work, or cOure-ies they may extend to the cores
pondent, his assistants win be thankfully recev
! 4 onIr at,l,l far. I'M blaI ia
nuke acknowledgment for the service rendered
from the Seeds reports, etc. sent out from time to
| Time
I TIE LAUNCHING. The great ship Frederick Bill
ngs successfully launched at Rock port Tuesday
| forenoon. several thousand people were present
! TO witness the launch. There excursion boats
! from various places all loaded with passengers,
/ The steamer Queen City took nearly 300 from up
river towns, and the Florence had about $50 from
Castine and lslesboro. There was boat from
Belfast, bat coaches and private teams took quite
a large number from here. Hundreds would no
doubt have gone from this city if there had been
an excursion boat go down. The ship was built
by Carleton, Norwood & Co., aud is the second
largest wooden ship built in the United States,
aud the only four-masted ship. Her name is the
Frederick Billings in honor of one of the owners
IN New York connected with the Northern Pacific
Railroad. Her tonnage is 2,62S and, considering
the difference of the measurement, but triffe
smaller than the Great Republic. She is square
rugged on the foremost, mainmast and mizzenmast,
and her spankermast sails are like those of barks
third mast The length of the ship is 29l feet, and
from the deck to the main truck it is Isl feet 1t will
give better idea of her huge proportions to say
that her will extend 10 feet above the Brook
lyn bridge, and three Of the four sections of the
mast5 will have to be lowered in order to pass
der that structure. The main sticks of the masts
are so feet long, made of solid Oregon pine. The
length Of the fore and main yards is 80 feet each,
and will spread 200 yards of canvass. The oak
frame of the ship came from Virginia, and her
hard pine planks from South Carolina. Her an
chors were made in town ut the Camden Anchor
Works, and number five, follows: One full pa
tent Trotman anchor, 7,240 pounds; one wooden
stock, $500 lbs. stream, 800 lbs; one kedge,
100 lbs, and spare anchor, 400 lbs Her chains
measure $50 fathoms and weigh twenty five tons.
She went into the water with copper bottom 1t is
not known who will command her, the captains in
terest not having been sold. The total cost will be
about $50, 900, and she is built and finished through
ont in a substantial and frst-class manner
TROY. The haying season is over and all hands