The Republican journal., 1885-04-02

| lumber at this port for Curacoa.
| : The pay roll at Messrs. Critchett & Sbey's shoe
factory in this city for the past month was the
largest they have had. and amounted to ST.
1880. Work Is now so pressing that the hands are
employed evenings, and the pay roll for next month
will probably reach $4,000
| FIRE. A house near the railroad bridge known
as the Peter ellison house took fire on Tuesday
evening, but was soon extnguished. Early We'd
nesday morning the house was again on fire and
partially destroyed. The building was owned by
Andrew.J Stevens, and occupied by James Aldus.
Insured.
At the annual meeting of the W. {. I. Union, in
this city last Saturday, the following elected
officers: Mrs Charles Moore, president; Mrs.
| Caddie Patterson. secretary; Mrs. Mary Limeburn-
er, treasurer. The Union has accomplished much
good work this winter in looking after the wants of
the needy poor.
Spring is coming. One of our most successful
city gardeners was seen last week, when the tenn
peraure notfar from Zero in shirt sleeves and
straw hat, wading knee deep in snow about his
pot bed, making preparations for early vegetables
That mans faith is something prodisious. Surely
he deserves abundant harvest.
The hotel at RIDERS Cove, Islesboro, Is offered
for sale nto-day's paper. This hotel was recently
rebuilt and modernize,i, and is of the finest
summer houses the coast Of Maine. Islesboro
is becoming popular summer resort and the hotel
ought to be a good investment. Apply for terms to
j. H. Ryder, Islesboro, OF A. o. Hunt, Belfast.
Elmer Rankin who has been express agent IN
this city for the Boston and Bangor Express com
+! pany will 90 on steamer PenObscot as express
messenger Mr.. Rankin is 4 very popular young
| man and his friends pleased to learn of his
| promotion The B. \ b. company is to be consoli-
dated with the International Charles NJ. Carter
will be the agent in this city.
We had the pleasure Of meeting the Editor Of the
Franklin journal one day last week. Bro. White
was in ecstasles over recent happy occurrence in
his family, and "came down handsomely with the
cigars. i}ens life long abstainer from the use of
the "Weed' in any form we could not smoke to the
glory OF the hrsthorn; but eft congratulations
with the hope that Robert Franklin may grow and
develop and become all that his fond parents may
desire. Phillips Photograph.
This will interest the Belfast friends of Nj,
Henry p. White. The Journal also extends con
CALCULATIONS.
/ DIED AT SEA. A cablegram from Bombay states
that the ship Tam Oohanter, Capt. Soule, of Port
land, arrived March Is, and that the died ON
the passage. The ship sailed from New York
the 2lst of last October. The mate was Mr.. Melvin
f. W riding, aged about 43 years, son of Capt.
Charles H. Wording of Belfast. Particulars will
come later by mail Mr.. Wording leaves a wife in
Bangor, formerly Miss Hattie Haney Of that city.
The news came with crushing weight upon his
parents, IN this city, particularly his mother who
is an invalid, and they have the sympathy of the
community in their aflliction OF seven children
born to the family but one remains.
DEATH OF GEORGE O. George o., Belfast's ia
vorite trotting horse owned by George O. Bailey,
died on Saturday evening few minutes before
eight O'Clock. Last week we gave full particulars
of the accident to the animal and the remarkable
surgical operation performed. The iron
moved from lis leg Tuesday the 24th, and the
horse appeared much better, but subsequently suf-
fered such extreme pain as to cause great per
spiration. This continued until death, the horse
actually dying from nervous prosration He dis
played remarkable fortitude, and stood the pain
until the last dying in few minutes. DR.. Bailey,
the Portland surgeon, sent for and reached the
stable just the horse breathed his last. The
of the leg removed and the true nature of the
wound revealed. 1t was much worse than at first
supposed and also much nearer the stiic Joint. In
fact The point of the iron picket almost, If not
quite, penetrated the joint, beside injurng the
he would have been useless. George o. had a
record of 22il a made last fall in Mystic Park, near
Boston, and there are but two horses owned
in Maine that have Il better recorti-Pilot knox, of
Augusta, and Ezra L, of Bangor each with a
record of about 2.2l. George 0. was raised by Par
her, Otis Il Co. and was born at Vassaboro in 1876
When Il colt the company bought the Stock farm in
this city, and brought the horse here. The dam Of
q ip i,\ t,tn
Hamiltonian Chief and he by Middleton. Mr.
Bailey bought the gelling when three years Old
and had him about the streets for general use
once the horse away on Waldo and
continued until he reached the bridge at the Head
of the Tide, where he fell and Slid down to the
bridge The rail of the bridge penetrated his breast
some six inches making large ana ug y wound,
but from which he entirely recovered. The horse
displayed great speed aud was first put upon the
track in the of 1853. He trutted nine races
that year, winning first money in eight and sccon
money in one. He closed the season With d record
, of 23l4a. Last season he again went upon the
course closing the season at NJ ystic oct T. On the
. day before New York horse named PerpleXcd
won two heats and George O. two. The decisive
heat was trotcu on the 18th Geo. D. made the
first half mile in HOG, three quarters in l44l
He was 50 far ahead of the others that the driver
did not urge him ON the Il st quarter, and he went
; under the wire in 22f!a. He developed speed of
seven seconds last year. and is believed this year
he would have gone several seconds below twenty
) The horse has been under the care of Mr. James
Millett, of Bath, this winter, and in first class
condition when the accident occurred on March
ETH. The horse was valued at 5000 1t is not
only a loss to Mr. Bailey, but to Belfast and the
State. The horse was buried sunday at the Belfast
trotting park and the owner will erect a monumen
over his remains.
THE ORANGES. There was a large attendance
at the last regular meeting of Honesty Grange,
Morrill,. Visiting Patrons We're present from three
nei ghboring Oranges This was a special occasion,
the Grange furnished one of their noted suppers
permission to partake of which was obtained
by paying five cents FOR an egg, wrapped in It's ne
paper, which was written the name of a sister.
The eggs placed in a basket and then drawn
out, and the written thereon determined the
brothers partner 10 supper. Bro. A. l. Brown, of
Equity Grange, present by invitation to give
us a lecture. With music and the usual routine
business, report of Co. Grange and the endowment
of the supper the first part of the meeting was
rendered very pleasant. When the tables were
cleared, the Masters gayel fell and Bro. A. /.
Brown was introduced and AN hour held the close
attention of his audience, while his familiarity
with his subjec showed that he knew what he was
talking about. His subject was Commercial
Fertilizers" He claims that farmers cannot afford
buy them at present prices; that they are com
pounded without a knowledge of the needs of the
particular soil TO which they are to he applied, or
the particular crop to be grown; that farmers ale
kept in ignorance of the real cost of the three prn-
cipa elements-nitrogcn, phosphoric acid and pot
asl--Which can be bought at wholesale for a little
, more than half what it is claimed they cost, and
easily be compounded by any intelligent farmer.
Bro. Brown advises farmers first to experiment
with their soils, small plots, using the aforemen-
toned chemical elements singiy and in combina-
ton, until it is found just what ones soil needs.
Then farmers patrons should cooperate togeth-
err, buy finely ground phosphate rock, muriate of
potash and nitrogen at wholesale, and make their
own fertilizers. The lecture was well delivered,
, full of valuable information, and we hope other
Oranges and bodies of farmers may have the PRIV
iege Of listening to it. Mr.. Arthur Brown, of
Belfast will lecture before Silver Harvest grange
Waldo, this Thursday evening. Subject-Phos-
pilates and their uses. Dirgo Grange is prosper
ing finely. At the County Grange meeting on the
oath inst there about two hundred present.