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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23
About Maine Men In Montana,

UBEr, NJ. T., Dec. 6, lSS6. Winter has come and
so have the gentle billiards, great many have
found out to their cost. On the evening of tile 10th
of Nov. one of the most storms since that of
1881 set in and lasted 40 hours. 1t was noticed
more as all the Sheep men had their sheep still in
summer camps open corrals) and the storm caused
them to crowd into the corras that the loss was
quite severe. one of j. o. Husseys herders
found few days after the storm frozen to death
Three of the Sage Creek Co.. bands got away and
at last accounts neither hertiels nor sheep had
been found. One of Ralph Berry herders turned
his band out of the corral to prevent them from
pllins during the storm The band split and he
| only got home with one bunch, but after the storm
the other bunch came home. Ralph would call
this good management, but think there is little
good luck somewhere in this One hundred
head of Mrs. Barrows cattle lrifted some 40 miles
from home during the storm. She has since had a
party of COW boys out after them and now has
them about all home. Since the storm something
of weather that will shorten up the stockmen's
faces is all we ask for just now.
The Red man is still after the white mans horse
Fourteen Indians crossed the Missouri river few
days since with Is head Of Musselshell horses.
They are thought to be Piegan Blood Indians.
T. II. Quincy 4 Son have the contract for build
ing county bridge across the Musseshell River
at Mcrino.
great many cattle men are holding their beeves
over on account of the low prices of beef in
Chicago. SUB.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23

The Belfast Post Office,

The long contest is over, and Mr.. Henry l..
kilgore takes the cake-the Belfast post office.
His appointment was sent to the Senate Mon
day. This is hardly surprise, although there
has been growing conviction of late that the
bitter fight between Mr.. kilgore and Mr.. L. H.
Murch, the rival candidates, would result in the
selection of a third man. 1t was even suggest
ed that Mayor Baker might sacrifice his well
known Discrimination to hold office, and in the
himself. The appointment is defeat for the
old guard of the Democracy and victory for
the recent converts, who backed kilgore and
opposed Murch The inside history of the
contest would make very interesting reading.
but no good would be accomplished by its pub
LEGATION now, and it will be filed away ''for fll-
turc reference"
The new postmaster is genial man, with a
personal popularity not confined to his own
party. lie is liked despite his politics, which
are of the most Objectionable kind, regarded
from Republican standpoint; but it is safe to
say that he will make very acceptable official,
ard that postage stamps will continue to be re-
ldutu at tHt Olu Hgufes. Long pTactlce Will
enable the new p. NJ. to return a satisfactory
negative when the best girl or young man has
failed to entrust the expected missiye to Uncle
Sans care, and it may be expected that the
mails will be distributed by the instantaneous
process. The gallery in Masonic Temple will
now display views of the post office from the
inside as companion pictures to those taken
when the camera was focused on the exterior.
The outgoing official deserves Il word or two.
When President Cleveland was inaugurated
Capt. Bean said he was ready to step down
and out, and he has kept his office matters
posted up from that time to this, so that he
could give up possession at any day. He did
not change his politics with the change of Adj
ministration, and the result has been that he
has served out the term for which he was ap-
pointed, nearly two years of it under Demo-
cratic rule, while other officials who thought to
save their necks by subservence to the powers
that be We're summarily decaptated. This is
as it should be. The man who turns against
the party that has fed and clothed him, with
the hope Of retaining petty office at the
hands of the opposition, can only be regarded
with contempt Capt. \. ID. Bean is not that
kind OF man, and he will retire from office
with the respect of everybody.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23
He got into the Wrong Store.

Life is full of universities. Man cannot live out
his allotted time without occasionally making
some terrible mistake "Thngs are seldom what
they seem," and likewise things sometimes are
what they do not seem. Belfast store keepers are
proverbially known to be gentleness ITSELF but
they do not allow themselves to be used as door
mats, so to speak In one of our markets is a
man who is noted for his quiet behavior and
kindly looks. He is also known by intimate
FRIENDSHIP be made out this twisted steel wire,
such as suspension bridges are built of. short
time since tall, lank, raw boned citizen of an
| adjacent town, stroled into this mans market.
He one of these rather fight than eat fellers.
He stepped up to the counter and took red her
ring from box. Then he drew chair up by the
stove and sat down. Then he laid the herring
down on the clean white floor, and putting his
boot heel on it, proceeded to grind it into fine
hash. The proprietor, who was cleaning fish in
the back room, came out and in Slow pleasant
voice said, "Look here Mister, l wouldn't do that
if were you You see it gets my floor all grease,
and had rather you wouldn't do it." The strang-
er "sized" him up and then remarked, still grind
Ing the herring, "Oh, you wouldn't, would you?
Well don't give d--n what you want. I'll jest
wipe up the floor with you if you don't dry up
sort of smile overspread the store keeper S
face, and he said, Dear me. | guess you wouldn't
do that, now really, would you?' and he made a
step toward the herring grinder, who jumped to
his feet and made pass at the proprietor with his
fist Here the story ends, as far as the fighting
man is concerned, but it just begins with the own.
er of the shop. A photographer, could he have
taken some instantaneous views just at that mo-
ment would have seen the store full of legs and
arms which seemed to belong to the gentleman
from wayback. He was knocked down and picked
up. He busted the cobwebs from the ceiling with
him, he wiped the floor up with him He kneaded
him and he wrung him out and finally wound him
around post to dry, and when the gentleman got
unwound, and united the knots in himself, and
shook out the kinks he had got into and his senses
came back to him, he managed to gasp out, 81
got-into-the-wrong -shop-Mister. If-you'll-
just show-.ne- where-the-door- is-rll-go-
right-out.' And as he crept up the stairs and
the doc; was opened, if it had been a thousand
dollar draft instead of draught of fresh air that
he received he couldn't have looked more pleased
than he did, and he vanished into the busy street
remarking, "Well that Charleston earthquake
isn't patch to that man down cellar" Moral.
Never judge another man by the way you feel
vOursplf
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23
New Enterprise In North ArOOstOOk.

II. Stevens 4 Co. of TT. Fairfield, at an expense
of over $1,000, recently put electric lights into
their mill and they have proved to be great
success. There are p lights in their mill of 1t
candle power each, and 10 of 125 candle power each
are used to light up their boom mile up the river
to aid in sorting their lumber in the spring. II
takes two miles of wire to supply the light for the
boom when all the lights are used and they are
equal to 1852 candles. Over two hundred visitors
were present when the dynamo was started The
men in the mill like the electric better than day
light, as it lights up clearly every nook and corner
They are now running five single machines in
this MILL and their grist mill is run to the capacity
of some 1000 bushels per month. J.P.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23
An Alleged Expose.

The Democrat of Amsterdam, n. Y. recently
devoted two columns to ga complete description of
all the signs and symbols in among the Knights
of Labor throughout the country, taken from the
official documents sent out to the high members of
the order by General Secretary and Treasurer
Frederick Turner" The Democrat says that it is
genuine and will prove valuable to those desiring
to form secret societies. In the description
the following: Entering signal, inner VEIL three
raps given in this peculiar manner: One, a short
pause, then two in quick succession. Grip, extend
the hand with the thumb parallel with the fore
finger and close to it, clasp hands with the fingers
without locking the thumbs, with side pressure
of the thumb on the outside, thumbs still extended
parallel with each other. Then end by locking the
thumbs and an ordinary shake of the hand" This
expose does not strike us as very important if true
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23
Merit Pays.

In this world, in the long run, merit paws. Deal
who OFFER to the public good goods are sure to
beat competitors who rely on Drag and pulling in
stead of on the square merit IN their wares. The
public know good thing when they see it. This
is plainly shown BY the success which the new
preparation, Lactarr ana Honey, for the cure Of
coughs and colds, is already receiving. Lactart
and Honey is really very simple affair, compound
ed i'll certain proportions of the celebrated Lactar
(the pure acid OF milky and Honey; but the pecu
iarity of it is that it "gets there every time.
Though new to the world of consumers, it has al
ready made wonderful strides in popular favor
gaining adherents whereverlt becomes known. 1t
travels simply on its merits, its strong point being
that, while remarkably effective in the of
throat distempers, it contains absolutely no drugs
to derange the stomach or injuriously affect the
nervous system. From time immemorial our peo
pie have used a sweet and a sour, in combination,
as a cure for throat, hoarsencss, and colds.
But nothing in this line eficacious as Lactart
and Honey has ever before been found. 1t is with
al very pleasant to take, and this makes it pecul
iarly valuable children's medicine, Take 1t all
in all, Lactart and Honey has come to stay as the
best of preparations for the cure of coughs hoarse
ness, and sore throat.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23
A War Claim.

Last week Congressman Miliken presented O
claim against the government in behalf of Capt. G
II. Wording and others, of this city, for damages
done to the brig Xenophon. Early in the war the
brig, then commanded by Capt. Darius Doak, was
chartered by the government and sent to Ship Is
land. While there she was run into and damaged
by United States vessel. Gen. Butler, then in
command, had the vessel appraised and $4,000 was
awarded the owners. Capt Wording says the yes
sci when damaged was worth $l2, 600, and the pres
ent claim is for the difference, $4,000, and interest
since 1862.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23
Mt. Desert Correspondence.

so. w. HARBoR, Me. H. ii. Clark of this place
shipped cargo of Christmas trees to New York
by Sch. Sea Bird, and supposed they had nearly
reached their destination, when Il few days ago he
received despatch from the Capt. at Boston, ask
ing what he should do with the trees he declined
to go farther.
The Post Mistress of this place has a very intell
gent maltese Thomas cat, the pet of all who visit
the office. Thomas has Il swinging dolls cradle
just long enough to stretch his full length, and viii
lay and rock himself hours Mt a time.
Schr. Laughing Waters, Robinson, has just
arrived from Belfast with cargo of hay.
Tom Robinson, the deer hunter, last Saturday
shot another deer and fired at third.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23
The Estate of the Late Z. G. Brown.

The will of Edward G. Brown, of Elizabeth, n
j., is contested. Mr.. Brown was a native of Mont
ville and at the time of his death last spring
sketch was given of his business career. He was
supposed to be at least millionaire but his estate
is valued at 100000 By will he left to adopted
daughter $4,000 outright, and third of the es
tate after the death of Mrs Brown; the latter re
ceiying $4,000 outright and the use of the remain
der of the property during her life. There were
some minor requests. The will is contested in the
probate court at Elizabeth by the brothers and
nephews of the deceased on the ground that he
was not of sound mind at the time the instrument
was drawn. The court has decided in favor of the
WILL but it is understood that the contestants will
appeal
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23
Death of the WelI.knOwn Proprietor of the
Quincy House.

Hon. James W. johnson, proprietor of the Qun
cy House, Boston, died Saturday after brief i'll
ness. He began life poor boy, and after sue
cessful business career bought in 1874 the old
Quincy House on Brattle street, which to-day
stands in the front rank of Boston hotels and rep
resents an investment of one million dollars. Mr.
johnson requested Mr.. George g. Mann, his part
ner, to conduct the hotel business in the old firm
name of J. w. johnson & Co. without taking
another partner Mr.. johnson was Republican
throughout his life and was elec.ed to many posi-
lions of trust and honor. His widow and five
daughters survive him.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23
A Definition Defined.

The Boston Herald says that the average man is
in doubt about what a mugwump is. mugwump
it says, is fellow who sits in Judgment other
fellows, a sort of kicker who thinks he knows il
all and is better than anybody else. The deni
ton would be complete if il had said that he is Il
sort of sanctimoni0us, hypocrtical cuss, who, in
stead of kicking, ought to be kicked. Savannah
News,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23

Temperance Work." by E. c. Dow, of
Monroe, and "Why Prohibition Party" by
III. Reynolds, NJ. d., Of Livermore Falls, with
other matter of interest, deferred to our next
issue.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23
Where to Buy Holiday Goods,

me advertising columns of the journal, rs us
ual it thls tlme OF the year. furnish complete d-
rectory of those who have holiday goods for sale
! Speaking generally may say that the goods
| tins year are finer than in any former season
whlle prices must have reached bed rock. The
only difficulty is in selecting from the many pretty
things seen in the windows and on the counters in
endless variety.
! George w. Burkett, 81 and So Main street has
not made any special holiday announcements in
ms advertising space but his handsome window
ulspldyS ana lautn counters, with the thrOnpS of
shoppers that frequent his large and well lighted
stores show that he is fully stocked for the
ana that his prices arc, as usual as low us the
| lowest.
II. A. starrett, Main street, offers great va
flety IN dry and fancy goods, including the useful
and the ornamental. We mention, as leading arti
tles' cloaks; shaWls' blankets, furs gloves, nit
Wen stocked dry goods store, ana something more.
can and see for yourself.
\. =. Mansfield, Masonic Temple, comprehep
siyely catalogues what he has to otlcr as Braut
~ liollday Goods, and an inspection Of his wen
ht'i store Will testify that he names them correct
~ lie has lots of beautiful article. which he is
selling at the lowest possible margin of profit Ills
stock was personally selected in tbe BOSTON na,k ct
for the holiday season.
d, p Palmer Masonic Temple, has bought out
santa Claus this year and VIII I'LL that gcnlcman's
engagements in this section He has furnishing
goods of all kinds, boys suits, pictures chiEIreu'2
toys, books and fancy articles The nenagrrie in
ms window has been great attraction To- the III
trnlIts, tut it il ccpSrd by the museum inside
Palmer certainly carries OF the palm in his lines
# there il ANYTHING in the line Of gold and silver
IruGlr1 CLOCKS al jew elry, not to be found in H.
T.. McDonald's Masonic Temple. We shuuII b,, al
4 loss to name It, and there are beside, marine ami
opera glasses, scissors and shears spcctacIrs aul
| eye glasses, and other things that make elegant
and useful presents. Watches, clocks and irvrlry
repaired at short notice
VIM o. Poor < son have 4 personally selected
stock Of great variety, Including brass uli.b
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23

We have been requested to say few words
editorialy concerning the petition of the w.
G.. L. T., published in another column; but it
seems to US that the petition itself, with the
accompanying communication, say all that is
necessary. The subject is one that demands
attention.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23

1t is said that disappointed office-seeker
who recently returned from Washington, when
asked if he saw the President, replied: she
isn't President; he's King" He seems to
be playing the deuce with the Democracy.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23

We print this week the last of the series of
articles by Prof. Bateman OH "Bordentown and
the Bonapartes," and it is so interesting the
reader will wish there was more,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23

Graves Is still non est. One paper says he
recently took dinner at logging camp near
Aurora, and another that the body of a man
found in the woods near Canterbury, n. B.,
resembles that of the murderer; hut the de-
tcctives think that Graves is "over the border
and far away,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23

Mr. Dingley has presented in the House memo
rails of the New England shipping company of
Bath that in the revision of the treaty with Spain
all American vessels be placed on the same foot
ing in Spanish American ports vessels carrying
the Spanish flag.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23

in which he lives to get a certificate of his
party standing-suggestcd, if not written by
himself-it indicates that he is too well known
at home, which is exactly the case
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23

The Rockland Opinion says that Hon.
Thompson ii. Murch died in the insane asy-
lum at Danyers, Mass, Dec. 10, aged As years.
Thus ends what the Opinion calls "a most
wonderful and romantic career the most Won
derful part of which, perhaps, is the fact that
he was twice elected to Congress from this
district, position for which he had no qualiti-
cations Whatever
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23

The Times says the Calais water system is a
great success.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23
The Police Court Pooh Bah.

We gave last week official facts and figures
which show concu>iyely that the police court
as now conducted is a gross imposition upon
the taxpayers of Belfast. The figures given
cannot be refuted. The judge of the police
court draws fixed salary of 5000, while the
| trial justices are paid in fees for doing work
| the court was established to do, and thus the
city and county are alike defrauded. The mis-
take was in appointing as judge man who
| had not sufficient legal knowledge or ability to
earn a living at the bar, who evidently regards
the salary a. perquisite, the position as a sin
ecure, who assumes more than the importance
of Chief Justice of the United States, who
never loses an opportunity to >lur the Supreme
Court Of Maine, and who undertakes to pass
| upon the constitutionality of the laws he is
asked to enforce. His qualifications and his
manner were alike happily summed up by the
Prog. Age when it described him as "a pom
! pouS gentleman who sports cane and two
| dogs.
one gentleman who had occasion to appear
before this toplofty tribunal said that while he
was indignant over the treatment accorded him
self and Others he could hardly keep from
laughing ut the grandiloquent air and bomhaS-
tic uttcranceS of the judge, who expressed great
Solicitudc for the whiteneSS of his judicial err
mine" and evidently wished it to be under
stood that issuing warrants was to him men-
al and revolving task. One can imagine this
Judicial Pool-Bah saying to himself as he peck
et> his salary: ~ Pooh-Bah paid for his SER
vices. 4 >alared mnon, But | do it 1t
revolt> me. but | do it,
The police court judge who looks down with
! contempt upon the Supreme Court of the State
would naturally have no respect for an hum
bic minister of the gospe! who was exercising
his undoubted right as a citizen in asking for a
warrant against IA rumseer; and to say that
two of our resident clergymen have been treat
ell with scant courtesy is very mild way of
putting it. They were given to understand
that they We're encroaching upon valuable time
which might be devoted to private pursuits
and the gain of other honors and emoluments
while the salary of the police judge remains a
fixed fact, whether the court is sat the pond'
or >trainng his intellect in tlefen &c of murder
Gus poachcrs or bankrupt regulations. The
Good Tempar>, in whose behalf these gentle
men appeared, cannot fail to take notice of the
| treatment accorded their representatives and
having commended County Attorney Rogers
Tor his vigorous enforcement of the prohibit
tory laws they can do no less than condemn this
petty Judge for obstructing their enforcement.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23

Prof. Bateman wishes to extend thanks to
Major f. NJ. Woodward. of Ellisdae, n j. for
valuable information in preparing his Borden
town and the BonaparteS." Maj. Woodward
is an enthusiastic admirer of the Bonaparte
family, and Is the author of several important
works on Bordentown and New Jersey history
In the National House Saturday Morrison
attempted to get his tariff bill taken up in
committee of the whole for consideration, but
was defeated by vote of 154 to las. 1t was a
decided triumph for the friends of the Amer-
can laboring men and women, and a set back
for the free traders.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23

Let the vain and foolish experts of New
England who vaunt the glory of mince or
pumpkin or huckleberry pies be at hand to
view the gustatory architecture of the Gallic
chctS and be COMPOUNDED.
The New York Herald thus concludes an
editorial on ball to be given by the pastry
cooks of that city. But we see no reason why
we should 90 to New York and be ''confountl-
ed' and the mnce and pumpkin pies of New
England are not to be set aside for the fun
merry Of foreign cooks.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-23

Hon. Marshall P. Wilder of Boston, is dead.