The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-16
News of Belfast and Vicinity.

In winters all showed under.
The dodgers that we erstwhie strewed
Like leaves in Vallambrosa,
Are blown to every latitude
From Brunswick to Formosa.
''The holidays come on apace,
Our stock is so tremendous
Wen write the editor for space
And vaunt our stock stupendous."
Twas Christmas week when thus he wrote
His fogy faith all shaken,
The answer made him cut his throat,
lie found the space all taken.
Albany Journal.
Charles Z. Sherman has been commissioned post
master at Burnham village.
A number of our smaller coasters have gone into
winter quarters near the lower bridge
Many complaints are made to the City Marshal
boys sliding on the sidewalks.
The postoflice at Monroe Centre has been discon
tinued, and mail for there will now go to Monroe
Mrs. John Langdon sibley, widow of the late
Prof. Sibley, is seriously i'll with pneumonia at her
home on Phillips place, Cambridge.
The new platform at the railway station in this
city is about completed The awning is to be made
elsewhere and will be brought here ready to put up
Mr.. Richard Written, of Unity, recently slaugh-
tered sixteen months old hog which weighed 525
pounds. The fat over the backbone cut seven
inches.
estate of the late Mrs I,o,. L poIin.,,,, ~ ,,e1
fast. forty youmes rro, tbo co11o.tio, ~ +ho lto
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Ihefe Is considerable speculatlon' says the Fort
lahd Express VINO Will be District Master work
man OF the knights OF Labor in tins state Among
the prominent names mentioned are oyphers ana
IN, po,l1a &C. III ,,,o..
toh oi hochlah' Harris OF Auburn, ana NUGGET
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ne oNiiel9 Oh inc Oh" sweeney mouse are moving
it from the lot near the engine house at the railway
station to the site of what was known as the aquc
duct house. In order to move the building il was
necessary to buy an old house i'm the rear, which
was torn down. The sweeney house has to q,
qute a distance uphill. John Stewart is doing til,
moving
\ SEA TURTLE Thomas Burgess, of sch p NJ
Bonnie on "A recent passage from Vinalhaven t,
Bclfnst says-tbat when midway in penobscot Bay
between Iincojnyiue and Js]rsboro he passc,
a l,r,o 50, +,r+lo on tlo .,,rf.co of t,o ,ra+ar +
is unusol for j., soaturtIe to he so far north
lint can't R,,rocss ma his assnnre,,s say tb,, mr.,
mot mi st,lcn
first SATURDAY,, If tbe season whom tbore was .,ool
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d,,co ,,ar, h,uIa1 i, fa,, teams rntr,nin,, pmnt,-
rbo,, am, .,,t,. came in TO do tbeir sbon
nino and Inv chr.tmas presents and trade wa
lively all ovn,, town ,,inr tbo dav was q wei
cor,, ,o,,,,.+ tbo ann +i,, c ,,ol ,ravoile,
for ,.ool- ~. tr-, ,,,.o,ions
noi NUM- n va? IN Wv +h b,' i, ~
said that in comparison with Belfast merchants
customers, referring particularly to cloaks an,
feadV-mdue ciothlhS' ilushel' AuNeftlatf'
when MI hach VISITS bellast we trust our pu9i
ness men Will convince nm tlla1 nc i MISTAKEN Il
''eY may easily no. Ill '''e i'ie9 u Soo7 '''o
e't' ~ IN most o'herS, beIlaSV can oHcf pe'tef Ill
JUDGEMENTS imam any piife III 'lli9 seetoh'
Daniel Sticknev Of Prcsque Isle in giving an &C
count of the Tooth anniversary of Mrs Chase, o
Aroostook county, says she was formerly the wifi
of Hezekiah Chase, of Unity, at one time Judge 0
Probate for Waldo county. Mr. stickney is II
error Mr.. Chase was one of the Associate Justice
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that he was in fault
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ham, OF Bangor arrived here last week. ana WI
~ u7l li'''Ne heli"7t ill' Winter p"i' II
7'l '''o lo''t' Sl'''' '''9 S''' - '' SUI " '''
az" eha' ny NrooStooh county '"t ei"P va ~
''iei'se anu "i eNctl'ehV '''il'! nc never 9'Ppe
- 'if !" o"e ~ a. ny present W u ~ va -
ii'il ior'S hNe 10 hi's cents per p"si'el' M "oi
'' sSs '''e price VIII iiol po ii'' y ~ l'leis
shipments are large ana potatoes can be Shppe
from Europe % New lork ABOUT rs quickly al
as cheapiN as from bangor inc tramp steamer
Capt. Geo. ". Chase, son of Geo. $. Chase, c
this city, who for number of years has been /
the employ of Il navigation company in Sout
America, has recently been promoted to the con
mand of the steamer Itata, one of the largest {
the fourteen owned and run by the company. Tn
Itata is mail and passenger steamer Of 100 ton:
with 4 carrying capacity of 1000, and accommod;
lions for 30 trst-class passengers and her route
between Valparaiso and lqucque. Capt, Chase
merited promotion which he has obtained throug