The Republican journal., 1886-04-08
News of Belfast and Vicinity.

The close time for Holsters has expired and that
excellent shell fish is now in the market
school agent Pattee has appointed Henry W.
Mariner janitor of the school buildings in place
of f. w. Gilbert.
Col. W. II. Fogler, of this city, has received
numerous calls to deliver Memorial addresses but
he has not yet accepted any offer.
Mr.. 5 I Edgecomb has begun the erection of a
small building at his place. The house Will be -
by 10 feet, one and II half stories in height.
ACCIDENT. Mrs. Samuel Norton, of this city,
broke through a platform while taking in her
clothes early last Thursday morning and broke her
leg just above the ankle.
The stable men have put away their sleghs for
the season and brought out their wagons. Snow
has nearly disappeared in this vicinity, but large
quantities remain in the country
Mr.. r. II Moody is making some needed i'm
provements in his drug store at the corner of Nam
and High streets and when completed he will have
q handsome and com enicnt store
apt George I. Osborne, of this city, who devotcs
SOM. time to fancy poultry, had chickens hatehed
oit Barch 3lst which lie considers early HIS
stock i, plymouth Rock, and Legholns
tlr- u. D. Mcdonald, Of this city, has more or
cute. Her reputation as artist Is extending
y It ha, several orders from Portland people.
Three hundred tons of hay is being shipped from
iiiDok- over the railroad to Belfast where it goes
on board vessels for the southern market, Now
taat The Shedding is gone nearly all hay shipped
Wu be by rail,
The Chautauqua Circle in this city issues monthly
IL nauu-rript paper called The Plymouth Rock Ad-
1osuc. Mis- \. \. Iicb7 l. editor, but all the
iuriuuer- contribute IL, The first number is an
Interesting one.
Nl- II T.. Wooicock of this city, says his dam
"a Quauteacook stood the winters test and is in
sart ~ soon as she weather permits he will re
utv operations ou hi~ cranberry bog In fact lie is
already hauling rock 10 his dam.
salmon fishermen along Penobscot Bay are put
ting their weir- III condition for the spring run Of
fish MIR Dow at Brigadier's Island, >earsport,
who WAS very successful last year viii have three
ol fuur Vcir~ this season. The first salmon last
year was caught about the last of April.
We learn from the Courier Gazette that Or.
J. I. tuwl,,- who has been resident of Camden
-lure lo7o, mas removed to Hartford, Conn. Or.
Canlt~ WAS for a time the Camden correspondent
ol jlu. journal and ser, Ell Us most aeceptahly. We
-li Nv uu less than wish him happiness and pros
pcjty hi his new home
Mr. j. " Thompson. Of stockton, informs us
f1at Inc Is building-tv cottages at Fort Point
or. for Fx-t,overnor Clatllin. of Massachusetts,
;tuI alc for Mr. A. H. ~uden of Boston Nearly
tl The llud from Fort Point to Cape .Jellison has
been bonded 10, parties from abroad. From pres
Mako WEATHER. we learn from MI l. IL
MNI'" 'Et' II'e average Iol pera''re Tor M'fFi wa
ov'' winch was SIN degrees warmer ulah Mfeh
oil H0i year. but about one degree codef IMAM tle
aNciaE" temperature for Marfh In The past twenty
seven years. March 1850 was the coolest March OF
which MI. Mur'h has any record. II showed on
Twelve lays last month ana rahed ON I'VE. ABOUT
Muftecn inches IF snow fell
Miss Nav p French has resigned her position
a. assistant trarb,r in the Belfast High school and
has been succeeded l,y Miss Bessie NJ Pond, Of
Alfred laughter of the Rev Mr. Pond who died
recently and a niece of Mrs Wooster Parker in
this ctN. Miss Pond is Il lady Of high attachments
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Last week we mentioned that the steamer Rap-