The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-05-10


Ira &. White was, on Monday appointed post
master at Whites Corner, Waldo county, vice John
Ii. Chase resigned.
Mr. S. I. Edgecomb, of this city, is a progressive
farmer. He has bought Broadcast Sewer, Il
machine which scatters seed from cart as fast as
one can drive.
Engineer Mcdonald with the assistance of the
hose company, opened the MIGRANTS Tuesday even
ing and gave an exhibition of the water works.
Everything worked finely.
Rev. J. A. Ross, who has been supplying the
has been to continue his pastoral services
for the coming fifteen months. Mr.. Ross was for
thirteen years pastor at Belfast, Me. The Con
SregatiOnalist.
The Belfast Public Library is well patronzcd,
an average of fifty books going out daily. The
evenings the library is open the reading room is
well filed many of the young people passing the
entire evening there.
We have been shown apple that has been
kept through two winters, and is remarkably we'll
preserved. 1t was raised by Mr.. Clark Martlcn, of
Swanvillc, who simply wrapped the fruit in paper
and kept it in dry place.
A. Poland, Of Centre Montvillc, has fine two
Red jacket, he by Old Drew He stands l5is
hands and is bay with black points. He is of fine
style, also perfect in limb and gait.
Mr.. John l.. Cook, of this city, died Tue lay at
ternoon, after long Illness, aged 81 wears He
was a worthy young man, and .ncinbcr If Waldo
Lodge l. o. o. F. He leaves i wife. but no chiid-
rem. lie will be buried this afternoon, At , O'Clock
by Waldo Lodge.
CHURCH NOTES. KEY. Geo. +. TUFTS viii leave
Baptist Anniversaries and will be absent until the
second week i'll June. Rev. Geo. L. Tufts OF this
city, will preach at saturday Cove Northrort next
sunday morning.
The Bangor Commercial of Monday last mad a
notice Of the young IIamhlctonian stations owned
by W. c. Marshall, ESD, of this city, and closed
by saying eve hope that his efforts to materially
improve the horses Of Waldo county and the state
Will meet with the encouragement which they de
serve"
Mr.. G. L. Lane, of Brooks, i'll town ~atur
day, looking for stock horse to take into Waldo
county. He finally purchased of Messrs. Iiind>
and Colcord the horse julius by Constellation
dam by Rolla Golddust. Julius is NOW years o.
aud is as beautiful As he is speedy. The breeder
Of Waldo ought to be proud Of the new arriN HI
Mr.. J. 5. Carver who runs Il corn canning facto
ny at Camden, says he would like to locate at Bel
fast another year. The present is his last year at
Camden and he wants to locate where lie can Oh
tain more lie thinks Belfast offer. superior
advantages. All right, Mr.. Carver, we Snail l.,
glad to welcome your enterprise.
The Cobb Lime Company have awarded the con
| tr.,r fin tbpjr ia Mitchell a.
Belfistan Parker sponord Of Buck port. The roa'
| is intended to supply the kins of Rockland Wit
| lime direct from the ,lu;,lries. 1t will cost abou
:2oo,0o0, and will save a large amount annually
now paid for trucking and handling the rock
| The sunshine and high winds of the past few
days have dried up the roads wonderfully, an'
the travelling is comparatively good Monday The
dust swept through the streets Of Belfast in clouds
The ponds are not yet free from ice and patches @
snow are still seen on the distant hills. .itprc~en
it may be called il cold and backward spring.
| Last Sunday Miss Susie Dinsmorc in behalf o
the pupils of the UniversaIist sunday school, pre-
scented Miss Mary johnson with basket Of choice
hot house flowers. 1t was her first appearance il
the school, from which her absence has been muei
felt, since her return from California Miss John
sun llltiIt
The dime sociable given by the Young people o
the Baptist society ut their vcstry last fri'lA,
evening was well patronlzed, and much cnioyeC
by the audience, which dispersed at the close o
the well rendered programme. feeling that the,
had realized much more than their moneys WORT
| The entertainment Noted about $1,000, Whirl
amount was presented to the PASTOR Rc,. G.. T.
| Tufts.
Five dollars fare to New York and return is ~
inducement that will, no doubt, cause many t.
make the trip on the comfortable steamers Of TIL
New York and Bangor $. ). line of which NJ. III
4. Pitcher, Lewis wharf, is the Belfast agent
| Those who wish to attend the Methodist Genera
Conference, which will be in session in New lor
this month, make the trip comfortably am
| pleasantly by this line.
A Woods IIo!l despatch Of the It'll says "eup'
| Charles G.. Atkins, one of the most efficient li>
cuturists in the United States fish commission, It
been relieved from duty ut this station to accel
| the supcrntendency of the propagation and matui
ing of salmon at Craggs' brook, at l'uckSpor Sta
ton, Me. Mr., John Maxwell, in charge of the ma
| chincly department here, Will succeed him In
many Bucksport friends of Mr.. Atkins will we
come his return to that place.
Hamitnns greenhouses are specially attractiv
| just now, with their wealth of bad and flower il
contrast with the somewhat wintrry outdooraSpert
Mr. Hamilton is preparing ground, ont of doors
where he will transplant 4 large bed Of pinks fo
next winter. lie has $50 dozens OF tomato plant
nearly large enough to transplant, and between
5000 and 5000 cabbage plants large enough to Sc
out. Mr.. Hamilton is meeting with well mcritc
| IN
patronage. Visitors to the greenhouses are Away
| welcomed.
| STABBED. An associated press despatch from
| I.aconia y. H., under date of May 9TH, says tina
on the afternoon of that date while John NJ. Gil
ford was at his boarding place and about goin
| into another room he stabbed on the top G
the head with an ordinary table knife inllicting
| ugly wound. The deed was committed by Georg
Thompson, of Lake Village, who irequents
boarding house kept by Mr.. Brown. Jealousy
the reported cause. Thompson left town immed
ately after and was arrested that night at LAX
Village. Clifford is Il shoemaker, belongs in tli
city, and left here four months ago. His woun
is said to be painful and dangerous.
| The drama "Forgiven' presented at III
| Belfast Opera House last Saturday evening b
| Frederick Bryton and an excellent company. III
audience was not equal to the merits Of the pl;t
and the company, but those present enjoyed
dramatic treat. Mr.. Bryton, the star, is 4 fin
actor, and was well supported, ''pcnyer Dan" @
pecialy keeping the audience in a roar .Monlt
evening at the Opera IleEsc John +. lnce ami con
pany, assiste,l-in the background--by local talcn
presented musical absurdity entitled "fun IN
| Boarding School" There were no programmes
and the cast cannot he given. Some features Q
the entertainment were good, but the fun was No
Of Il very refined order.
Mr.. W. T. Colburn boot ant! shoe dealer in thi
city, advertises prices for goods that cannot fail
| tention is called TO the new clothing advertisement
| of Watcrman's Belfast. see the notice of Mis-
| A. +. SouthwOrth, Belfast mincr .....The pre-
pretors of Jewett farm, Belfast advertise tina
| they have good pasturagc, shade and water. +
X. DagSett, Sandy Point, has good horse for sale
80. See notice of Geo. Il. Osborn. sailmakcr, Eel
| fast See statements of the Belfast and Sears
/ port National Banks. Selwyn Thompson. cloth
| ing manufacturer, Belfast, advertiscs for pant
makers :. L. &. Bickford, Lewiston, advcrtiSeS TIN
Cooley dreamer, which will interest the farmers
-. Carriers Sarsaparilla is having good rum W
| o. Poor 4 Son are the Belfast agents.
| PERSONAL Rev. Geo. Il. Tufts pastor of TIN
| Baptist church, has moved from Congress street t.
Mrs. Gorham Lancaster's ON High street Mrs
c. 5. Gilman, of Corinth, was in Belfast last week
| he of nnlA IrSS u,n Il NJ,