The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-02-02
When ice is thick and dcep's the snow,
And winters days are drear, o!
Man wants little here below

Zero. philadelphia Press.
MIR. j. c. Whitten has opened dancing school
In East Belfast
In digging for the leak in the water works two
feet of frost found In the ground
The local trains have been late for the past week,
caused by dctentions on the main line.
We have received from Mr.. c. n. Black, of this
city, very neat calendar issued by the Weir Stove
company of Taunton, Mass.
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs A. Clements,
OF this city, extend congratulations. 1t Is boy,
and was born Saturday evening
Reports to the State Board of Health for the
week enohg Jan. 18th credits Iscsboro with
cases of measles and Castlne with one case of dph
theira.
The officers OF King solomon Council No. l. will
be publicly installed at the Temple next Tuesday
evening. All Royal and Select masters and tbeir
families are invited
Chief Engineer Mcdonald has been notified I,y
sibiey Co., Seneca Falls, y. Y, that the hose
carnage hose and other apparatus for the fire de
partment have been shipped by rail.
Before the Odd Fellows could obtain Iiuht for
their FRIDAY night meeting they had to thaw out
'he gas pipes. This is one of the Inconvenience
caused by the continued cold weather
We have been showed under with CORRESPOND.
cnce the past two weeks and our contributors
must have patience. We shall publish their nutr
erous fayors ut as early date As uossibIc
Mr.. Charles o. Clark is circulating a pap,y,,,,,.
gatlize a society for hcalthfu amusement +, IN,
caileu inc belfast Gymnastic Club John sleeper
Is instructor. No liquors will be allowed ON tIr
premises.
Mr. William NJ. Thayer, of this city, wen; To-
searsmont last week and was storm STAYED there.
Monday the roads were almost imlns-ahle for
teams, but IhaHer wanted to get there and did So
He footed it to Belfast
a. W. liassan and John l.. Walton have been
elected delegates and f., O. Pendleton and Geo. ".
houlter alternates from Thomas H. Marshall Post
q. ~ r. of this city, to the Grand Eucampmrnt ut
Portland Feb. 9th and 10th
Last weeks storm hayin-; cut OF the stumble,
our local markets have been decidedly bar, this
week; but we are no worse of in this respect than
other places. New York city was threatened with
milk famine, and Bangor with a potatoe famine
MIR. Charles X. Coombs, of this city, is very ngcG.
ious and devotes his spare moments to useful and
ornamental work. He is taxilermi,t and has re.
Gently made a case to display his collection which
includes, among other specimens, a bittcrn, VOID
duck, sea gun, and FOX.
No. 6 of the 18th Maine series Is published ON the
first page; Occasional" sends us a gossi,,v Port
land letter; Mr. Geo. NJ Cole contributes 4 han.
ter ON Water an interesting summary is given of
the report Of the Labor ommissioner, and thcreis
the usual miscellany and news matter
In shovellng snow on Monday Mr.. A. a. Uurd
carved out handsome snow monument ON the
outer edge of the side walk in front of his place of
business, on Main street 1t attracted mitch atten.
ton some ono letered the llinth with inscriptions
of a local flavor.
y SAFE BROKEN OPEN. One of the American
Express safes, containing 5000, was broken open
at the Express Office in this city one day last week
1t was done In broad daylight by Mr.. Gilkcy, the
agent The safe lock could not he worked and a
| forcible entry was made. The money is in safe
hands.
| The officers of Corinthian Royal Arch Chapter,f
Masons, were publicly installed at the Temple
Monday evening by William IL. Fogcr, Past High
| Priest a fair sized audience was present After
| the ceremonies tie company repaired to Il { len
| quet hall where an oyster stew was served. The
invited guests enjoyed a pleasant evening.
| Charles Rhoades, a workman in the shop OF Dur
| haul ~ Hall III this city, while saving boards
Thursday found a ten dol ar bill frozen on To Il
board. The lumber was planed in Bangor and
was recently placed in Durham u Halls store
| mouse where it remained until taken out to be
| manufactured. Mr.. Rhoades has the money
| SHIPPING ITEMS, Capt. Gilmore in sch. st
Johns at Fernandina, has chartered to load lumber
| Baltimore sch
land, had very quick from Charleston t,
| Fernandna Sch. Roger Drury left Boston last
week for Belfast to load ice..At last adyices the
sch. Penobscot frozen in at Vineyard Haven
| and the A.. IIayford at uvannis
| Speaking of the business in Belfast in the odcu
times, Mr. David Pierce said that in 1881 he had
contract to furnish all the oars used by the whale
men of New Bedford and New London. lie got
$50 per thousand feet and shipped 100000 feet an
| nually. The oars were ash and were made mostly
| in Montville. \ set comprised Il steering oar, two
| twenty-five feet long, two. twenty feet long and
| two eighteen feet long. The oars were made hy
| hand and were very handsome and serviccahlc.
| MajorJ A. Smith, Of the L. ;. Engineers, who
| Is stationed at Portland, was in Belfast Tuesday
with view to reporting on. the proposed impro, G.
| ment of our harbor, OF which mention is made in
| letter from Washington in another column We
are confident that Major Smith will report favor
| ably, and our efficient Representative Hon. : l.
Nlillikcn, will no doubt secure the necessary al-
| preparation. The work proposed is neither DIM
cult nor expensive and ii is work that ought to
| be done.
| letter from California gives some particulars
of the tniVersalist Church at Oakland of which
Rev $ Goodenough is pastor Mr.. GooGc1oueh
established the church after his settlement in Cali
forria, and by hard work has built Up n large So
ciety it having increaScd twenty per cent the lNst
year. a lot has been bought and Il chapel VIII lie
| built to be dedicated on Easter Mir tu,,i,uruph
has at santa Clara, his place OF lcsid,i,c, Il fiuc
orchard that is Just coming into bcaIi'-.
Pensions have been granted to LllJuh d. Iuilrop,
original, Union; Charles /. Jcp-or, Increase VIA.
| terport; LleWelyn Hanson, Increase, Appleton,
| BENZ y. Fish original, Whites Corner. John Me.
kinney original, Jackson; Mahala, mother Of dor
| ham Plummer, Freedom; Oliver Neal, iucrv:esc,
| Belfast; Charles II. Elwel, reissue, Swnu,iIIr.
| Everett Whitehousc, China; John >catrs. original
| East Palermo; Wilde :. Grant increase, Isle,
| boro, Henry renilcton, navy, increase North
| port; Hilton Is. Wright, increase, Washington:
! Lewis Thompsou, Increase, Unity.
/
| Mrs~rs. /. W Parker and { . Poor, ct. Til,
| city, leave next Monday to join the Raymond -
| cur-''n To California, which Is to leave Bostuutl t.
| 'th to be gone about seven weeks. Col. Hubbard
| ana daush'er Of Ninterpor, also Of the panty.
| The tourists are to be shown unusual and formal
! coutesies ON their arrival In New Orleans fuiIr
| days arc to he passed in that city on account of
the Murdi Gras festivities. \ letter from >cclt.
!
say, that the Raymond people arc To- he the lartir-
ular guests of that body, The necessary invita-.
lions and badges ready for thcir use. and, UNI.
der the guidance OF the officers of the board they
will be given every facility for seeing the two
grand professions attending the carnival ball aud
the other events of the week.
OBITUARY. Mr.. Benjamin f. Houston, son of
the late Joseph Houston died saturday in this city
ut the residence of his sister, Mrs Charles Word.
| ing aged a years. He was the oldest member of
the CongregatonaIist church, joining when Rev.
Silas Mckeene was pastor j3 years ago. His sister,
| Mrs. Wording, is now the only member left of Il
| family of seven. Mr.. Houston was constant
| reader of the Bible, had a wonderful memory,
| took an interest In all about him, was cheerful and
kind hearted and had good word for very body
lie lived to ripe old age and was ready To obey
escaped his lips in all his suffering. Mr.. Houston
| was born in Belfast living on the old Houston
| place, East Belfast. lie never married. During