The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-09-27

day to play the rubber game with the local club.
The IIinckley 4 Egery Iron Company, of Ban
gor, will make fourteen iron pillars for the new
ODD Fellow building in this city.
Joseph bennett, of this city, a rgger and sail
maker died suddenly on Wednesday afternoon of
heart disease, aged about 20 years He was a ma.
tive of Castine.
Fernald & Mudgett, stone and marble workers
OF this city, have had busy and prosperous sea.
son and the orders now on hand will occupy them
| far into the winter.
1t is not customary to light the street lamps dur
ing the full moon, but last week, owing storms
| the nights were intensely dark, and there We're
many complaints because the lamps were not
lighted.
| Mr.. Sawyer, the contractor of odd Fellows
block, in this city has bought all the brick Mr.. p.
l.. Strout, Belfast had on hand-l50,0o0 M-and
has also bought large number from Mr.. George
Nickerson, of swanyille
Miss Bessie, Russ, Of this city, recently gradual
| ed from St. J'sseph's Academy a. BAY st. Louis,
Miss, and delivered the valcdictorv We have
been permitted to see the composition and tits a
very crcdtabe production.
The Belfast; Dramatic Company WIN play "M,
Thursday evening. After the performance there
will be a dance 1T the band hail. music Tax the Lin
eolnville Band. A number of Belfast people will
drive to the Centre to attend the entertainments
! MI John +. Woodcock, money order clerk in
the Belfast post office has been detailed for one
month to weigh the mails the Belfast Branch
| railroad, and Mi. Augustus Perry has taken his
place in the office. Once in years the Govern
thirty days, to establish the amount to he paid for
carrying the mails.
Last week Mr. Loretto iiayforl, OF this city
shipped five colts, each about -four months old to
Mr.. j. A. Cushman, OF North Weymouth who Is
establishing stock farm. lie is a believer in
Ilambetonian stock The price paid for four was
sioo each. one of tile colts was bought recently
for S50 By Nh David Alexander, Of this city, who
sold to Mr. Ilaytord for 800.
THE SWIFT REUNION. The Swift family in this
vicinity held reunion last week in Union, at the
house OF Mr. A. J. Dung. Mr.. William \. swift,
| of this city, and three sons, William, George and
Charles with neorge's wife, drove over. Twenty
five were present and very enjoyable day was
passed Had the weather been pleasant the at
tendance would have been larger.
Mr.. John :. Ferna1 of this city, has been APP
pointed clerk in the Belfast post Office to succeed
Mr. S. A. Parker, resigned, and will begin work
| Oct. > MIR, fcrnald has been connected " ith the
local press for many years and ought to make
capable official by the way, he first heard Of the
vacancy through the journal and at once put in his
| application ANA secured the place.
Mrs. Nancy [. Norwood, a native Of North HAY
en- died in thi~ city Monday, aged 4 years. She
| had an inward cancer and was treated last sum
mer at the Maine General Hospital Her case has
been one to excite the sympathy of the neighhor-
hood and she was the recipient Of numerous fav-
or9 from the neighbors This is particularly true
of Mr.. Alfred Walton, who mrcmitting III IN,
acts of Kindness.
Mr. +. Il. Campbell, drug clerk for four wears
with 4. A. Howcs X Co. Belfast, will leave next
| week, having obtained employment in the large
drug store of y :. Harlow, of Bangor. Mr. Camp
| bell Will he prescription clerk. While III Belfast
Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell made many friends who
viii regret their departure. iIowcs Il Go. have
obtained the services of MI John Doe, formerly
Of this city, registered druggist
ACCIDENTS. Ernest Richards. son of Nelson
Richards, Of this city was injured last Thursday
while at play on school house common. Richards
was vaulting on long pole when it broke, letting
him fall to the grolmd and frlctulin- his left
wrist saturday morning lady fell into the
trench across Church street, opposite the Belfast
Opera House, hut escaped with slight wrtting.
-. Frank A. stevens, of this city, had remark
able escape saturday forenoon. sch. Ralph X.
Grant diScharging cora for Mr.. William {.
Marshall at his wharf, and stevens was wheeling
corn on stage more than twenty feet above tie
deck of the vessel. \ tub of corn hoistcd from
the hold caught spike under the stage and
when it gave way the tab went upward with great
| force striking Mr.. Stevens, who with his wheel
barrow had just arrived at the end of the staging,
knocking him OF the stage. He fell to the deck of
the vessel landing on his feet and the barrow came
down and struck him and also struck Mr. George
Small knocking him into the hold. small was
slightly injured. Mr.. stevens was picked up and
carried home and a surgeon called, who found
that no bones were broken, the only trouble being
a slight paralysis of the right leg. Mr., Malone,
Of Unity, brakeman ON the Maine Central rail
road, was injured at Bangor last week. IIi- hand
caught In Il ,lraw-bar while at work aroHai tne
depot and was terribly crushed. The wounds were
carefully dressed, but it will he long time before
Malone fully receivers FROM his injuries.
| STEAMER NOTES. The Il. x b. ;. Co. is fortunate
in its officers, having all the boats men who
are not only popular with the travelling public but
in every way competent fur their respective posi-
tons Capt. Otis mgraham Of the PcnobScot the
f senior captain of the line, amt entitled to fly the
, pennant Of Il Commodore is veteran steamboat
= man, having begun service ON this coast in the
, steamer Daniel Webster. No one pays closer at
tenton to duty than Capt. Ingraham, and yet he
finds time to extend courtcsIcs to his passengers.
-. Freight clerk Holden, of the Pcnoh~c"t ha-
recently been distributing among his friends IL
very choice brand Of cigars. Agent Pote. Of thl7
city Of the favored ones and can give
particular, rs u the brand, etc Mr. G. IL smith,
proprietor of the Jennie Calcf Company which
played at the Belfast Opera House MONDAY even
ing, and of many other travelling compauic~, is a
brother of Mr. u. Il, Smith, steward of the rcnoh-
scot. There is good deal of amusement in II. Is.
ALSO. Messrs. \. IL. lIan-rome, y. Il. smith,
Tom Holden and W. \. RoN, four of the most
popular officers of the steamer Pcnolscnt, lcft
Bangor saturday the arrival of the boat there
for Il ishing and hunting trip in the Union River
region. The slaughter of paltrid@c- and capture
of trout was \pectcd to be Unprecedented, but We
have been unable to GET tull returns. We are glad
to know that none Of the party causat-coli ...-.
Since the death OF his little sou, Mr.. Frederick
| lIathorn, engineer Of the Pcnuh-rot has been OF
duty, and his father, Cmcr Engineer lIathorn,
has filled his place. The excursion rates OF the
Boston boats began Monday and when the Penoi'
scot arrived here in the afternoon on her west
wari trip she had big passenger list. Belfast
added 90 to the number.
PERSON Al. Maud Mulzy, of SearSnont, has
gone to the Boston University, here She will take
Il college course Miss Adelaide Gilmore of tins
city, and Miss Ida tonaut of Mayport, Fla, Il
summer visitor here, have gone to Washington. u.
c. The trip will he made sch. It. Johns. Mr..
| and Mrs. Scldcu II. kirorc and three children,
from Topeka Kansas, were i'll Belfast last wcri,
the guests of Henry l.. and In G.. {. kiigorc,
brothers Mr.. kiynre is in the Office OF the Atkiu-
son, Topeka and Sante Fc railroad Mis-, Harry
| Btcnben,cr and son, Of Massachusetts, are in
tin. The family at Mr. 4. IL, Conaut' So. Mrs
X. II. Mcdonald accompanied by her sister, Miss
Blanche knowiIon, OF this city, left Monday for
Nashua, y. H., where Mr. Mcdonald has employ
mcnt Mr. ana Mrs Amos Clement, of this city,
left on the Penohscot Monday, the former to 20 to
New York, while Mrs, Clement will visit friends
in Meridian, Conn Mrs j. G.. Paul Miss Emma
Cottrell, Miss Nrttic Brown, Miss A. F. South
worth and Mrs. Isabelle Deeyau, all of this ely
went to Boston Monday MIR. and Mrs +. :.
Carter, of this city, leave next week for Helena
Montana, to visit their son, and will he absent
several months Mrs. Charlie. Mckenncy, of this