The Republican journal., 1888-01-05
News of Belfast and Vicinity.


Close time for moose, deer and caribou.
A Happy New Year to all the readers of the
journal.
The MIS- saw the Old Year ont and the New
Year in at their club ROOM
Monday was legal holiday. The banks were
closed but otherwise business went on as usual.
| The passenger building on the steamboat wharf
in this city, which fell in the storm of last week,
| was built in 1867.
Mr.. Jesse II. Frye, of Montville, has sold 500
bushels of apples, to Belfast parties for 50 per
| barrel, delivered in town.
| Five panes of glass in the rear of Mr.. o. e.
| Critchett's house High street were blown in
| during last weeks storm.
| Capt A. +. Clark, of this city, will dispose of
his marble business AMI enter the employ of his
son in the manufacture of clothing.
Some one says that the weather of late has been
favorable for doctors and black Every
| body's horses have had to be sharp shod
At meeting last week of the directors Of the
Belfast National Bank a semi annual dividend of
4 per cent declared, payable on and after Jan.
3, 1883.
| There was a bundle at the American Express
Office in this city, last week directed to Liberty,
via. "Reevc's Lightning Express" Ezra did not
take the joke kindly.
Mrs Charles Stevens, who lives in the Angler
Honse, on. High street, in this city, woke sunday
morning and found her three months Oh infant
dead in her arms.
An item on the first page captoned concerning
post-ofce Keys should be read BY every one.
You may become liable to Imprisonment at hard
labor, under a law not generally known.
Miss Isabelle Collier, assistant teacher at the
| North Primary school, has resigned on account Of
i'll health, and Miss Leila A. Brown, a daughter Of
| Mr. Charles A. Brown, of this city, has been
gagged in her place. Miss Brown is i graduate 81
the Belfast High school.
| Mr.. j. Il. Patterson, the purscr of the steamer
| ltatahdin, has taken the lease of the i.owtlcr
| Block of Mr.. A. C. Jerrar'i who has conducted thc
manage it in the future Mr.. Patterson has many
| friends in this city and elsewhere, who will wish
| him the best of success IN his new undertaking.
| Bangor Wing & Courier.
Mr.. r. Warren IIur,l of Bangor and Miss Louise
| Miller Wasgatt of Bangor, married Jan 2nd
at the residence of the brides grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Freeman Miller of this city, by Rev.
| Ron T. Hack. Mrs. ii!rl is Il daughter Of Mr.
| Tyler Wasgatt, who is well known here.
| y Massachusetts subscriber in sending his sub
| >crpon says in Il note to the editor: 81 wish youa
Happy New Year. May the year prove Il happy
and prosperous one not only t. You but to AL who
read Your valuable paper" Our Wnterport cor
respondent also sends the compliments Of the sea
son, which heartily leciproratc.
CLAM PEARLS. Mr.. IIcryey last week displayed
Il handsome gold bar pin set with handsome
pearl, about the size OF large pea ami Of deli
cate color The pearl came from Il fresh water
clam and was found by young man named Iricr
at the Head of the Tide. The pin present to
his mother. These clam pearls frequently
found III this vicinity, but few are perfect as
this one.
MIR. Asa +. Riggs baker, of this city, i one Of
the best cracker makers in tic state, but he bukes
only for the local trade, lie makes about git
barrels per week Next season Mr.. Riggs will
have his place Of business ON Main street. If a
suitable lot be procured he will build, if not
he will rent Il place. lie says lie shall have new
and improI ell facilities and Will enlarge his bust
hess. His brown bread sales are larger th;tn ever
| before.
CUSTOM House MATTERS. Unless different
measures have been adopted at Washington the
cut down and abolisling of offices in the Belfast
customs ulStllCt Is cOnsunlnat2't. capt j1Sthh
L. Conant, of this city, has been rcnoninatcl for
deputy collector. The order calls ior inspector
for Belfast but the officer is not needed. Collector
Gushing has asked that instead of an inspector for
Belfast, deputy be appointed at Rockport, where
nearly all the foreign entries and clcaranccS are
made and this will probably be done
| Mr.. c. j. Hall has received from Chicago plans
and specifications for very elaborate and costly
| mausoleun TO lie built of granite, much of it
polished work. In tie centre is large space
called the chapel, with polished granite floor and
ceiling, and on each side cat;eomhs, i'll which
to place baskets, and which closed by slabs Of
granite. The structure is to be bolte together and
built of large stones, and will be capable of with
standing earthquake shocks and the Tavages Of
time for centuries. Mr.. Hall will probably put in
| bid for the granite work.
The Rockand Opinion gives the following report
of case before the supreme Court in that city, of
which mention was made in the journal last week !:
Lean,er Caswel VS.. Amos Pitcher. Plaintiff is
| sonn-aw of the defendant, and for time lived
with him. The arrangement between the parties
proving unsatisfactory was terminated, and the
| suit was brought to recover an amount claimed to
be due to the plaintiff from the defendant. Defence
ence and denial of liability for the rest Verdict
for plaintiff for 800 In this class of cases, YER
dict for plaintiff carries with liability the part
of defendant for costs to the amount of quarter
of the amount of the verdict-$l0!t. in this case.
Staples for plantin: Thompson Il nEnton of Bel
fast for defendant.
| A DANGEROUS PRACTICE. Attention is again
called to the dangerous practice Of boys sliding on
the sidewalks and in the public streets. PeCiestr-
ans, particularly women, are i'll constant danger Of
being run Last Thursday evening Mr..
Thomas Harrison was going up Wilson's Illi,
where brother lives, and walking in the
street, when two boys on sled came dashiu@
down the HILL and running into Mr.. Harrison
Knocked him down. lie unconscious When
picked up and carried to his brothers hoUse, and 4
surgeon was summoned. Mir. Harrison was severe
ly injured ON the head and legs. One street should
be set apart for the boys and if found sliding in
any othcrpart Of the town they should he arrested.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Schs. Sarah l.. Davis and
Annie l.. Mckccn arrived at this port la-t week
ard will haul up...Mr. Daniel Lane arrived i.omc
last week from IIyannis, Mass, where he had been
10 look after sch A. Iayfoi,l, in distress at that
port. Mr.. Lane says that Capt. Warren wa, max
ing the harbor in gale Of wind AMI struck -unkcn
wreck in crossing the bar. Tie vessel ru'ldcr
post was SPLIT, the rultlcr unhung and the -aibUari
seam opened. A diver went under the vessel and
made temporary repairs. The schooner has pro
cccded to Boston, and after di>ciarSing Will c"nc
to Belfast for repairs sch. Carrie A. Lame, has
been thoroughly repaired at New York ami viii
engage in the coal business. ~h, has gone 4"
Baltimore T. c.lrg"....S'h. II. Johns, cant.
Gilmore, arrived at New York IN .tiiay, haNi ing
made the run from Jacksonville in seven day 500.
Sch. Palitka, tin lime arrived at jackson, lie
la1t week. Before her arrival there was M h
| l. al. IN.