The Republican journal., 1888-06-14
News of Belfast and Vicinity.

A paper is in circulation for establishing tribe
of the Improved Order of Red Men in this city.
Mr.. Z. j. Hall has shipped steam engine to be
used at his granite works at Somcs Sound, Mt |
Desert.
Mr.. A. X. r. Moore, of this city, is doing the
mason work on the house of Hon. G. NJ. Warren,
of Castine.
King Solomon Council, of Masons, of this city, |
has suspended its meetings until the first Tuesday
in September.
Mr.. P. l.. Strout has begun to deliver bricks for
the Government on w. c. Marshalls wharf. The
u S. steamer Myrtle will soon arrive for them.
The contract for plumbing the school houses on
the common has been awarded to Mr.. r. p. Stick
ney for $435. Twelve water closets will be put in.
Mr. L. F. Hanson, of this city, lost SO on Main
street, Saturday afternoon. The money found
by son of Mr. Mark Woods and returned to the
owner
Some Bangor friends sent to Gen. Russell II
Alger, of Michigan, last week, a Pcnobsco: salmon
weighing 81 pounds. The fish was caught ut Sandy
Point.
The Boston packet T.. l.. Warren brought down
large deck load of old seines and nets to be con-
verted into leather board at Sherman 4 Co.'S mill,
East Belfast.
The Belfast city schools close during the week
ending June 23d. The graduating class in the high
school is very small and the exercises will take
place in the high school ROOM instead of the Opera
House as formerly.
party of r,mselers driving up Main street
last Thursday evening hailed Il member of their
fraternity on the sidewalk with "Comc along and
how IL,
night And they did.
Mr.. Joseph II. Kaler, of this city, says he will
grind the usual amount of plaster this season, III
though he is out of rock ut the present time. Mr..
kaler does not grind much plaster As IN former
years. other fertilizers having come INTO more gen
cral use.
Governor Marble and the various State officials
are in receipt of invitations to the ceremonies of
dedication at Coburn Hal, State College, Orono,
Tuesday, June 26th, at o'clock Hon. L. c. Libby,
of Burnham, is to deliver of the congratulate
tory addresses
Brown Brothers, of Monroe, are meeting with
good success in introducing their turbine wheel.
During week past they have received orders for
their "a inch wheel from George W. Young, Lin
colnvilie; Leroy Mariner, Searsmont; L. w. Luce
Searsmont; A. Ii. Ripley, Searsmont; George Ma
lay, Appleton; VIM. Bessey, Union; I.enfcst &
IL. IL.
dustrial journal.
Pensions have been granted as follows Original
invalid, Israel Green, Ninalhaven reissue, Henry
Il. Barlow, Freedom; increase, David Il. Black
North Brooksville; Edward II. ParknIan, Unity
John c. Ford, Belfast; reissue and increase, Al
bert X. Ward, China; reissue, Augusta ). Phil
brook, Belfast; increase, Isaac Mason, >wanvillc
The commencement exercises at kent's Till were
held Thursday. large audience present.
Music was furnished by the Philharmonic Club,
and the program included the following students
from this section Woman in the War, Eva Gree
ley, Palermo Centre; "keep Your Powder Dry"
Harry Learned Shepherd, Belfast; Anthem, "praise
the Lord" William Emery Bachelor, Union.
The Mt. Waldo Granite Works. Frankfort, were
the lowest bidders for cut granite for basement
and front walls of the western portion of the Con
gressional Library building at Washington, ID. {.
Their bid was s339l9; and the bid of the Maine
Granite and Improvement Co. e. j. Han, of Bel
fast and others), $50 $500. There other bids,
the highest that of Cincinnati company, $iS.3
OBITUARY. Died in Orono, June 3:i of apo
plexy, after only few hours illness, Mrs. Mary A.
Stewart, wife of Orcn o. Stewart formerly of
Union, and daughter of Capt John T.. Robbins,
ldte Oh Union, years size WAS ill aitctlOn
ate wife, kind mother and n Christian woman.
She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Ella a. Spearen, of
Orono, and Mrs Ada c. Garland, to muuln cr loss
\ NEW CLOTHING FACTORY. Mr.. Oscar e.
wentworth, of this city, has opened clothing
mandatory in the brick building in the rear cf
llayford Block. Mr.. Wentworth has had expert
encc in the business, has excellent machinery, and
starts with a good lot of orders. There now
eight clothing establishments in Belfast, and all
are doing good business and employing 4 large
number of people.
TIE SPRINKLER. The standprc for filling tie
sprinh Ter has been erected Main street at the
junction of the Government lot and the hotel lot.
The standpipe is a large pipe which tops the main
and stands about eight feet high. Ane.ow turns
the pipe which projects out several feet ending
with section of hose. a valve regulates the water.
The sprinkling tub is driven to the stantppe, the
hose placed in the top of the tub, and in ninety
seconds the tub is filed. A second pipe will be
erected over Primrose Hill beyond the house of
Edward johnson. The sprinkler began its rounds
Friday, and Mr. Shuman is doing the work well.
HORSE TALK. Otis 4 Co, of Boston, have sent
very promising IIambetonian stallion 10 their
stock farm in this city. The animal arrived ON
Friday. Mr. Samuel Racklin, of this city, has
sold his horse with the silver name to Bar IIaibor
parties. ...At the W. T.. Bllch sale of bootlcd
family and trotting horses in Boston last week,
Mr. y, Il. Hunt bought Il black horse j years cid,
that weighs about 100 lbs, and is goo'l road
horse of eight or nine miles an hour Mr. Delano,
of this city, has sold his Texas roncho Nj. Eos
ter, of Rockport. The horse was broken to the
saddle and was one of the best of the lot sold here
last summer .....Rev. Geo. T.. Tufts OF this city,
recently bought horse and carriage and has Il nice
turnout.
ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WoHKMEN Mir.
Richard Snow, of Bucksport, came to Belfast last
Thursday for the purpose of obtaining charter
members for lodge of the Ancient Order of Unit
ell Workmen. The society is the Oldest assessment
life insurance society in the United States having
been instituted twenty years ago. Members are
insured for 81, 900, and assessed $ each to pay
the death claims. 1t has the reputation of being
of the best institutions of the kind in the coun
try. Mr. Parker Spoford, of Bucksport, Is the
second officer in the Grand Jurisdiction. Mr.. snow
obtained thirtyone signatures by saturday night,
when he went home, returning Monday, when he
increased the list to between 80 and TO- The Lodge
will be instituted next week.
Personal. Mr.. and Mrs +. O. 1horntlike ar
rived here Thursday from Boston and left Friday
noon fora carriage trip to Moosehcad Lake. An
account of their wedding is published in another
column. Mr.. and Mrs. 4. c. Sibley and Master
Sbey, of this city, left for Eoston by Monday
mornings train They will visit New York and
Philadelphia, make the trip up the Hudson and
return to Boston by the IIoosac tunnel route, AMI
expect to be absent about three weeks The tray
erse jury of the L. 5. Court in session at Bangor
includes Free; IL Page of Bucksport A. +. Fernald,
of Winterport snpernumerary The Universalist
convention at Lewiston reelected Henry Lord, of
Bangor, president, and J. W. knowiton, of Bel
fast one of the vice presidents. The Clinton
correspondent of the Pittsicll Advertiser, SAYS:
"Northpor Is talked of by some of the young
their outings there are May o. Gctchell, Nellie
Baker, Rosa Abbott and Mrs. Kate Ross ..A At the
annual meeting of the Maine Wooden Manufacture
ers Club, held In Sanford Friday, Albert johnson,
Camden. was elected member of the executive
committee. Rev. Theodore III. Murphy, of this
city, who has been ill for some time, has far
covered as to attend to business, although not
able to preach. He has gone to Bar IIarbor and
will canvass for the Peoples Encyclope,lia.....
Frank Colley, of Brookline, Mass. is in Belfast on
visit to his old home. ... Mir j. A. GrcenIeof n
builder, of Auburn arrived in Belfast on Satur
day. lie wants to bid on the new Odd Fellows
building. Mrs. William Clark, of Bar IIarboi