The Republican journal., 1888-06-14

Mr.. Ed. Dunbar, of this city, on Monday sent
twenty-three pound salmon to his father in law,
Mr. NJ. E. Dodge, at Plymouth, Mass.
Some county correspondence and other local
matter will be found tire first page, and an ori
ginal poem by Mrs. Helen n Packard on the fourth
page.
Drunkenness is on tn, increase in this city and
drunkards go about the streets insulting people.
This Is the full realization of personal liberty"
as preached by the Jim Jam party.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Belfast and Mooschead Lake railroad company
will he held at the Court House, in this city, on
Wednesday, July 4th. See notice in another column
Mr.. W. H. Morrison and party left Belfast Tues
day in yacht Jennette for Il two days trip down
the bay. Green's Landing, Deer ISLE will be visited
On Mr.. Morison's return he will leave for the
west.
Mr.. A. L. Brown is chairman of the committee
on sewerage of the Belfast city government, and
while i'll Portland this week he examined into the
system of that city and obtained much valuable
information.
liit supper pdttitt'l ny MI Levi MCTIllncW,
formerly of this city, is being manufactured at the
factory at Bangor, and is said to give great salts
faction. The Bangor people have made an offer
for the right to manufacture the slipper.
II has been suggested that we have a display of
the water works in this city July lth and that
fire companies from abroad be invited to come
here and compete for prize The idea is good
and if any thing is to be done in the matter
it should be attended to at once.
Capt. Quinn, of Eagle Isle, in the schooner
Rescue, will establish a packet line between this
city and Isle au Haul in connection with line to
Rock an' The Rescue is a handsome little vessel
and both fast and able. 1t is hoped the venture
may be successful one. The Rescue arrived here
Sunday on her first trip.
Deputy DespoaX notified sheriff Webb Saturday
that Doughty. the bigamst, was at Canpobcllo in
the dominion of Canada 1t seems he doubled on
the officers when they pursued towards Boothbay,
passed sunday on Long Island, where he held re
iigious services, and on Monday sailed for Campo
bclo with his father He can be arrested there for
bgamv. Portland Press.
John VI. q Parker, of Lowell, Mass, who WAS
appointed postmaster of New Orleans upon its
capture by Butler, and afterwards was appointed
surveyor of The port by Gen Grant, died SUNDAY
night.
-Four Years ago Mr.. Parker participated in the
Republican campaign in Maine, speaking in Bel
fast, Winterport, and other towns in this vicinity
He was suffering from severe cold while here
and was not heard at his best lie was Il man of
marked ability and very effective public speaker.
Mrs. Martha Knight Palmer teacher of the
piano. whose advertisement appears elsewhere, is
Il daughter of joel Knight, Esq, Il prominent
business man of Calais some wears ago, and a Sis
ter of Miss Louise c. Knight NOW Mrs, j. Harvey
ioung} for some year, member of the editorial
corps of the Boston Herald They are both M.
tiyes of this state, and have relatives and many
friends in this city. Mrs. Palmer will be at the
Brooks House after July 81.
Mr.. Freeman Littlelicid, of Wnterport has leas.
ed the oakcs factory i'll Brewer, and will start Il
ness yesterday, but it will be some days before
they get into solid work ut the factory. The fun
capacity will be 1000 pairs of pants per week. Mr.
Littleiicld is of the best known manufacturers
of ready made clothing ill Maine, having been in
the business for about twenty years He l.
thoroughly familiar with it and has employed
hundreds of hands. Brewer people are very for
tanatc to have so entcrprsing business man
commence operations there. Bangor CONNER
ciai.
Vixen the dam across Cold Brook was carried
| away last winter the pipe leading to the pumping
station Of the Belfast Water Works at Little River
was injured by ire that it coud not be used
The Colo Brook dam has been rebuilt and in ,ia,
or two the pipe will be rcad that the supply
may he drawn from that source. Work on til,
main dam will begin soon. a meeting OF the Bel
fast Water Co. is called to meet in Portland Jun,
% at L. ". to fix the numher and elect directors
| fo the suing year.
| The for an electric light system in this city
is crossing and Mr.. Percy Pierce says lie hope.
| to have i. we'll underway in two weeks. While in
Boston last week Mr.. ii. T.. Pierce looked into the
various electric Gut s. stem, in that city i'll the in
| terest Of the movement here The Messrs. Pierre,
have the water power, the capital and the enter
| prise, and we nope they will let their electric,
| light shine at no distant day. Thomas A. Robin
son. OF Boston, an electrical engineer, arrived il
Belfast in the interes: of the enterprise.
The weather last month was intensely dis
agreeable and unpleasant that trade of all kinds
has been greatly retarded, and especially has this
been the case in the clothing line. The present
purchasers will receive the benefit of am immens,
mark down for to-day's sales at Mark Andrews
the clothier, II Phoenix Row. Economical buyers
will be interested in their advertisement II
to-day's journal, and should not fail to look ovel
their stock before selecting any thing in the cloth
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every boys suit.
THE PAT MALUNEl SHOW. Tomorrow Fri
day evening at the Belfast Opera House, the Pat
Maloncy Company Will present varied and ut
traeti>c programme, IN which music, drama, 70
cdilSn, dancnG ana burlesluc will have part
The manager aims to have only the very best and
purest specialties in every department, and W,
luoSe by the press notices that he is cminehtly
successful Ill t'lis direction. lie Ellsworth Amer
lcan says:
nat was q fire performance given by the Pat
in Inc onenn" come th,,u,,i, Nh. - ~
| comedians the delicious strains of melody from
NY, ~" n"Mupe anu eoiie., ,ie sultf} ir,lohy OF
hu,]esu,ie. all was bi.,,lv rnioynhic If w.,s in
e'io ~, l n,., ," Wv, VIZ .',Mas ~
even among the inanv good ones that nave lreccI
ed It,
Rev George t. Tufts, Of this city. lec,urcd sim
in Washington while attending the Baptist anniycr
saries When tile meetings were not in session Mr..
Tufts was busy about the capitol and Departments
lie SAWS Washington is one of the handsome !.
| cities ON the giobe and growing more beautiful
| each year. Mr.. Tut. paid high compliment tC
Hon. seth l.. Millikcn, Of this city, and said he
| was one of the hardest working members of the
House. Mr.. Tufts account of the reports of the
missionaries and their labors were very interesting
as were his descriptions of the Smithsonian Insi
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