The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-06-07
News of Belfast and Vicinity.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 2. l.. MAN AND
THE MOON.
The p. /. man who imbibes too much whiskey or
Doth mauiiiu, cranky or stupid become;
His antics would frequently shame buffoon-
How different il is with the man in the moon,
Except when eclipsed is his radiant phiz
The fuller YOU find him the brighter he is.
50 deg. in the shade Tuesday
Nh. Henry .. Dodge now has steam whistle at
his clothing factory in this city.
The first monkey of the season. with hand organ
attachment appeared on the streets Friday
The old ice houses near the rag wharf east side
owned BY II. +. Pierce collapsed and fell in Mon
day night
There were POI books issued Saturday from the
Belfast Free Library, the largest number given
out in single day.
\ free concert ON lower Main street. by an en-
terprsinS vender of electric belts. has attracted
crowds the past week.
When completed Mr. NJ X. Cooper of this city.
will have good wharf. lie is putting thirty feet
on to the length and ten in width.
W. y. Lewis OF Boston, brought down ON the
boat Wednesday tive yearling Jersey stock for his
farm in Liucolnvillc. Camden Herald.
The meeting of the Belfast Hotel Co called for
Tuesday evening postponed to this Thurs
day evening NJ the Allermen'> rooms.
COY. Marble has appointed George +. Wallace,
"f Belfast a J. z. and @, and NJ. f. Hany, Of Ap-
pItton, 4 trial justice for knox county
We ARE Indebted to Mr.. Hiram Jones of dis city
for ~ Of .ook trout, caught in the streams Of
Brooks. iir. Jones and companion caught
handsome string Of forty.
Nj. 4. X. p. Moore has ccmente,l the cellars Of
TIE school ho'.seS on the common and done good
job. The Easements are now ready for the steam
heating apparatus, plumbing, cite.
City gardeners complain that doves are very de
StructiTe aud pull ny the seed planted. Mr.. Joseph
benrett says he has to watch his garden patch
almost constantly to keep the doves away.
Tht Universali-t society of Bangor will lay outa
tennis court At the grounds at Sandy Point fer use
this summer. 1t will he very pleasant for those
who stay at the Point and will be well used
I'm adjourned meeting of the committee having
in charge the matter Of creamery Will be held at
the Court House i'll this city saturday Al ,
o'clock ~. II is hoped there will b. fun attend
ance.
MI. q. Il. Coomhs Of this city, taNidermi>t,
ha- quite large collection Of Maine birds, to
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interesting and may lie seen ut the store of X H.
Coombs X son.
Portland has jUst contracted for iive hundred
signs for the street corners. Why should not Ban
G"r follow the example: Bangor Com.
| And why not Belfast; although five hundred
will MOI be needed here.
/ When the shoe factories, wood working shops
clothing factories and stone yards turn out their
! fLp
mated appearance. 1t is believed that before
/ We're there so many men and women employed in
town.
/ MIR. +. y. tiilkey, American Express agent in
/ this city, last week received the largest single
! piece of merchandise ever sent 10 Belfast by tN-
pres. 1t was driving wheel and sliafting for
Mathews Bros. sash and blind factory. and weigh,
el 1000 pounds.
On Thursday last the stone Watering trough Was
| mrNvi from the cornrr near lerce'S building TO
BE reset IN Custom House square, but found to
| be somewhat damaged and has been condemned.
An iron trough will be substituted amt placed at
the corner of Church and Franklin streets,
Pensions have been granted to: Willis { Estes.
last Troy sylvester Goodwin. 40. Scarsnunt; Jas.
Aiken, llam!"cu; Rutu- Is. Birhford, No. Brooks
min L, Mansfield, South Hope; original invalid,
| Amos Jones, eotth China Newell W. smith, Din
| mont Centre.
Alr simpson, of the Belfast slipper factory OF
| simpson X >tcphcnSou arrived homc last week
| from Eo>ton, where hc had been to show samples
and solicit orders His samples gave good salts
faction and a crew is now at work filling the or
'lcr> received. 1t is hoped the enterprise will
prove success.
\ correspondent of the Bar lIarnor Record says
that 4. j Han now employs about 10 men ut his
>me~Htlc luarljcS and expects forty Italian stone
cutters soon. He has about completed large
boarding. h"usc for their over leo are
employed at Mr. Halls granite yard and ma
chine Shop in this city.
\ Bangor correspondent Of Maine paper writ
ing Of wealthy women of that city, says The
widow OF the late Or. Field, Who was an eminent
physician here had left TO her not far from s6oooo
| while tie wife of the we'll known divine Dr. Geo.
w Field, is possessed of about St5,doo," The late
DR.. Field and Rev. Geo W. Field, ,the latter liv-
! ing were natives of this city
| Mir. W. y. himbal OF tie Yacht Jennette,
| invited party out sailing on Thursday last
AMI 4 spin was taken down the bay, but the
| wind was too light for enjoyment. The change in
| iha "rnncttt from last year is an Improvement.
| Size works rs well with keel rs She did with a
ctntr" board The laltnpSa sets 'from alot aud
works easier. but is large as a club tupsaiI
B>sl Bali. \ scrub game Of base ball between
the a~trrs and inisncrs from the shoe factory was
| played on the Nortnpurt avenue grounds, in this
city, lat Thursday afternoon. The game was call
cd at the close VI the -jNth inning and was dcclar
cd in favor Of HE a-trrs with score Of u to 20.
| Fhe battery for the lasters was. William Preston
| pitcher and Warren Hopkins catcher. for the
finisherS, Walter Darby pitcher James Waterman
catcher. Thur-tou Tlough was umpire. Meant.
lass the famous short stop of last wears Belfast
team, PLAYED Short stop for the Ini-her5 but could
not pull the team through to victory.
| AcClbtNIS. Mr.. Harry W. Clark who attend
ed thc Whecmcn'- tournament ut Portland last
week. came home with q spr,ined wrist. In at
| tempting To avoid collision with another wheel
man he Was thrown to the street with the above re
| Silt Mr. Thuma~ Taylor, who lives on the east
| SIDE, was injured last week in sherman " Co.'S
new leather board mill lie fell from the upper
floor and lodged between the timbcrs Of the lower
| floor His body was badly bruised. Mrs Ncrrl
| Jones, of this city was seized with t;,inting fit
| ON Sunday and fell down stairs badly tractming
| her right wrist ...Capt. f. o. Patterson, of this
city, ha his foot caught in line recently on board
| steamer Caroline Miller, AMI the foot and ankle
We're badly injured. Had not the line parted his
foot Would have been taken on. Capt. =, is nuw at
Rockport, Me, having come ON from New York
SHIPPING lrENs. sen Puritan sailed from this
city last Friday, tor Washington, y. G. with
load Of dressed granite, shipped by {. j. Hail. for
the Congressional Library building !. Sch. Fan
ME a. Gorhan was towcd to this port from Boston
10y Bangor tug and is now on the Mcrchints' Ma
rine railway forrcpars -. Sch st Johns Gilmore
| arrived in Belfast Wednesday from New York with
4 cargo Of coal. ...Sch. Leonessa was on the Mer.
chants Marine railway, III this city, on Monday,
receiving some repairs and calking Sch Daniel
NJ. French, Capt. Haskell, is in Carriers dock un.
dergolng repairs. sch. Mary Farrow, of Bel.
fast, is III Overs ,ioc> receiving some repairs 49,
The sch. T. NJ. Bonnie Of Belfast, Capt. Burgess,
has been engaged by the Ninalhaven and Rock
amt Steamboat Co., to carry freight between vi
ma haven and Rnckland in connection with the
steamer NJ. 4 NJ, during the absence OF steamer
Pioneer. ..Sch. !concssa has chartered to load
latlis from Bangor for Philadelphia
EtruKE ro fllE CHNUTArpI ANS. Rev. Geo.
ID. Lindsay, Of Bangor, president Of the Maine
board Of thauiauquans. lcctured at the Baptist