The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-10-11

n lew SHOW HakeS feli tuesday morning, anu IN
the afternoon a few more.
The water works people are busy putting in city
water There are now 800 faucets running city
water.
4 Mr.. Ezra Hawkes., City Marshal of Portland, was
in Belfast last week to attend the burial of his
sister, Mrs. Randall. The remains were buried at
/ Brooks. Mr.. Hawkes. is native of Jackson.
\ The Harrison and Morton campaign Nag in this
city, was left ont in the storm of Sunday and Mon
( day. Monday morning it broke away from the
hem across the head and fell into the street.
| sam Locke's alligator, stuffed and mounted. is
displayed in the window on Main street. sam
says Belva will keep better, in her present cond-
ton. during the cold winter, and require less care.
| At a meeting of the Waldo County Agricultural
| Society saturday, it was voted to pay sixty per
/ cent of the premiums offered. An adjourned meet
ing Will be held at the Court House, in Belfast,
saturday. oct. 9th,
Pensions have been granted follows IN
crease, Marcellus T. Harding, Thorndikc station :.
original widows, Helen Il, widow of George II.
Brown, Washington; reissue, Thomas X. Clements,
Monroe; increase. Norris j. Thomas, I.ncolnville,
The poles of the Belfast Electric Company have
! been erected from the clam at Goose river To the
lower bridge. and the work will be pushed as
/ rapidly as possible. The first pole erected
within forty feet of the site of the John Mitchell
house, the first building erected in Belfast
! lis years aro
| THE NtCkEREL CtrCH. The seasons catch of
mackerel has nearly closed and it has been a fail
ure The totGl catch 10 date 53 barrels, against
1910 barrels in lS>7 $50 barrels in 1s>6 and
21S,.67 barrels III l>S5. \ schooner arrived at Bos
ton last week from the Alagalen Islands the first
| TT some time with $50 barrels OF mackerel.
! BROKE HIS LIZ. MI Ilewellyn Moore. of this
| city while pressing hay for Josiah Mitchell, Mon
/ day morning. broke hi leg. The fall parted and
the long sweep flying back with great force, struck
| Mr. Moore Just above the ankle fracturing the
/ leg, involving the ankle joint. The wounded man
received surgical treatment, butt his ankle joint
! will probably be StiN.
1 some evil disposed person, or persons has de
faced The front of the cottage the Shore Of the
bay owned 10y IL. J. Locke and others by shooting
charges Of shot into it, Not long since Il bullet
/ went through the cottage striking slipper hang
ing III and penetrating berth. This i a danger
Gus sort Of mischief ant, ii the perpetrators can
be detected they will have to pay the penalty.
The october number of the Century contains All
/ interesting article on American Machine Cannon
and Dynamite Guns, III mich IS an Illustration Of
| the "ulcck of the United states coast sGrvey
schooner >liman by 5jpound Shell from the
pneumatic dynamite gun, Sept. %, l>>s." The
| >iiliman Will be remembered as the government
vessel, unGer command OF Capt. Anderson, VIII
surveyed Belfast harhor a number Of Years ago.
Mr.. c. j. Hall has about 25 tons of stone nearly
finished for the Con -ressional Library building at
Washington and this will he completed and Ship
ped by sch Puritan The suspension of this con
/ tract leaves MIR. Hall without work. Many con
tracts We're refused from inability to handle
them. "a Tie had nearly 800 men at work the
Congressional building The closing OF Halls
stone yard At this time is public misfortune.
Mr.. James Nlett. who was driving Incz F. Mr.
George y, Eailcvs spirited mare. last Thursday
had Il bad runaway. The horse started on Con
gres> street and ran down Miller street where sh,
tnaIi stopped ny running into pile of Slabs neal
the -torehou-c of Mir. Fred &. White. The carrag,
was bad y smashed and Mr.. Milctt quite seriously
injured. He was unconscious for time hut cs
capped without hrohrm bones. The horse was no
injured.
The october term Of tine supreme Court to
waldo county, will begin in this city neat Tues
day, Judge Emery presiding. Chandler the forg
er, will he taken before the Grand Jury. Their
are l>} civil and - criminal cases continued from
the old docket OF the - criminal cases ih are 70
violation Of The liquor laws rhc traverse jury
men will net meet until Thursday following TIN
opening Of the Court. Judge Emery believes tina
the Jury men should not assemble until the Cour
i fully organized and ready for business. b.
this arrangement the county saves Sll2, i'll jury
mems fees.
llI. l. ". CortrelI. OF this city. returned hom
last week from Fairfield, the last place where Ia
exhibited his incubator IN the process of Matching
out chicks. After leaving the state fair at Lewis
ton MIR. CottrtIl Went to Rochester, \. H., wher
he exhibited successfully. ON his return to Fair
lied His eggs were hHtctci out, but he sent home
for new supply. Eggs nearly hatchcd ont wer
expressed 10 him ami they We're six hours from
Belfast. On placing them in his incubator at Fair
fell they AatyNed on time. Mr. Cottrell in hi
travels remains in the ear with his incubator. IL
has achieved novel success. The Cottren Bros
viii pat an Incubator on exhibition in thu city.
The post Office appropriation bill which recent,
became a law, contained an item of :45o,0o0 for tn
rent, fuel and light eff third class presidential of
fees Heretofore postmnsters Of the first an,
second classes, the men who get the big salaries
were The only who had an allowance mad
for th' purpose while the men whose >alarie
ranged from $1,000 to l,go0 Il year, had to pay fo
this out Of their own pockets. Postmaster- Il
buildings not owned by the government have beef
obliged, heretofore. to pay the rent and fuel
their salaries. In future this will not he the case
A. 500 Tor rent and $50 for fuel and lights will b
appropriated hv the government. THIS will Il
"qliydlen, to So much additional salary The pos
ollce at SyArsport VIII he benefited, but the lie
fast office is in government building and W i'll no
be benefited
AN"fHEH SHOE FACTORY. \ movement Is o.
foot in this city to establish another Shoe factory
: Articles of incorporation have been drawn up am
paners are in circulation for stock. 1t is propose
to form stock company with capital Of SIS on
to begin ON. The carriage repository of Mr.. L. /
Hanson, III the corner Of Bridge and Washingto
streets Will be used for the factory building Tn
building is 40 by 10 feet, three stories high an
well arranged for the business. Steam or Gle,
tlitltv will be used for the motive power, Tw
preliminary lnoctjngs have been held and niue
enthusiasm aroused. Mr. Hanson. the owner O
the builaing.is interested, and with several pra,
teal shoe makers from the Belfast factory, the er
tcrprisc locks very encouraging. Youths Shoe
? will he made. The building is capable of accom-
molating 200 operatives. II is hoped our citizen
viii all the enterprise.
toMMENIs oN ! CtriLH. Dr. Winston : cut
ter Yacht oriEda is in winter quarters i
Overs ward just above the steamboat wharf
When taken out If the water last week She attrac
Ell much attention and caused a good deal of con
mcnt. Few of our people had ever had fu
view of a craft Of this description. She is NH
however, i>r. WiHeow SAYS. an extreme cutter, q
she would have but six feet beam to length owe
all of Is feet while the Ornda has 9 feet, inche
beam. No fault can be found with the workman
, a butt between stem and stern Her keel is mainl
of cad, single casting, eleven inches thick on th
. lower edge amdship, and weighing five tons. \
additional ton of lead in small pieces, is carrie
under the cabin floor. While nautical critic
NOT iii love with the model it would seem tina
the 0rinda ought to be fast on the wind and to h
good il WindNard work, and II is claimed that j
rough water the cutter will make better weathc
than the broader American centre board craft. \
vet we believe no full test has been made of I'll
Orinda's sailing qualities, which DIR. Wiu-low
anxious to try, and match with the Edna
among the probabilities for ncNt
of this city, who are preparing for fair. met :
odd Fellows Hall last Thursday afternoon any
l had "tacking' bee. Seven comfortahlcs wer