The Republican journal., 1888-04-12
News of Belfast and VICINITY


School District.
Something new and nice in toilet soap at d. r.
Palmers, Masonic Temple.
At the fish Matching works in Orland are 100, 600
salmon and trout eggs in the process of Matching.
The High School building on the common will be
painted to correspond with the Upper Grammar
School building.
Miss J. W. Ferguson, of this city, will return
from Boston Saturday, with all the novelties in
spring millinery.
We are indebted to Capt. Samuel French, of
Sandy Point for a copy of the Royal Gazette, pub
| lished at Georgetown, Demerara.
The County Commissioners are now in session at
the Court House. Mr.. l. 3. Thompson is suffering
from a scaldcd foot and unable to be present.
Friday mornings inward train contained fifteen
cars, thirteen of which were loaded with freight
Three cargoes of hay came over the road from
Brooks last week.
We are frequently asked the exact amount of
money on deposit for Soldiers monument in this
city. There is on deposit in the Belfast Savings
Bank $l,6l2.3s which includes accrued interest.
Forest 4 Stream, a New York sporting paper, is
taking lively interest in the protection of the Ma
tons here to be signed and forwarded to our men,
Der of Congress
We have had great many complaints of late
from subscribers who fail to receive their papers,
We arc that the trouble is not in this office or
in the Belfast post Office but is to be looked Tor at
the distributing points.
The schools in the Central District began Mon
day. There is but change in the corps of teach
ers, Miss Grace Walton is assistant at the North
Primary in place of Miss Belle Collier, who is out
on account of i'll health.
! AT the annual meeting of the Protective Depart
| ment, Boston, last week, Mr. George p. Field, of
the insurance firm of Scull & Bradley, was chosen
director to fill vacancy and was elected presi-
dent of the department.
Single copies of the Daily kennebec Journal
can now he bought at Clements book store This
paper is of the best dailies that comes to our
tables It's central location enables it to cover
| Maine very thoroughly
subscriber in Idaho says in renewing his sub
scrption to the Journal: 81 cannot do without it.
When go to the postofcc Saturday and do not get
| one feel as though had missed friend 1t is as
good as being in Belfast once week..
Mr.. Wilmington. builder, from Camden, came to
Belfast last week to order some quartered oak
doors for Mr.. Stcarns' stone residence The order
was placed with Mathews Bros, who are receiving
an unusually large numbers of orders for first
| class doors.
| Pensions have been granted as follows original,
| Phuhe A., mother of Joshua l.. Cross, Morrill,
Mills: reissues Joshua \. Black, Searsport; Ruth
Porter, mother of Charles \. Lukeforth, Liberty;
navy, Eben Hale, North Hluehill; reissue and in
crease, John Thompson, Belfast.
MIR. F. ii. Francis of this city, has connected the
aquarium at his store with the Belfast water works
| A small pipe comes up through the centre of the
tank and sends needle like stream half way to
the ceiling. This gives a continual flow of pure
water and Mr.. Francis vii! now make another at
| tempt to keep trout.
Sch. Lcmucl II. Hopkins arrived at Searsport last
| week with load of coal from New York for j. ii.
Lane, but the vessel drew too much water to get to
| his wharf. Mr. Ben Hazeltine. of this city, was
out of coal and bought l7O tons of the Hopkins
| cargo and the vessel came 10 Belfast last week
| and discharged it.
| "Maroonc''' is the caption of gracefully writ
ten article in recent number of the Boston Tran
| script over the signature of NJ. p. rendieton. The
writer came to Belfast last winter crossedto Isles
bOrO in the mail boat from Saturday Cove and tells
of his life Oh the island during the ice embargo.
We shall publish the article in fun next week.
Mr.. J.. F. Hanson has seventy five carriages go
ing through the paint shop at his carriage reposi-
tory in this city, and l25 new carriages in stock
The season will open May LIST. Mr.. Hanson says
his is the only shop in this part of the State where
the paint is rubbed in by hani The painters are
" r,,II ,;,,.,,
riasc spokes until the blood. came through his
fingers. Paint rubbed in by hand lasts mach longer
than when rubbed in with a brush as is done il,
some paint shops.
Mr.. Albert +. Sweetser, of Searspo,t, who has
for some time been reading law with judge John
son in this city, will be admitted to the Waldo
county bar at the April session of Court. Mr.
Sweetser will then move to Winterport and open a
law office. Mr.. Charles o. Montgomery, lawyer
OF Wlnterport recently returned to Camden, and
as Judge Hubbard is not in active practice Winter
port is thought to afford a good opening for &
young man. Mr.. sweetser is well informed, gen
tlemanly and courteous, and his many friends ex
| poet much from him.
The closing lecture of the course of the Belfast
Scientific Association was repetition, by request
|
worlds, with illustrative diagrams. 1t was listen
. ell to by large and apprecatve audience. Rey
}. A. Savage, President of the Association, made
| some remarks at the close in which he promised {
new series of lectures, which will probably h,
given IN the late fall or early winter, by home
talent. He said it had been demonstrated that we
need not go abroad for lecturers, but could enter
tain and instruct each other and he spoke hopeful,
1 n tp snrt I,o
ton. The annual meeting for the election of off
GERS will be held next Tuesday evening, April Eth
in Woodcock's studio
Az IsLEsBoRO CAPTAINS EXPERIENCE. The
following paragraph from Tie Seaboard, relates t,
an incident of which mention was recently mad,
in the journal:
Capt. FaIrow, of the large schooner Sarah w
Lawrence, had peculiar experience near SHINE
cook on the night of the 18th ut. An angry wave
came along unannounceI, and washed him over
board His cries for help in the darkness wer,
heard by Chief Mate Nickerson, who threw IL life
reservcr In the direction from which the captains
crles came: About this time another wave struck
the vessel, landing the captain the deck the
mainmast. He not seriously injured. The same
wave carried away both of the schooncr's small
boats, and threw Patrick BaSgon, who was at the
helm, over the wheel. fracturing his SIX u. BaggoI
was removed to the Marine Hospital at Stapleton
Dr. Wyman has slight hopes of the mans recovery
Chlef Mate Nickerson was severely injured by be
ing thrown against the forward house, and sailor
named Nelson had his ears and hands badly frost
bitten. He was also removed to the Marine Hos
pltal. The Lawrence is one of the largest schoon-
crs afloat. She has a carrying capacity of 220t
tons, was built about two years ago. apd is owned
by }. Philips, of Taunton, Mass.
Personal. Capt Il. ii. Coombs was out last
Friday after three weeks bout with the rheuma.
tism. ...Mr: Frank Young and family are about to
move from Camden to Kelseyville, Lake Co., Cali
fornia. Mr.. Young is native of Lincolnvile, but
for some twenty years past has been Il resident of
Camden doing prosperous business as a black
smith,. Capt Harrison Maloney has never fully
recovered from his fall the ice last winter and is
confined to his house. Mrs. Mahoney is also i'll -.
| Mr.. Frank A. Patterson, of this city, came home
| last week from Auburn, having been thrown out
| of employment by the lastcrs' strike at Crafts Il
| CO.'S shoe factory. Mr.. George A. Bailey came
nome from Tufts college last week on short visit
....Miss BERTHE Wentworth has gone to Lawrence.
| -...Thc following Belfast people went to Boston
| last week: Mr.. and Mrs. Il. Il. Dinsmorc Mrs
! James 8. Hartman; Miss Edith Stone Miss Isa-
| belle SWEET, Mrs. Il. +. Wells and Mr. and Mrs.
| IL. r. Chase. Mrs. Charles f. Griffin, of Lowell
Mass, made her Belfast friends visit last week
....Mrs Laura Sleeper, of this city, has moved to
| Waltham, Mass, where her son Sherburne has en-.
tercu watch factory MIR. Clinton Ferguson ar.
rived home last week, where he will remain for the
| present. Mrs. Lydia Ii. Ferguson of this city,