The Republican journal., 1888-03-22
News Of Belfast and Vicinity.

The city schools close tomorrow Oriday) for a |
two weeks vacation.
Carter Co., of this city, received two car loads
of spruce siars from Unity last week.
DIR. II. H. johnson, of this city, was called to
Dexter, Monday, to perform surgical operation
Mr.. Frank Bowen last week bought the horse,
teams, and all pertaining to the truck business of
Mr.. A. J. Condor.
A car load of wool from Pittslie for the Knox
Wooden Company of Camden, came to Belfast last
week and will be shipped to Camden by the Katal-
din.
Capt. Harrison Mahoney, of this city, fell on the
ice last Thursday, receiving serious injuries about
the head and was unconscious for some time He
is improving.
A flock of song sparrows We're seen in Belfast
lastwcek and Friday crow was heard. This with
the advent of crocuses, elsewhere noted, herads
the coming spring.
Mr.. Frank Bowen, of this city, has sheep that
dropped two lambs in April, 1881, and last Friday
had two more, making four lanbs within eleven
months. Mr.. Bowen has several sheep that are
very prolific
The incorporators for soldier, Monument As
ISOLATION in this city have three times failed To get
a quorum, and there appears 10 he a painful lack
of interest in the matter Can not something he
done to arouse the people to the sacred duty in
volycd.
EARLY FLOWERS. Mrs. J. W Frederick, of th-
city claims to be the first this season. with flowers
that boomed in the open air. Friday, the 10Th, she
had crocuses and snowdrops in full bloom With
in two feet of the blossoms were snow drifts Sev
cral feet high.
The finance committee Of the city government
last week destroyed between :3i 900 and $3.50
deemed coupons. They were thrown into the far
mace fire of the Belfast National I;ank, and what
represented IA moderate fortune up that chin
ney i'll smoke.
Edward johnson, Esq, has sent Il copy I'll a
newspaper from the land OF the Pyramids Fur
Their deponent sayeth not. That much information
we get from two words of French. The remaining
reading matter looks like the hioroglyphc- !,
tea chest. Our polygIot editor is out d town.
The Watcryille Mail says that W. 4. Crawford
is State manager for Maine of the National sun
mer School of Pedagogy, located at Asbury Park.
Nj. The term will commence July 49, and end
August 81. Circulars will be issued III due time.
giving all necessary information i'll regard L. the
matter
The Syndicate last fail bought Of tic Maine Cen
,ral railroad company the old building opIo-t" the.
freight depot. The upper part was occupied last
summer by the Italians employed on the water
works, and Charles Lancaster had his egg cooler
below. Last week the building WAS torn Gown.
giving better facilities in approaching leaving,
the freight house
INSOLVENCY COURT. Before tt, Court OF I,-el-
hal; i,,n
ing of creditors of Joseph W. Grant, of stockton.
was appointed for the April session: 4 second
meeting Of the creditors Of the estate If llilic!
lIaradcn, OF Belfast WAS adjourned to the April!
term, and Fred l.. Banks, of Belfast, and Samuel
H. West, OF stockton, were granted discharges
Mr.. Arnold Harris, of this city. will enlarge tit.
store Main street occupied by Mr.. Frank y
Follctt, and he has notified Mr.. F"lle,t to ,aaat.
the premises, temporarily, by April l>t. Mr.. Fol
lett will move to the store in IIayford Block re-
Gently occupied by Mr.. Waterman. The Harris
store will be raised and extended i'll the the
Masonic Temple. The work viii he done .n't..r
the direction of Mr. |. ". Parker
TO Horse BREEDERS. Mr.. W. {. Marshall u
Belfast. adyertses in tod;ay's paper The pedigree
of four fine stations aS ~tani in Maiue,-
Prince Withcrs, Haroldsnn, i;lucbiood and " likes
mont. Mr.. Marshall has spent many years !n the
fine breeding of horses and now think he has
some OF the best Ii;ir0liSon has arecori of 80
lie trotted last for the colts stake ut Fair
field and at the State fair and them. also the
race at Monroe. People who want to breed to- first
class stock ought tc see Mr. MarshaIl'- stmi hcli
what he says III another column.
Tic Masonic and Gd Fellows halls destroyed
by fire at Camden his; week. were among the best
in the State. The Masonic han was four YEAR Obi
while the O,ld Fellows hail dedicated less than
a year ago. The rs'ms We're almost rounterpart>
and were elaboraseiy fitted up. Although in scpar-
ate buildings they were connected 81 that y person
could pass from one to the other without going cut
of doors, and by opening large folding doors the
two banquet rooms could be thrown into one. The
. two orders were on most friendly terms am! ,'sed
the banquet rooms in common when occasion re
CURED. While they insured the losses are
heavy. We predict however, that the two "1,ler,
will soon lie IN possession of even inner gs:;rters
than those destroyed.
AN INSANE PRISONER. Recently Nills:d }.
Long, of Thorndikc, committed to Belfast jail
for cutting down telegraph pole and . wl,i-tling
signal pole 1T Thorn,iike station He was r-,a,m
ted by Justice of the Peace and is hcls Tor the
sane Asylum, and since he has been i'll Ees:as, Jail
has shown symptoms of the malHtly. W..;,e not
bosterous lie has given some trouble. lie was in
the corridor last week while the outer ro.+a> were
being washed up, and seeing an opportunity To cs
cape through tile unlocked door made :, ;sl 7
liberty, running lots toward the I.5rollvlle
road. An alarm was given ana Long wa saptlrcd
When returned TO Jail he wa, quite troublesome
~ NOT led n Il
ell but that body said the matter not whi'
their jurisdiction; that there .;:Tercncc be
tween a prisoner awaiting trial and "4e sentenced
WILLS FILED. The following WIFE, were filed az.
the March session of the Probate Court, held in
Belfast last week; James Spragae and Dorca-
Sprague, late of Frankfort, bequeatss the
of Elijah W. Spraguc, grand -chiltrcnl the home
stead place in Frankfort Elijah W. Apraguc and
wife To have home on the premises, with their
| children, during their lives Elijah W. Spragae l.
ma'te tXecutor Of the Will. Nicholas r. Gilman,
late of Montvic, gives to his wife. Jemima 9Th
man. $50 every six months during her natural life
said payment to begin when She y;c.te- the place
where she lives. The remainder Of the plopclu y
is to be equally divided among his three children
Arson Gilman, David C.. Gilman and Ruth A. Nj:
At the dcccasc of his wife, tie 1000 set ll,
htt uet Is 10 DC WV i'tu among
above named children. David {. Gilman is nan rri
eXecutrN of the will. William l.. Buck, late ~;
Bucksviic, 5. C., gives all his property his 81 b,
Desiah Nee. Buck, on the following trusts -Ae
is to collect all debts due him and pay all debts ST
his, and is to hold for her own use. nnc-thirt Of
the property, and hold the remaining two-t.,is,ls
for their children.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch, Fannie \. o.orhlnt, at
Boston, has chartered to load lumber at Fen nan
dina for Boston ut $G.2 ;t thousand free Of cos;s
missions. She goes ont in ballast. The folio >yIrae-
schoOners hauled ont of the tier last week A. N
Ellis, Sarah J.. Davis, Lillian Geo. Is. Fcrggs-arr
and Abraham Richardson. The A. ". Ellis will
go to Kockland for Il cargo; the Sarah l.. DAVIS
will go to Nnalhaven for load of grant c, and tae-
Geo Is. Ferguson will load potatoes at Belfast.
Among the vessels which dragged ashore at stit-
ware Brcakwater in the recent heavy gale, WAS
sch George L. Fessendcn, built in Belfast in l-1l
'sThc barge T.. Il. Iazctinc dragged her anGt.prs,
from the bsvakwater to the Hen and Chicken
shoals. Her crew were i'll the rigging, and :;n eff
forts of the life saving crew to throw line were
unavailing. The five men of the crew were run
ming up an,u down the deck wildly waving their
arms and nlasing signs. They struck the shoals
and all were. lost" The ship Z. t. liazeltine, .iG.
tons, was sai!t in Belfast in Is59 Later her rig