The Republican journal., 1888-09-06
News of Belfast and Vicinity,

CAUCUS. The Republicans of Belfast are re
qncsed to meet at the Court House in this city this
Thursday evening, Sept. g. to nominate candi-
date for Representative to the Legislature.
State election next Monday.
Good Gunner fishing can be had from of the
steamboat wharf In this city, and the fish are very
large.
1t is now the open season for shooting grouse,
woodcock and ducks Game is reported plentiful
In some parts OF Maine
Capt T. W. Warren, OF this city recently went
to Denver, Col, where he has bought IL restaurant
and is doing we'll lie has sent for his family and
they will soon follow him.
The surviving members of the Abraham Colburn
family, numbering five, held their first family re
union at John Colburn's, Lincolnville Aug. 2sth.
About thirty were present. After enjoying games
and music the company sat down to a picnic din
ner. Rockland Free Press.
Mrs, Clara d., wife of Mr.. Cyrus +. Tibbctts, of
this city died Thursday last OF consumption,
aged b years and mos The death is partcu
larly sad one she leaves two small children.
Mr.. Tibbetts has the sympathy OF the community.
Thirty lots have recently been sold by the assc-
citation which owns the land mt Fort Point, and
there seems To be quite desire to obtain land at
that pleasant resort. 1t has been an unusually
good season this year at the Point, and the hotel
has had Il large number of guests during tie
whole time.
Mr.. Ivory o. Estes formerly of this city, but
now with the Campbell Machine Company, is in
Belfast setting up new machinery at Critchctt <
sbley's shoe factory. Mr.. Estes Is a practical
man, and sets up shoe factory machinery and tn-
structs operators how to it. He is Il valuable
man to his employers. His many Belfast friends
are pleased with his success. Mrs Estes II in
Belfast a visit.
a prominent Pittsburg physician said in the
course of an interview on the gum chewing craze:
at is fact that girls who make habit Of chew
ing gum to lose their plumlncss and
pretty hceks, as 1t dcyclopcs the masseer muscles
that move the jaw, to the detiment of The fatty
substance that produces the plump checks. Eut
this is not all 1t is sure to stretch the mouth and
spoil the graceful position Of the lips rs well II. to
produce wrinkles, 1t is certainly very disgusting
but think it will play out like the roller
skating craze" Girls, take warning.
WEDDING BELLS. Our occasional corrcspon
dent, J. T., writes from Unity Married Aug. IS in
lincolnvle, (at the home Of the brides parents
Mr.. Walter +. Sayward, formerly of Thorntlikc
now Principal of Franklin Grammar school, Wcl-
| mouth, Mass, and Miss Nellie W. rarrar, Of Lin
conville, Me. The young bride is not one uf the
ultrafaahionabics who think they must hoarl a
year, but prefers keeping house ana thus being Il
true helper. The happy couple started on the l;o-
ton boat Tuesday 2S;h L. VI. Tor their home In
Weymouth. II the wishes of many friends can
avail they will not fail Of being hlest and happy
AUGUST WEATHER. We learn from Mr.. l.. H.
Murch, of this city that the average temperature
for the month of August was "a - degrees, which
is less than one degree colder than the average for
last year, but three degrees colder than the aver
age for the past twenty nine years. The past Al.
gust was the coolest August, with one exception,
for twenty nine years, the exception being Aug,
lsS3 when the aN eragc temperature Ga IS. The
past month was very wet, rain falling ON eighteen
days. The average temperature for the three
summer months of June, july and August was
G5.17. There have been but two colder summers
in the past twenty nine years
SHIPPING ITEMS Capt. John W. Jones' of tlis
city has taken command Of sch Fannie X Edith.
49,. Sch. Palatka will bring cargo of coal from
New York to Swan & Siblcy Bros, Relfast....
Capt. Mahoney in sch. Weaka, has just got away
from fcrnandna. lie writes that there is gre; {
excitement there over the yellow fever at Jackson
willie and that the stevcdores are strike
sch. James O'Donohuc, OF Bangor sailed from this
port ON sunday. The vessel has been newly top
ped Icy ID. W. Dyer. The repairs were very eNten
sive and the vessel is now in excellent condition
1.-The odc is in Dyer's dock undergoing Slight
repairs and will be put in condition for winter bus
mess The appeal in the collision ease of sch. St
Johns, OF this port and the British steamer Fern
liolmc will probably be heard in NOV embcr before
the L. ;. Court, Boston. The steamer was recent
| ly wrecked on the coast OF Newfoundland. Dr.
J. Ii. Brooks settled Il vessel ease in Boston last
week. suit begun in ISL in the L. :. Court
against sch. +. +. Mcdonald Of this port, by stct-
son, Moscley n Co.. of Boston, to recover the NalUc
! of raft of lumber, some 100000 feet lost
| Brunswick. Ga Last week Mr.. Dodge, att0rneN
for the vessel, moved to have the action discussed
on the ground that it had not been prosecuted for
| so many years. Stetson, Moscley 4 Co, then pro
| posed compromise and the case finally set
tied by the payment 10 them of s5o0, Had the
| case gone to trial and been decided against the
vessel it would have cost the owners fully S3,5Ao
| SALE or THE PRoGRESsIvE ACE. The Pro
| gressiye Age, the Democratic paper In this city,
| has been sold and next week the new pro?rietorI
| viii take possession. The paper then lcgn,
| new volume, which makes it an oppurtunc time
| for change. Some time since capt Winfield
| rendeton, of slCsboro, offered -, j0H tor tire
! paper, which did not include the advertising az.
counts on the ledger, and last week the admni--
TRAITOR of Mr., kusts estate concluded to accept.
We are not advised what the final price is, but il is
less than $1,000. The paper viii be uncr the
| editorial management Of Mr. Mark z. rendlctun,
the Youngest of the late Capt Mark Pcn,il,ton,
Of Isesboro. Mr.. Pendlcton is Il graduate Of kcrt-
| Hill seminary, is about y years OF age ami Il
! OF al, Y,
| Mr.. Pendleton, having taste for Journalists,
entered the Age office with the late Mr. Rust, and
got some insight into the practical pant Of the
business For time MIR Pcntlcton has been
in Boston, and while not regularly employ ed, has
| done some literary work on the Boston Transcript
and other papers, and has furnished us several
| excellent Boston letters. As to Mr. Pcudctun'S
literary ability there he question, and il is
safe TO predict that he VIII make Il surrcssiul
editor. We welcome him III advance to is new
| position. Since the death Of Hon. VIM. NJ. Rust II
| few weeks ago the Prog, Age las been urdcr the
manag cment of MIR. l.. II. March, It's former local
editor, assisted by MIR. } W. Emery, an old Hrv-.
| paper man.
| nH. MISSIONS NEW Acur Dr. W II. Wins
| low, OF rittsburg Pa, native of Belfast i, we'll
known in renohscot Ray and i'll Yachting circles
I
| So the Doctor visited waters, and his cruises
| were written up in the Republican Journal AMI
| Forest and stream. The Pilgrim, while a remark
able little craft, too small for the Doctors
wants and lie sold her two years Hgu. This year
| DR. WINSTON has hal bullt larger Yacht, the ~
| india, brief description of which ha4 appeared in
| Our columns. The yacht i, an English cutter il
| model and was built by Mr.. f. l.. Williams, ot
| South Boston, the builder Of the Pilgrim, from dr
| signs 10y the builder, Or. WmsoW AMI MIR. ~tc,
ems the yachting editor OF Forest and Stream. he
Orinda is thirty light feet over all, twenty eight
| feet, sin inches the water line, nine feet. ~iN
| inches beam, and six feet six inches uraft of Wa
| ter, She has long overHaugug stern which
comes up to Il shin. The stern post rikp- al an
angle Of nearly fortyfyc degrees. The stem
| comes M with Il graceful uvcrhangiug curve
which is an Improvement over the straight stem.
| The bow is As sharp AS il knife. ON the Keel are
| five tons of lead and there is ton on the skin
below the cabin floor. With this ballast the Yacht
| Is very high out of water She is cutter rugged.
| The mainmaat Is twenty seven feet long With II
| topmast of seventeen feet main boom thirty -onc
| feet gait twenty one and the bowspIit thiItccu
feet ouboard. The sails consist of mainsail, GAIT
topsail, forcstay salt jill and spinnakcr. The Jtb is
not bound to- the stay with hanks, but is fl wing
and when hauled down is taken In on deck. The