The Republican journal., 1888-04-12

CHESS bakery, OF which his son Frank will have
charge.
Capt. II. H. Blanchard, of this city, advertises
for sale at auction Saturday the 18th, his house
In East Belfast, household goods, SC. The captain
is about to move away.
DIR. Woodbury., of Lewiston, Grand Patriarch of
the Grand Encampment Of Maine, l. o. o. +. will
make an official visit to Penobscot Encampment,
IN this city, on next Tuesday evening.
Journal reader says: 81 was glad to see son
the Shores of Tennessee in last weeks Journal
once heard 1t recited by an elocutionst, and 1
have been in love with the piece ever snce.'
The usual amount of drunkenness was seen
about the streets on Sunday, and a fight occurred.
A man who pretends to know, says there were l2O
quarts of liquor sold from the pockets, last
week.
Repairs are being made on the upper bridge.
The bulkhead is out of repair and will need look.
ing after The lower bridge also needs repairs
The piers above and below the draw are in bad
condition.
MIR. Is. IL. Conant, of this city, has been appoint
ed postmaster at Northport Campground ant, has
forwarded his official bond. Last fall the Office was
discontinued. Mr.. Conant has been postmaster at
the grounds for four years
Mr.. George Dyer died at Chicago, April eth. of
cancer of the liver, aged about Is years. Mr.. Dyer
was son of Reuben Dyer of Scarsport and at one
time lived in Belfast and followed the sea. He
went west a few years ago.
Michael Burns the "original package man from
Augusta. arrived in Belfast ON Tuesday and stop
pea at the Revere. 1t is supposed he came here
either to join the Personal Liberty Club or to open
up rum shop-perhaps to do both.
Mrs Spencer W. Mathews, with the remains OF
her daughter, Miss Cora, accompanied by Mrs. f.
.. Morrison and children, of Philbrook, Montana
left Billings, in that Territory, last Friday for Bel
fast and arrived in Bclfrst last evening
G. c. Homer 4 Co., of Buckspou who hnndIe
large quantities of salmon in their season received
the first Penobscot River salmon last Saturday Yrd
1t weighed 2l1a pounds. 1t was caught hyJ Eustis
CHM of Verona, and was shipped to Bo- .on by
boat Monday.
The w. G. L. L. elected the following officers at
their annual meeting Saturday Mrs. Andrew f.
Clark, President; Mrs. VIM. H. Burrili, Mrs B. G.
Wentworth, Mrs. Chas. Moore, Miss A. A. Hicks
Mrs. Helen Carter, Vice Presidents Miss T. C.
Frye, Secretary; Mrs. NJ. Limebu.ner, Treasurer
Timothy Chase Lodge of Masous, of this city
has ordered flag which will he hoistcd from The
Temple flag staff during the day when the !otlg,
has meeting on that evening. The nag will h,
of blue bunting, five by eight feet with the squar,
and compasscs and the letters s.1 c. in the cen
tire.
MARBLE WORKS. Attention is called to tn,
advertisement of Mr.. w 7. Howard, marble work
er, on third page. Mr.. Howard is one of the mos
skllful marble workers in Maine, and is nov
making marble monument to the late james NJ
Clark, which cannot be surpassed in this state
lie deals in marble Of all kinds AMI designs Hi
place of business is on Church street, opposite til,
Court House, Belfast.
ARTISTIC AND CHEAP. Those who have visite,
| the store of Woodcoek 4 Son. Belfast, since the,
opened their new stock of room papers and cur
talns have been surprised at the beauty of the ia
| pcrs and the low prices at which they are offer
| ed very brief inspection will show that til,
statements in their advertisement are not over
drawn, and few will be able to resist the temrta
ton of buying from these beautiful and artist
designs. Gilt papers at IL cents-surcly nothn
| could be cheaper.
The train saturday evening brought the remain
of Mrs. Mary NJ, wife of Will Stoyrr, of this city
who died at Lynn April 2nt,, aged - wears
Mrs. Slower was Il daughter of tile late Capt. Joh
| Toothaker. On the same train was the remains o
| Mrs. Moses Mcfarland, who died recently at 81
lem, aged 90 years. Her remains was taken t
Montville for burial. Mr.. Mcfarland, the hu,
band of the deceased, will be remembered by on
| oldcr inhabitants. He was oncc landlord uf til
| Phoenix House, and for Il long time was in the en-
| ploy of III. n. Lancaster.
| ACREAMERY WANTED. An intelligent and pro
gressive Belfast farmer says that one of our Nee.
Is a creamery. Equity grange has had the matte
| under discussion and before long an attempt wi
| be made to start one. The farmer said that
| creamery will not cost above $500 and within
radius of four miles he counted UP 800 cows, an
farmers enough to take the stock at So per shan,
The advantages of creamery are many an
| among them are uniformity of butter and less Wor
for the house wife, while the farmer able to kee
more stock. Those who depend on the mark,
for supply of butter know that much of it is ut
first class. A creamery would remedy this, as tn
product would be uniformly good. We hope OF
| farmer friends will give this matter their seriol
attention.
| from New York, landed here Friday evening f,
the first time this season. She was full of frcigh
even to the state rooms. The Belfast freight il
cluled sixteen tons of leather for the shoe factor
| -. Steamer Cimbria is now on Stetson's marin
railway where she has been put IN fine c"niito
for the coming seasons work. she will be
readiness to begin work us soon as the ice lcav,
the river, and will carry the mail from Bangor
Deer Isle. The steamer May Field has been sol
| to Eastern parties, her original owners Yetainir
an interest. She will run between Bass ilarbo
| Swans Island, Isle au Ilaut, Green's Landing an
Rockland. The steamer Penobscot l.. to 90 d,
the route earlier than first announced. She wi
leave Boston tomorrow, Friday, on her first tri
for the scason..... BEGINNING Monday April lGI
| the steamers pcnopscot and kahtadin Will mai
four trips per week. The new schedule will /
given III our next issue. 1.-The Lucy =. Mill,
landed here Wednesday on her way to New Yorl
WALDO LopGEiI.o o.F. Waldo Lodge No. r.
city, was ten years old on Monday last The al
niyersary of the first decade will be held April ii
10Th, the national anniversary of the order rl
lodge has remarkable history. 1t was institute
| April >, 1873 with seventy charter member
who withdrew from Belfast Lodge. Since til;
time it has initiated and taken into me,nbershi
1863 men. 1t now has a membership Of $50. Fot
| lodges have been made from its ranks. May, lS>
a sufficient number withdrew and formed sea-
| Lodge at Searsport In July of the same yea
| another batch swarmcd and formed Massaso
Lodge at Castine. April, 1852, others Withdrew an
| instituted Invictus Lodge at Unity, and in Fell,
1883, still another lot took cards and macc Mt Ba
tie Lodge at Camden. These four lodges are all e,
ccllent bodies and have good memberships Twci
tytwo members have died from waldo Lodge, tw
of whom were Past CRANES. Thousands of doIlal
have been paid out in relief and thousands hay
been paid to the families of deceased member
| through the relief associations. Tie lodge WI
| never in better condition than at the plesel
time, its membership including some of our be;
| citizens.
c. J. HALLS GRANITE CONTRACTS. Mr.. c. .
Hall, now i'll Washington, ID. g., has secured tw
contracts and is the lowest bidder on granite wor
for the foundation of the Congressional Lihrar
building at Washington, ID. c. He is also igurin
on other matters, and it may be safely said til
outlook for n large seasons work here was ncvc
better. Mr.. Hall has Il contract for the hascmcl
stories Of three banks in Philadelphia, or periia,
| 1t would be better to call them the first stories {
the building. The granite is to be somesyillc gr;l
| and polished. There are some pillars and fame
carving. Mr. lIall has also the contract for Gel
John A. Logan's tomb, which in itself is quite
job. But most important of all is the Congress.
| ional Library building contract. This strucu,
| when completed will cost about s., 600, 900, G
which between three and four millions will be 70