The Republican journal., 1888-06-21
News Of Belfast and Vicinity.

Sunday afternoon. 1t was well attended.
A locomotive came in at midnight last week and
the ringing Of the bell was mistaken by many for
a fire alarm. A drug clerk would not be con-
WINGED and got up and came down town. On dis
covering his error Charles went home disguised.
| Friday the basement plans for the new Odd Eel.
lows building were received. Stone masons have
been asked to bid on the foundation, and their
Inmates will he opened at P. NJ, June 23d. The
remaining plans will be perfected while the base.
ment Is being built.
| Last week Mathews Bros, Of this city, received
a car load of white wood lumber from Tennessee.
When the car was opened hen was found inside
nearly dead. After some care biddy came to and
is now all right. The car was between two and
| three weeks In transit.
st. Johns Commandery Knights Templar, of
Bangor, will make pilgrimage to Lewiston and
the White Mountains June I'D to be absent four
days, and has extended an invitation to Palestine
Commandery Of Belfast to join them. The expense
of the trip will be so for each person.
There will be n poverty dance at Coombs' skat-
| ing rink, on this Thursday evening benefit
to Prof. Rankin. All those who participate in the
dance must be In appropriate costumes. The
tickets of admission are "a cents, and dance tick
cts 40 cents. The idea is novel one and no doubt
will draw large crowd.
| The South Belfast Dramatic club presented the
drama 1.-THE Turn of the Tide" at Centre Lincoln
| Vile, last Friday evening. In one Of the acts a
| lightning and thunder scene Is enacted. At the
proper time the storm of that evening produced
the genuine article and the effect was very dra-
matte.
MOI mol nm lair p1v fOr 10
work Of getting out a newspaper First we were
serenaded by wide -mouthed and windy orator,
and he was followed by travelling musician with
an Instrument of torture with crank attachment
accompanied by drum fish horn and the bowling
| of dogs.
ROBBERY ON BELFAST VESSEL. A Bidleford,
Me-, despatch Of the 18th days:
Victor Paul, Of this city, was arrested last night
| for rOObing the crew of the schooner Paragon, of
Belfast, now in the harbor with cargo of coal. 1t
| Is claimed that Paul bought three pnts of Whiskcy
for the captain and after the crew were under the
influence of liquor went aboard and robbed them
of what money they had in their pockets. lie is at
the police station awaiting trial.
City Marshall Mcdonald last week received a
letter from Hanover Court House, Va, stating that
Mr.. Wv. Gilman, of Belfast, was In Jail at that
place When arrested he was crazy and threaten
ed to burn buildings and obstruct the railroad but
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in a Rockland vessel. The officials said we could
! have the man il we wanted him.
A HANDSOME MONUMENT. While in Belfast
| last week Mr. James X Greer, OF Taunton, Mass,
contracted with Mr.. w. 7. Howard for a marble
monument to be erected in memory of Elizabeth
Weymouth, at Morrill,. The monument will be
made OF statuary marble, eight feet high, and of
handsome design. There will be three bases, die
cap and urn. Mr.. Howard turns out only first
class work, sufficient guarantee that this monu
ment will be fine one.
Bids were opened last week for supplying the
steam heating apparatus for the school houses On
the common. There were three bidders; George
I. Read, OF Belfast, ss7s; the Worcester Steam
Heating company, Mass, s9ls; J. III. Cogan 4 Co.,
| Augusta s5JU. The contract has been awarded to
ul. read. While his figures are few dollars more
| than Cogan 4 Co.'s, he agrees to do more work,
which will more than Offset the difference in price.
The work will be done during vacation.
| Something much needed here and that should be
supplied blythe city private enterprise is boat
| landing where people can land from boats at any
| stage of tide. There Is a good deal of custom
| comes to Belfast by small sailing craft and row
boats, and at present there is place where PEG
pie can land from such craft at or near low water
A floating stage, with steps leading to 4 wharf,
would not cost very much and no doubt the neces.
sary amount could be easily raised by subscription.
| Now is the time to move In the matter
| An old man named Reuben Mckay, of Knox,
was in town Friday and got bowling drunk Pc.
| liceman Frisbee attempted to send him home but
| the man would not go. He became wild and the
officer, assisted by the city marshal, carried him to
Jail. Mckay fought like tiger and gave the Of
| flcer much trouble. Mckay was baled out that
| evening by the commissioner and SATURDAY. had
| his trial. and was fined $40 without costs, from
which he appealed. Some persons found fault
with the officers because force used in making
the arrest, but they handled the man as easily as
| possible and used no more force than was neces-
| sary.
| He ADVERTISED THE OTHER FELLOW Two
vessels with fish arrived at this port last Friday
| evening. One was at the wharf Of Swan Il Sbley
and the other at Mr.. W. C. Marshalrs wharf The
| man at the former place flooded the town with
placards announcing his fish and price, but through
being msinforned said his vessel was at Marshalrs
! wharf. Saturday morning he got ready for bust
| ness, but no customers came. He noticed how
| ever that large crowd Of people were coming
| from the wharf above and every man had fish
He investigated and found he had been advertising
| the other fellow. He said over few words
and resolved in future to find out his location be-
fore advertising.
BROKE JAIL. City Marshall Mcdonald received
a telegram from Augusta Friday stating that Ross
u. Slower, confined In the Jail Mt that place, had
broken out and that a reward Of $50 would be paid
| FOR his recovery. Slower made his escape Thurs
day night by saving off two of the iron bars of his
cell and another bar from the outside window of
the water closet. The bars are an inch and a half
In diameter and he must baye possessed a very
| finely tempered saw, which it Is thought was
| smugglcd in to him 10y his wife. Slower was re-
Gently bound over for stealing horse belonging
| 70 Mr. Il. NJ. Fisher, OF Augusta, and is the same
fellow recently arrested In Belfast for stealing rig
cling at ROckpOrt, and who escaped from the Of
| fcers at that place The Augusta officials were
warned that he wa. slippery fellow.
"W. G. F." Of Unity. wrote to Forest and
Stream, New York sporting paper, for an ex-
PLANTATION to the absence Of salmon in Unity
pond. or Winnccook Lake. as 1t is sometimes call
ed. W. G. f. says
"Nne years ago Winnecook Lake, in Unity, was
stocked by Commissioner Stilwell with black bass
and land locked salmon, ten thousand fry OF each.
For the past three years bass have been taken In
| abundance, but no salmon have been seen. The
| lake il admirably adapted to salmon, having num-
erous springs, and is fed by two large streams
with rocky bottoms. The former fish were picker.
el and white perch, with occasionally large trout.
Since the bass came to maturity the perch and
| pickerel have decreased very rapidly. The lake
covers OF about twenty square miles, bot
| tom rocky and beaches sandy. Do you think it
possible the salmon still exist without being SEEM"
Forest and Stream says: cat this distance it
is impossible to speak positively this subject.
II the salmon are still there they should show up
in the spawning season. Look for them near the
| outlet of the lake in the fall ~
| STEAMER NOTES. The katahdn arrived here
from Boston last Thursday morning and the three
boats are now running, making daily trips The
katahdin is in fine shape, and is Differed as fol
lows: Captain, Mark Pierce Purscr, F. A. Guern-
sey, Steward S. G. Downes. Freight Clerk, Harry
| Nevens, Baggage Master. James Nason Mates,
Thomas Coppin, Geo. Williams. Engineers, Thos.
Bennett and Frank Davis IN. c. PARTRIDGE who
has been steward of the steam tug Howell, has
| been transferred to the Bismarck, Ross 4 Howelps
| new steamer. Charles Hllman succeeds Mr.. Part
| ridge on the Howell. The Steamer Electa went
| to Bangor last week to have new tubes put into
her boiler, and the Arcadia has taken her place on
the Belfast and Cnstne route The Electa is ex-
pected to resume her route this week The new
Ross HOwelrs tug Bismarck arrived at Bangor