The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-08-16
News of Belfast and Vicinity.


half mast saturday in respect to the memory of
Gen. Sheridan.
An obituary of the late Martin Overlook, of LIB
erty, from the Wadoboro News, will be found on
the first page.
The Belfast Water Company are marking the
boundaries of their property at Little River with
square granite posts.
One of the Belfast delegates to the Republican
County Convention last week was formerly Il
Democrat. He can't go free trade.
Veterans Of the 18th Maine will find ON the first
page a letter from Lieut.. Rufus Roberts, whose
Repubicanism is az strong as when he was fight
Ing for the Union.
Dr. Winslow writes that he will be In Beifas.
about september first with his new yacht, and will
he pleased to give his many friends sail on the
bay on board his cutter.
Deputy Sheriff CasMeii, of sealsmont, followed
Wallace 4 Co.'S circus and recovered So for
man who lost it by the thnhlc ring racket while
the circus was in Belfast
The Boston Evening Recori explains that by Il
misprint the name Of pr. Winsow's new cutter
was given is Grnda, instead Ut orintia, which is
certainly more euphonous.
Mr. :. T. Edsccoml Of this city, who bought the
fence around the base ball ground, has removed
part OF it and intends to sell portion to the Wal
do County Agricultural Society.
A large number of shooting mrteors were seen
last Friday evening, falling from the northwest
towards the southeast The cottagers on the shore
OF the bay enjoyed the brilliant spectacle.
| Mir Oscar Wentworth who recently opened Il
clothing establishment in the Pierce building in
this city, has moved to Knox, where he continues
the same business. lie has bought building.
ON Friday last, the 10th inst the moving ma
chine heard in this vicinity and in some places
rusty looking hay cocks dotted the fields. The hay.
ing season has been protractcd one this year
| Belfast at the eleventh hour is to have a first
class hotel. The ancient city Is gradually climinat
ing from Its old time customs and will eventually
| drift into the modern ways of the world. y hal-
| haven Echo.
Mr.. Arthur /. Brown, of this city has been icct
ed chairman of the Waldo County Republican com.
mittec, in place of Col Fogler resigned. Mr
Brown is an energetic Republican and the choice
| l. a good one
| our readers in Prospect and vicinity will he IN
terested i'll the article on the first page under the
caption Of "A Maine Industry in California;" 1t
relates To the quairies at Riverside operated hy
Mes5ls. W Is. WHri and Geo. W. ClarA.
Among recent nominations by uoN. Marble are
the following Justices of the Peacc-!"seph y.
| IIavener, Camden; j. f. kuoNltou, Eurh-port
Trustees state College Fred Atwood, Wintcrport
! w. III. Strickland, Bangor; Trial JustreT. IT,
| smith, BncKsport
Prof F. W. Gowcu, of Freedom, left home last
| 1
in Penobscot county, under the mana cement of the
| Prohibition state committee. Prof Gowen l.
recognized by the State Committee as an able po-
| litical manager and platform SPEAKER
The twentieth annual cattle Show and fair of the
Waldo and Penobscot Agricultural Societies will
be held at Monroe on sept. 18TH 18th aud 2a;n. and
the occasion Will, undoubtedly, he rs successful IL
all like events III the past Large premiums are
offered and there will be the usual festivities dun
ing the three days CT the fair.
Noticing some hard wood logs ON a team leaving
the city, the Journal mau enlured what they were
for The man in charge said the logs were white
oak from Massachusetts, and were forF. II. Dickcy,
OF Monroe who would manufacture them into goad
sticks He said the Massachusetts white OAK was
the toughest wood i'll tine world and maic the best
! goad sticks.
| a MODEST DEMoo RAT. some of Hon Joseph
| Wiamsons friends in this city wantr, him to
| stand as candidate for Judge Of Probate ut the
Democratic convention on saturday, Mr. William
son would not lift finger in his oNn behalf, would
not even get his name printed on ballots and
finally Went out Of town on the day of the conyen.
| ton Some of his friends in convention wrote, his
tame ON ballots and voted for him, bu; he was not
elected. Judge Williamson is too modest To get a
nomination in a political convention
| Mr.. T.. \. Webb. who for more. than 4 year has
been foreman Of the botnming department of
Critchett \ Sibleys shoe factory IN this ,itv has
left that institution one day last week nile pass
| ing Coombs 4 Sons furniture store he was stopped
by the asters at the factory. who presented him
with large and very handsome plush rocking
chair Il token of their appreciation. Mr. Webb
was taken lay surprise, hut he highly appreciates
the gift. one Of the girls in the heel department
| presented Mr., Webb with tidy for the chair
A. j, Alden ami family have returned home after
! a weeks stay at the Central House Unity. Me
This hotel Is very pleasantly situated and not far
| from the pond, which is well stocked with white
perch, black bass and pckerel, which makes it
good fishing. frankie caught black bass weigh
ing h. Il o., which was Il big one They caught
lots of perch amt were ON and ahout the pond
every day. Through the courtesy OF Messrs. Benz
some Very pleasant sails on the pond in hcil boat,
the Mary Ann. The Mcs-r,. Whitehousc proplir-
tors of the Hotel, are gentlemen who cnlcavo" to
provite and entertain their guests To the best OF
! their ability. Watcryillc Mail.
SIHriI>G ITEMS. Capt, French, of sch. harley
Bucki, last week chartered to load lumber at Ban.
gor for New York. The foggy weather If last
week broke Friday and the wind came around to
| northwest. Many vessels detained in this harbur
went To oea....Thc Baltimore sun Of the 4th saws
that the firm Of Wilson x Hunting, of that cit,
| recently shipped from .ltcksonvillr tlu., to New
York, the largest cargo of lumber that ever left
that port. 1t the sch, st. JOHNS and con.
tanned @1i,oo0 feet The sch. Agnes, which sank
short time ago at Fort Point has been raised and
towei to wharf in Brewer, where her cargo of
bricks will be discharged, She viii be thoroughly
repaired.
The RErrR> on rur ME>HApIN, Mr.. Con,tou
and Mr. Mayo, ~ th, city. last week caught mrn.
hadcn in their herring nets SET on the shores of our
harhor Mr.. Mayo caught several huntgrcd. The
f-h were very handsome and fat Capt Kramball
OF the city market, had several in his show window
curiosity 1t has been twelve wears since the
menhaden, or porgy, left rcnohScot bay and ever,
one welcomes his return. The fish were doubtless
driven away ty the steam porgy sencr 1t was
not an uncommon sight twelve or fifteen years ago
to see twenty steamers in our bay ON tile lockout
for the unlucky ncuhattcn, and " hen Il t,h wa,
seen to rise to the surface he was surrounded by a
seine. This more than the fish cuuld endure
and they left our waters Tie local fishermen
along our shores mcshcd them in their nets AMI the
industry was an important To them The men
MAIDEN has great commercial value. The oil j.
used for paint and is almost rs good rs lin>eed
!, ,I,n
has Il value n fertilizer. The local fishermen
welcome the return OF the mrltItaHcn and if th,
fish are rishtfully protected the industry wilagan
become 4 paying one. IT there is IL law against
SEEMING nshore we hope it will be enforced
BASE BALL. 4 spirited game of base ball was
PLAYED in this city Friday afternoon on the North
port avenue grounds, between a cUb from Liberty
and the Belfast Juniors, resulting in victory for
the latter by score of II to 10. Augustus Colhurn
umpired The following boys made up the Belfast
nire shepherd, {. f.. Heating, b.; Wadswnrth
c.; Parker b.; Diworth, luuag, /. f. Her.
sey, 3 b.; Pcndleton, p; Eastman, /. f, The Lib
erty club was composed If Stewart, D.: u Cram
b.; Lyle. e.; Brown e. f.; Baker ) b. KNOW
ton, 5. 5. Turner, |. f.: Luce, H.. T.. Cram T. f.
The game opened with the Libertys at the bat but
they retired from that inning with blank. The
l.ibertys scored one each on the second third and
fourth innings. blanks on the fifth and sixth. ON
men, but they were banked on the eighth and end