The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-03-08
City election next Monday.

Walk, 1Orerunncf or spring.
Mayor and Mrs. Albert C.. Burgess moved into
their elegant home on Church street Saturday
Tho Postmaster's room at the Belfast Post Office
is being painted and furnished. WEIGH & Hoyt |
are doing the painting.
| Mr.. +. ii. Bramhal, of Camden and crew, have |
arrived at Curacao and are at work placing the |
pontoon bridge in position.
| 1t is expected that the steamer Katahdin will |
leave Boston next Tuesday and proceed in this |
direction as far as the ice will admit.
The annual meeting of the Masonic Temple
Association, is again postponed, and will be held |
at the Temple tomorrow friday evening.
The board Of Aldermen will be in session at the
Ahermans room on Thursday, Friday and Satur |
day afternoons, for the purpose of revising the |
voting lists.
The steamer Lucy r. Miller passed uu the east |
crn bay Tuesday to attempt to reach Bucksport, |
but that evening reported stuck in the lee |
| near Fort Point.
We have received a histoI of one of the early
settlers OF Prospect for publication next week, |
with a good many other articles of interest for |
which We could not find room in this issue
Mr. Henry Ianphcr, who has been associated !
| with Alvah Muigett in the brokerage business in
New York City, has entered the employ of the |
Mount Waldo Granite Co, in the New York Office. |
Pensions have been granted us follows Benz. c.
Sargent, reissue, Searsport; increase, James |
Smith, South Penobscot James A. Bonney, South
surry original. invalid, Eiander Il. Grant, Free
dom.
| The next meeting of the East Maine Conference
will at Rockland, beginning the 18th of this
| larr utta, !, fIl,.,
Congregational General Conference will meet at
| the same place June 18th.
| At Il caucus held by tie Democrats in Bucksport
| Thursday afternoon the following were chosen
town committee for the ensuing year T. II. Smith,
| W. H. Lee, A. Colby, George Parker, {. c Homer.
| No nominations were made for town officers
A number of the Belfast wheelmen took a spin
on the harbor last week the rubber tire of the hi
cycle giving it good hold on the ice one went
a. far as the monument, when his wheel gave out
and he had to foot it and drag his machine home.
Mr. Fred l.. Mitchell, formerly of the firm Of
sherman & Mitchell BARRIERS, has bought oft the
barber shop Of Alexander McCambrilge Belfast,
and took charge of the shop Wednesday. Mir.
Mitchell is well known and his friends will be
pleased to know of the change
Mr.. W. ii. smith, of Rockland, was in Belfast
last week canvassing the town with Il view to re
numbering the private houses and met With much
encouragement. lie endorses the Journals sug-
scston that the street names lie posted at the
corners 1t would he convenience to strangers
and to people.
FEBRUARY WEATHER. From Mr.. l.. H. Murch
we learn that the mean temperature for February
was 22.5i. which was one degree warmer than
February of las. year, but one degree colder than
the average temperature for February in the past
twenty nine years. 1t showed on fourteen days,
some fourteen inches falling, and raincd on six
days.
An unsuccessful attempt was made last week to
raise money to cut the ice out OF the hay and har-
bor The project has not, however, been abandon
ed, and something will no doubt be done in this
direction ere long. our longshoremen need the
work that an open port would give them amt the
large buyers want to realize on the hay which now
fills their storeIouscs.
| SOLDIERS MONUMENT ASsOVI trFoN. The in
corporators for a soldiers Monumental Associa
tion met i'll Grand Army Hall, Belfast, Monday
evening, for organization Capt A. +. Clark WAS
made temporary chairman. As there not a
full attendance the meeting adjourned to meet at
the same place next saturday evening at 80
o'clock, when the organization will he perfected.
Captain and Mrs. +. %. Patterson arrived home
on saturday. Capt. F. is having short vacation
while his steamer, The Mount Waldo, undcrSoes
repairs, and will return To New York Monday. The
Mt. Waldo, with other steamers, is engaged in
dredging the several channels leading into New
York harbor. Capt Patterson reports the work as
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captain of the fleet and expects promotion.
Is IT GLEN: Mr.. Edwin Knight East Belfast,
last week found Il bows mittcn embedded in the
Ice near Moose Point 1t was sent to sear>port for
identification. 1t is thought the mitten may have
been the property of either the Haskell or Nichols
boy drowned last month The mttcn i purple in
color with red band around the wrist 1t WAS
found near low water mark, and if it belonged To
either of the boys the bodies may be in that vicinity
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Court in Portland last week Boston & Maine
steamship Co.. libeIlant vs., steamer City of Rich
m"nd Action to recover fair anu reasonable
salvage from resculng said steamer from peril
III Mllibrid%e harhor in August, 1881. Defence
that the help rendered was small ana that the
CITY OF Richmond was not IN extremity The
evidence Is all in and the case VIII be argued next
week
At the formation of the Rcgimcntal Division Of
the Uniformed Rank Knights OF PI thias, at Au-
guSta last week, Belfast got two of the prominent
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daily receiving concentration. and tokens If re
membranre from their many friends and in thj,
resuect un connie in Relf,st rrrrntI, ,ntrri,I na.
peth more h'ShS laN"Feu' Inc presents are mum
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priced 10y Mr- HoWeS' than Il large base r"'h'f'
presented ny MS brother odd Fellows WiRl' Mf~.
fio"es Is happE over vase given ny hcf l"'mef
music Purlls'
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visited Geo f. Bracket Lodge of jackson, last
Thursday evening and instructed them i'm thu, new
work Iie visited Portland Yesterday ia attend a
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