The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-12-06

W. F. Griffin, Esq, will be a candidate for post
master at stockton.
The goose bone is said to indicate cold, hard
and long winter, with much snow.
A small sloop boat, filed with water, came
ashore Monday morning near Mayo's lust below
the city.
MI Frank Whtmore has opened grocery store
in this city, at the place recently occupied by Mr.
Geo. \. Beckett
MI William IL. Smith, of Portland writes that
| he is a candidate for appraiser, not surveyor as
we stated last week.
Thanks are extended to Mr. Z. +. Bradbury for
slice Of venson. The meat was sweet, juicy and
first class in every particular.
Tic Deer Isle Gazette reports that the smclts
upon the catching of which many men depend for
employ ment seem to be among the missing
A trim little craft is the schooner Waterloo, of
SedgWick, which visited this port last week she
has plenty Of beam, with good ends, and mast be
staunch as well as swift.
The sioop yacht Narragansett well known in
Penobscott Bay waters was driven ashore at
salem, Mass, in the great gale OF last week, but
Wa1 got on without serious injuries.
his barley this fail on account of the wet weather
The Land on which the grain grew was ailoat Las
week he harry csted the barley on the ice.
The staging has been taken down from the front
of the odd Fellows Block, and an idea can be had
as TO ROW the building will look when completed.
1t il generally pronounced a handsome block
The big buck which was disposed Of by ticket
saturday was drawn by Mr.. NJ. X. Knowlton, one
of the party of deer hunters, Eighty lone tickets
were sold ut tUenty-iiy cents cach-s2o y. Mr..
hl!oNlton will have the head mounted.
Y movement is on foot in this city to organize !,
Yong Mems Christian Association. Thc first
meeting is called at the Uniyersa5t church yostry
on this, Thursday evening, at O'Clock. 1t is
hoped there viii he full attendance.
MIR, l. L. Bradbury, one of the Belfast Deer
Hunters, fen while in the woods and injured his
knee SO that lie was Obliged to remain in camp a
portion Of tile timc He had an accident poliey
for thc tlip anl claims 1l5 for the iujugy,
On thc thirl day Of May last Mr.. r. \, Hunt N
! tIis city, bought Of tine Belfast Livery company
| two li-- eac! five weeks old. Dectmbcr third
| Nh Hunt sold Them to Alexander y burgess
! They weighed when dressed 353 amt .i>3 puunI>
/ respectively.
| NiI- ..'HGuaI Wallace, Of Jackson, came to Bel
| fast a~t 0cck to Visit his son, George +. Wallace
I 80. Mir. Wallace i eielty years old, but i "a.
| vigorous many men nt itt.. He is an utclH
gent man, excellent farmer, and bids fair to live
/ many years to come.
The directors of The Odd Fellows Building A-so
citation hcld 4 meeting Monday evening to c4tah
ii7h the rentals for The offices in the new building
u Al, M
directors intend to make the rentals sufficient /.
i az five per cent. on tile Investment.
1ir, Charles o. Clark, steward Of the irtoriu
| Hotel ut Kansas City. Mo, sends Us the bill Of
fare Of the IhaNh giving dinner served at thai
/ htgso. The menu contains all the dcliracics il
and out OF season, but tile most prominent item
printed il large rel letters, is "Koman Punch"
Dir. George W, t,ornam, Of Bangor, was in Bel
lat Tuesday. lie says he has cargo of potatoc-
to shin, and may Ship them from Belfast. He hat.
nat c"me To Belfast to remain, and is unable t,
| say moH what III viii do. The outlook IN his bust
| lAcsS + NOT taiering at present as potiIto"s al,
| plentiful all over the country.
I.,r Three columns Of local matter GA til,
iirst rage thi- Neah-cty items, reports from
! towns, correspondence from Colby and thc state
, colleges, etc. ON the same page i, some edit rla
matter lc cut of last weeks journal, inctut
Ing has 4 Dana- opinion Of Grover Cleveland
| FVo cui'Mns OF Maine heWs, Prot. Batci4u+
r'"in, aia tAe USUAL miscellany, make UP 4 Very
interesting ald attractive pa-e.
Nit george o. M.rch, hay merchant, ot Bos
ton, has made an assignment for the benefit o
his crcdi.,r7 Ills assets, he claims, are ;,buu
-,a,Uo0 ami liabilities 7l~pt1. Mr.. Albert VI Gar
ter of this cit! Las Shipped hay to Mr.. Murr il
I'll" past, Put we understand that Mr.. Carter IL
only Slightly involved in the assignment. III,
sch- +. /. warren was built to carry bay to Mir
Murch'= Gln.
Joseph 4. Marden, of Swmyille, who wa ny
pointed i-h warden some time since, quailir,
last week. He has been appointed expressly L
protect tie trout in swan Lake. 1t is rcporte,
that Isl have recently been Illegally taken IRON
Tic i2ho. The warden had his first encounlc
with oacher- on Monday night. Maren found
NJ, on the shore and had fight with the owner
We have not learned the mans name. No arrest
have been made yet.
We have received an obituary notice sen, h
SOME one Vito signs AN oId Subscribers" an,
Wouid publish II il accompanied hy the name "
the Writer. Nearly every week this rule Of al
yen regulated newspaper Offices is Violated, il
most eases thoughtlessly no doubt 1t Is for tn
protection of its headers ts well rs the new spaYr
that the real name of the author should accunlpan,
AL communications, mot necessarily foI puh!ic,
tiun ut guarantee OF good faith"
MrS. II. II. DcDonad, Of this city, recently mad
4 rrayou portrait a. Cart. Ferdinand Herman, o
Liverpool, Eng. The picture was shipped Noy {.
AM ari'cd safely in Liverpool. Capt. lIerrimal