The Republican journal., 1888-10-04
News Of Belfast and Vicinity.

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house, High street.
Miss Nora Seekens, aged IL, daughter Of Mr.. vii
liam Seekins, of Swanvie, had a bad attack la S
week of facial paralysis.
The auction sale of the property Of j. II. Whit
er, City Point, advertised to take place last Satur-
| day was postponed to Oct. 9Th, at O'Clock.
Mr.. Frank Triggs of this city, recently bought
| the widow Han house on Cross street. opposite
Mathews Bros mill, and is putting a foundation
under it,
Frof. F. W. Gowen of Freedom, left home on
Thursday, Sept %, for New Jersey, where he will
be busily engaged speaking until the close of the
National campaign.
Mcdonald & Brown, of this city, will have but
onethrd of a crop of cranberries, ITO bushels. 1t
is the poorest they have had for years. The
berries were killed by the frost.
Deputy Sheriff DoloG while at the Monroe fair
seized twelve pints of liquor which he found in the
woods near the fair grounds. The liquors have
been libclied and the hearing will be at Monroe.
Sherman 4 Cos East side, have completed the
dam above their upper leather board mill and boil.
mills are now running. The boiler house has been
completed, and when the drying room Is finished
they Will be ready for winter.
One Of the oldest aud smartest men in waldo
county is Mr.. Daniel Pierce, of Monroe, who al
though i'll his Goth year, does much work the
Farm as many younger man could do. True 7
Pierce, Esd, Of Rockland, is one of his sons.
Mrs. Elmra Randall q native OF jackson, died
ut the Belfast almshouse last saturday, aged about
20 years. She was sick but one week, her illness
being apopleNy. Mrs. Randall had been an in
mate of the arnshouse for thirty five years
There Will be stockholders meeting OF the Wal
DO County Agricultural Society at the fair grounds
Belfast, next Saturday afternoon at one o'clock
for the election of officers and the transaction OF
othe: business. \ fun attendance is desired
The BeIfas; milliners are in Boston looking III
fall fashions. Mrs. J. c. Gates with her miner
and Mis-, B. +. Wells, started Monday Mrs. r. p
Chase, millnor for Mrs. J. W. Ferguson went til,
same day Mrs. Southworth returned last Safur
day.
During the Monroe fair, II. T.. Haley sold hi,
| well known brood mare Gray Nose TO f. L. Frye
Camden; Il Weanfing colt, by Constellation to par
ties in Warren; and Guy Withers, by Gen. With
crs. dam by TrotwelI, son Of st. Elmo, to A. A
Hall, Camden.
vicinity of George W Cottrell's, needs repairing
There is also Z bad place opposite Mr. n +
kecne's, where water pipe has been laid. The
Nor;hport end " i.itt.e River bridge also needs
looking after.
waldo county VIII not be represented In GOV
Burieigh's Council as the office goes to Aroostook
Il is said to he good settled that Senator
y. H. Lambert, of iloulton, will succeed Hon VIM
II. ilant, of Liberty, the present Councillor from
the sixth district.
Mr., +. s. Shuman, OF this city, returned HON.
| from Portland last week where he had been on the
United States Grand Jury. Mr.. salatiie Otis, who
was also drawn, unable to attend. Mr.. Edga,
NJ. Cunningham and Mr.. Byron Rogers, petit jury
men, left Tuesday for Portland
MI. Ralph Emery, formerly OF Belfast, but now
residing III Detroit, Mich, has taken the western
4 agency for ''ienslorp's Royal Dutch Cocoa ant
other chocolate preparations, and has opene, al
u.lire III an important business portion Of the city
Che friends Of Mr.. Emery wish him success in hi.
new undertaking..
The Belfast Electric Light Company commenced
TO set the foundations for dynamos at the Belfast
City Mills cast side, on Tuesday. They have re
! ceiNcd two carloads of poles from Bangor, which
ed, and about 30 miles of wire from New York
If weather permits operations will be undertaken
| in about six weeks.
In Georges Pond, Liberty, is n small island OF
| seven acres, called Berry Birch island, the
| ownership of which has been In dispute. Tie
| island has been claimed the property of the
heirs Of samuel Bagley. Last week there was
brought to the Register of Deeds in this city, q
deed dated sept. 30 lSil, given by Samuel Bagley
| to Timothy Copp, Jr. conveying to him Berry and
Birch island, SO that the property IS owned by the
Copp heirs.
In the 5. J. Court at Rockland last week, John
Nartz, who was arrested in this city for burg
| larry pleaded guilty to the charge of breaking int
| the store OF Eden Burkett in North Appleton ant
stealing money and cigars, in all of about the value
of $50. In eNtcnuation Of his offence he told tn,
Judge that he never did anything of the kind be
fore and would not have done this if he had no.
been intoxicated. He was sentenced to State pris
on for year, his youth mitigating the offence.
FAMIL1 REUNION. The Getchell family had a
reunion sept. %, 1T the home of Mr.. J. 4. Cook
| Register of Deeds, Belfast Thirty were present
! from Ellsworth, Orand, Icrmon, Monroe, Jack
son and Belfast, and four generations were repre-
W. Hetrhcll the mother. The others were her dc
| sccndants. Mrs. Cook is a daughter of Mrs Getch
ell. Dinner and supper were served and the ,,ay
and evening spent in social con, crse. 1t was
very pleasant OCCASION futile photographed tn,
party.
Hr. w. III. Winsow, of Pittshurg Pa in his cut
ter Orinda, arl'N ci at this port sunday afternoon
after a cruise of several weeks to the eastward
The Doctors cruising season is about over and he
will leave soon for pilt,hurg. The Orinda was haul
ell into Dyel's dock Monday afteruo"' to be strip
ped and will he haulc't out there by Mr. o. r. Web
ster, who will have charge Of her during the win.
ter. Next summer Or. Winsow hopes to spend
more time i'll Pcnobseot Bay and to have a more
fay orabic season for yachting. He had rather
rough experience IN his cruise down east and says
he will not 60 east of Bar Iarbor again.
TIE i-trE Ju~fIII pEN>tfr Mr.. Joseph Den
nett, of this city who died Sept %, aged 8 years
| was a son Of Joseph bennett, Of Castine, and a
! saihnakcr an, rigger by trade. Mr.. bennett came
| to Belfast nearly fifty Years ago, and for many
| years lie carried the sailmaking business hut
later devoted himself entirely to rigging in which
| he was engaged up to the day of his death. The
| last vessel he worked on was the sch. Never 4
! Muller MIR. bennett was a victim of fires. IIi~
| sail loft was burned twice and his dwelling house
| al the corner of Miller and Cross streets, three
times. The latter was chronicea in Z poem by the
late David Barker, called ''Thc Third Cremation
His sail loft first burned in ls5 aud was then
| in the cid Foundry building. che second time was
in the great fire of s13. which originated in his
/ loft OH what an nov MaYahall's wharf. Sparks
| from n vessel lying at the wharf flew through a
4 broken pane Of glass in the loft His house was
burned in lS; 1872 and 1873. Mr.. bennett was ono
| of the largest men in town, and there no cas-.
| kc in the city that would receive his remains A
died he wanted to 20 quick, and his wish real
lied. He taken i'll with heart trouble only the
day before his death. MIR bennett leaves wife
| an, four children, but one Of whom, Mrs. Joseph
A. Gilmore, resides i'll this city. Mr.. bennett was
Il good citizen and his presence will he missed.
| Tie funeral took place Friday afternoon Mr.. j.
| III. bennett, of Castne, brother Of the deceased,
| was present.
! Personal. Mr. Henry q. Russell OF Lawrence,
Mass, arrived in town last week for n visit to his
| many friends Mr.. Fred W. Hersey, who for
nearly two years has been assistant agent at the
Belfast station of tie Maine Central railroad, has
engaged as billing clerk In the freight Office of the
| New York and New England railroad at Boston -.
| X. W. Underwood, proprietor of the st. Julian
Hotel Portland is native Of Troy in this county.
Mr.. NJ w. brew, of Jacksonville, Fla, arriv-
hIi, Inst l,ft In,l.a