The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-05-10
News of Belfast and Vicinity.


job of plumbing at the Belfast Custom House.
| The Court last week ordered Long, the insane
person at the Jail from Unity, to be taken to Au-
gusta
Two dogs fighting one day last week broke a
pane of glass in the door of Il. II. MOody's drug
store.
Mr.. W. e. Mahoney, of NorthpOrt, committed to
Jail last week on charge of perjury was bailed
out on Friday.
| Mr.. W. Z. futile, of this city, Is completing
tlers for 200 dozens of photographs for the Normal
School pupils at Castinc.
In the renovation mt the Court House a large
book case has been transferred from the Clerk of
Courts the Office of the Register of Probate
There were but three prisoners in Belfast Jail
last week-EIagar who is serving thirty days in
default of payment of a fine; Maren, who is
waiting to be taken the reform school, and Long
the insane man. There not a tramp in Jail
| The Maine Division of the League of American
Wheelmen are making preparations for a meeting
at Portland on May 30th. The Belfast members of
the state league are: III. W. Clark, W. L. Jones,
| Geo T.. Priest, Geo. I. Read, VIM. NJ. Thayer and
Adrian futile
| THE FIRST SALMON. Capt. F. T.. Bramhall, of this
city, had Il salmon at his market Thursday last,
the first of the season. 1t was caught by Atwood
Gilmore who lives between Belfast and Scarsport.
The fish was beauty and weighed nineteen lbs.
1t was cut up and retailcd for sixty cents per h..
| Mr.. Frank X. Prescott, of Northport last week
brought to this city the opossum which he brought
home from Florida The opossum, which has
seven Young ones only few weeks old, belongs to
that class of animals, like the kangaroo, which
carry their young in a pouch. The opos> UNI at.
| tracted much attention.
TIE NEW HOTEL. The directors of the Belfast
Hotel Company met last Friday evening and in
structcd the clerk TO call stockholders meeting,
and the stockholders are notified to meet at the
Aldermens on Wednesday evening May IG.
The meeting is a business one and doubtless active
measures will he adopted towards completing the
building.
| The Belfast Water Co. have twenty five orders
for water and will begin to lay pipe as the
frost is out of the streets There is an ample sup
ply of water at the dam to carry the pump ii the
dam was in condition. Three hours pumping once
a week is sufficient to keep the stand pipe full
The rebuilding of the Little River dam will begin
as the water is low enough in the river to
enable them to work.
PRESENCE OF MIND. Mrs. Manter l.. Decruw
who lives on the east side, was near an outdoor
fire last Friday where some rubbish was burning
| when her clothes took fire She did not scream
and run, but laid down on the grass and rolled over
and over, and when rising she found her clothes
were still on fire she again rolled ON the grass.
| Help then came from the house and the fire was
| eAtinguished Mrs. DecrowS hair and hands We're
slightly burned, and but for her presence of mind
she must have been severely if not fatally injured.
saturday morning there rumor- of another
fire at the Campground. y man who stopped Fri
day night on the east side, said he saw the building
burning, and that it was on the right of the camp
| groun', wharf. This caused some Excitement fol
lowing 50 closely the burning of the hotel, and it
! was believed that effort was being made to
destroy the camp ground. On investigation, how
ever, it learned that the fire was on top of
Mount Megunticook, Camden, where the dead
grass was burning. This did not set rumors at
rest, however and one report had it that the town
hall at Camden had been burned and another that
the speakers stand and seats at the Norhport camp
ground had been destroyed by fire.
Mayor and Mrs, Burgess entertained the Birth
day Club at their residence on Church street last
Thursday evening. a delightful evening was pass.
least among the favors offered their guests were
the very choicest of refreshments served in the
tlining-room at eleven o'clock. This occasion gave
IL desired opportunity to many of the friends Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. to inspect the style and furnish
ings of their elegant new home But one opinion
prevailed and this, that lavshnrsS of furnishing
and delicacy of taste in arrangement had been aptlv
joined, forming what should most desire Il
| oh hna nj
take all the happiness they deserve therein.
SAILORS ARRESTED. City Marshal Mcdonald
was notified from Bangor saturday to arrest two
sailors on the Boston boat who had run away from
the sch. Sarah l.. Davis, then at Bangor and re
shipped to go on sch. Marion Hill loading at this
port for Brunswick. The men were arrested and
lodged IN Jail. Tie men were taken before Judge
Williamson, Il Justice of the Peace, Monday. Capt
Burgess appearing and claiming the men. The YES
sci lowed down from Bangor ON Monday Judge
Williamson ordered the men committed to Jail and
held until such time the vessel was ready for
sea, when the jaier was to deliver the men to the
captain. Monday afternoon the men were put ON
board the DaTis but they refused to turn to.
MASONIC. James Freeman, of Winterport, was
last week cappointed District Deputy Grand
Master of the Eighth Masonic district which com
prises lodges in Belfast, WiGterport sea,~port
stockton, Northpolt Lincolnville and ISlcsboro
George d. Bray, of China, has been reappointed
Deputy for the seventh district which includes the
remaining lodges in Waldo county. New charters
were voted to Amity Lodge at Camden and Guam
tcbacook, at ScarSmont, whose charters were de
stroycd by fire. Fred $. Walls, of Vinalhaven was
appointed Grand Warden of the Grand Command
cry Hiram Chase, of this city, is the Senior
Past Grand Master of Masons in this state Mr.
Chase was Gland Master in 1875 and while in
once laid the corner stone of the city building in
Portland. lie was made Il Mason in Phoenix Lodge
in 1916. Mthe recent annual session of the Grand
Lodge at Portland Mr.. Chase was authorized to
cast the vote of the Grand Lodge for secretary
and voted for the venerable Ira Berry
WHAT WILL BE DONE IN BELFAST THIS YEAR
Already Il large amount of work has been laid out
in Belfast and the season has not yet fairly opened
The most important will be the erection Of first
class hotel on the Crosby lot at an outlay of So
y 600. An Odd Fellows block will be erected on the
site of the old American House, Main street, at Il
cost of $4,000. sherman 4 Co. will build (par-
tally completely Il leather board mill, the east
side, which will be supplied with iirst.cass ma.
chinery at an outlay of $4,000. The Boston Il
Bangor steamship Company will erect passenger
and freight station and rebuild their wharf at an
outlay of $4,000. Mr.. Arnold Harris will put ON 4.
brick extension to the Follet store on Main street
Mr.. Sidney kalish Will erect dwelling house on
High street worth $1,000. Mr.. George W. Lewis
will take down the old Payne House on Waldo ave
nue. and erect a handsome dwelling house. In adj
dtion to these buildings a large amount of
general repairs is already in progress Belfast
will have a busy season.
ODD FELLOWS BLOCK. We can announce for a
certainty that the proposed Odd Fellows Block in
this city, will be erected. The estimated cost of
the building and lot will be S27OoO 1t was at first
contemplated to raise the entire stock within the
order, but for several reasons outside subscriptions
have been taken. Two papers have been circulated
for stock, for $l7 600 within the ORDER and one
for $4,000 outside. On Friday evening last Waldo
Lodge and its members provided for the ST. 200.
The outside stock is all pledged. it is safe to say
the stock Is all subscribed. AS will be seen in an
other column the stockholders have called a meet
ing to organize corporation, after which active
measures will be taken. The site is the old Ameri-
can House lot on Main street, the most available
unoccupied lot in the city The building will have
frontage of 60 feet and will back l05 feet to
Beaver street. Nearly every room in the proposed
brilGing engaged The Odd Fellows will occupy