The Republican journal., 1888-02-09
News of Belfast and Vicinity.


The recent heavy snow fall left the roads In bad
condition, and old stagers say they never saw
worse going.
a Massachusetts, subscriber writes "The Jour.
nal is like an old friend, as it is full Of just what
want to hear"
Mr. .. Il. Webster has made an icesboat which
was sailed on harbor last week. The boat Is
sloop rugged and very fast
The ice embargo last week shut of the supply of
| lslesboro CLANS and market was supplied
from Searsport and Stockton.
| woman in this city thinks she has the best bed
| in the State She piled spring bed on top of an
| other, and says they very soft
| The Odd Fellows dances now running are very
| popular and are well attended The series will
close with Il masquerade ball, the first of the sea.
| son.
MI. George L. Heating, member of Palestine
Commandery, of this city, is one of the youngest,
if not the youngest, Knight Templar in Maine. He
| is not yet twenty three.
| number of the school children drove to Waldo
last Friday evening and attended dance. They
went out and returned in the large sleigh OF the
Belfast Livery company.
| The contract for new rubber boots for the Bel
fast iiremcn has been given to f. A. Shaw, and
| for rubber caps capes and mittens to Mark
| Andrews, both OF this city.
| Some boys picked up bad eggs that had been
| thrown out of the Cottrell Bros. incubator, last
week, and sold them to the grocery stores. Both
| the boys and hcn fruit wee bad eggs.
Mr., Frank a, Follctt, of this city, has contract
% 1Juu marl .rn1i hoe Il,
5000. In the pas. few Years Mr.. Follett has made
a large humble, of jigs and is fitted up with very
! handsome noIlds.
Waldo lodge of odd Fellows, of this city will be
ten gears Old, April 3h, Sss, and it is proposed to
celebrate the anniversary. Waldo Lodge has IL
remarkable history, and history of the first de-
iatc will be written and presented on that occa-
sion. The lodge is large and prosperous,
numbering nearly 800 members.
| The Mutual Life Insurance Company has paid to
its policy holders during the A. years of its exist
cnce over S251 ,oo0 900 1t has received from them
in the shape of premiums $302, 1907, and holds
great family fund To meet future claims amount
ing to sllS, 06s5l. The annual statement Of this
company is published in our advertising columns
| Mr.. A, ID. Chase has fire departments at hi.
store and house. At the store he has seventy five
feet Of rubber hose all attached, and in case of
| fire has only to turn a valve when the stream Is
ready. The hose and stopcock can be reached
the store where thc hose can be attached if the
! lire is in that part of the building.
| The question, ''Wh;t is the Ty-Ty Route" was
recently asked in these columns. An Atlanta,
Georgia subscriber answers The Ty.Ty route is
| as follows:
Gin. SO. Ry....... bet. Cincinnati and Chattanooga
W. 4 \. Il. r.. Chattanooga and Atlanta.
Z. K. X. of t;a.... " Atlanta and Albany
b. ". r. r.. Albany and Waycross.
Mr.. A. w. Robinson, of this city, has fine .itua,
ton in Massachusetts. He has charge of a large
| farm in Dorchester called 'Austin Farm" owned
and controlled by the city of Boston for the sup.
| port of poor and insane and has been appointed
special police for preserving order at the insttu-
| t: n Dorchester is thriving little place and
Austin Farm is pleasantly situated near Franklin
| Park and Oakland Garden.
| a petition from the Grand Army In circulation
| in this city last week, and numcrousy signed by
members Of that organization, asks Congress to
pass law paying soldiers and sailors of the war
of the rebellion the difference, with interest, be.
tween gold and grecnhacks at the time of their
| service When some of the men were discharged
| gold was worth 30 If such Il bill becomes 4 law
the amount will more than equal the monthly pay
of the soldiers and sailors.
Measles in very malignant form are raging in
| the country. Several deaths have occurred In
I-incolnville, searsmont and Belmont. They are
more fatal among older people. On Sunday James
amt Frederick erie, of Belmont, sons of ]. l..
| -ia1 hour ~ arh 9th
James about 20 years of age and Frederick
was H. Mrs. Hannah Flagg, of the same town
died last week In some cases the measles arc &C
companied with pneumonia.
| Since the Boston packets were frozen in and the
Boston steamers hauled of the railroad is carving
much additional freight. a heater car for fruit
and perlshabc goods is now run between Belfast
and Boston, leaving Boston every Thursday night
arriving in Belfast saturday morning and leaving
Belfast every Monday afternoon. Freight to go
py the car must be delivered in the forenoon. The
car arrived the first trip last week and was we'll
| latronled.
Mr.. &. W. Hartman, an officer from Bangor
was in Belfast last week in search of two burglars
who had escaped from the Bangor lock up. De
scriptions of the men were given along the road
Thursday the telephone operator at Stockton sent
word that a man answering the description of one
of the runaways walking through that
village headed for Searsport. Mr. Hartman took
team and started, meeting the man one mile this
side of Searsport but while closely resembling
| of the burglars he WAS not the fellow wanted.
| Mr.. EVarta W. Pond of this city, who entered
Dartmouth College last fall, has just been chosen
assistant editor Of the college periodical, The
Dartmouth, for the remainder of his course as the
result Of competitive trial. This paper has the
| largest circulation of any college magazine and to
| he appointed upon its editorial stan early is a
compliment to Mr.. Ponds literary ability. Mr.
| Pond has also been elected one of the student
librarians of the college library. We congratulate
him en- securing these two much coveted posi-
| tons.
| There was surprise party at the initarian par
| sonase in this city "n the evening of Feb lst
Among the surprises was a unique quilt presented
| by the ladies of the society to Mrs. savage, wife
of the pastor. The quilt was made of squares of
| unbleached cotton bordercd with turkey red, and
! when sewed together this bordering quilted
In the centre was representation of the Unitarian
church, monogram and date wrought in outline
by Mrs George II. Sleeper of this city, whose art
needlework has attracted much attention. Each
| square, the gift and work of individual donors,
bore design IN outline. A picnic supper was
served and pleasant evening passed in social in
terc0ursc
= COLD JANUARY. Mr.. L. ii. Murch, of this
city, who has kept IL daily record of the temperl-
tule for the past twenty nine years. says the
month Of January, lsSS, the coolest month re
| corded by him in all that time. The average TEN.
periture was l3.4G degrees which was five degrees
degrees colder than the average January weather
in the past twenty nine years. The highest Their
momcter was 80 deg on the second day and the
coolest was eight below on the 18th 1t showed on
twelve days and raincd on three days. January
1919 was the second coolest January, when the
average temperature was 1895. There Is less Ice
has been more intense
STEAMER NOTES. AS stated by our Bucksport
correspondent last week the Caroline Miller has
probably made her last trip to this State, as the
Lucy Z. Miller will begin on the route as soon as
the ice is out in the spring.. The steamer Eecta,
running between Castine and Belfast, has gone In
to winter quarters above the village at Castne and
Capt. True has returned to his home in Bangor.
Owing to the immense quantity of ice in the bay 1t
is probable that quite time will elapse before she
will be able to ma Ike her regular trims . Steamer