The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-05-03

send congratulations.
Mrs. II. II. johnson of his city has completed
two crayon portraits and is at work on others.
Her first attempts are very creditable.
The W. C. I. U. Society has set apart the first
Saturday in each month for devotional services
and the public are cordially invited.
Burns and Mclaughlin, who played on the Bel
fast ball team last year, have joined Nashua, N.
H., team in the New Hampshire league.
a meeting in the interest of the proposed Odd
Fellows Temple will he held at Odd Fellows Hall
next Friday evening. Every member of Waldo
Lodge is expected to be present.
frequent visitor at Heating & Fields ms urance
office in this city, after filling and lighting his
pipe, one day last week, seated himself for COM
Portable smoke. Taking a bottle of ink to press
down the tobacco the cork came out filling the
pipe with the fluid, which ran down upon the floor.
while single draw at the pipe filed the smokers
mouth with ink Ask Bob how he likes to smoke
ink.
Since the publication of an item from a Maine
paper giving list of those talked of for nomina-
ton by the Republican county convention, other
names have been suggested. correspondent
proposes as candidate for sheriff, Mr. J. X. Hurd
OF Northport. Others have named for this office
Messrs. +. L.. Palmer of Monroe Hon. A. L.
Nlckerson of Swanyille, j. W Black of Searsport
and J. o. johnson of Liberty.
Pensions have been granted as follows: Origin
al, Samuel A. Payson, South Brooks; Ruel NJ Der
~, Unity; Alvin Blodgett Belfast; Simeon J.
Treat, Rockport; Eleazer father of Fred Nicker-
son, Swanville; reissue Daniel W. Wentworth
China; original invalid. John NlcKinnon Castine;
increa Sc, William Hamilton, Unity; Jason Mad
docks North Union original, John, father of Ed
win I. Clifford, Rockport; increase, John H. Bag
ley, Troy; Horace CroNford, East Dixmont.
FIRST PAGE. Hon. |. G. Libby contributes an
article on the Breeds of Sheep to our farm and
garden department, and in the same column is the
premium list for the coming Waldo county fair
Lieut.. Roberts sends an interesting letter from
Minneapolis; Geo. NJ. Cole writes on Temperance
and ga Teacher" solves a knotty problem. Other
matters on this page are the minority report on the
Mills tariff bill, column Of Maine news Il column
of literary items, notice of the new Hazetine
building in Jacksonville, Fla; notes from the ed
itor's table and locals and miscellaneous items.
THE BELFAST SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION. Rev
j. a. Savage, president, delivered the annual adj
dress before the association on Tuesday evening.
His subject was "Cmatc and its Elects Speak
ing of climatic changes, he said, while the northern
hemisphere now enjoys long summers, there will
come n time when the conditions will he reversed
and the glacial epoch will again appear and over
run the northern hemisphere. London will be re
duceh to fishing hamlet, while another London
will appear at the Falkland Islands. The lecture
was very interesting. Mr.. Arthur Bcknell and
Herbert L. Field were admitted as members.
CAPT. Foss BABY. The family of Capt Foss
made the recent voyage with him to Dcmerara in
Sch John {. Smith, of this city. Word had been
received that the captain was the possessor of a
new boy, and when the vessel arrived here last
week therc was some curiosity to see the
conner, who was supposed to have been born at sea.
where Is your baby" was frequently asked Of
capt. Il ana his WIFE For some time they thought
ltwasa joke, but at last it was made plain Several
days after the vessel left Demerara, small negro
stowaWay made his appearance and the captain
of course was obliged to bring him north, although
had he met vessel bound to Demerarl he would
have sent him back. The captains son wrote
home that he had new brother, hence the story.
The colored hoy is we'll satisfied with his lot and
is now cooking on board the Smith.
HIGH SCHOOL LYCEUM. The annual meeting of
| the Belfast High School Lyceum, held on Wedncs-
day evening Apr. 18th, was very interesting one
and greatly enjoyed by the friends of the teachers
and pupils who We're present by special invitation.
The following programme was admirably carried
out Piano solo by Miss Florida McKeen. Dis
cussion of the question, Resolved, That the
present rate of immigration is pcrnicous to the
best interests of the Republic" Affirmative Miss
Margaret Crosby and Robert A. French, negative
Miss Lizzie Kelley and Chas. f. Luthers. The
judges decided in the affirmative, the vote standing
| three to two, although the negative was ably
argued, and much more set forth on that side of
the question than before seemed possible. Then
followed instrumental music hy Miss Mabel Cusil-
| man, recitation by Miss Carrie Field, reading of
| the Lyccum paper, The Lcviathan by the etitress,
Miss Hattie Robbins, defamation bv Maurice
Davidson, dialogue, entitled "The Red Chgnon, -
by half dozen young ladies, and piano duet by
Misses Josie Conant and Annie Crosby. The
pupils did themselves and their teachers Mr.. j.
*. Dunton and Miss Lillian +. Robbins, much
credit and entertained the audience in very
| pleasurabc manner.
lEELED OFF AND FILLED. schooner Charlotte
| Brown, of liarwich, Mass, Capt o. q. Reed, ar
rived at this port Friday last, from Portland, with
1920 bushels Of for Baker & shales and at
p m. began to discharge at Baker & Shalcs' wharf.
| At four O'Clock, low water, the vessel heecd OFF
and fell oyer on the beach. She apparently had :,
good list toward the wharf, but it is thought in dis
| charging too much cargo taken from the inner
| side She was badly hogged and so much strained
that the butts and seams on the port side, and the
| water ways on deck, were opened. The cargo was
taken out as rapidly possible and about half
| discharged when the tide came in and filled the
vessel There was about 800 bushels of corn left
| in the hold. saturday forenoon tackles were got
| out and the vessel righted. 1t thought the
seams might close up so that she could he pumped
out, but with her two pumps and the Edison pump
it was found impossible to keep the water out and
she again filed with the tide Saturday afternoon
at low water the vessel was calkcd that with the
| aid of the pumps she was loated. The Charlotte
Brown is fishing schooner of 70 tons, built in Es
| sex, Mass, in 1860 and is, rather was fine
| looking craft. The cargo was insured, and Mon
day an adjustcr arrived here and settled the mat
ter. The damaged corn was bought by Baker Il
| Shalcs, and discharged Monday afternoon, and
| quantities sold at forty cents per bushel.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Schrs. Charlotte T. Sibey and
John {. Smith, of this port, have been furnished
Wltn the patent log ofnS recently described III the
Journal Sch. Nightingale, Capt. Isaac Burgess
of lslesboro, has been thoroughly repaired in this
| city by Mr. ID. w. Dyer She has had new deck,
been rccalked and rcfastencd, and is in first
class condition. Capt. Burgess has chartered to
load lumber ut Bangor for Narragansett Bay, and
sailed from this port Saturday. Sch. Mary Far
| row arrived at Bangor last week with 900 bushels
of oats Garter 4 Co. of this city have put new
deck beams and new deck into the schr Minnie
W. Grlflng and she was taken on the marine rail
way and calkcd and painted. The sch. is owned
in New Haven. Ct, and is commanded by Capt.
Bachelor of Northport. Sch. Henry 5. Culver,
which sailed from Baltimore March stb for Port
land is still missing and it is feared she went down
in the March gale with all on board. Mr.. George
W. West of Belfast, was mate of the Cuver.....
Ship Henry b. Hyde, Pendleton, is now on the pas.
sage from San Francisco for New York with 4,OOO
tons of sugar Sch. Louisa Smith, of Brooks
vile, lately in collision at Vineyard Haven, is Ii,
Dyer's dock at this port, for repairs. Sch. Flora
Grindle arrived here Tuesday with granite from,
SOmes Sound for G. J. Hall, his first load of gran
tic for the season....A Bangor tug came to Belfast
early Tuesday morning and towed up river the
schs. A. W. Ellis, Sarah l.. Davis and Juliette.
The former loads at Bangor for New York, the
Davis goes to Orland to load for New York, and
the Juliette will load at Bangor for Boston Ship
McNear, 1915 tons, built by Carter & Co., Belfast,
in 1872, has been sold to ID. b. Dearborn, Of New
York.
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