The Republican journal., 1892-04-07
Messrs. Jipson and Staples will be ap-
pointed night watch, by the Mayor.


pointed night watch, by the Mayor.
Nelson Wight, of Belfast, has three spring
lambs whose united weight is 90 pounds
The largest weighs 81 IL pounds
The W. c. T. U. will meet with Mrs
Eliza Hunnewell Charles St., Saturday P
NJ, at O'Clock. 1t will be a devotional
meeting.
Sanborn's orchestra goes to Pittsfield Fri
day to play for a ball given by the Knights
of Pythias. The local knights had meeting
from here.
The many friends in Belfast of Mr. George
E. Priest and Miss Nellie Simpson will be
pleased to know that they were recently
married in Boston, notice of which APP
| pears in to-days paper.
A man is reported as looking in at Win
dows of houses in the lower part of the
town. One evening recently he was seen
peepng into the windows of a house and
was fired at by a neighbor.
several Posts in the county are requested to
meet in Memorial Hall, Thursday afternoon,
| April IA, at O'Clock, for the purpose of or
ganizing County Association. 1t is hoped
each Pest will be represented.
| Mr. Gorham has begun the shipment of
potatoes from Bangor but it will be about
| two weeks before he cleans up his business
in Belfast. He loaded the last vessel at Ban
gor before the closing of the river, and is
now loading the first vessel since the OPEN
| ing of the river.
There was quite a stir the other day in the
Houlton town meeting when Rev. H. E.
Frohock got up and moved that the resident
ministers be assessed poll tax with other
citizens. For once he said he did not wish
to be classed as ''deadhead,' in citizens
affairs Mr.. Frohock is Belfast man.
MEDAL CONTEST. Mrs. D. P. Alexander
will give one of her popular Demorest Medal
Contests, Monday evening April %. at the
Baptist Church, under the auspices of the
W. G. 7. L. Ten young ladies, nearly all
from the High school, who are to take part
in the contest, have begun the sale of tickets.
| Admission % cents.
THE CHURCHES. Prof. Ropes of the Ban
gor Theological Seminary occupied the pull
| pit of the North Church last Sunday in the
| absence of Rev. r. I. Hack Messrs Chas
F. CHM and Calvin A. Hubbard have been
| elected delegates from the Belfast Metho-
dist Church, to attend the annual session of
the East Maine Conference at Rockland
April Goth. The Universaist Society is
preparing for fair to take place the last
of April Rev. j. A. Savage, Unitarian.
and Rev. Myra Kingsbury, Universalst,
will exchange pulpits next Sunday morning.
HEAD OF THE TIDE. The school got up
surprise party for the teacher E. l.. Bryant,
and arranged that he should be at Mrs.
Emeline B. Eaton's last Thursday evening
Here the scholars came in goodly numbers.
and ice cream, cake and candy We're pro-
vided for all. 1t was quite surprise to the
| teacher, who was also the recipient Of two
nice presents The whole affair was nicely
planned and carried out and was a credit
to all. The school has done we'll this Win
ter, making good progress in their studies,
and getting up an entertainment to raise
money to buy flag, which was success i'll
every respect. The formal flag raising will
take place this Thursday afternoon. The
school closes Friday.
Poor MILLS. Mrs. John Brown and Fred
johnson are quite sick with la grippe. Mr.
J. has hired Oscar Wentworth to tend the
mill for him while he is sick. Geo. Patter-
son is sick with tonsilitis. He has been
making preparations to repair his buildings
this spring. Mrs. o. A Wade left last
Thursday for New London. . Mrs. Ames
spent a few days with Mrs. F. w Shepherd
last week. School meeting was held last
Monday afternoon with very good attend
ance. There to be three terms of school
john Hartshorn was chosen agent =. Char
| ley Mckinley lost valuable COW last week
She got loose in the night and ate too much
meal Richard Woodbury. sold a valuable
| horse last Tuesday to parties in Newburg
I'D. w. Banks sowed peas the 4th
| \ WELL BRED DOC. Mr.. Ralph II. Howes
of Belfast doubtless has the best bred and
most valuable English mastitf in Maine.
| The dog is named Sessions Duke and was
bred at Worcester, Mass. Duke is fawn col
or, with short black nose and black ears, and
weighs 125 pounds. Duke will be four years
old next August and has been owned by
Mr.. Howes nearly two years. full broth
er of Duke is owned by Mr.. E. B. Sears, of
Boston, who owns $4,000 worth of dogs
Dukes brotheris named Sears Monarch, and
is a champion dog, having taken six first
prizes. Monarch is valued at $1,000 Mr.
Howes says that the only difference be-
tween his dog and Monarch is that the latter
may be ten pounds heavier. Duke has high
bred ancestry. His father was Lord Rag
Ian, imported Lord Raglan's father was
Crown Prince, the best mastiff in England,
his mother Lady Rowena. Dukes mother
was called Freda. Her father was York
and her mother the Duchess of Connaught
The latter has taken more prizes than any
mastiff in England. Next season Mr.. Howes
says he will enter Duke in the dog show at
Boston.
SHIPPING ITEMS. "She looks like a YACHT"
was the commend of marine expert as he
stood looking, Sunday, at sch. Penobscot on
the marine railway The schooner in her
new paint certainly did look as fine as
fiddle. her SparS and rigging also heinp in