The Republican journal., 1892-02-11

ter at West Camden.
The County Commissioners began an adj
iourned session of their court in this city on
Tuesday.
Next Sunday will be St. Valentines Day.
The fancy stores in this city are making a
great display of handsome valentines.
Mr.. Charles O'Connell is in Boston buying
full line of clothing for the spring and sum-
mer trade, which he will open in his new
store on Phoenix Row.
Henry Hayes while fishing through the ice
last week for smelts, caught a large whit e
perch. 1t is supposed this fish came dow II
from some of the ponds by one of the hume +
Gus streams.
Last week Mr.. G. r. Coombs bagged sew
eral rabbits and reports them quite plentiful.
They are hunted with dogs Charles says
there may be better di shes than rabbit stew
but he knows nothing about them.
Swan Lake has no more ardent admirer
than Fish Commissioner Stanley, who first
discovered how to take trout from the lake.
Mr.. Stanley says that this month he will
supply the lake with quantity of the fry of
land-locked sa lmon.
The Bangor Commercial publishes the fol-
lowing: There are two young men peddlin g
soap and soap powders in different parts Of
the state These fellows claim to ''gve
away soap you only pay them 81. 90 for the
soap, they leave and in week they come
back and get the wrapper and give a valua-
BILE present. They never give any presents
OF come around again and their soap is a
poor article. These fellows have been ar
rested for fraud. Look out for them.
The official time table of the Maine Central
is issued for February, and among other in
teresting things contained within its covers
is a short sketch of the veteran conductor of
the road, John A. Mace, who for % years
has run over the Belfast branch and for four
wears longer than that time has been in the
employ of the same company. Mr.. Mace
never has had passenger injured on his
train, although he has travelled nearly ,0O0-
600 miles since being appointed conductor.
His portrait heads the sketch.
Some of the ladies of the North Church
society met at the home of Mrs. r. Frank
Pierce last week and organized a history
class. The first meeting was held last Mon
day afternoon at Mrs. H. A. Starrett $, and
next Monday the class will meet with Mrs.
c. O. Poor English history is the present
subject, and it is proposed to hold the fourth
meeting each month in the evening for the
discussion of the current topic of the month.
The gentlemen will be invited to this meet
inc and are expected to participate in the
discussion.
He WALKED HOME. Not long since a We ell
known lawyer of Belfast engaged to deliver
! temperance lecture al near neighbor-
hood 1t was in the winter. and late in the
afternoon they came after him with horse
Sled. The lawyer gave a good lecture, which
was followed by supper and entertain
nent The lecturer, OF course, gave his ser
vices free. but he was called upon to pay
Twenty-Five cents for his clam stew and
twenty-five cents for one dip into the grab
bag There being no conveyance home he
walked TO town at two o'clock in the morn
ing H has retired from the lecture field.
| How To CATCH A MOUSE. Nothing ere
ates such comnotion in IA house. especially
among the women, as a live mouse. For
three nights recently one little mouse kept
a Belfast family on the ragged edge. The
mouse got into the sleeping room, and then
there was fun. One lady said she had read
that II you throw a boot or shoe on the floor
the mouse would run into it, She resolved
to try it. Cautiously she reached ont of bed
and procured her boot. When the mouse
next showed mp she threw the boot on the
floor. and sure enough the mouse ran into it
and Secreted himself in the toe. The boot
was recovered and the mouse held n pris on
THE VOTERS OF BELFAST. The board of
registration completed its work on Thurs
day last. and ali the voters of Belfast. so far
ed. The names and the street address are
cunietl into a large book made for the pur-
pose The whole number of voters register
ed is 1877, divided as follows: Ward one
424 ward two, $50 ward three, ;}01 ward
four, 143: ward five, 40. Fifty new names
We're added and 163 stricken off Mr. Murch.
the clerk. says it is the most perfect regis
tration ever had in Belfast. The list will
he further revised before each election The
cost of registration will not be far from
500.
RESIGNATION OF REV. j. A SAVAGE Mr.
Savage, pastor of the Unitarian church. on
Sunday last announced that his resignation,
which was rendered last summer and not
accepted, would be accepted May LIST, and at
that time he should sever his connection
with the CHI rch. Mr.. Savage has been pas
tor OF this church seven years and has en-
deared himself not only to the society but
to the community at large. Mr.. Savage is
a preacher Of great ability, doubtless the
ablest pastor the church ever had, which
is saving much. The retirement of Mr. Say
age Will be a loss to the community, and the
best wishes of all will attend him and his
family wherever they 60
r. H. Coombs & Son. Belfast, dealers in
furniture, announce that money can he say
ed by dealing with them, a Statement they
can fully maintain. AS undertakers they
have no superiors in that line. Clark &
Sleeper, clothiers and taiorS, SO Main street
Belfast are ''in the swim,'' and have made a