The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-12-08
Concerning Local Industries.

| NOHCcTHluk AOCdl luuuStTlcS.
| Capt. N. S. Lord is making a number OF
new sails for Sch. Meyer & Muller.
| The East Side mills are now running on
| full time, with plenty of water and with or
| ders ahead.
Mathews Bros. are now running their
mill to its full capacity, ten hours per day,
this being one of the busiest seasons in their
experience.
By one steamer last week Lambert &
Young made shipments of their plow coult-
ers to Australia, Texas, West Virginia and
Massachusetts.
Lawrence 4 Gates have this week put
| into their clothing factory an electric motor
and ten new Singer sewing machines. Their
establishment is busy place
ID. III. Clark is superintendent of the F. P.
Bennett sheep ranch in Freedom Mr.. Ben
nett, who is editor and publisher of Wool
and Cotton Reporter, has seven large farms
in the vicinity mentioned, and proposes to
winter 600 sheep. There are over 800 there at
present and Is men are employed
At A. A. Howes & Co. S the other day we
learned of a new local enterprise. Mr. W.
l.. Scribner, of Monroe, is putting up pure
article OF horse radish, raised and prepared
by himself under the brand of Farmers
Horse Radish He has secured the best of
machinery for grinding the root, and puts it
up in pure cider vinegar There is no mix
ture of turnip. Mr.. Scribner intends to turn
out 1000 bottles this year, ard his goods
ought to have a ready sale.
PATENT MEDICINES. MIR. I. NJ Cottrell is
at work putting the Leon laboratory, form
erly Peirce's Parlor Theatre in readiness
for the business of the company. The stage
has been removed. A partition is to be built
lengthwise the hall at the right Of the main
entrance, making the room at The left about
double the size of the other. That at the right
will be again divided, making the office and
mailing room. The medicine will be mixed
in the gallery and from there run to the bot
tling machines in the larger room, where
it will go through the various processes
of corkng, labelling, boxing, ETC., until
ready for market. The arrangements of
the laboratory are to be very complete
and the machinery and appurtenances of
the most approved kinds E. The Dalton
Sarsaparila Company has just filled it's
initial order for the medicine, a Lewiston
gentleman having ordered half dozen bot
ties Saturday for his family used. The Lew
iston journal, in commenting on the medi-
cine, says ''Ths sarsaparilla is not new
thing but has been used by Dr. Elmer Small,
of Belfast for twenty-five years. There is
plenty of money behind the company and
the business will be pushed vigorously
The Columbian edition of The Mariners
Compass, Just issued by the Skoda Discovery
Co., contains portraits with testimonials of
John S. Fermald, Sanford B. Mixer, VIM.
Twombly, Henry B, Cunningham, Harry L.
Merrithew and Frank H. Colley, of Belfast,
IuCius ii. Duncan, of Northport, John Kal-
loch, of Montyille, q. w. Pearson of Nor
ril: B. NJ Roberts, of Stockton Springs,
(testmonial) and Mrs l.. F. Ingraham, of
Rockland, formerly of Belfast. The edition
is printed on pinl, paper and has IA new head
ing designed by z, A. Sanborn,. An order
was received here last week from Florida for
a supply of Russ catarrh snuff. Dr. Russ
also has quite trade in the Western states,
a large sale in Hancock county, and good
local sale. The Dana Sarsaparilla Co
started its web press Tuesday forenoon, and
is now turning out papers at a brisk rate.
Mr. Morrison is to be foreman of the print
ing departmental and cylinder pressman will
come to-day to run the tWn-revOutinn ma
chine. The box printing press is marking
''The Kind That Cures on the shocks as
fast as the boy can handle them....I 1t was
reported last week that Mr.. G. f.. Lane of
Brooks. had sold his stock in the Eodolf
Medicine Co. MIR. Lane writes 'The state
mtnt is ntter V without foundation. | have
not sold one dollars worth of my original
stock, although have had numerous oppor-
tunties to do 50. FL tntr | have bought
eleven sla:es-S1, 100 wortli---which I am
holding, as ! think from the large amount Of
business the compan! is doing and the sue
cess of their remedies, especially in consump-
tion and scrofula hulnors, that this stock at
par value VIII prove to he IA rich paying in
vestment. The Leon SarsapariIa Co.
has engaged Mr. Geo. 4. Quimby as manla-
ger, and Mr.. I. VI. Cottrell To have charge of
the mechanical details of the work We'd
nesday mornings mail brought an order for
$4,000 of the stock from prominent Boston
druggl SITS, and several orders for the nedl-
clne have been received. -. The Skoda Co.
has large crew at work mailing its papers
to addresses IN Maine and New Hampshire
The Mariners Compass, their latest paper,
was distributed i'll Belfast this week.