The Republican journal., 1892-01-28

held with Mrs. Eli Cook, Charles ST., Satur
day at 2 p. m. 1t will be a sewing meeting
The Womans Alliance will meet to-day
Thursday, at 2 p. m, with Mrs, David Alex
ander, Court street A full attendance is
desired
taken off the route between Boston and
Bucksport for repairs. Something is wrong
with her main shaft. The Katahdin is now
on the route, arriving at Belfast Tuesday
morning from Boston. She will leave today
at the usual time on the return trip.
The concert in the North Club Course will
be given February 9th. The Iopas Quartettt
of Rockland, with Mrs. Shaw of Boston, has
been engaged. The members of the quar-
tette are now afflicted with the grip, and il
unable to fill the engagement others will be
substituted
Mr.. H. l.. Woodcock of this city had q
still-life painting accepted for the Boston Art
Club exhibition. II is No. 56 in the cata
logUe. III view Of the fact that of twelve OF
fifteen hundred paintings offered only about
three hundred are accepted it is quite a dis
tnction to have a picture in the exhibition
Dr. Charles p Bean. of Boston. writes as
follows: Il lind in Your paper an item on
DR.. Gordon III which | am quoted as saying
lie could NOT live one week. | never said it
or thought it and did not know a telegram
was to he sent to Belfast. No one had au
thorlty to use my name in such connection.
4 MARROW ESCAPE. Monday evening q
lamp fell from the table in the house OF
Sanford Howard on Bay View street. The
lamp broke, the oil ignited, and for few
moments there was lively time. The
table cloth caught fire and the burning oil
ran over the room. Two rugs We're destroy
ed in beating out the flames.
BURKETTs BARGAINS. Mr.. Geo. w Bur
kett. the leading dry goods dealer of Belfast
never does things by half, whether it is of
fering bargains TO his customers, or in the
use Of printers ink. He has handed us a
which we are unable to publish this week,
hut which will appear in our next issue.
Look ont for it.
An emery wheel at the mill of H. E.
Pierce. East side, burst Monday, slightly in
jurlng two men. Percy c. Pierce had been
using the wheel and had just stepped aside
when it burst. A portion of the wheel
struck Mr. Pierce on the hand making a
Slight wound. Another fragment struck
the ceiling and fell on the head Of Herbert
Int Il Il j1,r+
Ha.ibut have been scarce in our markets
this winter. retailing as high as twenty -four
comes mainly from the Western and Grand
Banks and is not 50 good as those caught
on Georges or places nearer home. The
Georges fishery is about opening. in fact
a few arrivals have already reported at
Gloucester, and soon hahbut will he more
plentiful and cheaper. Is is among the most
raaraEe of the salt water fishes.
Jefferson f. Wilson whorecently returned
from California says that Rev. S. Good
enough, formerly of Belfast, is the greatest
hustler lie met on his travels He runs two
fruit orchards in Santa Clara valley and
breaches Sundays at Oakland. 4 son
is on each of the orchards bur they have his
personal supervision. The fruit from one of
Mr.. q. 5 farms last YEAR sold for 500. Mr.
Wilson says that Mr.. Goodenough is des-
tined to become wealthy man. He heard
him preach one day at Oakland, and he gave
a grand sermon. The many friends of Mr.
Goodenough in Belfast viii learn with pleas
ure If his deserved success.
LOCKED OUT All are not aware of the
cheapness of hardware \ man in this city
has been bothered for two years with a mis-
lit key to the lock on the back door Of his
house. One night last week he was locked
out and was obliged To force the door to gain
entrance to the house. Next day the lock
was removed from the door and taken to
Reads to have the key fitted. "Yes. said
Read, Il can make you key, hut my time
would he worth Twenty-Five or thirty cents,
and you can buy new lock for twenty
cents. Such are the facts. \ new lock,
catch. Two keys and screws enough for the
lock We're bought all for twenty cents.
Daniel Lane. of Belfast is one Of the Wig
orous elderly gentlemen Of our city 1t has
been noticed that he is even smarter than
usual this winter, which may be caused by
his giving up tobacco after using the weed
for tifty-tive years. Mr. Lane says he used
a great deal of the weed and always had the
best. When he was agent of the Boston
boats he was much annoyed by the deck
hands of the steamers who begged his to-
bacco. He did not care to refuse so he
bought what he called ''sheep tick" tobacco,
which is very poor grade. When deck
hand asked for a chew Daniel drew out his
sheep tick, which soon broke up the prac-
tice
MORE ABOUT Coon CATS. Referring to a
recent item in the Journal a Swanyille GER
respondent says I'VE think about coon cats
just as We do about the training IF children :
it is as they are brought mp. We have coon
eat that will eat warm. live mouse as vo-
raciouslN as it Will a fine cut of steak, and
ask no quarttring except what it can do .th
its little tine teeth. AS for the paper it is
fed upon, We think pussy is altogether non
political, as it never questions in that airee-
ton. We think coon cats pay their way
pretty well as we know Of one that hes DIES
being good moustr has brought her mis-
been given away. Two have gone to Massa-