The Republican journal., 1892-10-20

The trustees of the Waldo County Agr
cultural society will meet at the Court
Hous Belfast, on Saturday afternoon, Oct
%, at one O'Clock. All are expected to be
present.
All members of the Chautauquan clubs, OF
Belfast, are requested to meet at the Baptist
Church, Friday afternoon at O'Clock, and
from there proceed to Mrs. Julia McKeen's
where exercises appropriate to Columbus
Day will be held.
f, H. Francis & Co., Belfast. have made
great reduction in the price of ladies shoes,
as glance at their advertisement will
show. Starrett & Co., Belfast, have some
new announcements. See the new adver-
tsement of Mrs. c. w. Haney.
INSOLVENCY COURT. AT the court of in
soivency held last week, Seel1ns & Robert
son filed call for a second meeting of cred
itors. The second meeting of the creditors
of o. H. Plummer, of Monroe, held and
he took the preliminary oath and filed petit
| ton for discharge Fred L. Mitchell and
| Emery Robbins Of Belfast, filed petitions of
Insolvency on which warrants We're issued,
FALL AND WINTER MILLINERY. J. w.
Ferguson & Co., No. 20 Main street, an
nounce their opening of fall and winter mil
linery for next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Miss Ferguson, with her popular miliner,
! Mrs. r. +. Chase, recently returned from
Boston. and our lady readers may expect "a
fine display of all the latest fashions and
novelties in hats, hornets and trimmings.
All are invited to call and examine the
goods Mrs. j. c. Gates, Is Main street,
does not advertise an opening, but wishes
the public to know that her full stock of fall
and winter millinery is ready for public III
specton. and that Mrs E. Il. Conner, the
we'll known milliner, is still at No. Il Main
street. Give the ladies' cali.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch. Young Brothers
sailed from Portsmouth, n. H. Oct. ii for
the Kennebec to load ice for Washington
Capt. o. w. French, of this city has taken
command of the sch. Willie L. Newton,
now at Fernandina. Sch. Meyer Muller,
Capt. Patterson, now at Bangor, has charter
ed to load orange box shocks at that port for
Palatka, Florida. Sch Florence J. Alien,
towed to Rockland Saturday after discharg-
ing 100000 feet of lumber for Mathews Bros.
Sch, Gold Hunter arrived last week
from Bangor with 10000 feet of pine boards
for Mathews Bros. 1t was the first lot of
| 100000 for the same parties Sch. John e..
Smith arrived Sunday from West Washing
ton, ID. c., with a load Of coal for Swan &
| Sibley Co... Sch. Anna d. Rice has dis
,hu u.I faat of In nnar For
| Mathew Bros. -. As recently reported in the
journal Capt John w Kane has bought the
bark Monrovia, of New York, paying $4,000
for her. She is $50 tons and is now loading
at New York for St. ,Jago, to sail about the
18th. -. Sch. A. Hayford arrived Wednesday
/ from Rondout. \. Y, with 100 casks of cement
| for NJ. Il. Cooper. Sch. Sarah l.. Davis al
rived "Wednesday morning from Portsmouth
and will load paving for New York 49,. Sch
Lester A. Lewis, of Islesboro, arrived from
Danariscotta "Wednesday morning and is in
Carter's dock for some repairs.
The CHURCHES. Services We're held in
the Universalist Church last Sunday for the
| irst time since the repairs on the interior.
The walls and ceiling have been handsome
| ly painted i'll water coors by Mr.. Bartlett
! Cannon. The groundwork is drab with
ornamented ceiii..g. A scroll with an open
Bible is represented on the ceiling nearly
over the pulpit, and at the opposite end is a
cross and crown. The woodwork has been
painted, the pews touched up, a new carpet
laid, which is in perfect harmony with the
| painting, while the chancel furniture has
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| church. The interior of the church is now
| as pretty and cosy as parlor Miss Kings
! bury preached a sermon in the morning
which had reference to Columbus Day. A
! harvest concert in the evening was Very in
pertaining and largely attended. The pulpit
was handsomely decorated for the OCCASION
while all about it We're the fruits of the farm
and garden-squashes corn, apples. etc
! The children acquitted themselves tinely....
/ Mr.. w. +. Carleton, of Eockport, has been
selected to decorate the interior Of the
Baptist Church, and he is an artist of rep
utation, the work Will be we'll done. Cole 4
! Woodbury.. of Boston. will furnish the new
organ for the church. The Rockland Dis
trict Ministerial Association held its fall
u
! Oct. 10th and 1lth. The opening meeting on
| Monday evening consisted of a praise and
preaching service. Meetings Tuesday We're
devoted TO the discussions of various CUES
tons. the association closing Tuesday night
/ Sixteen ministers Were present and it was
! very interesting and instructive session
4 The next meeting of the association will be
/ held in WiScaSset.. A council Of ministers
OF the Maine Free Baptist Minister'S Con-
ference met at Dover, Thursday, Oct. 18th,
/ for the examination and ordination of Will
| liam Lester Nickerson, the newly elected
pastor of the Free Baptist Church. and re-
cent graduate of Bates college All the
members of the council Were present as
follows: Revs. c. G. Mosher, of Mad-
son; J. Nickerson, of Edgecomb: D. Boyd.
of East Newport; F. E. Freeze, of Atkinson ;
T. Kinney and F. NJ. Wilson, of Milo The
ordination took place in the evening before
large audience. Mr.. +. B. Mathews of
the Bangor Theological Seminary, who is
preaching at South Orrington. occupied the
pulpit of the Baptist Church in this city last
Sunday in exchange with Rev. j. F. Tilton
$50. There a baptism Sunday on the
shores of the harbor by the Methodist Socie-
."And God opened her eyes, and she