The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-06-09

MOI Y. hS->' 1'thNsoN VlI
Morse, Mrs. Gray and DR.. Colson and others
will speak. All spiritualists interested are
invited to attend.
A we'll known eNpressman of Belfast had
an order to haul trunk from the depot to a
house in town. He drove up to the door,
backed up handily and jumped out to deliv
er the trunk, when it was discovered that
he had never been after it. If you want to
see man tear round ask Jack about it.
A horse owned by Mr. George W. Burkett
and driven by Sanborn, his man, ran away
down Northport avenue Saturday, and
when abreast the Mudgett place turned up
and ran into the open door OF the stable
The horse had SO much momentum that he
did not stop until he thrust one foot through
doorion the opposite side OF the stable, and
a board had to be sawed off to eXtrcate the
foot. The horse was hut slightly injured
| The animal was afterwards traded off for
another.
PRESENTATION. Monday evening Mrs.
! William II. Roix presented Phoenix Lodge
of Mason,. Belfast with Very handsome
picture of her late husband. Capt. Roix was
a melnher of the lodge and an ardent Mason.
Mrs RoiX is a great tdlnirer Of the fraternity,
and this presentation was her mark of ap-
I probation. The picture is half life size, i'll
tie uniform of the Boston and Bangor steam
| boat line, and is handsomely framed in oak
/ The presentation was made by Mr.. Geo. E.
! Wight. The gift was accepted and a vote of
thanks extended to the donor. The picture
is much priced by the lodge
COOP TEMPLARs. Waldo District Lodge
of Good Te1nplars meets at Thorn,like sta
ton next Saturday. Half fare from all sta
tons on the Belfast Branch r. r. Belfast
Lodge elected d full delegation Monday even
ing and will he represented by dozen or
more if the day is fair Among them will
| be the oldest active Good Templar in the
State or perhaps in the world, Bro. L. B.
Cobbett, ninety-two years of age. The ses-
sion promises tp b. largely attended and
PheniX Lodge. of Thorndille, send a frater
nal invitation to ali members of the order to
make them a visit then and there.
| The Horse Breeders have instructed Mr..
Clark. their Supt. ut the trotting park to keep
the track in good shape and open for exer-
cising horses every day, except when it is
rainy and muddy The Sllpt. requests those
driving on the track t. drive on all parts of
it equally and not continually at the pole as
/ by 50 doin. the track is fast worn away, in
jlJrp. and left unepua We suggest to
those If nnr horsemfen who have animals
they think are Threatened with speed" and
which they aye prone IN drive at q rapid
rate in the streets, much t. the discomfort
and danger Of PEDESTRIANS that the park is
tine iiost apnDpri;le place +" exhibit their
~r4el lx=
+rH or JvLy. The Horse Breeders viii
make thrill attempt to experience good
weather and are planning a celebration for
the 4-h. They have offered the following
purses 500 each for :}-minute, >. 10 aud 2.:''4
classes. trot II pace. Entries close June
y. Entry fee t. accompany nomination, >
| per cent. 1t is proposed to have down town
exercises To occupy the forenoon. including
| music. parade of civic companies. fantastics
| Wheelmen, trial of water works, Nr. ~,
and the program is in the hands Of tile fol
|
report next week: b. II. Conant A. L. Mud
gett. Fred G. White Tie city government
was pettioned for an appropriation of 500
to help pay for the Belfast ,,and &C., for the
! celebration hut the request was tabled. If a
Thousand pr two persons from the adjoining
( towns could be brought into the city on that
occasion it would be wise legislation to vote
I five times that sum.
BEACON LIGHTS. Geo. Perks company
viii present the pleasing American play
Beacon Lights at the Opera House Tues
day, June 18th. This company carry their
own Solo orchestra and entirely new and
! appropriate scenery. Admission 81 and 30
cents. Tie Haverhll Evening News SAYS
There was large audience at tile opera
! house. Saturday night. and the production
| fully deserved it, 1t is safe to say that had
our people known the excellence Of Beacon
Lights the house would have been packed
/ The play is a melo,lrama of the best class
, and the rough shirt and big boot element is
cons },icuousiy absent The story is told in
plain. crisp language. and the situations are
strongly dramatic, and 81 thoroughly en-
| thlSaSeu the audience, Saturday night that
! they demanded a curtain call at the end of
| each act. The dressing of tile characters is
| magnificent the vivid colors of the Mexican
costumes forming a pretty contrast to the
rich blue uniforms of the e. S. army officers
Mr.. Peck has given the play some beautiful
scenery and very strong cast, SO strong in
, in fact, that it would be MUST to mention
any member to the exclusion Of another
POLITICAL CAUCusEs. The Democratic and
Republican parties, of Belfast both held
caucuses at the Court House Saturday even
| ing. The Democrats first assembled and
elected the following delegates to the State
convention at Bangor: W. H. Mcclellan, L.
H. Murch, F. c. Pendleton, F. L. Mitchell,
| David Alexander, f. A. Greer, Dr. A c.
| Ellingwood and Owen &, White The fol-
| lowing were elected to the third district
convention at Pttstied Charles Baker, F.
| H. WEIGH. F. E. Cottrell, Geo. |. Heating,
Elisha Sherman, Charles E. Stevens. John
T. Owen and M. p. Pendleton. The State
delegation was instructed to vote for Col. c.
B. Norton for delegate at large to the Dem
ocratc National Convention at Chicago
! The Repu caucus was held to choose
delegates to attend the State convention at
Portland, June u, and the following We're
elected: Geo. B. Ferguson, w. H. Quimbv
S. H. Mathews, +. Il. w oodcock, j. c. Gates
Geo. w. Stoddard, George L. White, A. l.