The Republican journal., 1892-06-16

protected from dust. With pair of hal d.
some horses hitched to the vehicle it is a
swell turn out.
Two deer We're seen on the east side Mon
day morning. They came up through the
fields near the houses of Messrs w B. Ran
kin and Benz Kelly. With the one recently
seen on Northport avenue, this makes seven
deer seen in the county and five in Belfast
within two weeks. DR.. Fuller SAYS that five
deer wintered near Unitv
THE Boy AND HIS GUN We saw small
boy with an air gun the other day trying to
get Shot at some doves. Perhaps it would he
as we'll to call his attention, and that OF
others, including the proper authorities. to
the following. section 23. chapter 2i9 of the
revised statutes:
Whoever Kills or has in his possession, en-
rert alive any birds commonly known as
iarks. robins, swallows, sparrows or orioles,
on other inSectvorous birds, crows English
spalrows and hawks excepted. forfeits not
less than one dollar, nor more than five dol
lars. for each such bird killed, and the pos
session by any person of such dead bird is
prilna facle evidence that he killed such
! bird.
hf-E l'fi-lN ffh L tN lllldSltl DROWN SANS
ne is doing all he can towards a free delivery
Sl Stem in Belfast, and to which we VIII he
entitled after July first. Mr.. Brown asked
| the city government to have a uniformity of
street numbers, and at the last meeting a
committee was appointed to look after this
matter. 1t may take some time to perfect
the arrangements. Mr.. Brown said that re-
..,,t1. No. Il
OF Waterville, on this subject. Mr.. Dunn
said that Waterville entered the list of free
delivery cities more than one year ago and
while he has been urging the matter they
have not yet accomplished their object.
Congressman Miliken will be asked to use
his influence in the matter.
MAJOR BENZ. SHAW. The inquiry pub
lished last week from the Boston Transcript
| concerning the history of Major Benz. Shaw
of the revolution, has brought some infor-
nation concerning him. His remains lie
buried at Northport, where his descendants
now live. John Shaw, now at Saturday
Cove Northport, is a grandson and can
probably give as much information concern
ing his grandfather as any person living. In
Mr.. Shaw said his grandfather was the
Youngest Major in the army. He has a pic
ture Of him. Major Shaw had three sons and
one daughter. The sons We're Jones. Benia-
min and Tyler. Mr.. Jones Shaw was a
prominent citizen of Northport where he
/ lived many wears. He was the father of
john Benjamin Shaw lived in Winterport
At one time he was deputy collector of GUS
toms at Belfast. His daughter. Mrs. Nlthan-
| iel Ii Hubbard now resides III Winterport
| Tyler Shaw lived near Eastport, where he
| has descendants. Mr.. John Shaw saws he
has some ola papers of his grandfather,, but
a number of wears ago large mass relating
to the war If tile revolution Was forwarded
to Washington.
SHIPPING IIEMs. The sch Maudt Snare
arrived trom Baltimore Saturday with coal
ior + q White. Sch. Mary E. Crosby
Capt White. was chartered last week to load
stone at Sones Sound for New York.. Sch
Nellie $. Pickering is on the marine railway
/ for repairs. The packet James Holmes
Went t. Bangor Tuesday to load hay for
| Boston. Capt. Ryan says that III the past
twenty Years lie has loaded hut twice at
Bangor July 10th has been fixed as the
day for launching the four masted l,arken-
/ time discipline from the yard of Mcdonald x
Brown The vessel will I've copper sheathed
/ on The sto Ks sch. Mary Farrow hauled in
10 Dyer's docl, Monday leaking. ald had
'ne eall1ng done KELLEY x Spear Of Bath,
have closed contract tar 230 tom schoun-
er for Capt. 7. l., Kelley of Wnterport.
Work viii begin immediately. Brig David
Bugbee III tons. built in Stockton, Me. in
1868. has been sold for - 900. Sch Wil-
lard SauislNlry. Gray. ot and from Ban
gor for New Bedford put into Boston for re
pairs having carried away r1l,idrt-heaa that
morning when near the Middle Ground
Massachusetts, Bay). >;h Hattie, from
ioboken. is dischargin- q yargo Of coal for
T. & White
THE CHrHcHE>. 1t was Childrens Day
al the Baptist Church last Sunday. In the
morning Rev. q. E. Tufts preached a sermon
to the children from the text "Chrst's Idea
OF True Greatness" The concert in the
evening was an unusually fine one. Most of
the parts We're taken by the very small chill
dren, who acquitted themselves finely. The
church was very tastefltlly decorated with
cut tiowers and the altar draped in white
AT a parish meeting of the UniversaIist
church society Frida evening it was voted
to repair the interior and paint the exterior
of the church. The work will be done dur
ing the summer vacation. At the Universal
| list convention in Augusta last week ID. w.
| Nerrill, treasurer of the missionary fund re-
ported the general receipts to be S9,S27 .6S;
drawn for general purposes S414 A. cash ON
| hand S9,4l3.26 1t was voted to place state
missionary in the field to extend the work
of Universalism. At , p. IN. sermon was
delivered by Rev Mr.. kimmond Among
the pleasing events of the session was the
! gift of 81 900 to Westbroo1 seminary hv Mr.
| B. Young, of Calais. The following officers
We're elei.ted: President, Merrill B. Cool
idge, Deering Vice Presidents, Rev. j j
! Mead, Augusta: S. W. Carr Bowdoinham ;
Secretary, Rev. Abram Conkln. Bath ::
Treasurer, A. ID. Knight, Halowel The
next convention will be held in Bath In
the resolutions confidence is not expressed
in the principles of prohibition also resoy-
ed that the convention will use their best ell
deavors to give all, ''mae and female -
equal opportunities, especially in the matter