The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-02-25

Cured. There is a penalty for the non-ful-
| fillment of this law.
EGGS Last week a sudden rise was re-
ported, the price in Boston going above 30
cents. The first of this week prices dropped
as suddenly, the Boston quotations being as
low as - cents per dozen. Belfast merchants
paid 20 cents Monday, but Tuesday they
We're paying only IS cents per dozen, and
Wednesday even less.
EXPLOITATION OF CATS. The Journal has
frequently made mention of the large num-
Der of "coon" cats shipped from Belfast and
vicinity One day last week MI. Gilkey
forwarded box containing eight handsome
coon kittens. They from Montville,
and We're sent to Fred A. Wallace, Man
chester, N II. Although in snug quarters
the kittens were apparently contented.
The Belfast Foundry and Machine Works
on Friday last made casting for piano
plate for Pitcher 4 Mears. This is the first
casting for piano ever made in Bel
fast, and Mr.. Mears thinks the first one in
Maine from original patti ern. Pitcher u
Mears, as before mentioned, will make sew
eral pianoes from designs of their own, The
pattern was made by Mr.. Mears, and is a
very handsome piece of work.
LONG TERM OF SERVICE. The Republican
Journal makes the claim that it has two EN-
poyees who have seen a longer term of SER
vice, in one office, than can any printing of
flee in Maine. We have two men who have
been in the Journal Office since 1S6S,-one
entering the office in January and the other
in August of that year. They are now on
the quarter-centennial year, and bid fair to
complete their semi-centennial here.
Every winter Mr.. j. G. Damon entertains
his friends with clam bols at his black
smith shop on Beaver street. One evening
last week a large company gathered about
his forge-fre and enjoyed his hospitality, to-
gether with Mrs. Damon's. The CLAIMS were
placed in large iron kettle and set on the
forge where they soon boiled over the fire
kept up with the bellows. These clam bols
of Damons among the pleasant events OF
his many friends
1t is the favorite boast of many that there
has been improvement in temperance in
Beltast-that prohibition does not prohibit
In 1924 Belfast numbered about > 800 nhabi-
tants. AT that time there We're fifty four IL
censed retail liquor dealers in town, beside d
distillery that was turning ont weekly hun
dreds of gallons of New England rum. II
the same proportions should exist now we
would have los licensed retail liquor deal
ers and two distilleries. There has been an
Improvement
SHIP BUILDING. Mcdonald & Brown are
about to begin active work in their yard on
the fouI-lnasted barkentine for Stewart 4
Co., Baltimore. The Virginia oak frame is
on the way and may be expected to arrive
daily The hard pine is being loaded OF
board vessel at Darien and Will be here il
due season. Last week twenty-one tons %
iron arrived. Much of the material is now
in the yard and work will begin as soon as
the frame arrives
ALMOST A FIRE. A fire and consequent
panic was averted on Friday evening at the
Belfast Opera House by the prompt actor
en- by the Knight OF Pythias. Among tn.
decorations was a representation of a calls
lily. made from cotton batting, placed in the
centre of the large flags over the stage II
the centre OF the lily was an electric light Jet
On either side of the lily was a triangle
wrought on the flags i'll evergreen. 1t wa;
early in the evening and there might have
been one hundred persons present Smoke
was seen to issue from the lily, which grad
uallv increased. Mr.. Welch Went behinG
the curtain To turn off the current but di,
not succeed Smoke was now pouring on
III large volumes and everyone's gaze wa:
riveted on the curtain. Mr.. w elch obtaine,
a ladder and while one man held it up 1t
assembled. just as he reached the scene the
cotton batting burst into flames. 1t was til.
work of moment to tear the burning lily
. down and throw it upon the stage. In an
other instant the flags and drapery would
have been on fire, when d panic would Ger
tainlv have ensued.
CHAT. We intended to say last week, il
r a headline, that the aurora boreais painted
| the heavens red; but the types made i
houses instead of heavens. Death has in
vaded the ranks of the Shutter Club for tn,
first time and the Sec, w. B. Eaton, make
appropriate mention of the death of brothe
) George Bonale Feb 8 at his home in Lewis
l ton. Salmon fishermen are preparing the
: nets for next springs fishing The snow
+ is decidedly thin in the country roads ant
e hauling is not good. So much freight il
moving on the Belfast branch that Conduc
tor Sullivan made run the road OF
Z Sunday to clean up the accumulation.
4 Fish Warden Frisbee circulated a petitio,
a Saturday demonstrating against the propos
ed seining law now before Congress. Ever,
t one signed it. -. The Northport Cam
e Ground building boom has begun early.
: Waterville is building a cottage OF
S Maple street Other buildings will soon g
e up. The Dana Sarsaparila Company las
t week sold $50 gross of medicine or % 80
J. bottles. The sales amount to about $1,000
/ | weekly 49,. VIM Nash, of Portland, a travel
ing man, has bought the horse, sleigh an
carriage of Fred c. Winters, of Belfast
The horse will be shipped to Portland sool
q Mr.. S. G. Simpson, who now lives on Ba
View street, has bought the farm ON lowe
u Congress street owned by DR.. Kilgore an
g will occupy it in the spring. The tiounde
fishing season has opened. Monday tw