The Republican journal., 1892-03-24
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.

The East Name Conference Seminary has
onqred on the spring term with good at
fendance.
Mr. L. A. Dow, whose lease of Sears Island
syrires this spring. has obtained the fishing
nrl} iege for the coming season, and is now
Engaged in fitting up his weirs He expects
n, catch salmon on the first day of April.
General Manager Tucker has issued gen
tral order to section foremen on the Maine
central, directing them to clear all of the
.uiTerts on the line, in order to prepare for
1he spring rains and to prevent washouts.
The Dana Sarsaparilla Company last week
ia 1S5 gross, or %, $40 bottles, or an income
lr the week on sarsaparilla alone of S15, 800.
Two ear loads We're shipped to Portland, and
Monday the Boston steamer took 1900 cases.
T4- largest single days sale for the week
.lts siNry-one gross.
Mi,onald 4, Brown last week stretched
Me- Keel for the four-masted barkentine.
T.-e have a large crew at work, which will
. Fl rrasel from time to time. Sch. Harold
81 Cousins. With hard pine for the firm, is
Aargng her cargo at the steamboat wharf
.f put overheard, RATED and lowed down
',e 9hipyar'l.
siding Elder Il. {. Wentworth, of the
nm4ur Ministerial District. has been pass
u-l week or ten days among the Methodist
sfI.IaAeS of AroostOo1 holding quarterly
u7t5ngS Last Sunday week he preached
a Fort Fairfield and Limestone. At ser
.- ut Sprague's Mills last week Rev Mr..
Wentworth baptized two candidates and
r..,.,4il-.I tIta ritrlt hand of fellows hin
ArupStooll Times,
We are in receipt of the annual catalogue
a W f. Hamilton, our local florist and
scotsman, for 1892, printed by Bracket &
Co.,. of this city. Mr.. Hamilton has built up
Il successful business here, and we are glad
tn learn his patronage has increased SO that
he Is obliged to add to his facilities for sup
ryng his customers. A copy of his cata-
ogue will be sent free to any one.
Williamson's History Of Maine is in de-
.nand A Canadian author and historian re-
entity made enquiries here for a copy. and
Judge Williamson not long after received a
catalogue from a London dealer in old and
Iarr books in which Williamson's History
WAS quoted at $3.50. Meanwhile the en-
lirer had obtained a copy of the original
edition from Little1ield, Cornhill, Boston,
f,r which he paid SIS,
Pussy WILLOWS. On Friday last the
Journal received package of pussy willows
from Springfield, Mass. The sender was
Mrs Laura A. Gillian, a native of Belfast,
Aud for twenty years a resident here but
uns Mas since made her home i'll Massachu-
s.lt, She is now at a sisters (Alrs. E. NJ
Barney in Springfield. and sends these re-
.5u}ers of spring TO let her friends in Maine
srpV That she still exists and las forgotten
u,r,. OF theln-a nervous disease of the right
slu and shoulder preventing her from writ
ug The pussy willows arrived in good
0dition. but were not the first received,
$, me having been sent in Ivy Belfast lady
s=vrral weeks ago.
C,BE-W ATS. Mr.. Ira NJ Cobe of Bos-
"a. and Miss Annie f. Watts, of Belfast.
we're married in this city last Saturday fore
h ou by Rev. G. Is. Chadwick, and at L.
ol the train for Boston. The bridegroom
IS lawyer iii Boston, and the bride Is the
llly daughter of the late Charles H. W ats,
ii b Hast The couple received many hand
some and useful presents Beside the iani-
j.. If the bride there Were present at the
wedding, Mr.. and Mrs. George Cobe and
Miss Bessie Cobe, of Boston. When the Bel
tbs; train reached Thorndike party Of tile
,le's friends boarded the train and pre-
-.tted her with Il handsome bouquet Of flow
IT'S When the train rolled out of the station
+av bridal ear was showered with rice. Mr.
and Mis-. CODE VIII reside At II IVES
I.ltland Square Boston,
STEAMER NOTES The Boston steamers
bl1e now entered upon the spring arrange
ls. .,it making four round trips per week.
THE service is performed by the Lew is5ull
1Id KatAAlin See advertisement. Mr.. F.
4 Guernsey, who has been steward and nur-
~..r on the steamer ksltahdin. has been trans
rred IT, the Lewiston and Mr.. Harry Nev-
rS WHO has held the same position on the
l.ao Istun goes to tLc Katahtlin, -. The
Steamer CimlriA will make her first trip for
rne season un Saturday next, running from
huckoport to Bar Harbor for the present I'M
the Penobscot river opens to navigation,
when she will run to Bangor as usual - The
D. x b. s. Co. has issued the following bull
lern: The steamer Lewiston will have the
following officers for the coming summer
Master, Capt. Mark l.. Ingraham rst pilot
Capt. Z. w. Curtis; second pilot, Addison
Shute: quartermaster, \. F. Holden do, r
\. Abbott; bow lookout, Thos Flanagan
Waterman, NJ. O'Connell first officer James
Tucker: second officer, G. G. Williams en-
gineer. William l.. Fox assistant engineer
Lawrence Flynn purser and steward, f. A
Guernsey freight clerk, John X. Hatch bag
gage-master, James E. Mason. The assign
lnents on the Katahdin are as follows Capt
Howard Arey, first pilot; William Whitney
second pilot: Harry NevinS, steward
Frank S. Pierce, freight clerk, and G.. A
higgins, baggagt-lnaster- Steamer Elects
made AN extra trip Tuesday to Dark Harbor
having a large amount of freight for that
place.
THE FUNERAL OF Miss ROBBINS. The
funeral of Miss Mariana Robbins, held il
the Baptist Church last Friday afternoon
very largely attended. The |. O. &. 7
Lodge, of which she was the Financial Sec
rttary, attended in body. Miss Robbins
was a young lady beloved by every one anG
Very highly esteemed. The casket, robe
and flower decorations Were of white, and
many remarked that they We're emblemati-
Al of b..r II Il alp,