The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-08-04

tereSted III electricity III Belfast, was in town
last week. He says the Belfast Street Rail
way Company is not dead and that the cleo
tr;c road to Northport has not been given
up. A meeting of the stockholders will he
held and the organization kept alive for
future work.
ACCIDENT. John A. Briggs fell Monday
and was quite severely injured. He was
pruning tree at his home, corner of Cedar
and Elm streets, when the limb upon which
he was standing broke. Briggs in his fall
struck his face against ladder hurting his
nose badly. From the ladder he fell to the
ground. While his face, shoulder and hip
are badly bruised no bones are broken
RINK PROPERTY SOLD. Capt r. H. Coomhs
sold the Rink property on High street to Mr.
II. A. Carter. Monday, and the latter sold it
t. Mr. +. B. Mathews, who will build
dwelling house on the premises. The prop
erty is pleasantly situated in Il good neigh
horhood and is most desirable place for
residence. The rink building was erected
some eight years ago when the roller sllat-
ing fever was at its height and for a few
used as a store house for Mathews Bros
DROWNING AT FREEDOM. Mr. LAFAYETTE
Neal. y years old, was drowned at Freedom
Saturday while bathing Neal and others
We're fishing in the pond when it was decitl-
ed to battle. Neal swan off from the shore
and suddenly shouted to his co1npanions
One swami TO him and was caught hold of by
Neal who nearly pulled the would-be rescuer
under water. Neal sank out of sight. 1t is
supposed he was taken with cramps The
body was recovered about ten o'clock Sun
day morning.
A PLoyER HUNT The Belfast Gun Club
went on plover hunt Monday. and captured
ten upland plovers. The boys did not choose
sides and compete for supper as previously
announced, but all went together The
party consisted of Messrs Charles r. Coonbs,
Il. I. Rankin, Horace Chenery, John Healy,
Will. Decrow, Will Weshe, Hudson Ames.
Arthur Read, and Bert McLoon. the latter
from Rockland. The hunt was confined to
the vicinity of the Poors Mll's road and
City Point. The boys report the birds as
very scarce.
BAND EXCURSION TO BAR HARBoR The
Belfast Band has engaged the swift and
staunch steamer Sedgwirk for an excurs ION
to Bar HarhoT next Tuesday, Aug 9th. MI
sic Ivy the full band. The boat will leave
Searsport at a. M. Belfast = and NORTH
port Camp Ground at 80 a M. returning
the same evening. Tickets 81 The sal!
down the Reach is delightful and Bar Har,
bor presents many attractions to the visitor.
The excursion cannot fail to be a success.
The tickets, which are limited to 800. are
now ON sale by Poor 4 Son and Mayo <
White
DEER CAPTURED. The party in yacht
.|ennette on recent cruise had Il novel en-
ptrience. In the eastern bay off Hewes' Point
| they oVerhauleda small sloop which had a
| boat out chasing some object in the water.
1t was deer. The people on the sloop point
ed out into the bay and said there were
others out there. Presently the Jennette
party saw buck i'll the water The boat
| put out and with lasso the animal was cap
tured and taken on board. The buck seem
ed tame and allowed the party to fondle
| him. The sloop ran into the cove above
Hewes Point and the deer was liberated ON
| the island. The steamer Florence from
Rockland to Castine passed three deers in
the water one mile from Brooksvile shore.
Doubtless they were the same seen by the
slo0p
POLICE COURT. Mrs. Hattie NJ. Thomas
was before the Court Tuesday charged with
assault and battery ON Mrs Thomas Church.
i'll. The complaint was made by the hus-
band of Mrs, Churchill. Tie parties reside
| IN Belmont. The alleged assault took place.
/ Feb I'D. 1892. When asked why the action
was brought at this late day Mrs Churchill
said she had not intended to do ANYTHING in
/ the matter, but the respondent has since
been So insulting and annoying she could no
longer stand it. The parties are neighbors
and there has been trouble between them
growing ont IF a lawsuit concerning a right
| of way over the Thomas property The wit
ness for complainant says that on the day
alleged in the complaint, Mrs Churchill.
Mrs. Mansfield and Mr. Reuben Dickey
We're thrown out of Sleigh at the junction
Of the county road and the private way
across the Thomas lot Mrs. Churchill was
somewhat injured. Mrs Thomas came upon
the scene, used abusive and insulting lam
guage toward Mrs. Churchill, and elbowed
her several times. espondent denied and
said that Mrs. Churchill in passing her came
in contact with her, and there was no ell
bowling. The Judge found Mrs Thomas
guilty and find her 81 and costs from which
she appealed and gave surety in the sum of
$50. Mcclellan appeared for the State and
Dunton for respondent
CHAT. The coal carts We're going about
the streets last week delivering coal when
the mercury was in the 9O's-a reminder that
it will be cooler later on A Bar Harbor
despatch says that John Stewart Kenne-
dy has taken possession of his palatlal new
residence, kenarden Lodge. This is the
building for which Mathews Bros, of Bel
! fast, furnished doors, sash, etc....A new
plank side walk has been laid over the old
concrete walk on Cedar between Miller and
Spring streets 1t was much needed, as the
old walk was overtowed every time it rain
ed. The new Dana Sarsparils Co. divided
$4,000 in dividends Saturday and still has
a comfortable balance in the treasury. :. The
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