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

.r,led in Belfast thus far in 1892. AT this
the matrimonial market will show
.t falling off from last year. What is the
,ps. and 1892 a leap year?
| Among the Improvements to be made in
.ard of the Maine Central, in Belfast,
| be new safety split switches. 1t is
..uied that an accident is almost impossi-
with these safety switches.
.lpetintendent Bird says that prospects
bright for a good seasons work by the
!. last Water Co. From the thirty jewellers
BAY View street. where the new line will
laid. twenty-five applications for service
,,- u-en received
| S1np genuine American tin can be seen
.p \ Black store in tins city. He has a
a-t} of goods made from American tin,
oul n California and manufactured in
.t,.li' aua. Mr.. Black says it is as hand
..auds rs he ever had and as cheap as
w 09h article.
I poultry boys" are happy i heir
Rev. II. &. Harbutt, OF Searsport.
..-nl some valuable eggs for Matching.
.. Is often visited as She cares for a
pure Black Leghorns. Mr. Harbutt
7ttry tanrier and has several times
I hoys fGood VIII Record.
.. strawberry festival given by the
S~toIhnod last Week was net large
...d When all were seated at the
NoUng lady thought Size would
r Sine company. beginning AT her own
I'M moment the company was cleo
~ shout from the young lady, VINO,
face as pale as death, said "Why,
ie thirteen ut this table"
V.l WEATHER. Mr. L. H. Murch reports
| t'i- mean temperature for the month of
o,, was 529 o. which was three fourths Of
| Y.riee colder than the mean temperature
Man 1891, and two degrees colder than
taean temperature for May in the past
rg-three years. The highest temperature
. -re month was IS , and the lowest 40 1t
r-d al seventeen days. 2.71 inches falling
Wien the premium list of the Waldo
Try Agricultural Society was published
,N weeks ago. the following additional
r7..9ms We're omitted ''To the lady who
~. aarness horse drive around the track,
Haruess the horse and hang up the har-
n the shortest time. will be given s.,
second *, and to the third SIN all
..-, Vt so" There will he some changes
IT.. superintendent Of the different de-
r..ruts.
rs. A SWEET ToorH. \ Belfast grocer
many strange people have visited
1
I'd in his experience us q. trader, hut
,+ungest incident OF all occurred last
. A stranger entered the store and sand
-ej q pint IF luoiasses. TWAS drawn,
lle customer put the molasStS dish
u"1h and never stopped untl lie had
We,l its contents. H. paid for the mo
.. md quietly left without a remark.
USE BALL. \ lively game of hall WAS
.r4 On School House common Saturday
r.-,ou between the asterS and tinishers
Belfast shoe factory. There Were,
yer, several players who are not en-
III at the factory. The boys enjoyed
use1es and furnished amusement for a
number of spectators. MI l. 7 Clough
red the game and there was but little
ing. McAndlaSs. the famous short-stop
"- old Belfast league, PLAYED the same
,-on saturday The score was IL to ~ in
IF the lasters
II Bennett, Of Buckspurt who has Just
tttcd repairs on the steamboat wharf
veteran wharf builder. For the past
.-trn years he has been in the employ Of
ston & Bangor Steamship Company
ks after the repairs Of all the com
andmgs in Maine. Mr. Bennett says
usuallv employed on wharf work for
npanv about 100 days i'll each year.
@.e work i t" he done this year, as all
Ilves are in good condition. His next
he Oh the wharf at Bucksport MI
IT Rebuilt the wharf III Belfast a few
i go, and it IS one II the best owned by
npany. Mr. Bennett is great work
tnself. iaudlius the blo9d-axe with Il
quire, by few and i a favorite all
line.
DENTS. Mrs. +. O. Patterson was
I'D down by d hlcNcle rider Thursday
~ aud quite badly hurt. She was
M Church street, when a boy on a
ran into her 49,. Robert Curtis. a small
Vas run over on Main street Friday
ag 10y Cientner's horse and carriage.
Belfast band was going down Main
-eer. followed. as usual. by large number
boys The Gentner horse. with two men
'he carriage, was going up street. The
's~ was somewhat frightened by the band
L dashed through the crowd. The Curtis
Was struck by a wheel and knocked
%2 the wheel passing over him. He was
seriously injured The boy was picked
"A .hc dirt brushed off. and he went away
'ssed over him he made no cutlery what
Fl "tFR. Engineer Shaw, on Mace's train
II 'fy ran over two deer Friday afternoon
II hr train was coming down from Burn
4" Charles says that when approaching
II summit III Knox. he saw what he at first
l5lt To be two Young colts on the track a
p" f9iS ahead, and put on the air brakes to
'7rN from running over them. They We're
s." iemale deer. The animals trotted along
A great hurry. Within a short time Mr..
| ~ 3 n met one on the Searsport road Deer
II apparently growing more plentiful and
II hunters will be able to hunt nearer
Pr" Sunday morning a female deer was
H tf City Point. 1t walked across the