The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-01-14


week.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Belfast National Bank, held Tuesday
the old board of directors was reelected
Albion II. Bradbury, cashier.
A young woman claims that she was as
saulted one night recently on upper High
street, near the wool shop of Small & Hous-
ton. She says the man threatened to shoot
her.
Mrs. Emma Davis who lives in the rear of
the Methodist church had a severe battle
with fire last Thursday evening The drap-
cry of the room got afire, but Mrs. Davis
fought it out without giving an alarm.
The Lucers Consolidated Minstrels gave
a good performance at the Belfast Opera
House one evening last week, but owing to
the storm the audience was not large. They
deserved a better house
Dana's Sarsaparlla is becoming almost as
famous as Douglass three dollar shoe. A
paper came to this city last week addressed
as follows: "The Kind that Cures" Belfast,
Me. The Postmaster put it into the Dana
mail
The journal extends thanks to Postmas-
ter Brown and his assistants for courtesies
extended last week. BY their kindness the
office was opened Very early Thursday morn
ing to receive the papers which failed to be
delivered the night before.
Ralph Parker and Warren Hopkins have
hired the hennery establishment of the Cot
trell Brothers, near the foot of Allyn street,
and will go into the chicken raising business.
Ducks will be added later in the season. They
are now putting the houses in condition.
WILL SUSTAINED. AT the January session
of the Probate Court, held in Belfast on Tues
day, Judge johnson rendered his decision in
the Prince Bessey will case, which was tried
at special session two weeks ago. Judge
johnson sustains the will and codicil, which
cuts off the contestant, Mrs. Wellington R.
Bessey.
Some one has an unlawful appetite for our
Portland exchanges. The Portland Figaro
received Monday, was the first copy of that
entertaining weekly We have had for three
weeks, and the Portland Sunday Telegram
continues among the missing. We suggest
that the first of the year is good time to
subscribe.
/ Baxter 4 Co. of Brunswick, who made an
effort to start a corn canning establishment
here last fall, now write that they have given
up the project they did not get sufficient
enc tn w the Inl ..rt.l
We are sorry our farmers did not take hold
of this matter with more zeal and believe
they made mistake as in other places such
factories have been of advantage to agricul-
| turalistS.
The band stand was moved Friday from
| Custom House square to the School house
upper common. Mr. Hazel McNeen had
charge of the job Two large logs, for shoes,
We're placed under the stand and four horses
hitched on. The stand was easily hauled on
! the SNOW. While not So conspicuous many
think the c"llinon the proper place for the
band stand.
FIREMENs LEvEE AND BALL. The fifth
annual leyee and ball Of Washington Hose
company, No. l, will be held at the Belfast
| Opera House ON Thursday evening January
| 18th. Supper will be served at six O'Clock,
after which there will be dancing. Music bv
Sanborn' orchestra Tickets for supper and
dance fifty cents. Mr.. l. T. CIough will he
| floor director
Nh. Drake, Postmaster of Albion came to
Belfast last week and interviewed Barnes at
H.. u ;,;l
berry of the po>totee IN Albion. As stated
| last week Barnes was arrested ON suspicion
Barnes stulttly denies having committed the
burglary. but he has in his possession IL cal
endar that Mr.. Drake say, came from his
| office
Mr. Fred H. Francis was feeding the fish
in his aquar. uln recently and held Il piece oi
meat ON the end of a wooden toothpick sev-
eral inches above the surface Of the water
\ salmon trout sprang out Of the water
grasl'eI the meat and swallowed it together
with the tootlplck. After shaking his head
a few minutes the fish appeared to be al
right. Mr. Francis had some anxiety con
corning the fish but in a weeks time he fornC
the toothpicl> at the bottom of the tank
AN OLD TINE DANCING TEACHER. Las
week Mr.. Daniel Lane received a letter from
| Mr.. Charles +. Barnes of New York, which
bore the following superseripton "Danie
Lane, Esq, and if not living, the Postmaster
may open this and show it to those who
| knew me i'll 1885, Alden Chase is one Bel
fast, Me" AS Daniel Lane is alive anC
hearty he got the letter. Mr.. Barnes want
ed to know who was living of those who at
tended his dance at Phoenix Hail. Dec 25th
1884. Mr. Barnes said he was so years o
age, and that he could dance as well, if no
better, than ever before. Mr.. Lane said thai
Barnes was a sail~maker and dancing mas
ter. He and his wife We're great dancers il
their time, and it was Mr.. Barnes who frs
introduced Waiting in Belfast. Mr. Barne.
is still teaching in New York. Many of oul
older inha will remember him
CHAT. Prof Haley, of Waterville, post
poned the opening of his dancing school il
this city because of the prevalence of Ii
grippe. .. George O. Bailey, of Belfast, is t,
succeed A. F. Gerald, of Fairfield, as super
intendent of the horse department of tn,
State Fair. Mr.. l.. r. Coombs, of Ninal
haven has sold his yacht Shampoo" to Mr.
E. L. Rolf of that place, and has begun worl
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