The Republican journal., 1892-12-01

by Hambletonian Chief. The animal is
years old, and a handsome carriage horse
A very life-like portrait of Miss Bertha
Hatch, of Morrill,, is on exhibition at
Clements bookstore. 1t is a life-size crayon
portrait made by Miss Hatch herself while
student in an art school in Boston.
Nreeland's Ministries gave a very satisfac-
tory entertainment at the Opera House Tues
day evening, before good-sized audience
Many of the features We're new and we'll
performed. The party left by buckboards
for Camden in the storm Wednesday morn
ing.
| The good effect of the underdrains laid in
the streets the hills was quite notice
able during the late muddy spell. This work
was inaugurated by street commissioner.
Wilson and followed up by his successors
until now nearly all the steep grades are
drained.
The Fish Commissioners have been pre-
pairing new hatchery on the east side of
Swan Lake, which shall be safer from dam
age on account of low water than the old
! one They will seine and put into cars
| enough fish to produce five hundred thou
sand spawn.
A Belfast merchant enquired the other
day the name of a vessel which was dis
charging a cargo for him. mil Desperan-
dum,'' was the reply, to which the merchant
responded: "a very appropriate name. She
has been over two weeks getting that cargo
here from Boston"
One of the handsomest sights to the lover
OF good fruit that has been seen here lately
was noted at Ii. c. Pitchers storehouse
i'll the Mansfield store last week. He had
over thousand barrels of baldwins ON the
floor, and a lot five hundred barrels with the
heads out at one time
We print in this issue the statement of the
well known Equitable Mortgage Co. of New
York. Their five per cent. gold debentures
are among the most popular of investments
and are as near absolutely safe as can be
made J. w Frederick & Co., Belfast, have
represented this company for several years.
The snow storm, which was 50 heavy at
Boston Monday night that the Penobscot
did not come out, did not reach here until
Wednesday morning about o'clock. There
was but one session Of the schools Wednes-
day. The storm evidently continues at Bos-
ton, as the steamer had not left there at noon
Wednesday,
Mr.. f. E. Crowley has a petition to Con
gress for the establishment of a National
Department Of Roads, similar to the Depart
ment of Agriculture. 1t is receiving the sig
natures Of team owners and others interest
ed in having good roads. The railroad com
panies have taken the matter iii hand and
are circulating these petitions through their
agents all over the country
Mr.. L. W. Carrie of Portland, was in this
city Monday in the interest of the New
England Grocers Association, which is to
run series of personally conducted excur-
sons to the Worlds Fair. The Association
has been very successful in its excursions to
various parts of this and other countries F.
W. Brown Esq, has been appointed local
agent for Waldo county.
DIVIDENDS. The Belfast Savings Bank
has declared its 49th dividend at the rate of
three per cent. payable after Monday, De-
cember ), 1S.2...The Belfast & Moosehead
Lake r. +. Go. declares its 23d. dividend of IS
per share on preferred, and S1,44 per share
"a non-preferred stock, payable December
t. 1892. The amount to be paid on stock
owned by the city will be IS. o77.7G.
A trial in which some highly sensational
testimony was given was before the Police
Court Tuesday afternoon. Monday night
complaint was made that a disturbance was
going on at the house of Mrs Oranna Walk
en- on the East Side The police at once
Went over and arrested Mrs Walker and
number Of Young men, who We're in the house
At the hearing Mrs. Walker was charged
with keeping a disorderly house, and was
bound over in 500 for appearance at S. j.
Court. John Hartman, ofStockton SPRINGS
one Of the inmates. was sentenced to thirty
days in jail, from which he appealed Judge
Rogers did not consider the evidence against
the Others strong enough to issue a warrant
and they We're discharged.
CHAT. Prof Written was "A busy man
last week. Wednesday evening he PLAYED
for a ball at Foss Hail. East Belfast. Thurs
day and Saturday evenings at Peirce's Par
lor Theatre The boys and girls We're skat-
ing on Kirby Lake last week although the
ice was a little tender The larger ponds
are still open The Bangor Commercial
reported wild geese flying south last week.
Annie W Murray has been appointed post
master at Durham village. Two Belfast
men are at the Kelley Institute, Pennington,
80. IN giving last week the members of
Sanborn's Orchestra by some means the 2pd
violin, Mr.. Percy F0llett, was omitted
Swift & Paul have traded horses again and
now have one that carries his head up like a
ma ior. and is fine-looklng animal Mr.
Howes Mayo has made another addition to
his carpenter shop in the Carter shpyard, |
....Mr. f. G. Mixer, Journal building. is |
distributing some very prettilv illustrated
pamphlets advertising Tenney's candies.
Mr.. George w Burllett has leased the Neazie |
house "n Church street and will occupy it !
March LIST. Mr.. E. S. Pitcher is in Castiue
on tour among the pianos which he keeps
in tune i'll that section. Landlord Miller.
of the Arlington House. who has been uuite
ill for some time, is much improved. Mink
and .nuskrat are reported as remarkably
plenty about the small streams in this yicin-
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