The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1893-01-26

a large amount OF freight IS now coming
over the Belfast branch railroad, owing in
part to lack of water transportation. Sun
day an extra freight train Of eight cars came
down from Burnllam.
The wall pockets which the W. U. ILL., w..
keen at the public places for temperance Ut
! erature are we'll supplied and are evidently
doing the work intended, as it is often nee
essary to replenish the supply.
A verv interesting lecture given by
Mrs T. A. ID. burlington of Belfast at the
/ Congregational vestry last Tuesday evening.
and was listened to by large and attentive
audience. Winthrop Banner
some excitement was caused at Hayford
! Block Saturday evening by a rumor that
there was a fire in the building and smell
OF smoke. The smoke was hunted for a long
time but nothing materalized ard the mys-
terry remaius unsolvel
The Club of Thirty held their annual elec
ton last Friday evening and the result was
new deal. The following We're elected as
the Committee ot Three Charles Baker, j.
ID Parker ana L Il. HAN Baker is chair
man, Parker secretary and Hall collector
and treasurer. There WAS hut enc death
during the YEAR Mr. NJ, II Heating.
All excellent pencil drawing of the Schoon-
\ ii Young Brothers. by Mr.. Il. NJ Partridge,
uf Malrhatn. Mass, may he Seen at the jour
nal office. The schooner is at anchor with
sails tnrled, and every detail of rig is shown
Although Mr.. Partridge had seen the Young
hrothers but once he has made a capital
likeness as all acquainted with this clipper
craft will testify.
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We are ndebt-
v ed tn Councillor Atwood for pamphlet
I copy Of the inaugural address Of Governor
/ Cleaves, and to Representative A. l.. Mud
gett OF Belfast for "a copy of the laws OF Maine
relating to agriculture. Congressman Mil
I lilSen has onr thanks for valuable documents.
M The Columbia Cycling calendar for 1898
has been received from the Pope Mfg. Co.
4 Of Boston TIL, picture is III fifteen water
colors and represents a country sceae with
4 "A hieycing couple in the foreground, rest
Ing IN a cosey nook, after a delightful ride.
Tie original picture is by a celebrated
I American artist
BELFAST HARBoR ALL RIGHT While
nearly all the harbors along the coast have
been hlockaded hy ice Belfast has escaped
amy serious trouble from it. The first time
| ice made it was broken out by steamer Rock
/ land and sailing vessels were able to 60 and
come at the upper wharves Thursday night
it raught again but the revenue cutter
Woodbury. came III Friday ana cleared All
b-law thc Boston steamboat wharf The
cutter reported all the inside passages to
the eastward closed hy ice. Vessels bound
east must 60 outside Isle All Haut and Swan
Island Eggemoggin Reach, the Steamboat
rlloraughfare tor three different routes, was
frozen over Thursday morning phe tirsf time
for i've years The Woodbury. visited this
port AGAIN Saturday morning, cutting chan
mel 50 THAT the ebh tide cleared tie harhor Of
ice below the steamboat wharf. Steamer
Eiecta made hel usual trip from Gastne and
the Ppnohseot arrived about noon from Bos-
ton ana proceeded up river. one sailing
vessel arrived Schooner { c. Meader fin
shed discharglng a cargo Of phosphate At
tie Steamboat wharf sunday and anchored
neb3w. The Penobscot came down river
Monday and proceeded to Boston and tht
Electa came ever from Castine. The cutter
Woodbury. came into Belfast harbor again
Tuesday forenoon, but finding the harho
free from ie- some distance above the steam
boat wharf Went out without making a land
H- anl proceeded into the Penobscot river
STEAMER NOTES The Present arrange
n'ritT II the Boston ( Bangor S 5. Go. Wen
MAO ef'ett MGHdaF; Jan Is. one tgip a wcel
+ V.ll lie taadr Z ith departures from Bucks
paT ~ Mondays at l., 4 ~. and from Bo4
ton on Fridays Al r NJ. Shotha thsre b
continued difficulty on account Of ice, 5lip
may be discontinued altogether, without
notice. The Penobscot Steamboat Com
lany has been organized in Bangor to carr,
| ON the steamboatIng business between Ban
/ cor tnd Hampton The officers are as fol
lows President, Charles E. Field secrctar,
I and treasurer II. Eugene Collett; genera
manager Benjamin X. Arey, Jr.; directors
| Charles f. Field. Benjamin r. Arey, .Ir
and Elmer Q Eaton. The corporation i
feet long and II feet WIDE to be called tn,
llttIhf. Is now btiHg hulif Tor the tolnpan,
bv ii 4 Leach, Brewer. She will have
compound engine from the Portland Coz
works, and Quinn of Portland is making he
boiler She will cost about 5000 and vii
carry TO passengers easily. !. The zee down
the bay caused the steamer Castlne to liall
off her route to Green's Landing last week
and She is laid up for the present alongside
the Sedgwiek at the railroad wharf TIN
Rockand Opinion gives some additiona
particulars concerning the burning of steam
er Ninal Haven but says the origin of til,
fire is a mystery that probably win never b
solved, The upper works of the boat ar,
quite badly burned, but the hull is very lit
, tie injured Some few timbers are 50 burned
that they will have to be replaced but til,
, hull is pretty nearly all right. The ma
r ehinery was not injured, either, and afte
, some slight repairs, she came over to Rock
/ land under her own steam, and from ther,
+ pr"cefded to Searsport, where she is under
gong repairs. She is to have new macIiner,
TO give her more speed, and it is nearly ready
Tor her When notified that the Ninal Havt1
was burned, and supposed to be a total loss
Mr.. kinball Photographed from Cleveland
Ohio: Order frame for IA new boat ina1nedi
afely. Bit that was NOT f,4ressary Mr.