The Republican journal., 1895-12-26
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.

= Lewis Turner gave an exhibition Of
s,r,loquism, slight of hand, etc, in Brad
u Hall last Thursday evening to good
,se. Miss Blanche Dodge drew the ring
.h the lucky ticket.
II special meeting of the Municipal Of
.,s December 18th the following traverse
.,,rs were drawn for the January term of
supreme Judicial Court: David Alex
.ssr. Geo. W. Cottrell, VIM. F. Triggs, p.
Hunt, B. F. Wells.
John H. Poor is doing very neat job in
t-iehtening up the Court Room. The wood
nix and furniture have been reprinted,
As walls papered, with neat border around
H. top, and the gas and steam pipes gilded
fi,e Judge and Jury rooms have undergone
ike renovation.
While the blanketing of horses left stand
Id nj the streets in cold weather is general
( deserved here, we learn that this is not
M case in some other localities. The rem
IN would seem to be to organize a society
nr tile prevention of cruelty to animals and
rnant AN efficient agent
The noted Union flowage case, recently
4ft TO the board of arbitration, has been set;
led and the Georges River Mill Co. of War
In must lower its dam to the same height
/ The old one Farmers living 20 miles
n * in the country claimed that the dam
4sed the water in the river, flooding their
hid and causing great damage. The mill
pmpany claimed that they had already
ewered the dam twice, and that the dam at
Hart's Neck Falls was the cause of the
7rrtiow.
The question of woman suffrage was dis
Mlssed in the Young Mems Debating Club
a-t Thursday evening. A number of ladies
were present in response to an invitation,
anA few of them took part in the discus
.on The meeting was held in the Police
Court room, the Common Council room not
bsng large enough to accommodate them.
TAe question was ably discussed on the af
drmatve side by Messrs. Hugh d. McLel-
an. E. S. Pitcher, w. A. Mason, Fred W.
Bruwn, Mayor Hanson, Mrs. E. P. Frost
auA Miss A. A. Hicks, and on the negative
III Messrs TYLER H. Bird, G. E. Stevens, G.
+ White, Norman Wardwell, A. l.. Blanch-
Aftlt anu MISS Gtltiid DILL III -. w !.
liammons stated that he should speak on
both sides, and presented several points ac-
cordingly, The vote on the question stood
~ for suffrage and u against. The subject
this evening will be 1.-The Monroe Doc
tgine.f
A Town CHARGE SUES FOR DAMAGES. A
sls- of some local interest was on trial be-
fale the Supreme Court at Rockland last
Week, the suit of John Mahoney against
joseph Burgess of Searsmont for 5000 for
personal injuries. The plaintiff is about 70
wears of age and broken physically and
mentally. A few years ago while working
Ia Boston, he practically lost the use of his
eves Unable to continue his labors there,
-ick and discouraged he went to Bath,
where he had formerly worked, and claimed
support from tile city. But it was ascer-
famed that he had relatives in Tenants
Harbor, and there he was SENT with no
more avail His folks would gladly have
cared for the old man, but keeping the wolf
from the door was already too great prob
leln, and Mahoney was once more started on
aiseouraging journey. In Rocklana his
ease was called to the attention Of the over
seers Of the poor and Richard Hall the chair
man. looked after bis wants for some months.
BY careful inquiry Mr.. Hall learned that
Searsmoht Was entitled to support his
Charge and once mere Mahoney was oblig.
ia to change his place of existence. There
is the custom in caring for the dependeht
pepr, Mahoney was boarded out, and placed
with Joseph Burgess, and the plaintiff
claims that he was il-treated by Burg i.
iu various ways. After a time an aged rel
tve died and bequeathed what remained 81
frugal accumulation of years to Niahoney
1niy few hundred dollars, to be sure, bul
enough so that he renounced the name OF
town charge and took up his residence IL
Camden. where he made something Of his
story known and was advised to enter into
LEGAL proceedings. This he finally did. Tie
defendant, on the witness stand, denied the
statements of Mahoney, but on Thursday
asst the jury returned verdict in favor OF
tie plaintiff, aud awarded damages to the
amount of S6O6.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Capt. Lyman of Seal
iafpQr, whose vessel, the Sea Pigeon, laden
with finished lumber and grain, was blown
out to ID the blizzard Dec 9th has as vel
found no trace Of it and has given up hopes
Of his ship being returned to port again. II
is thought that in the gale that prevailed
the Sea Pigeon was wrecked and the cargo
washed overheard. The vessel prob.
ably went to pieces on some rock .. Bark
Thomas J. Stewart of Bangor Capt. L. C
Blake, which sailed from Sandy Hook Oct
Sth arrived in Rio Janero Nov. 22d, making
the excellent passage Of IS days. Dunn &
Elliot Of Thomaston own very largely il
navigation besides that which they hav,
built themselves. Their fleet of vessels nov
numbers q schooners, with gross tonnag,
Of 12,267 .45. The Annie F. Kimball,
three-masted, single-deck vessel was launch
ed at Bath Dec II. She cost 1926, 600, ant
is owned by George Hawley and others o
Bath, and Capt. Fremont Kim ball of Booth
bay Harbor, the commander. Sch XII
Carson arrived last Friday from New Yorl
with fertilizer for l. A. Knowlton Sch
James Holmes loaded last week at f. G
Whites with hay consigned to Joel Shep.
pard & Son, Quincy Point. Sch. A. HAY
ford arrived from Rockport Friday AM
hauled up for the winter. Sch Haiti,