The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-01-09

The State Convention of County Commits.
sioners will be held at Bangor Tuesday, Jan.
uary 21st All County Commissioners and
Clerks of Courts are invited
lot of peculiar looking sleds were ship
ped from Belfast by Sundays boat to Alex
ander Maloof, Bangor. They were of very
rough construction, and were intended for
street use of Hebrew pedlars.
Following is list of unclaimed letters re-
naming in the Belfast Post Office for the
week ending Jan. 4, 1896: Ladies-Miss Lii
liam Gates, Mrs. Emma Dodge, Miss Carrie
Oldham. Gentlemen-Geo. W. Roix
State Constable J. r. Mears and Sheriff
S. G. Norton searched the store of Daniel
O'Connell and Walter NJ. Cottrell, Monday
evening, but found no liquors The officers
were assisted by Deputy Sheriff NJ. G. Nor
ton and Policeman c. W. Mears.
The Belfast Ice Co. have fine freeze on
their Goose River privilege. The ice is ten
to twelve inches thick, smooth and clear A
good freeze is reported on the Kennebec at
Richmond, but the ice in the Penobscot is
very rough and in bad shape for harvesting.
The National Banks of this city, in COM
mon with Others in the country, re eived de-
spatches Monday from the New York World
asking ''If the President makes call to re-
penish the gold reserve will they consider
| it patriotic duty to take bonds on Il three
per cent, basis? Will you invest and to
| W hat txteut2"
This month Frankfort parties win come
before The, ,iUlrJ for tn settlement uf ala
i.iipui tant question. Charles t!cNril ;.ud
/ ~ ch~;-r Pei lrns have sued 10 uIenht.ra of
the Granite Cutters Uul"n 'u.t ATTACHED
property To tine vtur Ut = 00O The PLAN
/ t,ils say they We're iinad hE b..e union, AMI
OH lls,i. p Nutttt were I}lred from work
/ at Frankfort 1T the instlgaG.un st 1he union
| 1t may he difficult IL tx the resppusjhriity
| for their discharge upon the union. Ban
COR Daily News.
| The Debating Club had for its subject last
Thursday evening, the bridge question
/ Franz l. Wilson and Il. W. Hammons spoke
for tie proposed bridge and Geo. H. Poor
and W, A. Mason aga'nsi. The vote IN the
clul stood Ear ami & against the bridge,
hut the spectators We're almost unanimous
for Is. The sal jet al the next meeting VIII
be, Resolved, That high license local
| option will he better than the present pro-
| hbitory law
Chas. E. Merriam of Lincolnville installed
the officers of a. E. Clark Camp, Sons of
Veterans, Monday evening, with T. II. Mar
shall Relief Corps as guests Following are
the officers Captain, W. j. Havner; 1st
T
W. W. Shaw; Chaplain, Davis S. Jack: 1st
Sergeant, A S. Stoney Quartermaster, 0.
j. Dickey; Sergeant of the Guard, W. J.
Clifford; Color Sergeant. F. Q. Roberts;
| Musician, Geo. r. Poor; Corporal of the
Guard, Walter Hobbs; Camp Guard, Allen
Weber; Camp Council, Allen Weber, F.
0. Roberts, U. G. Hussey.
THE SCHOOLS. The schools throughout the
city opened for the winter term Monday,
Jan. 9th. The attendance was large. There
have been few changes of teachers, as fol-
lows Miss lisa Piper succeeds Miss Alberta
W ellsworth as teacher in the lower grade
of the South Primary, Miss W. being pro-
NOTED to the upper grade upon the resgna
| tion of Miss Maud Fernald. Miss Alma
Robinson is assistant at the brick school
house, East Belfast. and Miss Lila M. Riv-
ers is teacher of the Pitcher school. The
| school at Citypoint has been re-established
! with Miss Gertrude Ferguson as teacher
| STEAMER NOTES Steamer Mt. Desert hav-
| ing finished her seasons work on the Rock
land and Bar Harbor route has gone on the
South Marine Railway at Rockland to re-
main for the winter She will have some
repairs and a thorough overhauling. -. The
Kennebec Steamboat Co., which has always
paid per cent. dividend, will pay per
cent. this year. The Portland Steam Pack
ct Company has changed its name to the
! Portland Steamship Company. The COM
pany has been re-org anized, but the officers
| of the new corporation will be the same as
| the old one. This chal. took effect JAN
1st Steamer Penobscot left here last Fri
day for Boston, arriving Sunday morning on
her return trip and leaving again Monday at
| her usual hour.
| Wilson N. Dow of North Searsport was
before the Police Court Monday afternoon
on complaint of Game Warden Geo. W.
HIlSDee, Oh charge Vi illegally 0Snlng With
net in Swan Lake. The principal witness
for the prosecution was Charles n Massure,
but he would testify to nothing that tended
to eliminate Dow, although the warrant
was issued on the strength of statements
made by him to Judge Rogers several days
ago. AS the stories told by this witness on
| that occasion and when on the stand in the
| trial varied materially Judge Rogers sentenc-
| ed him to 30 days in Jail for contempt of
Court. Dow was acquitted. Tuesday after
| noon Massure was taken before the Supreme
Judicial Court on petition for a writ of
habeas corpus, and hearing was held on
the legality of the sentence imposed by
Judge Rogers. The Court overruled Judge
Rogers sentence and ordered the prisoner
discharged. Dunton for the State McLel-
Ian for defense.
NORTH BELFAST. The Ladies of the c.
E. Society met at Good Will Hall last
Thursday afternoon and made quilt which
they will sell, the proceeds to go to some
| charitable object. In the evening the society
| held business meeting at which the Fulton