The Republican journal., 1896-09-10
New ADVERTISEMENTS, J. g. Thom,


u Son have made special cuts in prices to
close out their large stock of furniture.
Folding beds very low, also mattresses and
chairs. Store to let. ...J. H. & J. W. Jones.
60 Main street. are making very low prices
on guns. Two crates of flower pots lust
received by Carle & Jones, 81 Main street.
and selling cheap.
The State Convention of the W. c. T. L 60,
to be held in this city Sept. 2S and 80 and
Oct. 1, will be addressed Sept. 20 bv Miss
Agnes Slack Of London, and on Oct, 1st bv
Miss Stephenson, National Corresponding
Secretary. All meetings are to be open and
the public are cordially invited Committees
have been appointed from each of the city
churches to secure entertainment for the ex-
pected go delegates, and these ladies will
soon call upon their friends for that purpose.
WALDO COUNTY CROPS. Bulletin No. s
from the Maine Board Of Agriculture gives
the following summary of crop reports from
this county:
Seven replies. Grain injured in the har-
Yestlng by rains; none threshed "A per cent .
will be fed unthreshed. Condition of fruit,
los per cent: quantity of hay, rs per cent.
potato prospects, 81 per cent; condition of
corn crop 80 per cent. Potato tops showing
considerable rust, with slight indications of
rot.
The 18th annual reunion of the 26th Maine
Regimental Association will be held in
Rockport to-day, Thursday. The morning
session will be devoted to business and cleo
ton of officers. AT noon dinner will be
served in tho n IafI +l4
there will be campfire and entertainment,
consisting of speeches, songs, recitations
and an address by Miss Charlotte T. Sibley
of Belfast. Veazie's brass band will fur
nsh music.
FIRE, The new building on Main street,
! owned and occupied by Patrick Brogan as a
granite polishing shop, was partially burned
yesterday morning about o'clock. When
discovered the fire was pretty we'll advanced
and was in the upper part of the building.
A part of the machinery was owned by Mr.
Brogan, and a part by Jackson & Dunton,
formerly J. II. Heaey & Co. jackson &
Dunton also had one large monument and
several smaller stones in the building, which
Were ruined. They saved their books,
plans, etc. Their loss is about S4OO, no in
surance. Mr.. Brogans loss on the building
and damage to the machinery will be about
5000 He has small insurance
NORTH BELFAST There seems to be no
end of damage to bridges in this vicinity
caused by the heavy rains. Surveyor
May has just completed the abutnent of
the White bridge, which was undermined
by the freshet last March. Sunday the road
bed of Brier brook bridge was washed
away to distance of about forty feet and
to depth of ten to fifteen feet The Russ
bridge was carried away also. This was
newly built last spring. A bad washout
occurred at Marsh creek bridge also. -. Mr..
NJ. A. Farren will preach i'll the church
next Sunday morning and evening. In the
afternoon several are TO unite with the
church, after which the sacrament of the
Lords supper will be observed. Several
out OF town boys and girls are attending
our schools this term, and ten of our boys
and girls are attending the High school at
Belfast. Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Eaton of
Newport, r. L., are visiting Mr.. and Mrs
r. S. Gay. Mrs. G. A. Hopkins and
daughter Edna are visiting friends in Boston