The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-11-26

but it understood that all who compete agree to &C
cept the award of Lever Brothers. Ltd. as final.
LEVER BROS, Ltd, New York.
The first good skating of the season was
last Saturday when the young people visited
Kirby Lake and other small ponds.
Misses Maud E. and Lena P. Ellis have
bought the millinery and fancy goods bust
continue at the old stand, with Miss Theresa
Cushman as milliner. The firm will be
known as NJ. E. & l.. p Ellis.
THANKSGIVING SERVICE. The Union
Thanksgiving service will be held at the
Universalist church this evening at o'clock
The sermon will be by Rev. George S. Mills
If the North church, and all the pastors of
he city will be present except Rev. j. F.
Filton, who is out of town, The music will
'e by the regular church choir, assisted by
IT. John Parker and Miss Sara Russ. with
olOs.
The PEOPLES LECTURE COURSE. The
'eoples Lecture Course for the season Of
,S967 was opened at Belfast Opera House
APOLLO Male Quartette Of Boston, assisted
" Miss Belle Temple reader. The first
lumber on the program was the "Vocal
March from Geihel, by the Qnartette, fol-
owed by Miss Temple, in the amusing sketch
''Travers' First Hunt" She was encored
md responded with ''The Quaker Maiden y
Mr.. Fred E. Kendall, baritone, sang "Long-
'horemen," and responded to the encore
With "The Song my Mother Used to Sing -
The most amusing selection Of the evening
was "Jenk's Compound" a burlesQue on
patent medicine ADVERTISING, by the quar-
tette. Miss Temple then rendered very
skilfully an amusing piece entitled "How
Girls Fish, and later domestic scene,
''H ONE, Sweet Home Both were encOred,
and she responded with "The Boys Christ
mas" and my Ship" MI. Walter E. Paine,
tenor. sang "In May" Mr.. Howe, teuor,
sang Good Bye, and the concert conclud-
ed with Good Night by the quartette
The next entertainment Of the course will
be a lecture by Jahu De Witt Miller, on
The Uses of Ugliness, Dec 18th
FIKE. The house on Northport avenue,
owned by the heirs of Mrs. Julia A. Warren
and occupied by Mrs. Electa B. Stone, was
burned Tuesday night, about midnight The
fire was discovered by young man who
lives with the family and has the care of
Mrs. Stones invalid son, Ernest The fire
was then in the barn and before the people
in the house could be aroused and the in
valid got out the fire had made considerable
Roadway. neighbor came to the city and
gave the alarm, to which the department re-
sponded promptly, but after laying 200 feet
of hose from the nearest hydrant it was
found that more was needed and the horses
We're sent back for new supply This soon
arrived and the fire was put out, leaving a
portion of the house standing, but so badly
charred as to be of no use in rebuilding The
line of hose from the hydrant to the house
was / 400 feet, the longest single line ever
laid in this city. A portion of Mrs Stones
furniture was saved, but her provisions and
some of her goods in the barn We're burned,
as also the household effects of the late Mrs
Warren, which were stored in the chamber.
The loss on the buildings is estimated at
s.
ance.
New ADVERTISEMENTS. Now is your op-
portunity to buy clothing, and you will find
it at the White Store, 81 Main street, Char les
O'Connell, proprietor. He has everything
in the clothing and furnishing goods line, in
Guiding gloves and mittens at very low prices
....Swift 4 Paul, Masonic Temple, rise to re-
mark that Thanksgiving is h ere and Christ
mas is coming, and they have all the sub
stantials and delicacies to be found in first
class grocery store. Mansfield, Masonic
Temple, has a special shawl sale this week,
and offers limited quantity of shawls at
50 so each. Toys, lamps and toilet sets
are specialties with earle & Jones, q Main
street, this week. The attention of our
Brooks readers is called to the announce
ment OF M. j. Dow, dry and fancy goods
dealer. He has as usual good variety of
articles suitable for the holiday trade, which
he sells at low prices. C. j. Shaw & Son,
Searsport, offer for sale, cheap, a thorough
bred two-year-old Jersey bull. House to
rent on Northport avenue, with good stable,
suitable for one or two families. Enquire of
r. F. Dunton, Belfast. ID. II. & j. W.
Jones have overstocked in sleighs fur robes
and horse blankets, but they bought for spot
cash, and instead of waiting until the season
is over have marked them down now. :. The
Belfast Savings Bank will pay dividend at
the rate of three per cent. on and after Dec.
It'll. Deposits made on or before that date
will be placed on interest Dec. l. 1896. %. A t.
tention is called to the advertisement of
Nichols, Munroe & Co., manufacturing jew
elers, now established at the old stand of
Calvin Hervey, Phoenix Row. The store has
been renovated and improved, and full
line of watches, clocks, jewelry, silverware,
etc, is carried; also spectacles and eye
glasses. Gold and silver jewelry made to
order. Low prices on everything. - See no.
tice of M. E. & L. P Ellis, successors to Mrs
J. G. Gates in the millinery and fancy goods
business, Nc. ID Main street.
Beware of Ontments for Catarrh that COnta in
Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell
and completely derange the whole system wher
entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such
| articles should never be used except on prescrip
ii one irons ra nutahIe phySicanS as the DANA