The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-04-02

street. Sunday morning a slight fire got
started on board Fitz W. Patterson's boat,
which was moored in the stream, but it was
put out without an alarm
Beginning tomorrow, Friday, the Belfast
Free Library will be open to the public at
some time during the day or evening, every
week day. The hours are as fol ows: from
to P. NJ. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday; from 6 80 to $50 p. N. Tuesday
Thursday and Saturday. The opening on
Friday afternoon will prove a great convent
ence to scholars in the public schools
Co. B of the Boys Brigade met Monday
evening and re-organized by choice of the
following officers; Captain, Wilson Ellis !;
1st lieutenant, Harry Miller; I'd lieutenant,
Walter Whitehead: sergeants, Thomas Ber-
ry and Loren Willis; corporals, Roy Web
Der, Charles Reid. Charles Haney and AL
mon McMahan treasurer, A. c. Sibley, Jr
The company will meet this evening at 6
o'clock at Memorial Hall.
The City Government at its last meeting
voted to take away the salary of pound
keeper and let that official get his pay from
the fees. They also fixed the salary of
truant officer at S25. The bills of the latter
department have been $50 per annum for
several years w. E. Marsh and Robert
Waterman, who have held the two Offices
respectively, have refused to qualify and
new elections will be in order at the April
meeting of the City Council.
BUSINESS CHANGES. Fred H. Mathews
has bought the fish market of NJ. r. Knowl-
ton and will continue the business at the
Old stand. Capt. Chaples, who has been
with Mr.. Knowlton several years, will re-
tire, but John Stephenson will remain. Mr.
Mathews took possession Monday morning.
&c.. Charles E. johnson has closed out his
dry and fancy goods business to A. P. Mans
field, who is selling out the stock at remark
ably low figures The firm of Mears &
Pitcher, music dealers, is dissolved bv
mutual consent, Mr.. Mears retiring on ac-
count of the health of his wife. Mr. Pitcher
will continue the business in all its
branches, selling, leasing, tuning and re-
pairing musical instruments, selling sheet
music books and musical merchandise gen
orally Mr.. Mears takes few OF the second
hand Instruments, which he will close out
and then retire from the business
A COINCIDENCE MAN OR A CRANK a man,
who later gave his name as John Terrell of
FItchburg, Mass, created some excitement
here last week. He met several of our well
known citizens on the street and introduced
himself As ID SON of Capt. John Harris, lust
returned from New Mexico, and expressed
surprise that tile gentlemen did not renem-
Der him. He then said he had brought home
number of slippers and hats which he had
procured of the Indians, and which he in
tended to give to his fathers and his friends.
He even went 50 far with some as to remove
their hats and try them upon his own head
After learning where his old friends (?)
would receive their hats he asked the loan
of a quarter, which he did not receive. Later
he was arrested by the police for drunken
ness. In the lookup he feigned insanity,
but at the trial in the Police Court, he was
sentenced to 80 days in Jail. Judge Rogers
suspended the mittmus on condition that
the prisoner leave Waldo county at once.
which he did. The same man is said to have
4"'ei '0" GU oai'O' o'iS insrahah III bangor
last summer and obtained what loose change
the Captain had in his pocket.
LIVE PIGEON SHOOTING. Our local marks
, ;,i ,,
Dickey of Boston. who has visited Ralfast
and taken part in our tournaments. was the
winner of the American Handicap shoot at
Elkwood Park, n. J >. March 10Th The Bos-
ton Globe, in its report of the affair saws.
In spite of the fact that 1O4 of the best
pigeon shots IN America took part in the
mir. strin If * irs wa, "1 az "no W h,ll LIS
that eight men were tied for first. with
scores OF - each, wl!le no less than Is men
snrao ef 30 ."i '',1 'p'ioi 'IA piiIrS WIN
won the handirap am, Gun from me 2o-varJ
mark. The others We're all close up at the
, Ills anu 'le genera, seI''ict was mat II
held under the ausnirps of he int.r.+att.
soclation. On the final shoot-otf Dickev won
tii t'a.' aiit, 'Ie cup ne winner OF
Of the Boston sbootino asso,,i.tion H19st.
grounds are at Wellington, Mass. He is
i ,loD" o,iol' anu VINE Ie mas uohe
perience with pigeons brfore tba nresent
tournament. Ali of which, according to a
va uIoea'e, soes 10 siio" thdI man