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

Belfast post office for the week ending Nov
81, 1896: J. E. Edwards, Arthur G. Frye, F.
E. Stevens.
The places of business in the city will be
closed as usual to-day, the banks, mills,
/ factories, etc, all day, and the stores in the
/ afternoon.
Mrs. j. F. Hazel of Chelsea, Mass, will
preach next Sunday in the Memorial Hall
at 80 and I p m. She will also hold
meeting in the mission room on Church
street, Saturday evening at Z. Mrs. Hazel
is coming to Belfast to conduct an undenom-
| national missionary work
| EAST BELFAST, James Bean of Green
bush is visiting his sister, Mrs. James A.
| Nickerson. j. Fl. Stinson visited MIR. and
Mrs. George Davis Sunday Levi Curtis is
confined to his house by a sore on his Leg.
Miss Ethel Slavery, who has been confined to
the house by bad cold for the last ten days,
is now able to be out.
| STEAMER NOTES. The Rockl land began
running on the river route Monday, accord
| ing to the time table announced last week
and which will be found in our advertising
| CottltuuS u6 Obdto lHSptCGOTS Ol Sb6dul-
boats on inland waters say that there are 1873
steam craft in the State, the number having
increased some twenty this year.
Articles of Incorporation of the Boston
Tea Co. of Belfast were recorded in Waldo
County Registry of Deeds Nov 23d The
purposes of the corporation are the buying
and selling of teas, coffees and spices. The
amount of capital stock is $4,000; amount
paid in 50 600; par value of shares, $50. The
directors are S. w johnson, G. A Stevens,
J. M. Stevens, W. B. Wadsworth and G. H.
Ames. S. W. Johnson is president and c.
| Fl. Ames, treasurer.
| LECTURES ON THEOSoPHY. Mr.. George D.
| Ayers of Boston, Theosophical Lecturer for
| New England, will deliver a course of lee
| lures on Theosophy in the Universalist ves-
| try, Belfast, Dec. 1st and ID, at 3 and 30
| p. m. His subjects will be as follows: l.
| Theosophy. 2, The Evolutionary Power of
! Thought 3. The Laws of Compensation
/ and the Modern Crusade. The lectures are
free and all are invited.
| RAILROAD SPARKS. The snow-plow was
taken from It's summer quarters and run out
| upon its spur track ready for use Saturday
"A crew OF painters arrived Monday and are
at work ON the bindings at Belfast station.
I'D. A. Booker, bridge builder, and H. A.
/ Toward, road master. came over the Belfast
branch Friday to look oven the work along
the line. Work is progressing favorably on
| the new bridge at Durham, and the ballast
ing along the line IS being pushed fast as
| possible by the section men.
You've WINTER. The first snow of the
season fell Saturday, NOV. 21st. The morn
/ ing opened as the coolest of t.e season, with
| the mercury at 100 above zero at I a. N. The
| weather moderated gradually and at noon
snow began falling and continued until
| there nearly 3 inches on the ground
| About & p. m. it changed to rain, but the
snow was not all taken off and good many
sleighs We're out Sunday. The day was clear
and cold, and Monday morning the condi-
tons We're the same, with the mercury but
few degrees above the zero mark. At
night it rained and wheels are in order
again.
| B. H. S. MUSICAL. The musical by the
Belfast High school at Odd Fellows hall,
last Friday evening, was largely attended,
| obliging the school to stand in the rear of
the hall. The original program of twelve
numbers was heightened to twice that num-
! Der by encores. At intermission home made
candy, ice cream and cake found a ready
| sale and the sum realized was sufficient to
| liqudate the debt on the piano and leave
the school in possession of very fine
Mason & Hamlin instrument. The whole
school has worked with will, and the in
terest and executive ability of the special
committee in charge of the affair can not be
| doubted.
| CHAT. Chas. r. Coombs is making hand
! some hardwood combination bench and cab
met, for miscellaneous uses at the store.
State Constable Mears destroyed last Thurs
| day about 20 gallons of beer seized at Bick-
nell & Cottrell's, and sold the kegs back to
the firm. w. A. Clark is putting in a
plate glass front and new hard wood floors
at his clothing factory on High street. A
! 7000-pound anchor was shipped from the
| Camden anchor works recently for New
York parties Henry c. Marden has NOV
| ed his carriage business to the repository in
the rear of l.. I. Shales & Co.'S store.
| The color and size were not those of a
Swan Lake trout, but the spots were there,
on the clean-looking Swan Lake cigar we
found on our desk Saturday,. New flags
were received for the Custom House Tues
day.
| A "RUDDER'' MODEL. O. R. Webster has
now set up in his shop the handsomest
modelled craft ever put together in Belfast
| She is built from lines laid down in The
Rudder for light draft sloop, and follows
the model closely, except that she is given
about three inches more neeboard, which
adds about foot to her over all length,
which is 26 feet; beam feet, inches. In
place of centerboard, as in the original
| plan, she will have an iron keel, or fin, three
feet deep, four inches thick at top and
tapering to one inch at bottom. The inte-
rior has not yet been planned, but the boat
will probably have a cuddy. She will be
| given knockabout rig, pole mast and no
bowsprit, and her sails will be triple
bighted. The boat built by |. W. Parker
| last season was from the same model, with
modification of the bow that shortened the
| water line two feet, making it IL feet. Web