The Republican journal., 1896-01-23
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.
Call for a rleeting of Citizens.

i Ni nuhilC SPIRITED clJlZenS VINO are inter-
..lin the welfare of Belfast are invited to
FL with the Board of Trade at Me mortal
.Hbng next Monday evening January 9th,
nclock, to discuss and take action on
Il .,t-4rs pertaining to the material advance
,l.ut Of she city.
4 psr order Board of Trade.
W. H. Qu1MBY, Sec'y.
4 FAST, Jan. 81, 1896.
/ r..,pns have been granted follows:
.-auAl, John T. Perkins, North Palermo
--atI. widows, etc, Susan ID. Perkins,
l %. -pcet
r.- annual meeting of the Belfast Ma
ra x Foundry Co. will be held at the
i .nlry building on Front street to morrow,
-..!ay, at 10 o'clock, IN.
E.e Il. I. Hack of Portland opens the
r4. Library lecture course in Madison
ais Thursday, evening. Subject, ga Trip
t.rIre," illustrated by stereoptcon.
te trustees of the estate of the late
-..I FarwelI at Unity, which was recent
--ajsed by the Odd Fellows, have not yet
ttl to what beneficiary association they
next offer the estate
U- Cleaves has appointed the follow
rug -tces of the peace and quorum: John
. lierow, Islesbor James r. Long, Blue
p Gorge NJ Slower, Bucksport George
n talbot, Camden; Stephen B. Wescott,
Ho-nl
,.-.n P. Benner Jordan W Coombs and
rus A. Riggs spent few days last week
aJ -OLer's Pond and caught goodly num-
uickerel, some of them Is inches long,
f-m report pclerei less plentiful than
rIy, they are eaten by the black
Bay Point hotel, Rockland, has been
-..--.a tp y. p. Sewall of Islesboro for the
.... 4 five wears and it is stated that Mr.
-.Nsl Will make his home in Rockland all
ear round, He has been sole proprie
d. tbe I5lesboro Inn, Dark Harbor, the
.-- s-N years
small house on the Patter on Hill, East
5.,r, Was burned last Thursday after
With its contents. 1t was owned and
qsped by James Bowen. The place was
.uf -ured, but the loss, which will not ex-
$50, has been made up to Mr.. Bowen
subscription.
PRACTICAL joker in TINS city was taken |
IN double sense, last week He pre-
...d an elaborate aud ghostly masquerade /
and IN wait TO Brighten neighbor as he |
ami aome about 9 o'clock in the evening.
t IolIceman passed that way Just ahead |
Intended victim, and the joker tried |
.rara on the wrong man. The result |
he joker was taken to the cooler to
-.1l tie remainder of the night
+: NowLEDGMKNTs. The Journal has re-
ed from the publisher, h. Mansll, Rock |
-snd, H., Mansill's Almanac for 1896 1t
rljus much valuable Information,
otherwise and otherwise and its fore
isis have proved Very aecurate..... The |
columbian Engraving Co of Boston has is
-.-l q handsome calendar bearing an excel
-A LIKENESS of the Hon. Thomas b Reed |
i- journal aeknow lodges receipt of one
N Aare received Weeks Floral Guide for
i,N 'ue Of the finest seed catalogues pub |
shell Send 10 cents for copy. to James |
ks Sons, Rochester, n. Y This |
- mt may be deducted from the first
.iar you send them. Leland, Towe &
~ Congress street, Boston, have sent us
aeat little pocket manual of the stocks
ob paid dividends for the year 1895, Bos
and New York. They will be sent to
address on receipt of a 2-ceut STAMP
NV ,
"-te I. Sibley gave two lectures in Rock
AND last week before crowded houses The
N hand Star said of her first lecture,
E-rpt Ill Sunshine and Starlight" that it
IS one that ELECTED the utmost praise from
Tcho We're 50 fortunate as to be present.
Miss SlhIey showed herself to be ready and |
emit III her oratory and descriptive speak
# wonderful abilities. She carried her
.rers with her to the land of the Nile,
nA the pyramids became almost visible.
NJ - Slbley is indeed charming lecturer
vast does not confine herself to dry statistics,
'lt renders a choice composite of informa-
uY1, wit and pathos.
pi her second lecture the Star said:
Miss Slbley again charmed her audience
ue OF the most eloquent ladies occupying
the lecture platform. Her subject was
over Palestine Hills on Horseback" and |
Ati talk was pleasing, polished, amusing
aua instructive.
The Tribune said of Miss SibIey's first APP
pearance in Rockand that "she straightway
found the warm corner in the hearts of her |
auditors and concluded an appreciative
notice of her two lectures as follows: "Miss
oibey is certainly delightful speaker, and |
~ hear her tell of scenes and places visited is |
almost like trip for oneself, and no one
who has the opportunity of listening to her
should miss it,"
SHIPPING ITEMS. Ship Wandering jew,
before reported burned while loading at
Hong Kong for New York, was sold at that
port Dec. 9th for Z 800 Mexican dollars. The
ship was built at Camden, Me-, in 1877, and
r4gistered $50 tons net. Seaboard reports
u 1t ship Abner Coburn is at the foot of 26th
street, South Brooklyn, awaiting orders to
Lad and that ali the ship rugged vessels in
purt suitable for long voyages with one ex-
t-ution are under charter. 1t is reported
raaJ the schooner Sea Pigeon, which was
blown out to sea in the storm of Dec. &, from
Seal Harbor, has been towed into the Ber-