The Republican journal., 1896-01-30

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Pensions have been granted as follows
Increase, George E Crosby, Orland original,
widows, etc, Caroline w. Soule Searsmont
additional, James o. Clark, Belfast.
The C. l.. s. Circle will meet with Mrs.
David Alexander, Feb. Sd, at 2 p. m.
VIM Haugh is to establish lunch wagon
on High street near Parker & Stevens laun-
dry. H. j. Morrison went to Boston,Tues-
day to procure a car for his use.
| Persons having any jokes and local hits,
| or any original conundrums suitable to be
used in the coming entertainment of the
| Belfast Minstres. will confer a favor by re-
porting the same to Mr.. Robt. P Chase.
Following is list of unclaimed letters re-
manning in the Belfast Post Office for the
week ending Jan. 25, 1896 Ladies-Mrs.
Cora Hewett; Mrs. Judith Thompson.
Gentlemen-Mr. Wi!mot Hamilton Mr.. AL
win I. Knowlton; H. c. Moon, Esq. Fourth
class matter-Mrs. F. Patterson.
The attendance at the State Normal
School, Castine has steadily increased for
the past fl We years. The present number of
students is 1876. while there were only rs in
the winter of 1890 OF this number Q66) As are
in the entering class and II are graduates
who have returned to take the Advanced
Course, recently established. The spring
term begins March 10th.
We publish elsewhere the call for the
meeting of the Waldo Veterans Association
at North Searsport Feb. 9th. DR.. A. j. Bill
lings of Freedom will be present to explain
the object of the veterans home at Winder-
mere Park, Unity and report what the COM
mittee has done and is doing in regard to it,
AS the matter will come before the Associa-
tion for action a full attendance is desired
and every Post in the county should be
represented.
STEAMER NOTES. The steamer Penobscot
remained in Boston account of the storm
until Sunday afternoon at o'clock, but
found the weather much better than expect
ed, and reached Belfast at about $50 Mon
day morning. She went to Winterport and
returned leaving for Boston at the usual
hour, p. M, the same day. The steamer
gor & Bar Harbor Steamboat Company to
Capt. w. H. Swift and F. l. Gallupe of Bos-
ton, will run out of Boston on the Plymouth
excursion route in place of the steamer Lii
lie, next summer.
Mr.. Ii. NJ Prentss recently received
from Miss Rebecca T. Greene, formerly of
Maine but now teacher in the schools of
Salinas, California, copy OF the public
school childrens Examiner, San Francisco
The proprietors of the Examiner turned
over their plant to the public school children
with orders to take charge of the Christmas
edition and raise all the money possible to
build a ward for the blind and deaf of the
profusely illustrated, and up to date in all
respects, was the result, and no doubt the
hospital received substantial benefit.
INSURANCE STATEMENTS. The insurance
companies are publishing their annual state
ments in compliance with the laws of the
State, and the first to hand is the Granite
State Fire Insurance Co., represented at
Winterport by Hon Fred Atwood. This
company is a prompt payer of losses and re-
liable in every way. The statements of
the Orient Insurance Company and the Etna
Insurance Company, both of Hartford,
Conn, come from the Belfast agents, Field
& West. They are we'll known and reliable
companies, and Messrs. Field & West are
pleasant gentlemen to do business with.
Mention was made some weeks ago of the
Ia hx,M Of
in Chelsea, Wakefield, Stoneham and Rox-
bury. The new proprietors are Messrs. j.
P. Whitmore and H. I. Pusifer. Mr.. Whit
more has been connected with the CONT
mental Clothing house of Boston for % years
as buyer, manager and partner, and Mr. Pull
sifer has been connected with the same
house, and earlier with the wholesale tirm of
Isaac Fenno & Co. The following announce
ment will interest "Cy's" many Belfast
friends:
Tho management take pleasure in stating
that arrangements have been made with the
popular manager, Mr.. c. Il. Davis, to re-
main in charge of the Wakefield branch,
and he assures his many loyal patrons that
his best efforts will be eXerted toward ac-
ceptably meeting their varied requirements.
aCtlDENlS MISS cassie CuTUlS OF EdSG
Belfast fell on the ice while skating and dis
located her right ankle. ..Albion E. Moore
cut the end of one of his fingers quite badly
last week while at work about the house.
James Robbins of East Belfast had mar
row escape from drowning Saturday. He
at Gilkey's Harbor for clans and in
rowing off to his sail boat with skitf load
of CLAIMS the little boat was swamped, and
he obliged to swim several rods to the
larger one. After drying his clothing and
warming himself he rescued his boat and
clans and arrived home safe and sound. 49,.
Mrs. Henry Knight had the end of finger
crushed quite badly in the cogs of wash
ing machine Monday morning.
500 Reward 500.
The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able TO cure in all IFS Stapes