The Republican journal., 1896-11-19

day night
CHAT. 1t has rained all the summer and
all the fall, and the reign of winter will
| soon begin. IF. E. Wiley has bought the
| packing cases of the Dana Sarsaparilla Co.
"mch We're stored in the laboratory when
| the property was sold for shoe factory
| among the donations to the Odd Fellows
falr in Portland was gold finished nan
tray from Willis A. Gates. The Maine
| central IS loading seven cars at Belfast and
Citypoint with Christmas trees for New
YORK and Philadelphia. The trees are cut
In East Belfast Searsport and Swanville.
l.. l.. Gentner is building a carriage house
on Market street, and A. D. Smalley is
building stable at his place on Green
| street.
BIG FUNNY SHOW The Conroy & Fox
company of comedians will be seen here at
Che opera House on Wednesday evening,
November 9th, in their iudcrous success
| ~ flarlty 3 Vacation" the comedy in which
they scored a big hit in Boston. Portland
and Bangor last season. The play was writ
| Ten lor laughing purposes only, and in the
hands OF such excellent Irish comedians az
we know Conroy & Fox to be, it is easy to
anticipate that another good laugh il in wait
ing for us. The piece Is not only possessed
OF funny story, and side-splittng situa-
tons, but is enlivened with MANY novel
speciality features, all of which are new
this season. The stars are old favorites in
Portland and Bangor and are sure Of hearty
reception on their first visit to Belfast,as their
reputation has long preceded them.
| NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, Now, with bust
ness reviving and prices ADVANCING is the
| time to buy, and Starrett proposes to further
stimulate trade by a mark-down sale of
dress goods including remnants and many
OF this falls styles in dress pattern lengths
The sale will also include new lot and rev
! styles OF tianneletts and Heece-lined wrap
l'ers, shawls, Jackets, capes, underwear, etc
earle & Jones offer of a Miller lamn
| with each $40 dinner set is good for but one
week longer, as there are only ten lamps
| left. Buy a set for Thanksgiving and get
| your lamp free. Horse for sale cheap at
the Francis Shoe Store. See advt. for par
ticulars. -. Girl wanted to do general house
work at IA High street, Belfast MIR. E.
Roundy and Eva NJ. Roundy publish card
OF thanks A. A. Howes & Co, have hot
| water bottles, syringes and other rubber
goods Willis A. Gates publishes card of
thanks.
FARM BUILDINGS BURNED. The buildings
of Mrs. Cordela Brown on the Augusta road
| formerly the Luther Smith place. about 2
| miles from the city, Were burned Tuesday
evening. Mrs. Brown, her daughter and
the daughters husband, Charles W. Stephen
son, lived on the place. The buildings were
totally destroyed with most of their con-
tents. The place was owned by Mrs Brown
and was valued at about $1,000, on which
she had an insurance of 81 600 She saved a
portion of her household effects Mr..
Stephenson loses all his personal property,
except his horse and carriage. The loss in
cludes cows, several calves, a hog, 60 hens.
800 bushels of apples, his winters supply Of
hay, grain vegetables, etc, and all his
household effects and clothing He had no
insurance. His brother Albert had his
goods stored there and they were all burned
Mr. Stephenson was in the barn and har-
messed his horse about o'clock to come to
the city, and left everything apparently
all right. The cause of the fire is I'M
known. There was some delay in getting
the fire alarm sounded. Word first came in
that Capt. Ansel Wadsworth's buildings
were burning, and could be saved if the en-
CINE would come out The alarm was rung
IN by the polce, but was not sounded for
nearly half an hour. The Waterman at
Mathews Bros. mill did not blow, because
he had received so many false alarms re-
Gently, and the Waterman at Critchett &
Slbleys was IN the upper part of the build
ing going the rounds and did not hear the
bell in the eng inc ROOM A pair of horses
was hitched to hand engine and with a
crew went out as far as the trotting park.
when word came that the buildings were
too far gone for them to do any good, and
they returned. Chief Engineer Welch has
since made arrangements by which such de-
lays will not occur in the future.
EAST BELFAST. Mrs. Porter Nash who
has been visiting friends in Lawrence,
Mass, returned last week Miss Jennie
Ford has gone to New York, where she ex-
poets to remain for the winter Herbert
Ellis and wife visited Mr.. Ellis father, E.
W. Ellis, Sunday. Last Thursday night
three ladies armed themselves with torches
and started for Masons Mills Coming to a
house that was not lighted up they couclud-
ed that silver man lived there, and so they
cheered for Mckinley until their threats
began to smart. They only gave up when
they lost their speech and found that the
parties We're enjoying the illumination in
the city -. Walter Clark of Wnterport Wis
| tied his uncle, Mr. Isaac Sherman, last week
..... Misses Cleora Haney and Myrtle
Mitchell visited Miss Flora Sherman last
week ...... Charlie Carlow, who has been
visiting in Bangor, has returned home....
Those who attended the Teachers Institute
Friday Mrs. George Leavett, Miss
Rosa Coombs and Mrs. Fred Slavery.
little girl after enjoying the celebration
Thursday night asked her mother the next
morning if Mckinley was ever president
before. When told that he had not, she said
"Well, perhaps my papa will be next time"
-. Quite a number illuminated their homes
Thursday night Among them We're Mr..
Levi Curtis, Mrs. Lovna Philbrook, B. KEEL
ley, Elmer Rankin, Isaac Sherman, Fred