The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-08-20

Inc Democrat-Populist campaign flag
gearing the names of Bryan, Sewall and
RANK was holsted over High street near
mayor Hanson's Office yesterday forenoon.
The Wentworth reunion will be held at
the residence of Simon Wentworth. in aock.
port, Sept. 9th If stormy, the first fair dav
thereafter. Mrs. Jesse L. Wentworth Sec
The real estate of the Skoda Discovery Co
in this city was attached Monday for saoo nm
suit brought by the Dana Sarsaparilla Co.
ne writ is returnable to the October term
OF 5. j. Court in Waldo county.
Inc PAVILION Theatre Co., troupe giving
tent shows, disbanded in this city last week
and the members LETT for Boston. They had
been giving entertainments in the surround-
ing towns to losing audiences.
The reunion of the Cross and Jackson
families will be held at Honesty Grange
Hall, Morrill,, Wednesday, Sept. Sd. There
Will be picnic dinner. If stormy the meet
ing will be postponed to the next fair dav.
RAILROAD SPARKS. The new semaphore
Is in working order at the yard limit near
the upper bridge crossing. Owen Clements
OF Waterville is conductor on the freight
Train on the Belfast branch. James Tucker.
who has been conductor here, is brakiug on
the main line.
A tre started Tuesday afternoon in the
Whitaker house on Washington street. oc
cuPled by Seth Merchant. 1t was caused by
children playing with matches while their
parents were away. The fire was put out BY
the men who were at work in the vicinity
without an alarm.
The Belfast Band excursion to Bar Har-
Dor Tuesday was successful in every partic-
ular. w hen the steamer left Belfast she had
about l00 passengers, and she took on others
at several ports along the coast until there
were nearly 300. A stop of three hours was
made at Bar Harbor. The trip netted the
band about $40
IHE VETERANS MEETING POSTPONED. The
meeting of the Waldo County Veteran Asso-
citation, at Searsport, Aug. 25th, will be post
poned to some future time, for these reasons
There is so much going on at that time that
the President and many of the members met
at Windermere Park and with members of
Freeman McGilvery Post thought it best to
postpone the meeting until after the four
campmeetings and many other events Then
the boys of Searsport will give the associa-
ton warm welcome. The next meeting
will be with Geo. G. Davis Post, Brooks. Oct.
LIST, and if stormy the next fair day. [Sec'y.
BASE BALL. The Little Rocks of Camden
came to Belfast last Saturday and were de-
feated by the Belfast Juniors by a score of
p to -. The players and their positions
We're as follows: Belfasts-Conant, c.; B.
Darby. p; Stevens, l b. Mcclellan, . b. /;
Brown, 3 b.; Fred Johnson,s $. and C. VIII
johnson, !. f.. Geo. Darby, C. and / b. :;
Greenlaw, +. f. Camdens-Thayer, c.. !;
Richards, p. G Conant, 3 b.; l.. Carter, 2
b.; Hunter, l b.. Beverage, c. f.. P Parker,
r. f.. Porter, |. f.. /; Pendleton, S.. Brown of
the Belfasts did some heavy batting and
home runs were made by Conant and
Stevens. l. T. Clough was umpire
North BELFAST. What came near being
a serious accident was narrowly averted
Tuesday morning. Mrs. r. A. Quincy, Mr..
Stanley Quincy and Miss Louise Quincy
started for drive, and when turning a
sharp corner from their driveway into the
road the carriage gave a sudden lurch
which wrecked the entire top, including the
seat. precitating the occupants into the
street Mrs. Quincy was quite badly bruis-
ed and somewhat injured internally, but
fortunately no bones We're broken. Miss
| Rlapnha DpwDS rat al tn bar homo in
Boston Saturday. Caro- Beals of Spring
field, Mass, IS visiting her brothers.
| w. 6. and W. S. Hatch. Mr.. r. A. Quincy
harvested one hundred and twenty bushels
of mammoth potatoes from about half an
acre of ground this week. Several of them
weighed pound each.
LAWN PARTY. The lawn party on tn e
l. grounds of John Fl. Qulmby ednesday
evening, Aug. 18th, for the benefit of the
Belfast Band, was we'll attended and a very
enjoyable affair. The grounds were enclosed
by red, white and blue cloth, along the top
| of which We're japanese lanterns. An arc
| light Illuminated the lawn. A platform had
been erected for dancing and on one side of
the grounds was the lunch car used in the
Band minstrel entertainment and from
which ice cream and cake were served. The
band gave a very fine concert, which was
listened to by large audience without as
well as within the grounds, and after the
concert dancing was enjoyed The net pro-
ceeds were about 500. Monday evening a
promenade concert was given at the same
place for the benefit of Mr.. Herbert G.
Morey, member of the Band, whose injur-
les are elsewhere reported. The admission
was % cents and ice cream and cake were
served. A dance followed the concert. The
net receipts were $55.
SUICIDE IN KNOX Andrew Crosby of
Knox killed himself in his barn Monday
forenoon. He arose, did his morning chores
and ate his breakfast as usual, and after
| breakfast told his wife he was going to the
field for load of hay. AS he did not re-
turn when expected his wife went to the
barn, where she found note saying
that when they found him he would be
dead. A search was begun at once and his
body was found on She hay NOW with a
small knife sticking in the heart. He was
about So years of age, and all his circum-
stances were considered favorable His