The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-03-04


be held next Wednesday instead of Tuesday.
on account of the absence from town of
Judge Johnson. Insolvency Court will be
held Wednesday as usual.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the
Belfast post Office for the week ending Feb
q, 1897: Ladies-Miss Nellie Lampher, Miss
Lena M. Samson, Miss Carrie E. Sherman.
conference.-the. Samuel Billings, care Cros-
by Inn, Mr.. Dennie Merritt, Mr.. Geo E.
Rollins, Mr.. C. NJ. Titus
A corporation to be known as the Belfast
Creamery Co. was organized at the office of
X. f. Dunton, Esq Tuesday afternoon,
with the following officers and directors:
President, Edward Sibley; Treasurer and
Clerk, Ben D. Field; directors, Edward
Sibley, Ben d. Field, W alter Cooper, Allen
c. 7. Wilson, l.. 7. Shales. The capital
stock is $4,000; par value of shares SO.
Sch. S. G. Haskell, Capt. Richardson, from
Cienfuegos for New York, was fired upon at
night when off the Cuban coast, it is sup
posed by d Spanish cruiser. No harm was
done, and the schooner was not spoken or
boarded. Capt. Richardson has written for
The Journal ga Trip to Cuba and Home
ward, which includes this incident and his
article will appear next week,
DR.. j. NJ Fletcher has rendered his resg-
nation as chairman of the Board of Regis
tration and Mayor Hanson has appointed H.
f. Mcdonald to ill the vacancy The Board
will be in session to-day at from a. m. to l
y. m, from to 5 and : to 8 p. m and to-
morrow at the same hours except that there
Will be no evening session. They will also
be in session while the polls are open on
election day for the correction of clerical
errors.
STEAMER NOTES. It is reported that the
steamer Lewiston of the Boston and Ban
gor lire has been purchased by Captain En-
erson, formerly OF the Morrison Steamboat
Company, and others, and that the steamer
will ply between Boston, the Isle of Shoals
| and other north shore resorts this summer
.... Dispatches to the Boston daiies say
| that as the result of the hearing at Bangor
concerning the collision of steamers Castine
and Silver Star, the license of Capt. Small
ldge of the latter boat has been suspended.
This does not interfere with the running of
the Silver Star, as Ernest Gray, the purser,
has masters license. The steamer Rock
land did not come down river from Bucks
port last Saturday, having been disabled by
the bursting of her condenser pump. Re
pairs We're made and she went to Rock land
Sunday, leaving there Monday on her regu-
lar schedule. The steamer Penobscot left
Boston Tuesday afternoon at O'clock but
put into Gloucester on account of the storm.
She was in that port yesterday afternoon.
A NEW ELECTRIC COMPANY. The certiti-
cate of incorporation of the Crawford Eec-
trio Company was recorded in Waldo Coun-
ty Registry of Deeds Feb Goth. The corpo-
ration is located in Union in Knox County,
and all the original stockholders live in that
town. The purposes of said corporation are
the making, generating, selling distributing
and supplying gas or electricity, or both,
for lighting, heating, manufacturing and
mechanical purposes, in the towns of Union,
Warren, Hope, Appleton and W Washington in
Knox county, and Searsmont, Liberty and
Montvlle in Waldo county. The capital
| stock is $4,000 par value of shares, 800.
The officers and directors are as follows :
President, Irville c. Thurston; Treasurer,
Avery F. Brown; Directors, Irvlle G..
Thurston, Joseph d. Thurston, Stephen W.
Jones, William V. Brown, Eden Burkett,
all of Union.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Pendleton, Carver &
Nichols ,140 Pearl street, New York in d note
to the Kockland Opinion, expressing appre-
citation of the article in regard to SCH VIM.
H. Sumner and her remark ably quick pass
| ages which recently appeared in that paper.
say: eve agree with you that Maine vessels
and Maine masters beat the world. We are
Maine men, and just little proud to hail
from the Pine Tree State. We own in and
control quite mum Der of schooners and
| ships, and every one of them has a Maine
man for a master. And there is not black
sheep among them all They are hard to
beat in making quick passages are strictly
honest and honorable, and attend faithfully
and closely to business. We trust that
when the Opinion has an opportunity to say
a good word for Maine men, it will do So
The irm is composed of Messrs. B. f. Pen
ultbUu. ID. Z. Sdl CT anu w ' NltuOlS.
! Sch. Leona arrived Feb. 18th from Portland
with corn for A. A. Howes & Co.. Sch.
Yankee Maid arrived Feb. Doth from Wey-
mouth with phosphate and plaster for l.. A.
| Knowlton. -. Sch. John NJ. Fiske arrived
Feb. 2oth from Portland with corn for l.. I.
Shales. Sch James Holmes sailed Mon
day morning with general cargo for Boston.
.... Sch p M. Bonnie arrived Feb. 18th
from Vinahaven, and while hauling into
the dock was swung against the wharf by
sch. Leona's line and had her bowsprit and
head stays broken. The Leona was anchor
ed some distance out in the stream and had
line run to the wharf which was under
water and Capt. Burgess did not it until
his vessel was forced by it against the wharf
The Bonnie has received new bowsprit
and is loading for Vinalhaven. :. The old
ship G. c. Chapman, made over into a barge
arrived at Portland Monday in tow of the tug
Ice King. She brought 2 400 tons of coal fol-
the Maine Central. Sch. Olive Pecker is
receiving a new foretopmast at Leighton's
yard, Boston, to replace the one damaged or
recent trip from Buenos Ayres for Boston
She will be opened and released. Capt
Thomas G.. Bartlett went to New York last