The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-11-18
DR.. E. l. Stevens spent Sunday in Lewis

DR.. E. L Stevens spent Sunday in Lewis
ton.
The Belfast W. c. T. q. has changed its
hour of meeting Thursday afternoons to
O'Clock.
An orange plant with 10 good sized
oranges. one nearly ripe. is growing in pot
in the window of A. D. Chase's dr., goods
store. The plant is years old, and was
raised from slip by Mrs. c. F. Cobbett
The Belfast Band will give supper, con.
cert and dance at the Opera House this,
Thursday, evening. Supper will be served
from TO P. NJ Following is the concert
program:
Overture. Summer Nights Dream, Suppe
Cavatina, solo for baritone, G. A. Stevens
Grand Selection, from the Serenade,
Victor Herbert
Wedding March, Mendelssohn
Dying Poet, Gottschalk
Song of the Voyagers. Paderewski
Indian War Dance Rellstadt
Chaplain John Fl. Lozer of the 37th U. S.
Infantry gave his entertainment entitled,
Your Mothers Apron Strings" at the
Methodist vestry Tuesday evening, Nov
10th. The chaplain has inc voice and his
entertainment consists of an original work,
part lecture and part song, and Astounding
IN wit, humor and psthos, combined in
manner calculated to hold the attention of
all hearers. The central thought of the en-
talnment is the reverence that all should
pay to woman, and especially to ones own
mother
NORTH BELFAST. Rev. Geo. B Hatch of
Berkeley, Cal, paid his brothers, W. G.
Hatch and ". S. Hatch, short visit last
week. He was accompanied by his son,
Mellen Hatch, of Chelsea Mass Mr. Hatch
was member Of the Bay. (Cal. } Conference
OF Congregational churches which recently
met in council at Chicago to consider the
ministerial standing of DR.. c. 0. Brown.
He has been in California nearly five years
ana IS much pleased with the country and
its rapid development in his section Mr..
Moses W. Hurd recently appointed mail
carrier between Head of the Tide and City.
point, has entered upon his duties
SHIPPING ITEMS. Schs. Henry Whitney
and Wlnslow Morse put into Belfast Nov.
llth on account of the approaching storm
lhey We're lumber laden, Bangor for Boston
Sch. James Holmes sailed Nov. 11th for
Boston, with nay from F. G. White. Sch.
Harriet Rogers loaded hay and coal at F. G.
W mites for Seal Harbor Nov. 18th The
sch Jacob Reed towed out Nov 10th, bound
for Fernandina, light. She shipped second
mate and three men here. They are Frank
Larrahee second mate Samuel White, Cakes
Aldus and Al. Staples. Sch City of Au-
gusta towed into the harbor Noy 18th ana
sailed for the Kennebec to load ice for Balti-
more. Sch Fannie & Edith arrived Nov
18th from Fort Point with a full cargo of hav.
which was discharged here, for F. G. White
Co. This was probably the first cargo of
hay ever shipped to Belfast by vessel She
afterwards loaded a different quality of hay
for the same firm for Boston. -. Sch. J. Fl.
g. Perkins arrived Nov. 18th from Portland
with corn from Portland. Sch. Marcellus
at A. NJ. Carriers for Boston, Can't
Herbert Cobb of Bucksport has resigned the
command of the Annie r. Lewis Judge
Aldrich in the United States District Court
| at Boston, in the bill of information brought
| by the United States VS. the schooner Damon,
ordered the defendant defaulted and the
vessel will be sold to pay penalty Of 5000
for lying in the harbor of New Bedford
three nights. Sept. 3, and 5, without dis
playing any signal light. The law imposes
penalty of $500 night for such omission.
The Damon is owned by S. G. Haskell of
Deer ISLE is a craft of 1873 tons, and was
built at Waldoboro in 1856. Sch Fairy
Forest arrived Nov. 10th from Portland,
where Capt. Smith sold a cargo of herring.
He will probably haul up his vessel. Capt.
Geo. F. Ryan in going aboard his vessel,
sch. James Holmes, about week ago, slip
ped and fell, cracking his knee cap. Capt.
Frank Ryan is in co mmand of the Holmes
and arrived at Boston Monday.