The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-01-07

the summer ny MI. M. "A. Farren, STU
dent at the Bangor Theological Seminary.
| Rev. II. j. Allen with his missionary
| sloop Alert visited Belfast number of
times duling the season for supplies and
contributions for his missionary work
among Tie islands and spoke at the North
church one Sunday evening.
| Rev. W. }. Wilson of Stuughton, Mass.
who was pastor OF the Methodist church
in 1859, when the present chulcil etiifice
was buit, preached here a lew times in
| the spring and has siuce labored in North
port.
BUSINESS CHANGES.
| THE following changes in business
places have occurred during the year: w.
| 4, Howard, marble worker, moved from
Main street to High street, corner of
Bridge street-C. F. Cobbett, shoe
maker, from Haraden building, Main
street, to shop vacated by W. L. Howard,
Thomas Haugh succeeds Bicknell &
Cottrell saloon and billiards-Chas.
Mahoney sold his restaurant opposite
the Post Office to H. l.. Bucklin, who
afterwards sold out to Geo. c. Seavey-
VIM J. Gordon started clothing repair
business in Selwin Thompson's clothing
factory-Firm of Mears & Pitcher, music
dealers, succeeded by E. S. Pitcher
Thayer & Adams, jewellers, High street,
dissolved. Samuel Adams leased one
half of E. S. Pitchers store on Main
street, where he continues business and
W. NJ. Thayer started bicycle repair
| shop over Clements bookstore-Mayo &
| White, confectionery, moved their store
to the johnson block, Phoenix Row, and
enlarged their wholesale depal tment--
| I
tionery business in the store vacated by
Mayo 4, White--Bunker & Averill
succeeded H. A. Perkins in the general
leased j. s. Davis blacksmith business on
Washington street.-The changes in the
granite firms are noted under the heading
"Local Industries Sanford Howard,
auction store, gave up the rooms under
Hail. Photographic studio. They were
used during the campaign by the Bryan
Club, and since taken by f. l.. French,
baker, who moved from Main street
! " elch Il Patterson succeeded A. l.. York
i'll the lunch car-Wm. Haugh set up a
lunch Car Oh High street, in March, but it
was burned May 10th and was not replac-
ed-M. r. KGowlton succeeded Robert
Brownrige as proprietor of the Windsor
| Hotel Fred H. Mathews bought Mr..
S fish market-Charles Z. johnson
I closed his dry goods business in johnson
! Block, High street.-The firm of Mitch
! ell 4 Dunbar, stoves and tinware, dis
solved, NJ. l.. Mitchell continuing-R.
i II. Small, optician. had rooms in johnson
! block awhile during the summer. They
are now occupied by new dress making
firm, Misses Upton Il Beverage"
! Nichols. Monroe Il Go. of searsport
( bought the jewelry business of Calvin
| Heryey and moved to Belfast; the end of
the year they returned to Searsport-J.
/ C.. Thompson n Son are closing ont their
/ furniture business, but f. W. Willis con
| tinues the repairing and upholstering
| business-One side of the Thompson
! store has been partitioned off for Eli
Cook, meats and provisions-E H. Con
ant opened Il market and grocery business
in the store formerly occupied by James
| F. Fernald, marble worker-B. p.
Gardner opened market in the building
at the foot of Main street, formerly
Daniel Lanes office--Howes Mayo
sold his carpenter shop in Carter's yard
| to Sewall Patterson, who lived there for a
time and then sold to Everett Carter
! S. A. Parker succeeds Parker & Stevens
in the laundry-J. r. Reilly sold the
Boston Tea CO.. business to Wads-
worth q Ames, and the business has been
| put into stock company-The grist
mill on Lewis wharf was sold to n F.
Houston-The Age Pub Co. moved
from High street to the John Peirce block
on Church street. H. c. Marden, who
occupied portion of the premises moved
his carriage repository to the rear of
Main street below High street-After
! the death of Mrs. }. c. Gates, Nov. LIST,
! her millinery business was bought by the
Ellis sisters-Mrs. W. B. Wadsworth
i moved her dress making rooms from Main
street to the McCintock block, High
street-Mrs. r. p. Chase opened mil
linery rooms over A. d Chase's store.
DIR. Elmer Small moved his office
from the Dalton laboratory TO rooms in
Hayford block formerly occupied by DR..
II. II. Johnson.
! CITY MATTERS.
! At the March election Edgar F. Han
son, Mayor, and the 'ctizens " ticket
were elected without opposition except in
Ward >, where Charles IL. Waterman ran
as an independent candidate for Common
Councilman The votes as counted by
the ward officers were, Cunningham, GA
! Waterman, 81. Nh. Waterman contested
the seat, claiming that Is votes had his
iif'Ait l''tottt oNCl IAN ) DN SUCK
ers, which if counted for Waterman would
give him ajority. The Council voted
to seat Cunningham and the case was
taken to the Law Court where the action
of the ward officers and of the Common
Council were affirmed The question of a
new bridge across tie harbor seems to
have dropped out of sight. An order was
passed IN February authorizing the Bridge
committee (appointed in 1850 to contract
! with responsible parties to lease bridge,
but nothing has been done. The damage
to the highways and bridges by the
freshet of March l. and subsequent ones
greatly increased the expenses of that de-
partment. Other departments have run
about as, usual The appropriations for
the year were S45, 900, against S43, 525 in
1895. Two new hydrants were put in-on
Northport avenue and River avenue.
TIE SCHOOLS.
There were few changes in the schools
during the year. Superintendent O. c.
Evans was succeeded by Francis S. Brick.
The school census showed 1907 of school
age in Belfast, May LIST, against 1874 in
! 1894 and 1856 in 1895. The graduating
class of the High school numbered but
four, all young ladies, and the exercises
We're held in Belfast Opera House, June
10Th The High school has a new Mason
a. Hamlin DiaDo bouuht with tha ,,r.