The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-04-01

/ The regular meeting of the City Council
will be held next Monday evening
The Non Partisan w, c. T. U. meeting of
April ID is postponed on account of sickness
of members. fSecy.
| Danas Sarsaparlla has come to the sur
| face again in two inch advertisement in
| the Boston dalies.
There is an epidemic disease among the
horses, the symptoms very much resembling
those of the prevailing la grippe.
Mr.. F. j. Rgby will give pupils recital
at Odd Fellows Hall Friday evening, April
9th, to which the public are cordially invit-
ed.
Street Superintendent Walker did some
| good work last week in clearing the cogged
culverts and thus making the sidewalks
passable.
The spirituaists of Belfast and vicinity
held meeting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. A. Wiley on Spring street last Satur-
day evening.
The Probate and County Commissioners
Court will open Tuesday, April 18TH Insol-
vency Court the 18th Supreme Judicial
| Court Tuesday, the Goth.
VIM. H Sanborn and VIM. A. Kimball were
taken with la grippe the same day, almost
at the same hour, and were convalescent
and came out the same day.
The will of Capt. James Lttefield has
| been filed. His entire property, estimated
at from S25 900 to So 600, is placed in the
hands of trustees that his wife may enjoy
the income of it during her life. At her
death it IS to be divided equally among
the three children.
! The Legislature at it's recent session
passed an act changing the time of
holding the October term of the Waldo
| S. j. Court. The revised statutes as
amended will read as follows: waldo at
Belfast, the first Tuesday of January,
and the third Tuesday of April and the
third Tuesday of September
BURKETT's OPENING. The opening of la
dies suits, skirts, Jackets and capes at
Geo. W Burketts March 25th a great
success. Many ladies We're present and
some, who could not attend on account of
la grippe, had samples sent to them. Mr..
Geo. l.. Knight was as pleasant and oblig-
/ ing as ever and took many orders for goods
from his samples. The new shades We're
conspicuous and braiding was the principal
new feature.
GIRLS HOME. The Childrens Aid Soeie-
! ty acknowledge the receipt OF the following
contributions. One quilt from Mrs. Fred
| , ha1i in
from the Working Band of Freedom, a So
ciety OF quite young girls who bought the
material, cut and made the aprons them
selves; box of stationery from an unknown
source; box of useful articles, with books
games, etc, from the Helping Hand Circle
| of Kings Daughters, Freeport, Me.
| CHAT. Street Commissioner Walker is re-
pairing the roadway anu rail of the lower
bridge. Swift & Paul had green cucum-
bers, radishes, rhubarb etc, Monday. ST.
| Johns alewives are in the market. Green
law Knight shipped 10 oxen - cows and
% calves from Belfast for Brighton Saturday
-. Mr.. w. A. McSwain and family of Lynn,
Mass, have moved into Miss A. Wells
house on Bay View street. -. True S. Hea-
| gan shlFpeu TWO spring lam DS MONDAY,
which dressed 60 pounds. He has 16 more
nearly as large.
| SAMPLE COPIES OF THE TRIBUNE By ar
rangement with the publishers our readers
will receive sample copy of the New York
Weekly Tribune of the date of April eth,
which will give those not already acquaint-
ed with this interesting and useful paper an
opportunity to ascertain its value; and we
would remind them that the Weekly Tribune
is furnished free to all who pay one years
subscription in advance to The Republican
Journal. The Weekly Tribune alone is 81 a
| year, and the two papers are furnished for
81, the price of The journal alone.
EAST BELFAST. Eugene S. Achorn re-
turned home last week from Boston, where
| he had been for treatment. George Davis
| has been confined to the house for few
days past and work was suspended in the
mill nights while he was sick. Mr. How
ard Parsons of Thorndke has been receiv-
ing the kind hospitaities of Mr. and Mrs
Edward Carrow for few days past. :. Mrs.
Mary Thomas is very sick at this writing
and there is not much hopes of her recovery
1t looks natural and pleasant to see Mr.,
Fred Slavery around again after con-
finement to his house by sickness for the
past six weeks
The Ulcers of the graduating class of '97
of the Belfast High school are as fol-
lows: D. Peircey Ellis, Presidents Eliza
beth K. Robbins, Treas. Margaret n. Haz-
eltine, Sec The class motto is "Lowy in
spirit, lofty in aim In the parts according
| to rank Miss Addie S. Gordon has the vale
dictory and Margaret N. Hazeltine the salu-
tatory. In the elective parts Harold I. Sb-
ley will give the poem, Viola E. Ryder and
Peircey Ellis the prophecy and Josie Patter-
son the history. The class colors are yellow
and white, the flower the daisy. A misceI-
laneous program is to be presented, each
pupil to take some part.
The Brownlngs under blue Italian Skies
! afforded Miss Charlotte Thorndike Slbey a
theme for most delightful lecture Tuesday
evening 1t was the third time Miss Sibley
had spoken in this place, and she received
cordial welcome from the large audience
assembled i'll the Methodist Church. AS
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