The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-10-21

Helping Hand Circle, Kings Daug hter.
will meet next Monday evening with Mrs.
E. M. Croker at the corner of Union and
Race streets.
The ladies OF the Unitarian parish are
preparing for their annual Christmas sale
which will take place the first week in De-,
cember, as usual.
Mrs. F. P. Blodgett, 81 Cedar street will
receive subscriptions in this vicinity for the
magazine Talks and Tales, published at
the Institute and Industrial Home for the
Blind at Hartford, Conn.
Moses Hull and wife will speak on Spirit-
ualism at Belfast Opera House the next two
Sundays, and three times during the inter-
vening week. The first lecture will be free :
the others 10 cts. each.
A woman was before the Police Court
Monday on charge of drunkenness She was
found guilty, sentenced to 30 days in Jail,
and on her promise not to repeat the offence
the mittimus was suspended
Messrs. Coombs, Thorndike and Wilson
met with exec llent success lastIweek in their
woodcock hunting, though they found part
ridge scarce. Wednesday and Thursday
they bagged 81 woodcock and Friday after
noon after an absence of about three hours
returned with 9. They finished the week
with a record of Sc birds.
Mrs. Edward r. Pierce recently had A
special exhibition of water colors and oils in
the Art Gallery of George R. Angel, 216
Woodward Avenue, Detroit. The subjects
were mainly flowers and still life, and the
paintings We're very highly complimented.
STEAMER NOTES. Steamer New Brunswick
on the Boston and Machiasport route had a
large freight on her first trip from Deer Isle,
including $50 cases of CLANS from Seth and
G II. s. Webb of Oceanville and about 100
bushels of clans and Holsters from Stoning-
ton..Stmr. Jessie of Matinicus has been sold
to the Suffolk Tow boat Co, and after needed
repairs at Camden Will be taken to Boston
EAST BELFAST. Mrs. Aldana E. Tetly of
Camden has been visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene S. Achorn, the past week
Mr.. I. stopped over Sunday on his way
home from Bangor, where he had been to
sing in the chorus at the Maine Musical
Festival. They returned home by Boston
boat Monday night. =. Harvey Smaley, our
road surveyor, has placed new bridge
across the river in front Of the residence
of E. w. Ellis 1t was much needed and
makes decided improvement. Mrs Eliza
beth Sprague of Isles boro has returned home
after q visit of zee weeks to her sist er,
Mrs Mar A Nickerson.
HIGHWAY IA1PRov EMENTs. The Committee
on Highways of the City Council still con-
tinues the work of improvement. The past
week they turnpiked the street and
cleaned out the bitches on large portion of
Waldo avenue; put several new tmbers
into the draw of the lower bridge and laid
culvert across Common street. Last week
street commissioner Walker completed a
new culvert at the intersection of Court and
Miller streets The old culverr here like the
one above at the Intersection of Cedar and
Miller streets, where Il new one has leen
built this season, had been closed for severa
years, and in d rain or thaw the water stood
on the sidewalk and overHowed the street.
The new culverts are most substantially built
and with the work done on the cutters Miller
street is now in better condition than it has
been for long time.
CHAT. The Belfast Water Co. has re-
Gently laid 400 feet of 6-inch pipe on Waldo
avenue from John street to Primrose street,
....A. S. Phinney has established photo
pr9Dh Sfn0j0 n a (,ritnhatt SihIav
& Co. shoe factory. "A. E. Stevens, of the
firm of WEIGH & Stevens, went TO Freedom
Monday to do some inside painting in the
Academy building. Nv. B. Paul of Morrill,
brought to town last week some 20-ounce
apples, IA of which made a peck. .Howes
& Co. received last week new raisins, prunes
and figs. Sundays gale stripped many of
the shade trees of their leaves. IA part
ridge flew against window in Herbert S.
Morey's house last week with such force
that it died soon after. Mrs. A X. Pierce
found quite quantity of last years apples
in box in her cellar last week. They were
Ben Davis and in perfect condition. Mrs.
Fl. II. Forbes had awberries, both ripe
and green, in her garden Oct. Goth. -. A
ldullly VI tnlS Guy mas received sample OF
Hawaiian coffee from relative who has
young coffee plantation in the Sandwich
Islands.
GOLDEN PHEAsANTs. Gunners in East
Belfast and the western part of Searsport
should be very careful and not shoot the
birds known as golden pheasants. A few of
these birds were brought into this county
several years ago by a Searsport sea captain,
and liberated. They made their home on
the Houston farm on the shore road, and
have multiplied quite rapidly. They are
protected by law, the penalty being $50 for
the offense, and $25 for each bird killed.
They are the same species as the common
partridge and one might easily be mistaken
for the other when on the wing. The pleas
ants are, however, somewhat larger and
show lighter color when flying. At rest
the pheasants are longer in neck, body and
legs, the tail is long, narrow and pointed,
the color is darker brown than the part
ridge, shaded with blue and gold, and there
is large red spot on each side of the head.
The male pheasant has shiny dark collar
about his neck. Aside from fear of the pen
atty of the law, hunters should respect the
enterprise of those who introduced these