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

,usi harvest supper at Memorial Hall
Wednesday evening, Oct. 9th.
Mathews Bros lately filled number of
f.,sr,n orders for nice doors, two of which
,.r- for municipal buildings for the city.
-uecial meeting of Waldo District Lodge
Il .ad Templars will be held in Morrill, in
amber.
delegation from the Waldo county bar
| he woods in pursuit of game this week.
r..v will not depend upon warrants, writs
| 4lteas corpus, ETC., but are provided
| ..r the usual equipment of sportsmen.
/ was voted to name the new athletic
r at the University of Maine, Orono,
II Yard Field for w. R. Howard, 80, of
belfast; but Mr.. Howard did not desire
ave his name used in this connection
a recommended that the field be called
1mni Field
The New England Telephone & Telegraph
Co are painting their poles in this city. The
base will be red to 8 feet fir ON the ground
aud the remainder of the pole white. WEIGH
4 stevens are doing the work. The electric
shJ and Western Union telegraph poles are
ne painted soon.
II q. Barker, furrier, of Gardiner, came to
I. LAST Monday morning to deliver gar
nruts Of former orders, expecting to return
same night but obliged to prolong
stay He added many more orders to
already long list, and returned home
#er with fur garments of all kinds to be
...-.H,ieled to latest STYLES
Mr. W. J. Ryan of Portland is now max
lis 18th annual tour through Maine sell
copies of the Robert B. Thomas and
ne Farmers Almanacs for 1898. Mr..
,u is totally blind, but makes his way
md unaided, and has large number of
-rlns all over the State He is the State
,alt for the Hall typewriter,
St-amer VIM. sG Butman that runs be-
.a-en Rockland and Matinicus Wen, to Ma
Gus Rock light station Oct. 10th and
ed First Assistant Keeper Altiverde
rton and family to Two Bush island
ere there has been a light station recent
Completed. Capt. Norton, we UNDER
nd. is appointed keeper. Mr.. Charles
cess has been appointed assistant keeper
Matincus Rock light station, to i'll the
ancy made by Capt. Norton.
sne Belfast merchant will probably, in
tatnre, read the stories Of hired girls
ling fires with kerosene with more in
II than he has i'll the past. He not only
garded all previous warnings. but used
.4ch more intiammable liquid to hasten
ire-beuzine. Lucky for him his fire
euJ of doors, but he had an immediate
to visit barber, and thought himself
Ky that the services of a surgeon or pos
~ an undertaken were not required.
GAILRoAD SPARKS. General Manager Geo
Evans of the Maine Central came over
Na Belfast branch last Thursday OF a
ur OF inspection, in d special train He
u,S accompanied by his private secretary,
N Mcdonald, assistant engineer H. c. Rob
son, Master Bridge Builder I. L. Dunn
4ui Road Master II. A, Toward They ar
we'd here at p. N. and left at 30....J, S.
ant, engineer of the freight train, took the
ace of C. F. Shaw on the passenger train
Hlring the latters vacation. Henry Murch
Waterville was on the freight train.
AN OLD TINE DROVE OF CATTLE. The
tlgest drove of cattle seen here for several
ears passed through this city last Thurs
ty, though such droves once quite
umOn. John M. Turner of Somerville, Me-.
ivertised to have cattle auction in Union,
18th, and went to Eastern Maine
Tx his supply. He bought in Wash
gton, the eastern part of Penobscot and
-.a southern part of Aroostook counties, and
.lected 126 head az Old Town. He drove
herd to MON, via Bangor. Prospect and
fast. and sold as he had calls on the way.
When he reached Belfast he had 100 head
Iley We're all young stock, steers, bulls and
l.ves. with a few heifers. The auction was
,ld 10 meet a demand for young stock to
nter. Mr., Turner was formerly partner
the cattle business with S. G. Norton of
lermo, now sheriff of Waldo county, and
frequently made such trips to distant
orJs of the State and drove home herds of
m 100 to 200 head of cattle.
WHIPPING ITEMS. Sch Annie P. Chase,
.Ils, from Bangor New York, when 80 miles
from Cape Cod, ran into some unknown
n'ect and the vessel began leaking badly
winds prevented making that port. At 10 a.
on the 10th, the vessel leaking G 900 strokes
hour, was boarded by the Chatham life
swing crew, who relieved the exhausted
sailors at the pumps and proceeded in the ves-
-i as far as Vineyard Haven, where the
schooner shipped extra men and proceeded.
She arrived at New York the 18th. =. Sch
MaTcellus arrived Thursday from Searsport
10 load hay at A. M. Carters for Boston,
Sch. James Holmes arrived Friday with
General cargo from Boston. Sch H. S..
Boynton arrived Friday from Portland with
our and feed from Swan & Sibley Co. She
discharged and sailed the same day for
Rockport. Sch. Geo. B. Ferguson arrived
Friday with cement from Rondout for Ban
Sch OdelI arrived Friday with long
Alnber from Bangor for New York. The
Principal damage sustained by sch Kear-
,4rge of Gloucester recently ashore at Ma
Licus, was the loss of false keel and part
true keel forward; also has hole in her
Yottom. She will be permanently repaired
at Rockland. The Boston papers report
Lat the wages of seamen have recently
dropped about 81 a month all around. On