The Republican journal., 1897-09-09
The regular meetings of Thos H. Marshall
Post will begin this, Thursday, evening

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The Union Veterans Union will meet Mon
day evening. All are requested to be present
Orrin W. Sims of Hallowell, D. d. G. M
W., will officially visit Enterprise Lodge, A
O. U. W., this, Thursday, evening
The dance at Silver Harvest Grange
Waldo. has been postponed from Sept. 14th
to Sept. Dist, on account of the Monroe fair
DIR. E. A. and Ned Wilson caught string
of twenty black bass and five white perch of
extra good size on recent visit to Quanta-
| bacook.
| City Clerk Murch will be absent next
week, visiting his sister in Patten. He has
appointed NJ. c. Hill as deputy City Clerk,
to act during his absence.
| Monday Labor Day but the day was
not publicly observed. The banks and the
county offices in the Court House were
closed but city business ran along as usual.
Lost, about three weeks ago, between Lit
tie River and the North Shore, Northport, a
black, crocheted cape. The finder will be
rewarded on leaving it at the Brooks House,
Belfast.
The Belfast Band had reception at Mon
day evenings rehearsal, to which friends Of
the members were invited. Refreshments
were served and an enjoyable evening
spent.
| The Monroe fair comes off next week
Sept IA, Is and IT, The horses entered for
the races include all the local trotters of
note, and Belfast is largely represented.
Those who were disappointed at the big
State fairs will no doubt as usual, get their
| moneys worth at Monroe.
About 50 neighbors gathered at the resi-
dence of Capt R. D. Cummings in Prospect
last Thursday evening, to witness the open
ing of a night blooming cereus, when at $50
eight beautiful flowers opened, filling the
house with their fragrance. Nine more buds
opened later
The steamer Castine will make an excur-
sion to-day from Belfast to Bar Harbor
touching at Searsport, Isesboro, North
Deer Isle and Sedgwick. She will leave
| Belfast at 80 a. M. aud Bar Harbor on the
return at / The fare for the round trip is
80 cents
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the
Belfast post office for the week ending Sept
| /, 1897: Ladies-Mrs. Hattie Fauknbam
Dora Mersire Miss Mabel Thorndike. Gen.
tlemen-Mr. Horace Bragdon Mr.. Theodore
Dillingham;; Mr.. L. S. Dyer or Hyer W II
Fannam; NJ. Alexander Mcpherson; Mel
Bros.
Attention is called to the advertisements OF
| Gray's Portland Business College to be
found in this issue This college is thorough
and reliable and all those wishing a com.
plete business or shorthand course can do nc
better than TO attend this school. The stu
dents have office practice from the start
AMI are taught to do by doing. Send fol-
their free catalogue.
THE CROPS The bulletin issued by the
| Maine Board of Agriculture for September
contains the following summary of reports
from Waldo county:
Amount of hay crop, 102 per cent, Con.
dition OF fruit, so per cent. Condition OF
potato crop, 50 per cent Condition of corn
crop, sweet, 50 per cent; yellow. 6S per cent
| Twenty -four per cent. of the grain will be
fed unthreshed Potatoes rusting and rot
ting badly, large per cent. of the crop de.
stroyed.
NORTH BELFAST. Mrs F. r. Downs and
daughter Blanche. who have been spending
the summer here, returned to Charlestown
Mass, last Saturday Mr.. and Mrs. Leon
o. Bucklin and daughter, Leona arrived
from Boston Saturday. James Casey, wife
and child of Boston are in town, the guests
of L. o. Bucklin and wife,. Mrs. Edwin
Mitchell is spending few weeks in Massa-
chusetts, visiting relatives and friends.
| Mrs. Rebecca Woods of Dorchester Mass
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. c. A. Hopkins
CHAT. John A. Logan has bought his
| fathers interest in the teaming business OF
| 7. P. Logan & Son. The ice business of the
firm remains as before. -. About 1900 tons
of ice remain in the houses of the Belfast
Ice Co. for shipment. .Oramel Murray as
sumed control of the Pittstield post office
Tuesday evening, Aug. 31st. Oysters "r'
ripe. Porgies are still abundant in the
| bay Two young men took bath off the
stern of Websters yacht Sunday, but they
We're fully dressed. Al bout 80 wheelmen
and women from this city visited Maple
Grove Camp meeting Sunday E. R. Con
ner shipped large quantity of wool skins
by steamer Penobscot to Boston Monday.
1t is expected that Rev. Moses Hull oil
Stoneham, Mass, will deliver series of ten
lectures in this city in the near future. e. Nc
fair will be held in Prospect this year, re.
ports correspondent of the Kennebec Jour
nal. F. G. Mixer has put in at his store a
peanut rooster of the latest improved make
| WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. A large party
assembled at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Carter at Poor's Mills Monday evening tc
celebrate the fifth anniversary of the marri
age of that worthy couple. One hundred
and seventy-four guests were present. A
picnic supper was served, and the evening
was pleasantly spent with music, games
etc. The following greeting was given by
Miss Ella Alwilda Wentworth:
Dear fren1s: We have gathered here to-
might goodly co npany to commemorate
the fifth anniversary of your marriage. Five
| years ago on beautiful autumn day you
took upon yourselves the holy vows that
bound you each to the other until parted
by the white winged angel of death. The
years that have passed so swiftly away have
only served to bind your hearts more close
| ly together, and tonight Won can but feel To