The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-04-15

| Dou IOISCb W dttcuu Uuo ullllu6Fy OPEN
ing to-day and tomorrow by Mrs. R. P
Chase
List of unclaimed letters remaining in
the Belfast post office for the week ending
| April 10th; Gentemen-Percy Cox.
Remember that to-day and tomorrow
Misses Southworth and French have their
opening of spring and summer goods.
Street Commissioner Walker has been do
ing good work about town of late in Clear
ing the crossings, opening neglected Gull
verts, and drawing off water from the sides
of the streets
1t has been decided to hold the meeting of
the Waldo County Teachers Association at
Stockton Springs May Dist and 22d. The
committee is making preparations for a
large aud busy session.
The Helping Hand Circle of Kings Daugh-
ters met last Monday evening with Mrs.
Pendleton on Union street. They will meet
with Mrs. Blanche Scott on Union street
next Monday evening.
| The parties taking the enumeration for the
assessors enquired of woman if they had
''any musical instruments in the house ?"
Eyes, she said "I've got good one, and its
| there in the corner in cradle!''
True Heagan had two lambs, dropped the
18th day of January. He sold them in Bos-
| ton the first week in April and after paying
express charges, commission, ETC., received
net $3.50. The two lambs weighed so
pounds. He has several more nearly large
enough to kill.
| The Cook stave mill in Liberty was sold
| by administrators sale at public auction
April Sd to L. P. Berry of Vinalhaven. The
island lot was sold to G. w. Bagiey and the
remainder of the real estate was sold to W
j. Knowlton. The personal property, con-
sisting of wood, lumber, tools, etc, was sold
to different parties.
Leander Staples of Monroe while in Bel
| fast last week met the street an old ac-
quaintance whose clothes had evidently seen
long service Taking him into Owen Bro
clothing store nice new suit was selected
and paid for, hat added; and it is hard to
say which felt the happier over the transac-
ton, the donor or the recipient.
The trustees of the Waldo County Agri-
cultural Society will meet at the Court
House next Saturday afternoon at , o'clock
to revise the premium list, which Will be
printed in pamphlet form As the re-
vision is made All members of the Society
are requested to look over the list of 1895
and suggest to the trustees such changes as
occur to them. Copies of the % pamphlet
can be obtained by calling at Moody drug
| store.
A neat little booklet has been issued in
the interest of the Fort Point Hotel which
will open the season of 1897 on June 18th,
under the management of H. A. Clark lessee.
A new feature is that of excursion tickets
so be sold by the Boston & Bangor S. s.
| Co. at greatly reduced rates. The ticket in
! cludes fare both ways and board while at
! Fort Point from one week to auy limit you
may desire to remain" The rates are given
in the book.
| FIRE IN JACKSON. The house on the
Great Farm so-called, in Jackson was
burned the night of April Sd, but the barns
and outbuidings We're saved. The house
was built in 1902 by the original proprietors,
and the farm was famous early in the cen
fury stock farm. Its present owner is
Eugene Fletcher, who had an insurance of
| 81 900 the property. The occupants of
the house at the time of the fire, a family
named Mckinley, saved nothing, and barely
escaped with their lives by jumping from a
window. The cause of the fire is unknown.
La substance the dog law, as it now stands,
requires that the State be paid, somehow or
other, for every dog that the local assessors
| report The assessors are to make list of
| the dogs in their section, and with a list of
| those which have been killed send it to the
| State treasurer by the 10Th of July of each
! year If any city or town shall fail to
/ turn to the State treasurer on or before Sep
t TENDER l of each year sum of money equal
to the license required all dogs living on
the 1st day of the July preceding such de-
ticlency shall be added to the State tax of
such delinquent town or city for the follow
ing year.
The appearance of Sousa and his band at
the Belfast Opera House April 3Oth for
grand concert will arouse a genuine interest
III al tisblA anu IIllSlCdI ClItItS III ILLS Guy
There is no need to enlarge upon the merits
of Sousa, or his band. Their position is as
sured, and their laurels have been honestly
won. Sousa comes here with increased pres
tige. His band is now playing the largest
series of continuous concerts ever given in
this country by an instrumental body, which
will cover a territory of over q 900 miles,
and the organization is playing in a form
| which is THE natural result of such lengthy
series of concerts and the inspiration of
| Sousa himself.
WELLS 4 Co.'S OPENING The first OPEN
ing of the new firm in their improved and
modernized store, last Friday and Saturday
was grand success in every particular and
contained many pleasing designs and ex-
quisite samples of the newest and latest in
millinery. The firm report their sales as far
in excess of expectations, which speaks
well for them. Despite the inclemency of
the weather large number of visitors were
present both days and the general verdict
was that it was one of the most successful
affairs of the kind ever attempted in this
city. 1t will be the endeaver of the firm to
| maintain the HIGH standard of pypallanpa