The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-08-05

he planted at his residence on Ced ar street.
If pleasant the Claiming League will
have meeting to-day, Thursday. at the
cottage of Mr.. A. c. Burgess, Pitchers
Pond.
We are indebted to Capt. j. S. Thombs
for a souvenir album of Webb City, Mo-
Evidently Webb City deserves the latter
part of its name.
Seaside Hose Co. has been recognized
with the following officers: Captain, A. D.
Hayes; Foreman, Daniel Wagner; Assist
ant, Asa Sholes; Clerk, Fred Sholes.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the
Belfast post office for the week ending July
3lst. Gentlemen - Mr. B. Forman Mr.
Francis 7. Herman, B. c. Nickerson, Tyler
Fogg & 20.
july WEATHER. The weather record of
Mr. L. H. Murch shows as follows: Mean
temperature for July 1897, 67.31o; mean
temperature for July 1896, 6S $50; mean tenn
perature for July for So years past, 50 $50; ;
highest temperature in July this year, $50 on
the 9th day lowest, $40 on the 29th day
Rain fell on 10 days; total rainfall 10
inches.
A musical III the interest of the Belfast
Humane Society will be given in Odd Fell
lows Hall next Monday evening with most
pleasing and interesting program which will
include some of our best musical talent.
Misses Davis and Dinsmore and Messrs
Hanshue and Rigby have been engaged and
the managers confident of securing a
quartette and others from out of town. No
one should fail to attend.
A NOVEL EVENT. A grand band concert on
the water by moonlight will be given by the
Belfast Band, under the auspices of the res
dents of the North Shore. Northport. Thurs
day evening, Aug. 18th, is selected, if
weather permits. If stormy, it will take
place on Friday evening, Aug. 18th. This
is probably the first band concert of the
kind ever given. The steamer will leave
Belfast about : o'clock and will land its
passengers at Northport Camp Ground
wharf then steam back and anchor in front
Of the cottages of the North Shore, and the
concert Will be given from the deck of the
steamer, A popular program will be fur
nished. After the concert the steamer will
return to Northport and take its passengers
back To Belfast.
THE MAINE MUSICAL FESTIVAL. The Bel
fast chorus of the Name Musical Festival is
taking vacation of three weeks. All the
great artists Of the festival have been en-
gagged and Maine will see the greatest group
of famous musicians in her history in Octo-
Der. The managers have received advices
from Madame Nordica saying that her health
Is much better and improving steadily and
that she is looking forward with much pleas
ant anticipation to her coming American
season, and with special interest to the big
Music Festival in her native State of Maine.
Madame Nordica has taken great interest in
the Maine Musical Festival from the start
from interest and love for her old home
CHAT. j. W. Banks of Poor's Mills
brought bushel of the largest gooseberres
OF the season to L. 7. Shales last Friday
morning. NJ. T. Dudley and crew strung
telephone wire last week from Belfast to
Fort Point for the New England Telephone
and Telegraph Co.. The partial eclipse of
the sun last Thursday was not visible here
on account of the cloudy weather. Henry
Dunbar has the contract to carry the mails
between the post office and the railroad
station.. Frank NJ. Staples reports that his
peanut plant has a number of yellow buds
on it,. Henry C. Marden went to Thomas.
| ton last week and bought an invoice of new
carriages at the State Prison. -. Ninahaven
hopes to get the Albany bank job for its
quarries. The granite part alone of this con-
tract will amount. it is thought, to $500, 900.
! ....Ellls c. Freeman has closed a contract
TO carry the mails on the Camden and Bel
last route for four years from July 1st....
The work of romodelling the central inter-
mediate schoolroom was begun yesterday.
The partition at the rear will be removed,
the door at that end closed, and a partition
extended through the centre of the ROOM
The seats will be re-arranged and other i'm
provements made......A large blackboard
party from Camden took dinner at the Re-
we're House yesterday
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch. Miantonomah ar
rived July 29th with corn from Portland for
l.. L. Shales x Co.. Capt. j. l.. Smith is
fitting out sch. Fairy Forest for herring
tishing trip. Inspector William Beazley of
Bucksport made an official examination of
sch. Susan n. Pickering last week and ex-
tended her rate A l for years, thus Civ.
ing her total of q years as A l. She was
built 10 years ago by the late J. Y. Cottrell
At this inspection not a single unsound
plank or timber was found. Mr.. Beazley
considers her a remarkably we'll preserved
vessel She is to load granite at Stouing-
ton for New York, after which she will 90
into the southern pine trade. Sch Hattie
A Marsh arrived Saturday to load ice from
the Belfast Ice Co. for Suffolk, Va. Schs.
lnez and Allandale arrived Saturday with
corn from Portland, the former for CHM &
Field and the latter for Swan, Sibley & Co,
49, The barge Clifford, formerly owned by
Ross & Howell of Bangor, and run on the
Penobscot river for many years for excur-
sion parties, has been sold for $500 in Bos-
ton. Some of the benevolent people Of that
city have purchased it for the purpose of
transforming it into floating hospital for
the poor......Sch. James Holmes arrived
Tuesday from Boston with general cargo ..
Sch. Earl P. Mason arrived Tuesday from