The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-04-08

Aho ASseSsorS started April 1St on their
annual tour to take the census and valua-
ton of farm property.
j. G. Aborn was at North mort Camn
Ground last week making some repairs on
W. G. Tuttes cottage.
Pensions have been granted az follows
Reissue, Caleb H. Knowlton, Monroe: re.
issue, James R. Long, Blue Hill
Ihree Waldo county postmasters we're
appointed last Saturday: H. Fl. Treat at
frankfort, vice F. L. Hopkins; George A.
Palmer at Monroe, vice Leander Staples; v.
A. Simmons at Searsmont. vice A. q Gao
well. Monday G. E. Reynolds was appoint
ed postmaster at Ninnecook, vice W. R.
Written, removed
The municipal officers of the town of Wal
do have petitioned the railroad commission
ers for hearing on road to cross at grade
the tracks of the Maine Central R. R. The
date OF the hearing will be later announced,
The discussion as to whether it is a star or
signal light from Mt. Washington still,
RACES; but as a matter of fact, according to
the best evidence which can be obtained
the great light in the westerly sky is nothing
more nor less than
venus. my beautiful Venus.
My guiding STAR
as they sing in "The Wizard of the Mile"
1t is said that General Manager Evans Of
the Maine Central is about to revolutionize
the freight train schedules, having in view
increasing the dispatch of handling freight,
After the change is made it will be possible
for freight loaded in Boston to reach Bangor
in 10 hours, and train crews will run he
tween Bangor and Portland without the
SHIFT that has been customary heretofore.
FMS Will naturally bring about the earlier
delivery of freight at Belfast, which will be
appreciated by our business men.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch. Horatio l.. Baker
sailed April 1st for Charleston with 1 200
tons of ice from Belfast Ice Co.. Sch. Mi
antonomah arrived April ID with brick from
Orland for Boston. She put in to repair
pumps and windlass. :. Schs. James r. and
Gazelle are repairing in the dock at the rail-
| road wharf. -. Fred G. White loaded sch
Harriet Rogers, Friday, with coal for Seal
Harbor. The brigantine Lutzburg. at Bos
ton April 1st, from Nuevitas, could get no
cargo at that port and had difficulty in OBJ
tanning water for the return trip. She
took out cargo of lumber from Machjas
Capt Larsen reported the business of
NueVltas as completely demurallzed. -. Sch
IdeIla Small of Rockport, Capt. billing
ham, was run into by sch. Drogonnia while
at the wharf at Gloucester, March 18th. and
damaged to the extent of $500 Ship Louis
Walsh arrived at Melbourne March 50th
from Port Blakely. The ship was built at
Belfast in 1861 and NJ. P. Woodcock of this
city was master-builder. For a number of
years past the Walsh has been engaged in
the lumber trade on the Pacific coast
Sch. Anna W. Barker. which recently re-
paired here, got ashore last week down the
Reach and the captain telephoned to ascer-
tain if she could get on the marine railway.
but was told it would not be- available for
ten days. Schs. Maggie Mulvey and VIM
Slater of the Pendleton Bros fleet are com
ing here from Islesboro for repairs at Car
| ter's. .....Sch Andrew Nebenger will be
launched from the marine railway the last
OF this week or the first of next. She has
been on the railway all winter and work has
| been done when the weather was favorable.
She was quite badly hogged and has been
| brought back to her original sheer, and ad-
ditional thick streaks put in to hold her She
| has been re-treenailed and received three
| tons of iron fastening, with many minor re-
pairs, and will go off the railway practically
| as good as new. The four-masted Bath
schooner Augustus Palmer is on her way to
| Portland from Turks Island with what is
said to be the largest cargo of salt ever
brought to this country. The capacity of
| the Palmer is 10000 bushels and she will
bring very nearly that amount. Sch.
James Holiness Capt. Geo, F. Ryan left Bos-
ton at a. N. Sunday with a general cargo
for Belfast, arriving here at a. m Monday
"a 30hours run. The cargo included some
hail pine for Carter & Co., flooring. sash
etc. for c. B. Hall. On the trip up, with a
cargo of hay for Quincy, Mass, the Holmes
made the run from dock to dock in u hours
The following vessels are at Bucksport
| Wdi1illS lol tHc llScl W pptIl W low 10 BAH
gor: Schs. Annie r. Lewis, loaded with
| phosphate; Rabboni, with coal Electa Bail
ey, E. L. Warren and Onward with corn
! July Fourth, Vicksburg, Kit Carson, Post
Boy, Delaware, Gen. Grant, Caroline Kres-
| cher and Good Intent. Four American
ships, laid up in Erie Basin, have been sold
to be shorn of their lofty rigs and trans
formed into coal barges Three of these
ships were built in Maine. The vessels sold
are the Fawn, City of Montreal, E. w. Stet.
son and the Caravan. The Fawn, of ,O5C
tons, was built at Bath in 1860; the City OF
Montreal, of l III tons, double-decker, was
built at Portsmouth, N. H, 1861. The Stet
son, of l COS tons, built at Damariscotta in
1862, as ship, but was overhauled in 1885
and rugged as bark. The Caravan, of 1896
tons, the largest of the four, was also the
oldest She was built at Bath in 1856. She
was rebuilt in 1872, and was overhauled
again later in the seventies.