The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-04

next Tuesday Insolvency Court Wednes-
day. adjourned December term of County
Commissioners Tuesday, Feb. 10th.
Sheridan F. Miller Command, Union
Veterans Union, mustered in a number of
new candidates last Monday evening. 1t
was voted to hold the regular meetings in
Memorial Hall the first and third Mondays
of each month.
A public hearing on all claims against the
Petit Manan Land and Industrial Company
will be held at the Court House in Augusta,
Feb. II, at 10 a. M, and be continued from
day to day until the hearing is completed,
before Jos. Williamson, Jr., Master in
Chancery.
THE BAND BENEFIT The supper, comedy,
concert and dance to be gwen at Belfast
Opera House tomorrow, Friday, evening,
will be a combination well worth the price
of admission, in addition to the fact that
the proceeds are for the benefit of the Bel
fast Band. Supper will be served at 6
o'clock, comedy at 8, followed by concert
and dance. The cast for the comedy, which
includes the best local talent, was given last
week. Following is the concert program:
Overture 'Stradella." FIotow.
Fantasia, albion" Reeves.
Paraphrase "Meody in F. Reubenstein.
Descriptive, "Hunt in the Black Forest"
Voelker.
JANUARY WEATHER. The weather record
of Mr.. l.. H. Murch shows the month of
January to have been several degrees
warmer than the average, although there
were few days of very cold weather The
record is as follows: Mean temperature for
January, 1897, 21.11o, mean temperature for
January, 1896, 1912; mean temperature for
SO years past, 10 9Oo; highest temperature in
January, 1897 $50 on the 9TH day; lowest,
10 below zero on the 10Th day The great
est range of temperature in any "a hours
was so, or from 43o above at noon the 18th,
to 11o below at o'clock the next morning
Rain fell on 4 days and snow on days ;
depth of snow fall, Is inches; precipitation,
Or rain and melted snow, 8 9S inches.
Coon TEMPLARs. Waldo District Lodge
will meet with Belfast Lodge, Saturday,
Feb. Goth, at 10 o'clock a. IN. AS this will be
the annual session the reports of officers and
committees, election and installation of Off
GERS, election of Representative to the Grand
Lodge and other annual business will come
up. The address of welcome will be by Miss
Flora Weber, and the response by District
Iemplar E. l.. Bartlett. -. The officers of
Belfast Lodge will be installed next Mon
day evening. The installation and literary
ell
members of the Order and invited friends.
Belfast Lodge held very enjoyable box
sociable Tuesday evening, with a large at
tendance. The ladies brought refreshments
in boxes and drew partner by lot.
AN APPEAL. AS a result of the generous
contributions of our citizens, nine boys and
one girl have been suitably clothed and are
daily in their places in the schools. There
have been contributions of partly worn
clothing, both outer and inner, and gifts of
moneys from one, 50 from another and 50
from another-which have been used in buy
ing needed articles beside outing flannel
and other material bought by one whose
ear is never deaf to the needy There is
still need for more clothing and more money.
as there are four more boys and two girls in
most destitute condition, and all gifts of
clothing or money will be applied to fitting
these children to attend school. All who
will help in this movement are earnestly re-
quested to send contributions to Mrs. M. J.
Gammans on Thursday, Feb 4th, or Friday
morning, and request is also made for those
bn TO
Mrs. Gammans on the afternoon of Friday
to put the garments in order for use; for
"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of
the least of these my brethren, We have done
it unto me-" Thanks are returned to the
kind friends who have already so generous
l responded.
STEAMER NOTES. The steamer Merrycon-
Gag, which for the past eight years has been
between Portland and Harpswell.
has been sold for about SIS, 600 to Capt. A.
K. Archibald of Rockland, who recently sold
the steamer Silver Star The Merryconeag
will run on the Rockland and Boothbay
route for the present and next summer may
extend the route to Bar Harbor. The Harps-
well Steamboat Co. will put new steamer
on their route. -. U nited States Steamboat
Inspectors Pollster and Merritt have pro-
the steamer New Brunswick, which
it was proposed to run between Portland
and Bangor. unfit for the requirements of
the line. Portland dispatch says: "There
is cause for great disappointment, for line
Portland with Penobscot river
points is sadly needed.". -. The steamer
Florence has gone into winter quarters at
Pulpit Harbor. The Portland Press says it
is understood from a semi official source
that it has been practically decided that the
steamer Frank Jones will run from Port
land to Bar Harbor during the coming sea-
son. The steamer Rockland, Capt. Curtis,
went through to Rockland from Bucksport
during the storm last Thursday, but broke
her rudder post She was taken on the
South Marine railway for new one, and re-
sumed her route Monday.
Owing to the many calls for cigar ribbons
the manufacturer of the genuine "Belfast'
sc. cigar has made up collection of one
dozen Spanish silk ribbons of the most pop
nlar brands of the day, including the cele-
brated BELFAST, all for &c.,, by mail,
postpaid. This gives the ladies chance to