The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-08-26
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.

Belfast Opera House Wednesday
4. Sept. 1st.
, Treasurer A. A. Small has the pay
aved at the August term of County
-sioner's Court,
su- Of base ball was played here
...rs between a local nine and picked
rm Northport Camp Ground. The
.-- won by score of 10 tot.
grl-put Engine No. > was returned from
. Bali ast Machine 4 Foundry Co. last
..-. 4fter thorough overhauhng. The
., aud engines were tried soon after and
to- ne in excellent working order.
- Waldo County case, Daniel B. Hen
..r vs. Christiana r. Parker, an action
uro1nissory note, which was referred to
% Whitehouse and marked Law on Re-
.r has been settled by the parties
eff ~ unclaimed letters remaining in the
5. $50 post Office for the week ending Aug.
Ladies-Mrs. Fred j. johnson.
-.uen-Mr. j. II. Mining, Mr.. Willie
b. ser, Rev. W. H. W. Rees.
irr Mark Stevens baptlsed six candi.
e- The easterly end of the lower bridge
s forenoon. He held services at the
1.. Mission rooms during the day,
we're largely attended.
Nl c. Lower, a practical and expert
. -phosterer, has leased j. c. Thomp-
IS sons front store and will occupy it
~
pjttsheld. Mr.. Thompson is closing
stock on hand.
M Municipal Officers met last Friday
and drew jurors for the T. S. Cir
rt n Bath Sept It'll, as follows;
8rors. VIM. R, Ford, Elisha Sher
.... .etir JURORS, Frank L. Field, J F.
river contemporary had an adver-
IT Jsr week Of an excursion to Cas-
which the following statement oc-
Boat leaves NJ. c. wharf at a IN.
uj Castne at / p. M, giving five
lew this old historic spot Of the
lqu.f'
TALK. " ii Clifford drove one
McLellau's carriage horses trial
In l.lN on the Belfast track re-
As H. work has been done on the
year it IS naturally "slow" ....
fIlIl has sold L~ carriage horse, the
.o mare, to Boston parties .... Lee
Robbins has bought handsome >
black geiding Ny Black hock Of
N-ir7 Of Belmont.
County has the novelty of a lady
-l-r. When the new contracts We're
Fred Z. Stevens Of North Searsport
route from North Serasport via
.e to Belfast and during the sum
49,. eHle he is busy with his farm work
drives the mail team Postmaster
reports that she is always on time,
rrons Of the route tnd in her model
rver,
stockholders meeting Of the Bangor,
len and Winterport Electric Railway
-il ID Bangor last week the following
rs We're elected Directors, H Mitchell
4mes H. Cutler of Bangor, Tracey
er Israel A. Kelsey and S. Harrison
-aer Of New Haven, Conn; treasurer,
-.-- d. Stanford, Bangor; clerk, Henry
- v tvo, Hampden. The directors elected
Mitchell, president. Five hundred
+ steel rails have been received and
4ek Of the new road will be laid to
len Lower Corner, seven miles from
this month.
THE PIN. A Belfast young lady on
- trip abroad bought valuable coral
IN, \ few weeks ago she lost the,
at a band concert or in the opera
Her brother came into The Journal
Wednesday afternoon and advertised
ug- 81 don't expect we will find it,
ld like to try. On coming up to
uf business Thursday morning the
.tson he met said to him: "Describe
YOU advertised in The Journal o''
-lhed IL and received the pin The
.i the finder i've On the same street
tr,y opposite each other, hut had it
--u Tor tile advertisement the pin would
never have reached its owner.
AZ IS OiepP IL. MCDOndiQ, capt
arrived last Thursday from Isle an
with about ,004 pounds of fresh fish
me corned and dry fish. Capt. Smith
Pc bottom fish scarce, but that dog-fi ii
ri 80 troublesome as they were short
sgo....The North Haven correspon.
lt the Rockland Opinion reports that
-- nackerel of good size are being caught
- weirs, in nets. and with hook and
T. j. Hopkins in pinkey Nancy
Ks caught 70 mackerel, some of them
s. off Gilkey's Harbor light last Satur-
l5s night. Sloop Dart, Capt Eaton OF
Je,r Isle, was in port yesterday with a
'.- cargo of corned fish
te-u RsIoNs. Last Thursday the steamer
N+stne made an excursion from the Camp
.4nd, Belfast, Searsport and the river
r- TO the Forepaugh-S circus in Ban.
he weather was very foggy and not a
r-- numb Der went. In coming home the
'-i1ler aground in Searsport harbor
o'clock in the evening, but hoated off
lit damage at about IL. Some of the pas
--rs became nervous and were set ashore
ne to Belfast and Northport by buck
from Searsport, bat the greater num-
rmained on board and We're landed in
me at their destination Friday the
ne, under charter by Dark Harbor par
vent through Eggemoggin Reach