The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-12-09

OF the Alliance is incre ,sinr, and there .ro
now % girls in attendance.
Thomas II. Marshall Post G. Ar vi,,
give the Belfast Band clam supper at Wan,
! orlal hall this, Thursday, evening. The R,nd
Will give short concert and a literary nro-
gram VIII be presented. The public ia in
vited; admission Is cents.
CARELESS SHOOTING. A case of careless
ilahollhs OF firearms occurred in Belfast last
saturday. A woman and two bows we're
driving in from their farms when two hors
stepped INTO the road near them and gun
carried by one OF them went off and its
charge OF fine shot stuck in the shawl which
| the woman wore over her head and should.
ers The boy said the firing was Academia,
and that he had no idea the gun was going
| off.
A SUCCESSFUL FAIR. The third annual
fair of the ladies' of the Unitarian Par;sb
was held in Memorial Hall Wednesday,
afternoon and evening, Dec lst The dav
was stormy and the attendance was not 40
| large as it would otherwise have been. vet
the net receipts amounted to $50. The hall
was very prettily decorated and the goods
were very temptingly displayed. After the
sale dainty supper was served and the
days enjoyment closed with a dance with
music by the Theatre Orchestra,
LIQUOR SEIZURES. State Constable j. r.
Mears made two liquor seizures Tuesday
afternoon. At thomas Haugh's he seized /
quart OF gin, gallon of whiskey, 10 gal
Ions of rum and 10 bottles of lager. At
Sherman w. Freemans he seized 1 keg OF
ale and 112 bottles of larger. Both Haugh
and Freeman We're arr Aligned in the Police
Court yesterday on search and seizure pro-
cess. They waived examination and were
sentenced to a fine OF 800 and costs and
Imprisonment 60 days, with 50 days addi-
tlonal for default of payment They appeal
ed. The hearing on the libeis will be Satur-
day, Dec. 18th.
Sons OF VETERANS. Inspector E. n Cour-
son of Brunswick visited A. E. Clark
Camp, Sons of Veterans, Monday evening,
aud witnessed the work in the third degree.
The inspector spoke Very highly Of the eff
| cheney of the Camp and its officers and of
advancement made in the last two years,
since his last previous visit After the in
| spectlon the Camp elected officers for the
ensuing year as follows: Capt. Walter S.
Hobbs; 1sJ Lieut., Roy E. Young ID Lieut.,
| Walter j. Clifford, Camp Council, j. L.
| Patterson, A. j. Colcord, L S. Whitehead ;
Delegate, r. E. Young; Alternate E. S.
| w bitab 4
| Six members OF the Camp drove from Lin
| colnville Centre to attend the meeting.
mastering Officer Orrn j, Dckey of Bel
fast is at work endeavoring to organize
camps at Castine and Camden. He is meet
ing with a good degree of success and is in
hopes to report the same mastering in prior
to January 1st.
BULL FIGHT IN PROSPECT. Our Clarke's
| Corner correspondent writes: A wild bull
! has been running at large in this vicinity for
| the past three weeks. Last Friday Marcus
| Curtis, Geo. Towers, Eeber Kenney and
others from Frankfort, armed with pistols,
started in pursuit of the furious beast. He
was first seen near the Clarke schoolhouse
| Tower fred at him and the bull drove him
| INTO house near by. AT this point lady
| was seen walking along the road and the
| bull turned his attention to her, and she
narrowly escaped by jumping over stone
| wall. By this time all the boys in the
| neighborhood We're on the spot and great
was the excitement. The bull drove them
all up the scrubby spruce trees but one, who,
| Drawer than the rest, ciinched the bull
He thrown down but fortunately got
| away and made for tree. AS he was CLINT
ing up the bull pinned him to the tree, tear
| ing his pants almost off. At this point Heher
Kenney, who had been wounded in the foot
by the bulls horn while climbing a tree,
fred shot viii CHI knocked the animal out
| Thus ended the bull fight.
! NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. See cut on the Sd
page of the Glenwood parlor stove, that
| burns wood all night aud keeps the house
warm. They are we'll made and low priced
NJ. L. Mitchell, 115 High street, has them !;
! and also full line of lamps, nickel plate d
ware of all kinds, kitchen goods, pock ct
knives, carving sets, table cutlery, ETC..
See the advt. of j. W. Jones, 80 Main street,
on the second page. He has increased his
space this week TO tell of some things you
need, and to announce nice line Of % cent
, goods. Sleighs, the best in the market, and
| everything in hardware. Prices as low as
| the lowest. -. These cold winter nights a
rubber hot-water bag at the feet will pre-
vent coughs, colds and la grippe. A. A.
Howes & Co. have them at very low prices.
....H J. Locke & Son have handsome
line of up-to-date goods, and invite atten-
ton to the display to be made in their win
dow next Saturday. Look for something
| very attractive. Staples & Cottrell, u
Main street, issue a call to holiday bargains.
They make speciality of peckwear for the
| holiday trade and have the latest and best
in that line. They also have hats, caps,
| gloves, umbrellas, canes, mufflers, etc. If
you are looking for dolls and toys, children's
| books, games, ETC., you Will md them at
earle & Jones, Main street. They have also
great variety of Christmas goods in other
lines The advt. of Harry W Clark, SO
| Main street, speaks for itself and every
body will note the prices he quotes in his
clean sweep of clothing and furnishing
goods G. r. Poor, jeweler, has clocks of