The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-12-30
The Associated Charities again failed ora

| meeting Tuesday evening for lack Of quorum.
The annual meeting of the Legro & Spald-
ing Shoe Co. will be held next Tuesday, Jan.
4th, at 10 O'Clock.
The Non-Partisan W. 7. c. Alliance will
meet with Mrs e. A. Pilsbury, 26 Miller ST.,
tomorrow, Friday, afternoon.
Geo. G. Pierce & Co. recently came into
possession of 'grandfathers clock that is
known to be 10S years old. 1t is running at
their store and keeps good time.
The North church society will hold dime
sociable at the parsonage Friday evening at
7.3O O'Clock. All members of the church and
parish are cordially invited Refreshments
will be served.
The Supreme Judicial Court will open in
this city next Tuesday, Judge Wiswell
presiding. The old docket contains 2O8 civil
cases, including 5 libels for divorce. There
are II criminal cases on the docket.
G. G. Lower has moved his upholstery
I rooms to the workshop in the rear of the J.
c. Thompson store and j. J. Mellen has
moved his restaurant from the bakery build
ing on Cross street to the Thompson store.
Pike Bros. of Searsport and W. A. Arnold
of Belfast sold half carload OF mich cows
to Libby Bros. of Burnham Saturday. W.
A. Arnold sold 60 sheep last week to Woods
& Prescott of Northport, to be fatted for the
Boston market.
The County Commissioners, in addition to
bair
accounts, have before them at the December
term four petitions to fix land damages on
account of land taken for the Wiscasset &
Burnham railroad.
The Name Pedagogical Society began its
three days meeting in the Representatives
hall, Augusta, yesterday afternoon, at 80
o'clock. Superintendent Brick of this city
and several of the Waldo county teachers
are in attendance.
The railroad commissioners held hearing
at the Burnham station. Monday, upon the
petition of the Wlscasset & Quebec r. R.,
for permission to cross three highways be-
tween Burnham and Pittsfeld. The latter
town objected and the hearing was contnu-
ed to Jan. 9Th at Augusta.
JAS, Hill, who has been in the employ of
the American Express Co. in this city six
years, is to be succeeded by Geo. Havener,
who has been a salesman for Geo. A. Bailey.
Mr., Hill left the office last Saturday and
Mr.. Havener will begin Jan. 1st, Robert
Coombs is filing the place this week
F. c. Kimball of Boston is in town making
thorough inspection of the plant of the
Belfast Water Co, including the service at
each building supplied, the condition of the
machinery, pipes, hydrants, etc. Mr.. Kim
bail is the engineer who made the original
plans for the system before the plant was
put in.
We hear of good many thefts in the
southern part of the city and in Northport
Grain and meal have been taken from barns
and one man lost 40 hens. Possibly these
thefts are not all committed by one indi-
vldual, but it is believed a majority are, and
that it wou id not be difficult to identify the
thief 1t ought to be some ones duty to
stop this marauding by bringing the Offend
ers to justice.
oedSOu olChtOS lOT Tue CduUOu fd1T, TO De
given in the Belfast Opera House Jan. 18th
and 18th, are now on sale and may be had of
the members or at the store of A. A. Howes
& Co. There will be sale on the afternoon
OF each day, an entertainment the first
evening, and dance the second, and the
season tickets, price 81, will admit to all.
| Bensdorps cocoa will be served free on both
days
The Bangor game wardens went to Bucks
port Tuesday and arrested Harry Grant, of
Verona, and Howard Haskell, his brother
in-law, of Revere, Mass, on the charge of
killing deer in the region around Verona
on Sunday. The men We're arrested on
complaint of some person at Bucksport. The
men claimed that they did not kill the deer
Sunday, but early Monday morning. They
We're taken to Bangor and arraigned before
Judge Vose in the Municipal Court. Haskell
! pleaded.guilty and was fined $40 and costs,
which he will probably pay.
At the regular meeting of the school COM
mittee last Monday evening Miss Mary E.
Mason of Montville was elected teacher of
! the Lower Grammar school for the remain
! der of the school year, in place of Miss Nc
| Dowell, resigned. Miss Mason is a graduate
| from the Castne Normal School, has taught
number of country schools, and is highly
recommended. The designations of Miss
Nette M. Brown of the Board Landing
school and of Miss Alma Robinson of the
Hayford school were accepted and the COM
mittee ON teachers instructed to fl IL the va
cances. The resignation of Miss Ward of
| Citypoint school has since been received by
the Superintendent
ANOTHER MEDICINE Co. The certificate
of organization has been recorded in Waldo
County Registry of Deeds of the Milton
Medicine Co. The purposes of the corpora
ton are the manufacturing and selling pro-
prietary medicines, and buying, selling,
leasing and exchanging such real estate and
personal property as may be necessary or
proper in carrying on said business. The
amount of capital stock is 100000; already
paid in, $500; par value of shares, 500. The
directors are III. NJ. Ripley, F. A. Cor
son, E. H. Bradbury and A. NJ Ripley OF
| Worcester, Mass and Arthur Kicker OF
| Waltham, Mass. f. A. Corson is president
III. M. Ripley, treasurer; John r. Dunton OF