The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-01-14
The managers OF the Girls Home a,

knowledge the receipt of SS25 from two
young ladies in this city, who sold fancy
articles for a dealer and contri buted their
commissions.
OF Col. Geo. w. Balm, who is to lecture in
the Peoples Course Jan. Goth, Bishop Vim
cent says: He is a man of superior abil-
ity. You need not fear to put him on any
platform in America"
At the next meeting Of A. f. Clark Camp,
Sons of Veterans, resolutions will be pre-
scented favoring the formation of a Sons of
Veterans Aid Society an auxiliary, compos-
ed of the wives mothers and sisters of the
Sons of Veterans
The department officer who was expected
last Monday evening to institute the Union
Veterans Union did not arrive, hence that
ceremony was postponed. G. p Lombard has
been elected Colonel of Sheridan F. Miller
Command, in place of Capt. Baker, who is
unable to attend, and Ansel Wadsworth was
elected Lieut. Colonel to fill the vacancy
caused by Col. Lombard's promotion. The
Command VIII be mustered by Gen. NJ. A.
Murphy, Department Commander, of Lewis
ton, next Monday evening, Jan. 18th, at G.
A. r. Hall.
ACCIDENTS. Joseph Flagg fell on the side
walk last Friday evening and badly sprain-
ed one of his ankles. Harley, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles j. Godfrey, aged years,
fell on the stairs at home last Friday and
broke his left arm near the wrist. e. Ralph
II. Howes slipped on the ice Sunday, and
broke the small bone of his right leg near
the ankle.
LOOK IN THE WINDOW AND SEE IT GO. A
fine piece of mechanism is on exhibition at
G. R. Poors jewelry store. 1t is minia-
ture steam engine and is made in every par
ticular like the regular engine. 1t was
made by Geo. c. Trussell of this city and oc-
cupied his spare moments for year. Tho
engine is of the horizontal, centre crank
sty lie and has an overhang cy Under. The evil
inder is II inch bore By inch stroke. The
valve is balanced and Las travel of 3-16
inch. The piston rod is is inch diameter ;
valve stem 1-16 inch diameter, and balance
wheel 1-2 inch diameter. Steam is fur
nished by small boiler having a safety
valve and gauge cock. Either alcohol or
kerosene may be used for fuel
A TALE OF Two PIGS. Two Waldo coun-
ty men, both experts in dickering, recently
entered upon contest to see which could
cheat the other the worst. The Brooks man
finally acknowledged himself beaten last
week, by his Belfast opponent, and it came
about in this way: The Brooks man had a
stack OF about tons 347 - pounds of hay,
more or less, for which the Belfast man of
fered him a variety of miscellaneous dicker.
In the lot were two pigs, which the owner
said We're 'fa little over a year old but small ;
shou d not think they would weigh more
than 175 pounds apiece" The trade looked
like pretty even thing and the bargain was
closed. When the pigs We're delivered they
We're just as represented. They were lit
tie over a year Old, but small, and they did
not weigh over 175 pounds apiece. In fact
they fell far short of it. They weighed lust
pounds and 4 ounces together, and were
Guinea pigs.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The Springfield Fire
and Marine Insurance Company, one of the
pioneers in tornado insurance, has issued a
neat little pamphlet illustrating the St.
Louis tornado of ,-ay 81, 1896. We are in
debted to Hon. Fred Atwood, Winterport,
for copy. We have received calendar
for 1897 from the Bryant & Stratton Com
mercial School, Boston. The World AL
manac for 1897 has been received from the
Press Publishing Co., New York. 1t we'll
merits its subtitle of encyclopaedia for it
contains a vast amount of information
carefully indexed and is richly worth the
25 cents, for which it is sold Among the
new features is list of "the famous old
people of 1897, which includes the names OF
two men of Maine, ex-senator Bradbury OF
Augusta and Neal Dow of Portland. .. The
Washington, d. c., Evening Star, one of the
best papers in this country, has issued a
calendar for 1897 in four leaflets. =. Man
sill's Almanac of Planetary Neurology for
| the year 1897 has been received from the
! editor, Richard Mansill, Rock Island, III
| Its predictions have proved remarkably ac
curate in the past and it is an interesting
| ramph let.
. STEAMER NOTES. Owing to bad weather
| the steamer Lewiston did not leave Boston
| last week Oh her first trip for the season un.
| til Wednesday at I P. NJ. She arriy ed here
Thursday about noon and left on her return
about P. M going up river to Buc ksport
The boat is in excellent condition, and has
her winter rig on, with short topmasts, etc
She was again delayed at Boston by storm
on her next trip, arriving here Sunday
morning instead CT Saturday. Last Friday
Capt. Smallidge used the steamer Silver
Star instead of the Florence on the Castine
route, and had race over and back with
the steamer Castine, 1t was a pretty close
contest, but was won by the Silver Star by
about minutes in the IL mile run. The new
steamship John Englis, built for the Maine
Steamship company, has gone on the route
between Portland and New York. Experts
say she is the finest passenger and freight
steamship in the country. She is 318 feet, 4
inches long over all, is As feet breadth Of
beam, and has displacement of about 31O(
tons and net tonnage of 1887 81. Her
guaranteed speed is II knots an hour See
winter time table of the Boston and Bangor