The Republican journal., 1897-03-25

March 31st. Music by Boynton's Orchestra.
The dancing public cordially invited.
A. S. Harris, Sc D. President of the Maine
State College, will deliver his popular illus
trated lecture on Washington, in the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, Tuesday evening"
April 18th.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the
Belfast postoffice for the week ending March
10Th Ladies-Mrs. Carey, Miss Della Hobbs.
Gentlemen = Rev. j. NJ. Harrington, Mr..
Oscar Turner.
The yacht Mallard of Bangor, the steamer
Sedgwick and the tug Walter Ross were all
launched from the marine railway at Bucks
| port at high water Saturday. The schooner
Edgar Foster was taken on for repairs
The Maine Senate, Tuesday, passed to be
| engrossed, an act to change the time of hold
ing the October term of the supreme judicial
court of the county of Waldo and passed to
be enacted, an act to incorporate the Sears
port Water Company.
Apples seem to be unstable at any price.
Nice baldwns have been offered at 80 cents
a barrel and last week farmer was in town
with one barrel of Rhode Island greetings
and two barrels of baldwins for which he
asked only 30 cents barrel
Miss Charlotte Thorndike Sibley will de-
liver her new lecture in the Universalist
church on Friday evening, April ID. The
subject of this lecture is THE Brownings
under Blue italian Skies" and tn e admis-
sion is to be twenty-five cents.
The Seaside Piano Club will give "slap-
jack and maple syrup supper and variety
entertainment at Seaside Grange Hall
Thursday evening, April 1st. The object is
to raise money for the purchase of piano
for the Grange Admission to supper and
entertainment, % cents.
The adjourned trial in the sta bling affair
from March 10Th was held Tuesday after
noon The wounded man. Frank Jlpson,
| appeared against Walter Robbins, his assail-
ant. Robbins was bound over to the April
Supreme Court in the sum of 81 800. He
failed to furnish bail and was committed to
jail
At the band rehearsal Monday night COM
1nttees We're app omitted and other preimi-
Ad4 Lcs q dlSCN lpl b4lt btildNu i'dilh II
strel ENTERTAINMENT TO be given some time in
May. Mr.. X. P. Chase. now in New York
will get up to-date music for the occasion,
and the Band will no doubt repeat their sue
cess of last year.
Meetings will be held at the Peoples Mis-
sion. IS High street, next door to American
Express office at O'Clock every even
ing this week, except Friday, and on Sunday
at > 30 and p IN, Sunday school att p. m.
These meetings are conducted by Mrs. NJ. C.
/ Clapp of Boston and are undenominational
| All are welcome.
The Spiritualists of Belfast will celebrate
the 4oth anniversary Of Spiritualism next
| Sunday at p w. at Memorial Hall. Mrs.
Wentworth of Knox and other good speak
ers and mediums Will be present. Doctor
good singers, will conduct the singing. Ad-
mission 10 cents, to defray expenses.
The Rock land Star is pleased to learn that
Mr.. W. l., Allen of % Grove street has been
the recipient of one of the 800 Pierce special
bicycles, out of the 30 which are given each
month for Sunlight soap wrappers. This
Spear & Co.'s window, $50 Main street.
The Sunlight soap is sold here, and there
is no better soap the market. Who is
trying for bicycle?
The finance committee of the city govern
meut met Tuesday evening. Mayor Fletcher
and City Solicitor Johnson We're presen t.
Various plans We're suggested looking to an
Improvement in the financial affairs of the
city, of which the public will be fully in
formed as they mature. The committee meet
again next Tuesday evening, and will give
their best efforts to the matters before them
SHIPPING ITEMS. f. G. White is loading
sch. James Holmes with hay for Quincy
Mass. &c. Sch. Emma S. Briggs, Capt Geo 7.
Osborn. sailed Tuesday for Tenants Harbor
to load stone for New York. Sch Geo B.
Ferguson has hauled out of the tier and is in
Dyer's dock getting ready for the seasons
business. Sch Miantanomah has also haul
ed out and is fitting for service
New STEAMBOAT Co. The Islesboro
Castine and Belfast Steamboat CORPORATION
was recorded March 20, 81, for the pur-
pose OF operating steamboat line on Maine
coast and especially for line between Bel
fast, Isesboro, Castine and Brooks Vile, also
for purposes of buying, selling and charter
ing steamers, of building, buying and leas-
J ing wharves, and doing things necessary
for carrying out the designs of the
!, corporation. Capital stock $4,000; paid
in $3.50 Shares $50 each. G. D. Pendle
ton is president; W. S. Pendleton, Jr
treas; John P. Bragg, Chas. H. Hooper and
W. S. Stevens, dir ectors.
EAST BELFAST. Mrs. Eliza Richards ,Jen-
kins, who will be 81 years old April 10th,
has this winter cut and sewed the pieces for
quilt which contains 300 squares all
done by hand and by herself. Miss Kate
Taylor, who has been in Portland for the
past few week, returned home last week
-. Mrs. George Leavitt with her two Young.
est children went to Clinton last week for a
visit. Master Henry Trip left by train
Monday for visit in East Jackson Eu.
gene S. Achorn, who went to Boston last
week for treatment for the eyes has had an
operation performed and is expected home