The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-12-30
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.
X. Pierce has bought the stoves and
are business of John F. Smalley.

4 .,aiou Joe Howe, 2 % IA, to Capt. j. NJ
4 ines Of Stockton Springs.
ST of unclaimed letters remaining in the
9. last post Office for the week ending Dec.
- I.adies-Mrs. Eta Waltz. Gentle
a.a- Mr.. Geo, c. Patch, (2).
Nr George B. Williams of New York
give recital of Shakespeares comedy,
& Nush Ado About Nothing" in this city
anH 18Th Further particulars later.
g IL : something of coincidence that the
b, # Atchison, Kansas has $685. 900 of
NY cent bonds which fall due next July,
h. S now talking refunding. The Mayor
g.,-ets to refund at 4 per cent Here's
rug Atchison will do as we'll as Belfast.
Monday George E. Johnson, treasurer of
3Ml City Council American Legion of Hon.
aid to Mrs. A. J. Hartman 50 900, on
mt Of insurance carried by her late hus-
.tsul Ia the past twelve or fourteen years
order has paid out in Belfast not less
ra. $4,000.
There was very high course of tides last
week. and some of the wharves were under
s8'r. The steamer Penobscot was obliged
md her passengers from the lower deck,
rn ard, Thursday and Saturday the passen-
.s Eangway on the main deck being so
above the wharf
re ladies having in charge the Social
10 Matinees" have perfected their ar
-rments and announce that the first of
series will take place at Memorial Hall,
Thursday, Dec. Both, from 30 till D.
0ther games can be played by those
desire. All ladies interested in the
-.a are cordially invited. Admission pc
Njll be served at + o'clock.
ENTIoN. VETERANS! The Waldo
MY Veteran Association will meet with
Bradstreet Post, Liberty, Thursday
Hsh. Tie address of welcome will be
ia 10y j. o. Johnson response by Presi-
j G. Harding remainder of program
-ue local Post This Will be the first
If the Association to Liberty, and it is
red that all comrades will endeavor to
esent, H. r. D., Sec'y.
ttr CHRISTMAS MARKETS. The supply of
-ry in the markets Christmas week was
ME short Of the demand and every thing
sold out clean. The quality as rule
excellent, there being very few inferior
5 of any kind offered. None We're very
and the class of old birds over-fed and
-etheT too fat, which was once seen. was
-plcuous by Is absence. Both the supply
demand We're little less than at
uksgiving, and prices ruled trihe
N-r Turkeys retailed at - To - cts, for
best, geese, IT. 10 Is cts chickens, IA to
Is Adelbert Knight sold at Staples
ket a dozen handsome chickens that
ghed s u pounds each. Norton had a
wild ducks. There We're no very large
BIRDS.
CHRlsTMAs GIFT. Tie Christian Endea-
Society, Islesboro, at their regular
-rting, Friday evening, December 24th,
f--sented Rev. Geo. E. Tufts with a nice
b md copy of The Great Poets and their
Iheology," by Rev. A. H. Strong. D D.,
Ii. D, president of Rochester Theological
Ssminary. DR., Strong has spent his vaca-
us for the past thirteen years in the
separation of this volume of 531 pages
aecompanyng the presentation of the book
d AZ neatly prepared address in behalf of
iF society, by Miss Edith NJ Grindell In
r4"Iy Mr.. Tufts thanked the donors for 80
IDLY remem bering him, and told them OF
pleasure it bad afforded him during the
ssr two years, in being associated with
, b a band of Christian workers, whom he
. lghly esteemed
STEAMER NOTES. The Penobscot arrived
IN Boston last Thursday morning, Went
far as Winterport and returned the same
Sht. She had good passages the remain
-r Of the week, running very nearly on
adule time. The Sedgwick arrived at
fast Dec 25th and IS hauled up for the
nter... Steamer Frank Jones has been
.i up at Eockland for the winter. She
have thorough overhauling inside and
before she resumes her route next
ring. The tug Bismarck Went on the
arine railway at Bucksport last week for
palrs. The use of steamers in the fish
es is increasing. F. W. Collins of Rock
nd now uses two steamers in his lobster
usiness, and Samuel Morgan of Portland
as just had completed small steamer
amed the Either which he will use in his
5oster business along the coast as far as
Eockland. Her well will hold about $500
absters. The boat is about 45 feet long. a
ueat looking craft, and is said to be speedy.
80 The Castlne entered upon her new route
etween Belfast and Rockand Dec. 23d.
She leaves Belfast MONDAYS and Tbursdavs
at 10 10 a. M, or on arrival of the Maine Cen
trail passenger train and the steamer M. &
VI. from Bucksport. She touches rst at the
Lime Kiln, Islesboro, then at Castine and
Brooksville, back to Castine, giving As min
ties there, thence via Ryders Cove, Hewes'
Point and Dark Harbor to Rockland She
will leave Rockland Wednesdays and Satur
lays, touching at the above named ports.
with the outgoing afternoon trains.
SHIPPING ITEMS. The Rockland schooner
Silver Heels, Capt Quinlan, which was re-
Gently released at Wilmington, n. c.. on
the charge of tlibustering, after the master.
mate and crew swore that at the time of the
alleged offense the schooner was drifting AT
sea for fifty days in heavy weather,
cleared from Wilmington, Dec. 23rd for
the West Indies. 900. The four-mastea
sch. w. Wallace Ward arrived at Glouces-