The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-12-09
HE NEWS OF BELFAST.
PHILOSOPHY.


I.-t 10 your best, and praise er blame
m f follers, that counts jest the same.
alus noticed great success
mixed with troubles more or less,
4-l It's the man who does the best
BRAT gets more kicks than all the rest.
IHr, Whitcomb Riley.
eua4te Court will be held next Tuesday;
ms oeney Court the day following.
~, reported in The Journal last week the
l.-rug sailed from Freeport Nov. 9th for
--,trle and St. Michaels, Alaska.
rtan W. Coombs and Frank A. Riggs
,qe bought lot of land near the Battery
M are building a cottage and stable.
making up your ust of Christmas pre-
..at- do not forget The Republican Journal.
rlt N absent friend nothing for the same
mount of money will be more acceptable.
tensions have been granted as follows:
nal, widows, etc, minors OF William
d Written, Thorndike; Annie Tibbetts,
A5upden; increase, George Sheldon, Nor
4 AGENT for the Pope Manufacturing Co.
n Town last week With Tie 10 Cndl0-
.- Columbia bicycle Several Belfast
fer- tried the wheel. George T. Read is
ocal agent
-ston Wadlin. Clerk of Courts, has sent
he venires for jurors to serve at the
AIRY term of Supreme Judicial Court in
l-ty. Court viii open January 4th,
e Wiswel presiding.
etter from sch Abby M Deering
from Lynn for klOndike via FreepOrt
So states that she encountered the gale
~. 10, being hove to for 50 hours and
1T the dOrles We're washed overheard,
Ia Ann Advertiser, ~
uique Thanksgiving menu comes to us
The Lindell, St. Louis, Mo, of which
hastelry Mr.. Charles .. Clark, a Bel
ooy, is steward. l. is in the form Of
ksgiving proclamation, folded like
document and sled with red tape. The
a deep red with a gilt turkey in the
The legal character is not borne
however, in the menu, which is the
ST. of dry. We will not tantalize our
IFS by setting forth its appetizing con-
eABY NOTES. During October and
ubcr 81 book cards were given TO peo-
eIo had never before registered This
unusually large number. The new
Is quite capable of warming the III
y on the coolest day. The total circu-
Of books during November reached
RI, vi I,o 7
MY days. Rev. Geo. W. Field of Ban
has recently given thirty volumes. M
seven new books on American History
bought of CHM & Co through the
esy Of Mr.. Henry Hoyt Hilton
4HAnE CROSSING DENIED. The railroad
.uissioners Dec LIST rendered their deci-
I'D upon the petition of the w. & Q. r. r.
3ermission to cross the Maine Central
road at grade at Burnham. The request
l-nied, but they are allowed to build
ayerhead crossing that will be p
-tl above the Maine Central railroad
k, and will cost about 81, 900. The
Nsae Central railroad will be obliged to
r their grade at the crossing point four
..ated for the Wiscasset & Quebec TO build
-uporary crossing at grade to be used
Jdly i, 1893.
t,IIvAL CHORUS CONCERT. The concert
Use Belfast Branch of the Festival Chorus
dd Fellows Hall last FRIDAY evening
argey attended and was a musical
4t The program was changed slightly
The original announcement The quar-
Il Love my Love in the Morning" by
a, was rendered by Mrs Howes, Mrs
uer and Messrs. Pitcher and White in
Of the duet as the second number
number was well rendered, and sew
We're encored The anvil chorus, with
SIS R. ?. Chase, Percy Poor and J. f.
as blacksmiths, was rendered in a
ler that caused some to remark that
Prof. Chapman again needs perform
~ the anvil he should send To Belfast
concert throughout was excellent, a
q to Mr.. Pitcher, the director, and all
participated.
h--uswick was sold at public auction by
TIE U. S. Marshal at Boston last week to
7atsty claim of nearly 81, 900 brought by
-- rev for wages due them. There was
m attendance at the sale, and the bidding
" as limited to two or three parties. Thomas
Butler q Co. junk dealers of Boston, secur-
e the vessel, their bid of $500 being the
luest, The old steamer will remain at
Aagee's wharf during the winter, and IN
IS disposed Of by spring, she will be broken
= for junk. The steamer City of Bangor
40 her trip up river Dec. LIST had to break
all the way from High Head to her
"4arf at Bangor. The Sedgwick was I'M
b to get away from Bangor that morning
It'll the ice had been broken. .. The steam
Eockland has been hauled up at 1i'illson's
F harf, RoCkland, and the Mount Desert
~ u have her winter quarters at the same
ace....The steamer Penobscot is now
tkIng two trips per week between Boston
tld Bangor. After the river closes she will
arrive and depart from Bucksport. The
Ulcers on the Penobscot will remain the
'tne as now until about January |, 1898,
uen the usual Encouragement will be
1ade... The City of Bangor left here Dec
Tor Boston on her last trip for the season
She had all her colors flying and gave a
.artng whistle as she left the wharf. The
hangor will lay up for the winter in East
HO5ton During the season, which began