The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-10

Aiiudy, DIT . L. M. A full attend
ance is desired.
postmaster kilgore has been notified tina,
'ne mall service on the Boston & Bango,
steamers will begin June 25th.
Lst OF unclaimed letters remaining in the
+ oeilast post office for the week ending June
- 1871: conference.-the. Joseph Bard Mr..
Willie A. Knowlton.
, Additional shelves are to be placed in the
''0ii'S' rree Library, to permit more con-
vehleht classification of the books in some
departments
"eo. ". Burgess, Quartermaster of Sheri
oan r. Miller Command, Union Veterans
J. ohlon' has supply of emblematic buttons
1or use of the members of the order
All members of the Pythian Sisterhood
are requested to be present at the next repu.
iar meeting Tuesday night, as important
business will come before the meeting
Miss Susan E. Dinsnore. who bas baan
studying at the New England Cop.ervatorv
OF Music for the past three years. will take a
limited number OF pupils during the summer.
We hear of one farmer who had fifteen
acres Planted to sweet corn for the factory
at UNITY who will have to plant over again
the continued wet and cold having rotted
the corn in the ground.
Capt. Fl. A. Babbidge has contract to
build wharf at White Island, and is to
move his scows, pile driver, etc, the first
fair chance. They will be towed to Vinal-
haven by steamer Castine
Entries for the races at the West Waldo
Agrlcult ural Society trotting park in Liber-
ty June 24th close June 18th. The purses
are as follows: . 20 class, trot and pace
S120; > rs class, SO, :-minute class, $50.
L. L. Gertner is making an addition to his
stable He is laying another floor in the
basement, which will low room for 20 box
stalls and still leave an ample cellar below.
A cement floor with iron cutters will be laid
| in the present stable.
The second anniversary of the Baptlst
Choral Association was observed by a social
| gathering at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs NJ
w. Rich, on Main street. The evening was
pleasantly passed in sociablity and with
music, and the company numbering thirty
two sat down to a most appetizing picnic
supper
The Board of Registration will be in SEES
sion next week from Tuesday to Friday IN
! elusive, to make final revision of the vot-
ing lists for the special election. The SEES
SONS will be from a. N. tt p. III, from
/ to and 7 to p, m, except Friday, when
the session will close at . p. N.
Street Commissioner Walker, while at
work last week getting gravel for the city
on the shore below the steamboat wharf,
dug up stone Ratchet in perfect state of
preservation. There was landslide from
the bank at that point about year ago, and
it is thought the Ratchet was unearthed at
| that time.
| II. Chase & Son lave received the class
rings for the graduating class Of the Castine
Normal School. They are heavy plain oval
gold bands, 14-karats, with the figures "97''
engraved in scroll on the outside Inside
of each ring is the owners name and one of
the class notices "Be Noble" or AT the
| Threshold
Two Belfast calzers had startling ad-
| Ntutuit w uIlt NOIh dt tlelI calling ldSb
week. They were on calkers' scow along
side the sch Emma S. Briggs, when a tug
boat towed tie scht o er into the sire an. The
chop in the harbor swamped the scow but
| the two calkers saved themselves and their
tools by means OF a yawl boat which was
towing alongside
Mrs. Jennie Antoine, State Superin-
tendent of the department of securing homes
| for homeless children, of the w. G. I. u,
went to Searsport last week to take back a
! girl who had been placed in a family but
who was not satisfied satisfactory. When
they arrived at the depot here the girl ran
| away and the police had long chase to get
her she got good start before her pur-
suers learned which way she went She
was overtaken on the road near Mason's
Mills and returned to Mrs. Antoine.
RAILROAD SPARKS. Conductor R. S. Rich
is running the Belfast and Waterville freight
train, and conductor James Tucker is on
the Portland and Skowhegan train. ohm
McTaggart is off duty from the passenger
train for a weeks vacation. Ambrose j.
Morrison is serving as his substitute as bag
gage master and Sidney McTaggart is in Mr..
| Morrison's place as brakeman.... 1t is pro-
bable that the Bangor, Hampden & Winter
port electric railroad will be completed to
Hampden within few weeks. A new COM
pany is to be formed in Bangor to carry
on the work.
BUCKsPoRT SEMINARY COMMENCEMENT.
The commencement exercises of the East
Maine Conference Seminary, which began
Sunday, May 30th, with the baccalaureate
sermon of President Chase, closed Wednes
day night, June End. Gov. and Mrs. Lew
ellyn Powers were present at Wednesdays
exercises and the Governor addressed the
students at the close of graduation. The
graduates were also addressed by Rev
| Roscoe l.. Green of St. John NJ E. Church
of Boston There were thirty in the grad
uating class, including fifteen from the COM
mercial course. At the business meeting of
the seminary President Chase and precep-
tress, Miss A. NJ. Wilson, We're both re-
elected
The SAVINGS BANK TAX. The Board of
| State Assessors, Hon. George Pottle, Hon.
Marshall at