The Republican journal., 1898-01-20
ONlNs O4H6G CuTICURA SOAP.


sons sat at the table whose united ages were
$40 years.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the
Belfast post Office for the week ending Jan.
18th: Golden Herald.
North Haven fishermen are taking large
quantities of smelts and founders and get
ting good prices for them in the New York
markets.
The sloop H. Mcdonald was in port the
first of the week with a good fare of fresh
fish taken off Isle au Haut One cod weigh
ed so pounds.
The mercury indicated below zero here
Tuesday morning; but at Fort Fairfield it
was 40 below. 1t moderated very much
during the day.
Helping Hand Circle, Kings Daughters,
met Monday evening with Mrs. Annie Nc
Intosh, and will meet next Monday with
Mrs. Mary A. Coombs on Union street.
The orrery belonging to the Belfast High
school, which has been out of repair for
several years, has been put in thorough re-
pair by Chase & Doak. New planets have
been made and the instrument otherwise
put in condition for use.
A small boy left alone in a barber shop
Tuesday appropriated 30 cents from the
money drawer Shortly afterwards he was
surprised by visit, at the school house,
from the barber and an officer. A few words
from the latter induced the boy to return the
money.
The tramps at the Jail were put at work
dltchlng III the frozen ground of the county
lot yesterday morning. Saving wood on
the sunny side of the Jail they found to be
play compared with that sort of recreation
Twelve men were set at work. leaving but
two for other jobs about the jail.
F. M Burton of Bangor, representative of
the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New
York, was in town last week to make ar
engagements for payment to Mrs. P. c. Pierce
of $4,000, the amount of her husbands life
insurance in the company. Mr.. Burton paid
1000 to Mrs. w A. Wyman of Islesboro
whose husband was lost in schooner Julia S.
Berry, and who was insured to that amount
ceived from Waldo county towns at the last
meeting of the executive council for the ap-
pointment of A. 7. Webb of Swanvile, and
j. R. Mears of Morrill,, State tables for
the enforcement of the liquor law. hear
ing was assigned for Jan. 25th at p. NJ, on
which date the council next meet. Mr.
Mears' term expired December Goth.
The Social Whist Club will give its second
evenings entertainment at Memorial Hall,
to- morrow, Friday evening, to which gentle
men as we'll as ladies' are cordially invited
Playing will begin at 8 sharp, and the COM
mittee urgently request that the players will
be there promptly at that hour. Refresh
ments will be served during the evening.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch. Maria Webster is
to load live sheep at Isle au Haul, Deer Isle
and Swans Island for Freeman and Sim
mons of Waldo. The sheep will be landed
at Belfast. The F. G. White Co. loaded
sch. James Holmes for Boston and sch. Fan
ME & Edith for Portland, with hay the past
week. Capt. Henry Duncan, formerly of
sch. James r has bought the sch. Imogene
L s.,
and was built in Essex, Mass, in 1876
A chafng-dish party will be given in the
vestry of the Universalist church this, Thurs
day. evening, to which everyone is invited.
Dreamed oysters, Welsh rarebit and other
delcacies of the chating-d dish will be served
by the best cooks a nong the young people
of the city. During the evening Mr. g. r.
Coombs will give his interesting talk
illustrated with lantern views of his own
taking, and this willibe varied by selections
! upon the graphophone. Admission for all,
Is cents.
| EAST BELFAST. About fifty young people
from the Head of the Tide met at Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Savery's last Friday evening and
had a general good time. -. The Methodist
dime sociable met with Mr.. and Mrs Fred
| Slavery last Wednesday evening. A guest
arrived at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
| Howard Thursday. 1t is a twelve pound
boy. :. Mrs. Mary E. Achorn is visiting her
| daugh liter, Mrs. W. E. Tetley, in Camden
The shears used to cut up the bars of iron
| in the B. Kelley ak shop were broken last
| week and they had to shut down until new
parts could be procured.
The program of the Maste rs Club of Law
renee, Mass, includes paper, Jan. 18th, by
F. W. Chase, and one to be given April 18th
by j. E. Burke on "Feeling andIEmoton' -
The Evening Tribune of Jan. 10Th has the
following in regard to Mr. Chase's paper:
The schoolmasters club met last evening
around the festive board at the Franklin
| house Principal Chase of the Rollins school
read an interesting paper on "Memory and
its Culture" The schoolmasters decided to
have supplementary meeting at the High
| schoOi building once month on Wednes-
| day, from 30 till o'clock, to discuss mat
tiers pertaining directly to school affairs,
| such as discipline and methods of teachin q
"WHAT is A MAN WORTH" Dr. James
Hedley of Cleveland, Ohio, will give his bril-.
liant lecture on "What is Man Worth ?''
in the Belfast Opera House next Monday
evening, Jan. oath. This is the fourth en-.
tertainment in the Peoples Course which is
being so literally patronized by our citizens
this winter. DR.. Hedley is one of the finest
lecturers in the country, being in great de.
mand for such important lecture courses as
the Boston Star Course" having appeared
several times in this and other entertain.
ment courses of equal importance. He is
the most expensive lecturer in our course
| this season, and those who hear his lecture
Monday night will 60 away more than re-
| maid for the time and monav tbno avna,dod