The Republican journal., 1898-06-02

OF the Frogs of Windham the Brunswick
Telegraph says: sold men and maidens went
into ecstacies over it, and on all sides we hear
the remark, the best thing Brunswick ever
saw"
The Monthly devotional meeting of the
W. C. T. Q. will be held this, Thursday.
afternoon at $50. A cordial invitation is
extended to all who would like to come.
[Sec.
There will be a picnic and business meet
ing of the members of the Clough Veterans
Association at their home in Windermere
Park, Unity, on June 18th, at 10 A. NJ. This
meeting will be the opening of the home for
the season. A good time is assured.
c. r. Coombs is clearing up the ruins
caused by the late fire at his home on
Nortbport avenue and has timber on the
ground for stable. When that is CON-
pleted the house will be repaired. The
main house is in fair condition, with the
exception of the roof
! very pretty story was recently publish
| ed from the Belfast correspondent of a Ban
| gor paper, that child born in this city at
the time of the Manila fight was named Ma
Mia Dewey. As a matter Of fact the child
was born seven days after the battle and her
name is Geneva Frances.
The Boston Sunday Globe had an illus
trated write-up of the scientific expedition
to the Galapagos islands in the Pacific ocean.
J There is portrait of the commander of the
expedition, Charles NJ. Harris, formerly of
this city. The expedition cost ST., 900, and
three of the party died of yellow fever.
The Emery family reunion is to be held at
| South Berwick. Wednesday, June %, and a
| large attendance is expected. South Ber-
wick, a part of Kittery, was the original
| home of the Emerys, descendants of An
thonv and James Emery, and the executive
committee decided to have the 1898 reunion
at that place. The Emerys in this vicinity
are particularly invited to attend.
| LIQUOR CASES. Waldo County Liquor
| Constables are busy at present. There were
four searches and seizures in Belfast last
week by constable Mears, and hearings on
the libels are ordered for June 4th. The
seizures Were reported in The journal last
week. Constable Webb also made seizures
| up river and held his hearings in Searsport
/ which We're reported in our Searsport cor
| respondence last week, Saturday the two
! constables searched the Commonw ealtll
| Hotel in this city and found jugs and bottles
of various kinds Of liquors. The proprietor
has been arraigned and bound over and the
/ hearing on the libel ordered for June 11th.
/ SHIPPING ITEMS. \. S. Lord made new sails
/ for sch Flora Condor last week.. Sch. Levi
| Hart sailed May Is with ice for New York
/ from the Belfast Light and Power Co. This
war the last cargo of lot sold by the com
| pany to a firm in New York. They have
about 5000 tons left in the houses. Sch
Ella NJ. Storer was taken on the marine
railway May 30 for refastening. go. Sch. Sarah
! L. Davis is loading lumber at Bangor for
New York. Sch. Henry Whitney went to
Bucksport for repairs June ID. II
Libby has made set of sail covers for sch.
Mary Farrow Sch Fannie & Edith arrived
yesterday from Boston with general cargo
including lumber for Mathews Bros.
board stock for Sherman & Co., and
merchandise for local dealers. She landed
the supplies for Northport Hotel at the
Camp Ground on the way up the bay.
Law Court DECISION. Tieston Wad lin
Esq, Clerk of Courts, received on Monday.
the certificate of opinion from the Law
Court in the case of Fred W. Brown Jr,
assignee of William Gould, insolvent debtor,
vs.. Isaac F, Gould. The action was brought
on an account for S113,I5 for rent of a farm
III Brooks. There were two mortgages on
the premises given by William Gould to
the defendant to secure notes for S515. The
| legality of the transactions n view of the
! subsequent insolvency of William Gould
was questioned. The case was sent to the
Law Court on report. The res eript by
Judge Emery is as follows:
The evidence does not satisfy the court
that the transaction, between the plaintiffs
asslgnor Ill insolvency and the defendant was
in contemplation of insolvency, or in fraud
| of the Insolvency law Judgmen Mt for de-
| PENDANT" Brown and Williamson 70, plain
tiff. Rogers for defendant
| SAvERY WINS. Fred n Slavery of Belfast
has received the report of the National Trot-
| ting Association, containing the decision in
a case in which his horse Gilbert S. was in
volved At one of the races in Monroe last
| fall the judges awarded first money to the
| brown mare Lille Wilkes owned by F. H.
| Berry of Rockland. Mr.. Savery's horse was
awarded second money, which he refused to
accept on the ground that Lille Wilkes was
not legally in the race. The case was taken
| to the National Association. The decision
states that the secretary, E. H. Neal
ley, admitted that the entry of Lille
Wilkes was conditional. 1t is 'Held
that the entry of F. H. Berry having
been conditional, the horse could not
| win and the money supposed to have been
won by her will be redistrbuted to the other
| horses in the race according to their stand
ing. The Secretary of the Association, who
received the conditional entry, is fined,
therefor, S10.'' Mr.. Savery's horse hence
wins the first money.
FISH FACTS. Salmon sold in Belfast mar
kets Saturday for % and 80 cents per pound
Three cans of trout were placed in Little
River Thursday evening and five cans were
left at Thorndike for ponds in that vicinity
There are about 1850 fish to a can. They are