The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-07-21

Monroe.
| Low prices for summer shoes at W. T.
Colburn's, McClintock Block High street,
Belfast. See advt
| The July number of The Girls Home, the
little paper published by the Children's Aid
Society. has been received.
| The c. L. S. c. Progressive Circle will
have a round table meeting at Mrs. Mary
| Whitmore's Monday evening, July 25th.
Mrs. Philo Chase of this city is the possess
sor of two Persian cats, given her by Mrs. j.
W. Dougan of New York. The cats are pure
white, with long tails, and are the only
felines of their kind in Belfast
The people of this city and vicinity will be
pleased to learn that Miss Fannie c. Berry,
New England's brilliant and accomplished
pianist, will favor bur citizens with one of
her charming recitals on the evening of the
9th of September.
| Prof l.. II. Stevens of Lynn, Mass, who
is spending the summer in Belfast, plays
quite frequently for balls and dances. He
played Monday at Islesboro Town Hall for
Castine excursion party, and has other
| ORDERS LOT the near future.
| BASE BALL. The Belfast Junior base ball
team went to Frankfort last Saturday and
were defeated by a score of I to ). A return
game will be played here in about two weeks.
The Camdens will come here to play the
Juniors next Saturday afternoon.
The 18th annual reunion of the Twenty
sixth Maine Regimental Association will be
held in Winterport Aug. 18th, rain or shine.
The meeting will be called to order in Grand
Army Hall at 10 a. m for business. The
Relief Corps will give entertainment in
the afternoon, and there will be a camp fire
in the evening
The Bangor papers report that in the
municipal court Friday, Dexter j. Logwood
of Northport was tried before Judge Nose
| for larceny. He was discharged for lack of
evidence. The papers do not say what he
was accused of stealing, but it was evident
| ly somebody's name for no Northport man
ever owned such a name es that
A referee case of the Meeting House AS
socIation of Brooks VS.. the Maine Central
r. r. Co. was heard in Brooks last Thurs
day before NJ. S. Stiles of Jackson F. G.
White and A. A. Small of Belfe]t, The
case was to award the amount of damages
on account Of land taken by the Railroad
! Co. r. Duntou Of Belfast appeared for
the Association aud Wilson & Woodward of
Bangor for the Railroad Co.
SHIFTING ITEMS. Sch. Sarah l. Davis ar
rived July 17th, with granite from Bucks
| Harbor for New York. Sch, Emma W Day
arrived July 10Th to load hay for Boston at
A. NJ. Carter's. She is in command of Capt
Frank Crockett, formerly of the Game Cock,
who has exchanged vessels with his father,
| Capt. George Crockett. Sch. Henry Whit
ney is at Bluehill, loading paving for New
| York 49,. Sch. Maria Webster has charters to
bring sand from Burnt Coat, and to take
casks to Rockland and fish barrels to
| Gloucester.
CHAT. Emery @, Pendleton brought in
the first home raised string beans July 10th.
They sold out quickly at Swift & Paul's
Howes & Co. have coffee plant growing in
pot in their store. 1t was presented to them
| by Chase y Sanborn of Boston. James W
| knoWlton has entered the bakery with his
son, A. j. Knowlton. -. Frank Stevens has
the largest private nag in town flying at his
house on River Avenue. 1t is SKIS feet.
A, a. Small has sold his carnage horse to
| Walter H Coombs CHM & Field had six
kinds of harries Tuesday straw berries,
blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, cur
rants and gooseherries. 60. A Ionzo Beckwith
has begun relaying the foundation of Frank
! B. Myrick's house on River avenue
| MAINE VETERINARY ANS. The Maine Vet
Urinary Medical Association held its quar-
terly meeting at the Windsor House, We'd
nesday evening, July 18th. There were
many members present from various parts
of the State. DR.. West, tile newly elected
president of the association, presided. DR.
| l. l.. Salley of Skowhegan read d very in
teresting paper upon "Tetanus" aud very
| lucidly explained the antitoxln treatment by
the use of which he has recently cured sew
eral cases. The paper called forth spirited
discussion. 1t was decided to present the
same bill to the legislature that recently
passed in Colorado, and DR.. West was elm
| powered to look after the interests of the
bill at Augusta The meeting adjourned to
meet in Watervlle in October.
! FIRE IN 1sLEsBoRO. The dwelling houses
of Austin Wyman and Mrs, Emily Parker at
North Islesboro were burned Sunday after
| noon, together with the barns and other
out-buildings. The fire caught in the barn
of the Wyman place and was so far advance
ed when discovered that it was impossible to
save anything from the building A woke
OF steers, a heIfer, hog tio ok of hens, tons
Of hay, with the farming too Is, grain, etc,
were all burned. The furniture was saved
from both houses The Wyman place was for
merly the Pillsbury Coombs place. aud the
| house was one of the best built farm houses in
town. 1t was built many years ago of the old
growth pine and was built upon honor. The
loss on these buildings and contents is more
than 5000. The Parker house was a com
Portable story and half house, owned and
occupied by a widow with two children.
| Her loss is 81 10 or more. There was no
insurance on either place. The cause of the
fire is unknown, but it will be investigated
EXCURSIONS. The excursion of steamer
I Castine to South West Harbor and Somes'
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