The Republican journal., 1898-03-31

PENSIONS nave Deen granted as follows {:
Original, widows, etc. Harriet " Clough,
Bluehil, S12.
The Social Whist Club will give an enter
rainment at Memorial Hall, tomorrow, Fri
day, evening at O'Clock. Refreshments
will be served
Last Sunday morning Mr.. 0. A. Dickey of
Northport saw a herd of six large deer
browsing on the twigs of young apple trees
on his farm. The were quite near the house
and appeared very tame.
The many Belfast friends of Mrs Edwin
Frost of Middletown, CT. formerly of this
city, recently united in making her num-
Der of presents, including handsome silver
tea set, and other articles.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the
March 26 Gentlemen-Mr A. P Cain.
Mr.. F. d. Cunningham, Mr.. George Hatch
care of Frank Hatch, Mr.. Herbert F. Rob
erts, Jr.
DR.. W. L. West went to Unity last Thu
day and bought of W. A. Clark the trotting
S9dilloH CdSIio Ddfe, A.-S, anu bue CHESTNUT
gelding Nemone, 2.23. DR.. West subse-
quently sold Castle Dare to Frank B. Jack
son of this city.
A Unlled States recruiting poster has
been hung up in the post office, and is the
object of much attention. Recruits for the
army only asked for, and application is
to be made at Fort Preble, Portland APP
plicants must be between 81 and 80 and I'M
married.
ACCIDENT. l.. F. Howard accidentally
cut his left hand while at work in Critch EFT.
Sibley & Cos shoe factory, Friday, He was
fitting knife handle when the knife with
which he was at work slipped and made a
wound about three inches long in the fieshy
part of his thumb.
James Bowen has started out as an evange-
list i'll true Salvation Army style He wears
a red shirt with Salvation Army in bright
letters across the breast, and wherever he
finds crowd of men on the street whom he
thinks he can benefit he exhorts or prays as
the case seems to demand. Monday after
noon he held such meeting on Moody's
corner and drew large crowd.
The item in The Journal of last week in
relation to the long service for the city by
Messrs. J oseph Williamson and others was
misle dding on account of an omission. The
latter part of the item should read as fol-
lows: Mr.. L. FL. Murch, who qualified as
City Clerk Monday for his fourteenth con-
al, tl,o
year q years ago. His is the longest term
of any City or Town Clerk since Belfast
was Incorporated Jonathan Wilson was
Town Clerk Is years, from 1900 to 1913, and
John III. Quimby was City Clerk for the
same length of time. but in two terms, 1856
to 1860 and 1864 to 1873
CHAT. Walter Darby has made yacht of
Defender model and rig, feet over all,
which is to be placed on exhibition in Spen-
Ger & Wilson's window. Hugh Gordon
has begun in the blacksmithing business in
the shop in the rear of l.. T. Shales' store
William HI. Bray went 30 Dark Harbor
Monday TO wire one of the new summer res
licences there for electric bells. -. A mum Der
of the old instruments of the Belfast Band
have been sold to musicians in other places
80. Charles F. Swift planted sweet peas in
his garden March 9th. -. The shed in the
rear of the Windsor Hotel, owned by the
estate of Francis Whitmore and occupied for
storage, collapsed short time ago There
was but little in it, and the damage was
slight. ID. W. Batchelder of Brooks will
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mer cottages. He now has two contracts.
William McCabe is mourning the loss of his
pipe, which he valued for old associations,
and Superintendent Brick has valuable
whip which he found in the road.
STEAMER NOTES. The new steamship
Horatio Hall, built for the Maine Steamship
Company for the trade between New York
and Portland, was launched March 23d from
Roach's shipyard at Chester, Pa The
steamer is of STEEL 319 feet long, As feet
beam, II feet inches depth of hold. She
will be driven by triple expansion engine,
with cylinders &c 4S and rs inches in dame
ter, with stroke of As inches and develop
ing more than 4 900 horse power Her total
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built in the Barbour yard at Brewer for
Capt Benz. Arey to be placed on the river
route formerly owned by the Little Butter
cup. Her keel is 4S feet aud her length
over all is 81 feet. She is - - feet wide
Her capacity for freight and passengers is
found in the hold and on two decks. The
cabin is conveniently reached and arranged
and has capacity of about 80 passengers.
She is built on different plans from any
boat in service on the river, her particular
business being taken into consideration
She has been named the Marjorie. The
steamer Seaboard, which recently arrived at
Boston from Baltimore to go on the route be-
tween that port and Machias. goes to New
York to-day to secure a new boiler The
Boston Globe says that the company is
negotiating for the purchase of the side
wheel steamer Monticello of ST. John, or
the steamer Virginia, to run in conjunction
with the Seaboard. If the Monticello is
purchased she will be placed under the
American flag, as she is intended for trade
between American ports. Capt. jeremiah
Cottrell, commander of the Seaboard, will
go to st. John. in case the Monticello is
secured, to bring that vessel to Boston The
Virginia will not be available until June l,
Steamer Sedgwick made her first trip
from Bangor to Bar Harbor Yesterday, and
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