The Republican journal., 1898-07-28

The comrades of Sheridan F. Miller Com
mand, U. V. u, will meet in Comrade Cliff.
ford's rooms Monday evening, Aug. lst.
Ratio Locke. Joe Trussell and some other
boys were flying kites on the Allyn lot one
afternoon last week. They had bob-tailed
and long-tailed kite, and unlimited string
| The Waldo county Democratic convention
| will be held in Belfast next Saturday FORE
| noon at 10 o'clock to nominate candidates
| for sheriff, senator, clerk of courts, register
Of deeds, county attorney, treasurer and
| commissioner.
The Odd Fellows Building Association at
its ann ual meeting elected the following
directors: J. F. Wilson, Geo. W. Burkett.
James S. Hartman, R. F. Dunton, d. P,
Flanders, Ralph n. Howes, Fred V Cottrel
Mr.. Wilson was chosen President; L. T
Shales, Treasurer; and James Pattee, Clerk
/ The artists who paint advertisements
upon rocks and fences have of late done so
| in some instances without consulting the
owners of the premises. One resident, in
clearing up his lawn left large rock as a
part of the landscape. He came home from
down town one day recently just in time to
prevent man from painting a medicine
advt. on the rock.
The committee on highways has employed
j. P. Nelligan of Ware, Mass, to do the
concrete work for the city this year. He
began Tuesday on the walk between the
a1.rgs bank building on the Church street
side, around the corner aud up Main street
to Waldo avenue, which will be laid new
He will also put in thorough repair the
walks in front of the Hayford block Mr..
Nelligan laid the new walks on Main and
Church streets last year.
| Capt John P Farrow's new book, "The
| Romantic Story of DAY id Robertson. among
the Islands off and on the Coast of Maine"
has been published and is on sale at the
| bookstores The principal characters in the
| sto1y are drawn from life and were person
ally known to the author The manners
and customs of the jewellers on the New
England coast fifty years ago are graphical
ly depicted and the volume is one of inter-
est. The frontispiece IS a portrait of the
author, and there are number of full page
| illustrations
| ACCIDENTS. Road Commissioner W. A.
| Mason narrowly escaped serious injury last
| Thursday He was at work on the pile
driver at the bridge when the big hammer
came down unexpectedly. The hammer
caught hand hammer which he held in
his left hand, and this hit his right hand,
| crushing about one-half of the second finger
and thumb. Eli Cook fell from stage On
the bridge where he wes at work + rio ay,
but WIS pulled from his involuntary bath
by bis fellow worl''uen. No damage was
done.
Mr., and Mrs. X. H. Moody have a garden
| in the rear Of their house on Court street Ia
which sweet peas and pansies FREEDOM nate,
while other flowers, shrubs and vegetables
are given plenty OF attention. They have
ia pansy plants and nearly as many varle-
ties, including every Imaginable shade. II
takes money and time, but the result amply
| repays the lover of flowers. They have fifty
! varieties of sweet peas, trellised on wire
netting and feet wide, and 100 feet in
| length supported by wooden frames. MI
! Moody is vely fond of flowers, while tc
Mrs. Moody, who is kept at home by i'll
health they are a great source of enjoyment
THE BAND ENTERTAINED, Rev. FIR. Kealy
of St. Francis Catholic church called on one
of the managers of the Belfast Band recent
| ly, and said that while he had greatly enjoy.
ed their music he had never testified his
appreciation and would be pleased to enter
tain them at such time as tEey might select
| 1t was decided to accept the invitation for
| Friday night after the open air concert. So,
after an unusually fine concert with an I'M
| usually large attendance, the band boys
wendell their way to the residence of Father
| kealy on Court street, where they We're
| warmly welcomed and most Hospitality ell
tertained. They were seated on the veranda
where ice cream and cake were literally
served, followed by cigars, and their host
was entirely successful in making them feel
at home. The compliment pail them, and
the generous entertainment, are alike appre-
ciated by the members of the band.
LONG LOST DIPLOMA RECOVERED. W. G.
Libby, Worshipful Master of Phoenix Lodge
of Masons of Belfast lately received from a
lady in Virginia the Masonic diploma issued
by that lodge April 10, 1859, to Silas M
Fuller, and which Mr.. Fuller lost on a
Southern battlefield during the War of the
Rebellion. The diploma was found by a
Confederate soldier, d Mason, who kept it as
a memento. After his death his daughter
wrote to the Master of Phoenix Lodge, and
their correspondence resulted in the return
of the document to the lodge which issued
it, after being lost third of century. 1t
will be forwarded to Mr.. Fuller's daughter
Hattie, who lives in West Somerville, Mass
The blue lodge diploma was signed by Geo
S. Chase, Master; Otis B. Woods, Senior
Warden; 81. M. Stuart, Junior Warden
Timothy Thorndike, Secretary. The Grand
Lodge certificate bears the pames of Josiah
81. Drummond. Grand Master. and Ira Berry
Secretary. Messrs Chase and Drnmmond
are the only survivors of the officers.