The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-07-14
NJ NEWS OF BELFAST.

t..GOlru oars LOT y, ~ '" eoseer oi unis
1'' ,, Webster keeps 10 row boats and
-l years past has bought his oars of
They have always proved salts
#, lad-7 '
Ar
4..aIs Of the city of Belfast now
.. heads which give the full list of
.-. and the chairmen of the joint
mmiuees of the City Council, in
.4,l office having a separate head
rae
-.. las photographed Drum Major
-, " die Belfast Band and Major
rBrir mascot, both in uniform and
,,, -.i- by side. They are of about
,,s Age but there is a marked differ
.reg up
r ,4l ia The Journal last week about
% Nurch's 40 years residence in one
t,- brought out others. NJ. W. Rich
,-a fl the same house on Main street
. Lewis o. Fernald built his house
LIZ street III the winter of 1866 and
. ~. to January He has lived in it
s- ave lived in the tenement in the
,,-.-ak hgh street block so years,
..-4 lng record for rented premises.
r.f PARADEs. The first bicycle pa
season was held last Thursday
There were 90 bicycles in the pa
CD. route was from the school COM
-Uriug street to Cedar thence on
Tll.u. Main, High, Church, Grove,
.r, ana Cedar streets, Waldo ave-
u. High and Church streets back to
Mia. The second parade will be
r~.tay, evening, and will start at Z
who ride the wheel are invited.
l.u.agp One day last week n. j.
A Montefiore were hauling
..- vi MI. Politics. cottage, south
- when their boat capsized, Both
sNImmers and Mr.. Pottle easily
re. bat Mr.. Montefiore injured
4.eu the boat capsized and could
rs ID to the overturned boat until
I-I. Thomas 2. Logan fell over
"a boat off Lewis wharf Sunday
,.- r-- ned by jefferson Hall. Capt
n0ns fell overheard from a skitf
again Mr.. Hail was on hand to
of life-saver.
-HE ROAD. The journal refer
-a to some points of the ru rs of
7u are frequently violated by
M hlgyclers. There is another
many who travel frequently
refer 10 passing another team
same direction. The forward
ac right of way, which is the
the road, and a team coming up
ST. . passng should go to the left.
l Which is being passed is not
. Is position should it meet an
lit is the duty of the team at
pass another not only to keep
cams which 1t may met, but at
to give the right of way to
passing. The same rules APP
-e.men as TO teams. Neither has
yes on the road as against the
Ue other. A driver or wheelman
Lat another is coming up behind
st-p to his own-the right side of
-5I.
s---aUs TRIP. Capt. W. o, Cottle,
ten visited this port in his float
.-..4 shop, Yankee Notion" was in port
a-a To- buy leather and sell to the
rs supply of old rubbers which
.l. ululated during the winter. He
winter al Bass Harbor, where he
Ms boat and lived in her He came
'-l Long Island, Mt. Desert He
truds to visit Rockland, Deer Isle
.- u Haut, and at the latter place
u- for New York city. He thinks
l- has skirred the coast of Maine,
psAire and Massachusetts to Cape
around the Cape to Vineyard
a thence through Long Island
w York in his frail craft, lie and
wlll he in demand in the muse
vessel is skow built. 20 feet long,
les wide and ) feet deep Her
Fster is IS inches. The cabin is 10
tnl feet high, the full width of
Il contains the captains work
W uln, There is an open space of &
t Of the cabin, and one of feet
aft is sloop rugged. Last winter
added a bow of half octagon
7 vessel, which he says has i'm
sailing qualities greatly. The
'al cripple from birth, his right foot
" dog which the captain says is
I~ lld, Ii the captain survives his
'rN Trip around Cape Cod he no doubt
S.ught, as he expects, by museum
When lie reaches New York, for aside
pterest which will attach to them
p' Of the voyage, both the captain
afr are peculiar.
'5ite NOTES. The steamer Laurena.
Lees between Belfast and Northport
nd, has increased her service to
rips per day. She leaves Lewis
h' last, at and 1880 a NJ, 30, .. 80
M, ana leaves the Camp Ground
tAl 10 a. M, Il 80 3 80 and p. H.
lose connections with the rail-
The regular trips will be run on
htrn0on, but only one trip will be
tle forenoon, the boat leaving
tt $50 and Belfast at 8 45 IF.
Il repairing the office at Lewis
toommodate the steamers which
We Three steamers make regular
here; the Salacia four times
N, x NJ. twice a day and the
Yr Tunes a day. The wharf is also
lrters of the Castine and a num-