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


| Manila.
The meetings of the Belfast Festiva
Chorus are to be held Tuesday evening il
the Universalist vestry, instead of in thu
Belfast Band Hall as formerly.
A photograph was recently sent to Bel
fast lady from relatives in Massachusetts
showing family group on the piazza. The
father of the family lay in hammock read
ing The Republican Journal.
A bicycle ran away down Main street last
Friday evening, but the young lady rider
had presence of mind enough to steer it into
the L. A. Knowlton store, and she escaped
without injury to herself or her wheel.
The report of the exercises at the State
Reform School, Sd page, will be found inter.
esting. Two of the trustees are Waldo
county mention. Fred Atwood of Winter
port, and L. G. Morse, Esq, of Liberty
Ernest Brown. formerly of Northport
who has been held in custody in Lynn
Mass, pending his hearing on charge OF
numbering his mother, was discharged July
Sth, on account of insufficient evidence.
W. l.. Hall has received from his friend l.
A. Covell of Wellf1eet, Mass, photograph
of the schooner Daniel B. Fearing, taken as
she was going to pieces on Cape Cod. But
one mast is standing, and the scene is a
wild one.
Albert j. Mudgett of Belfast has two grey
! Percheron team horses 8 years old, that
weigh 1872 pounds apiece, their weight be-
| ing exactly alike. They are so nearly mated
as to size, shape and color that the last man
who weighed them accused Mr.. Mudgett oil
driving the same horse upon the scales twice
Last Sunday was a perfect day. The
weather was cool, and slight rain in the
morning laid the dust enough to make riding
comfortable The atmosphere was unus-
ually clear, and the view from elevated
points was very distinct. Many who were
out riding on that day went to the hlltops
purposely to see the landscanes.
| NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Burkett is offer
| ing seasonable goods of good style and
| quality at about one-half price. Shirt waists
at marked down prices and special handker
chief sale this week. Call and buy some OF
them. Belfast Farms Creamery offers an
engine and boiler for sale, Apply at the
creamery on Common street. w. H. Wal.
ton offers two valuable horses for sale.
CHAT. There are two large willow trees
on DIR. E. A, Wilson's grounds in each OF
which a fair sized elm has taken root
and in one a raspberry bush is fully grown
and i'll the other a currant bush with green
| fruit is tiourishing. Repairs are being
made TO the Joshua Trussell house on Mil
| Ter street. Some very large and handsome
| English gooseberries raised by John Doloff
We're in Swift & Paul's store Monday.
A fort built of tire-wood at Chas W Rog-
ers place on the Searsport shore road attracts
considerable attention from passers- by.
| 1t is built Of sawed and split stove wood, is
circular in form, about 20 feet in diameter
and has battlements, portfolios, etc, and
its guns-pieces of clay drain-t tile frown
upon the surrounding country like those OF
miniature Moro. The castle has been
christened Fort Cordwood'
A supply of internal revenue stamps was
received at the National banks July 18th
since which time there have been plenty
for local use of the smaller denominations
| For use on deeds, etc, which require from
| % cents upwards none were available until
| July 18th, when the National Banks re-
| ceived supply. One deed presented for
record called for s. in stamps and the use OF
l cent stamps, the only kind then available
would nearly cover the deed. Those now
being received are regular revenue stamps,
| the reprinted postage stamps being used
only until the others We're ready.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch. Maria Webster
hay from the F. G. White Co.. Capt
Thomas Burgess is giving sch, P. NJ. Bonney
a through overhauling in Dyer's dock 80.
Banks Olive Thurlow, Capt. j. o Hayes, and
I Harriet S. Jackson, Capt. Charles Veazie
are at Key West discharging coal for the L.
S. government The Thurlow is charter
/ ed to load for Apaachicola, and thence to
Boston. The Jackson is to load at Pensa-
cola or Apaachicola for Port Spain, Trini-
! dad. Sch. Volant loaded casks at Lane
wharf July Sth for Rockland -. Sch Sarah
L. Davis was slightly repaired here the past
week and sailed Tuesday for Bucks Har-
Dor to load paving for New York
| A LONG Run. DR.. Hams horse had first
class runaway last Thursday. The horse
became frightened up town and went home
| For some reason, which the horse has not
yet explained, he did not stop at home, but
went around the stable, out on the other
side and up town again. He ran up North
port avenue to Elm street. thence up tC
| Cedar street and over to Main street, up the
Wilson Hill and out Belmont avenue to a
farm owned by John NJ. Simmons, four
miles from the city Here some boys at
tempted to stop him, but he turned into a
field and tipped the buggy bottom upwards
| into cellar where house had been burn.
| ed. The horse cleared himself from the car.
riage and then stopped The only damage
| was sprung axle. Persons who met the
horse on the road gave him a wide berth
and all reported that he was going at live.
| ly gait the whole distance. He ran more
| than fl i've miles.
FISH FACTS. Porgies schooled in the