The Republican journal., 1898-12-15

The Children's Aid Society acknowledg
the receipt of a ton of coal from Edward
sibley.
Progressive c. L. S. c. will meet will
Mrs. Mary Whitmore in the Stewart block
Main street, Friday evening at o'clock.
! AS usual II. ]. Locke & Son have a yer,
attractive Christmas window but it is merely
an index of what is to be found inside.
Miss Grace E. Burgess has made thorough
renovation of the Burgess job printing office
both in material and stock and the printing
sent out corresponds in neatness with the
appearance of the place.
| ALMOST GIVEN AWAY A. A Howes &
Co. have bought the stock and fixtures OF
the late Boston Tea Co., including teas, cot.
fees, spices, extracts coffee mills, dishes
etc, etc, and are closing them out at prices
| that is practically giving the goods away
Bargains for early buyers.
ART NOTES. Mr.. H L. Woodcock had a
very interesting and successful exhibition of
| oil paintings and water-coors at his studio
in the Savings Bank building last Thursday
stlllife subjects, while the larger number
of the water-colors depicted Maine coast
| scenes and We're from sketches made at Ma
tlnicus and in this vicinity. There We're a
few Holland scenes from sketches made bv
I Mr. Woodcock while in Europe last wear.
Monday Mr. Woodcock went to Rocllani
where he will have an exhibition and sale
remaining there until Christmas P. A.
Sanborn is sending out a large number of
| oil and water-color pictures to all PARTS of
the country, one going last week to New
Orleans. His orders are always large at
this season, many pictures being ordered for
| Christmas presents.
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ed By Friday afternoon not copy was
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Saturday were disappointed. By subscrib-
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In addition to other attractive features
chief among them Mrs. Wards letters, The
Journal gives the fullest and most accurate
reports of local happenings in the city and
county. Then it always has good word to
say for Belfast, its institutions and its enter
prises, and in this, as in some other respects,
has no competitor.
CHAT. H. C. Pitcher and Chas. W. Ian
caster shipped car load of apples to Kan
sas City last week. w m. F. n utt of Fair
field has bought lot at Wipdermere Park.
Unity, and will build cottage next season
49,. Mrs James A, Wilson has sold the Will
son farm on which the family has lived
many years to Leo G. Herrck of Castine
49,. f. E. Cottrell, owner of tie bill board on
Po@nix Row, has set posts in the ground at
the rear Of the board and stretched wire
guys to hold it in place against northerly
and northeast winds. The board is thorough
ly braced on the back side.... The semi
annual tax paid by the Belfast Savings
Bank amounted to S2815 The first
calendars for 1899 to reach this office came
from II. ] Locke & Son, Belfast, jewellers,
and they are daisies 100. The smelt fishers
have begun to pitch their tents on the ice
near Gitypolnt. Some broke through the
past week, but the ice is solid enough now.
wv. Fl. Bray strung the wires and made
the connections last week for the additions
to the fire alarm system The Maine Cen
trail r. r. Co is giving its cars their semi
annual renovation, and the cars of Conduc-
tor Sullivan's train are in the shop for that
purpose. Burgess & Gardner are making
a thorough renovation of their market.
They have re-fnished the office, laid a new
floor, and are to put in a new refrigerator. :.
Russell Brer has sold the horse he lately
bought of Chas. II. Mitchell to Chas. A. Nc
Kinley for saddle horse. The sloop b.
nanza was in port yesterday from fremont,
to sell a cargo of dry fish and buy grain and
produce.
ported dismasted and otherwise damaged at
Vineyard Haven during the gale of Nov. %.
| 80, has been lowed to New York, her destin-
alton Capt Sellers writes home that he
would have ridden out the gale all right had
he not been run into by two schooners, both
of which sunk. The second collision carried
away bowsprit and head gear and soon after
| the masts went by the board. Fortunately
the crew all escaped injury and the hull OF
| the Condor was not much damaged, the
vessel remaining tight. The spars, sails
rigging, iron work, etc, were saved in d
more or less damaged condition. She had
some new sails, but they snugly
| fured at the time it is probable they would
| be little damaged The vessel has laid NJ
, for the winter at New York the past two
years and Will probably remain there unit
next spring. -. Sch. J. Custer Wood arrived
| from Boston last Thursday night with grar
and feed for Swan & Sibley Co.. Sch. Johr
G. Smith, Capt. W. G. Kneeland. was in New
York during the recent gales. She has since
cleared for Nassau, N. P. Sch Radiant
arrived from Boston Monday with corn TO
Swan & Sibley Co. Sch. Maria Webster load
ed casks for Rockla land the first of the week.
The F. G White Co. loaded sch. Fannie
Edith with hay for Boston the past week
Capt. T. M. Nicholson of Bucksport ha
bought the schooner Ada S. Babson o
Gloucester, to take the place of the Edgar S
Foster, which was lost in the recent BIZ
storm. The Babson, which is now beinl