The Republican journal., 1898-12-22
The next Cotillion Party will be held at
Memorial Hall Friday evening, Dec. 3Oth

Original, George F. Stewart, Appleton: in
| crease, Jonas B. Ferguson Belfast, $40 to
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| Hiram McAlister has a crew of % men at
| work cutting spool wood on his wood-lot in
| Burnham They had 400 cords ready to
start out Tuesday, but will not move it out
| until later when there is more snow in the
woods. The wood is beech, birch and
| maple
Gilkey's Harbor, Isleshoro, will be buoyed
next spring. Capt. j. P Farrow obtained
signatures to petition asking that this be
| done, and through the efforts of Collector
| Hartman of Belfast and Congressman Bur-
| leigh the petition was favoraby acted upon
| by the goveLnmeut 1t is something that
| should have been done long ago.
There are now in Belfast Jail but 2S pris-
oners I bound over to S. j. Court; 4 local
offenders serving sentences for drunkenness q,
| and tramps. This is the smallest number
of tramps in jail at this season for many
years. Three of the prisoners are women.
The tramps are kept at hard labor, which
partially accounts for the small numb Der
| The annual ball of Seaside Hose Co, to be
| given at Seaside Grange Hall tomorrow,
Friday, evening, bids fair to be one of the
best ever given by that company The
tickets are selling we'll, and the prepare
tions for the supper indicate feast. The
supper will be served at s 30. The music
Will be by the Belfast Band Orchestra
BUBKETT's BARGAINS. The past week has
been d busy one at Burkett's, and at times
the store-ful Of customers taxed the ener-
gies of the large force of clerks 80 the ut
most The work of Matzow, the Norwegian
artist, has attracted much attention, and the
window III which be plies the brush draws
crowds of spectators His ten days engage
ment expires next Tuesday, and those who
have not seen hun, or secured one of his
paintings, should not fail to do so
q The Kennebec Journal in a recent issue,
reported that Charles Coombs, recently
cook at the Augusta House was missing He
| left Augusta before the big storm saving
he was going to Boston and ship on some
vessel or steamer cook, as that was
where he had before served, His wife,
who lives in Belfast, became worried
and wrote to landlord Capen, but learned
nothing further. She has since received a
letter from her husband written since the
last storm and stating that he is well and
working in Boston. Mr.. Coomhs was
formerly cook at the Crosby Inn of this
city and subsequently kept a restaurant
here for short time.
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valuable family horse to Mrs, E. S. Park
Hurst of Unity last week. w A Griffin
has bought the Freedom and Belfast stage
route and made marked reduction in the
fares. Belfast Will have three postmasters
within one month. Postmaster Kilgore died
| Dec 4th. and soon after Asst. Postmaster A ,
Heating was appointed Acting Postmaster
Jan 1st, A. |. Brown, by appointment of
/ President Mckinley, Will assume the duties
of the offce,...A travelling man remarked
to H. j. Locke last week that he had the
handsomest show window east of Boston
The Belfast Machine x Foundry Co. receiv-
ed an order last week for Hege rotary saw
mill for Ira d. Cram of Montville
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING Our stores have
been busy places the past week and there
has been no talk of hard times or hard travel
! ling. Christmas comes but once wear and
then, if ever, purse strings are unloosed and
F! shopping becomes AL important and mystert
Gus business. While many have made or
selected their purchases, others have vet to
make their selections and these we refer to
the advertising columns of The Journal,
,ln, %t,r R.,I
! lines, including the useful as well as the
ornamental. Prices were never lower for
the quality of goods offered, and there is
great variety to select from Read the adj
vertisements before you start on YOUR shop
ping tour.
The County Commissioners opened their
regular December term at the Court House
Tuesday morning. They will audit the
term bills and the years accounts and at
tend to such other business as may come be-
fore them. The Commissioners have re-
established the bounds of the county roads
| in Swanville and made them correspond
with the highways as now travelled. The
roads We're not built on the lines as laid ont
which caused frequent trouble The roads
Oh winch bne lines are mus re-eStd bis he'd
are from the Belfast line to Swapviile Mills 9.
at the Mill from Sylvanus Nlckerson's to the
old school house; from Nckerson's along
the west shore of Swan Lake to the Young
school house, ana from the Mills along the
east side of the Lake to the Searsport line
| They will report on the repairs to the road
! from Freedom to Unity, on a section in the
! towns of Thorndike and Unity.
| New ADVERTISEMENTS. H. A Starrett's
Christmas offering, made through our ad-
vertising columns, speaks for itself For ex-
ample, the prices of Jackets and capes have
been cut exactly in the middle shawls cut
down one third. Then there are bargains in
aprons, handkerchief, towels, napkins, table
damasks, etc, for particulars of which see
-advt. Read what Spencer & Wilson, fur
niture dealers, Coliseum building, have to
offer in the way of useful holiday gifts For
example, they offer parlor desks, fancy rock
ers, couches, centre tables. rugs and chill
dren's sleds. M. l.. MITCHELL lis High
street, announces clearance sale of parlor
stoves and lamps. Warmth and light are
! aSS ial in ipta hall Il