The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-11-17

There will be rifle and trap shooting
Thanksgiving day, forenoon and afternoon.
at the Belfast Gun Club grounds
The Baptist Sewing Circle have some
comfortables ;they would like to sell, and
would take orders for making quilts, aprons,
etc.
The next regular meeting OF Phoenix
Lodge, F. and A M. will be Monday even
ing, Nov Dist.
The date of "Cranford," to be given by
the X kindergarten Association. is Tuesday e.
Nov 10Th. Be on the lookout for posters
Saturday.
Fox & Wards variety troupe, which is
now playing long engagement in the Nor
ombega, Bangor, will appear in Belfast
Opera House Thanksgiving evening.
NEW Doctors. The Maine board of
medical registration met in Augusta Nov
18th. Eight candidates for certificates to
practice medicine in the State were present
and Of these five passed The successful
ones are H. H. Plumer of Union. W. E.
Lytle of North Berwick, H L. Trueworthy
of Newport, E. A, Wilson Of Belfast and T.
H. McClintock OF Searsport.
SHOOTING CASE IN Troy. A special to the
Kennebec journal gives the following cor
rected version of a shooting affair in Trey
last Sunday:
1t seems that VIM. Larrabee and Pearl
Gray having become quarrelsome through
drink, entered the house of Amos Bennett
citizen, and became so offensive that Ben
nett warned them if they did not leave his
house he should shoot. Gray left, but
Larrabee continued his disturbances till
Bennett, in Sc lf-defense, fired several shots,
taxi care they should do no serious harm
Several bullets passed through Larrabees
clothing and one shot grazed his leg. leav
ing slight flesh wound Public sentiment
is with Bennett.
A GANG OF LAW BREAKERS. The officers
are collecting information and evidence
from which we expect to hear some highly
interesting developments soon. There is
evidently gang i'll this vicinity who are do
ing lots of law breaking, even if they are
not connected with the store burglaries in
the surrounding towns. Several summer
cottages along the shore and at the ponds
have been broken into and goods stolen, and
other depredations are reported Within a
week past two aged and respected citizens
have been stopped and money demanded.
but they refused and their assallants went
away. If both partles-law breakers and
officers keep on as they are now doing for
a short time longer we may expect a goodly
number of emigrants from Belfast to
Thomaston towards the last of January.
FISH FACTS. A consignment of 1900 land
locked salmon arrived last week from the
State hatchery at Winthrop, and. were put
into Swan Lake by John Sanbprn. They
We're secured by our Representative-elect,
NJ. c. Hill. .Sloop Polyandry arrived Sun
day from Vinalhaven with some large and
nice dry cod and pollock and smoked fish
-, Sch. Comet arrived Monday from Eastport
with carload of Quoddy pollock. :. The
mackerel season is virtually at an end, and
the Boston hsh bureaus estimate of the
total catch to date by New England fisher
men gives the aggregate of cured 4,731
bbls. and for fresh mackerel 23,092. Imports
have also run under the acreage The
catch in Ireland has been the smallest on
record this season, and the Nova Scotia for
wardings have not been excessive at any
time. Prices are ruling comparatively high
on good offerings, and have done so for
quite a while. thinkers" are still in the
bay Monday Col. Mcdonald and Capt
Mcdonald were out in one of Webster s
row boats and caught four dozen.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS At Francis shoe
store. Main street, you will find the ladies'
/ reform So boot, an up-todate boot. With
every cash sale of ladies', misses or chill
dren's shoes costing 81 and upwards a pair
of lambs wool soIes will be given. HI A.
Starrett, Main street. announces an enorm
GUS cut in prices on jackets. 1t is worth
your while to look at the figures. Umbrellas
IS cents to 81; special prices on tianneette
wrappers while they last, and bargains in
underwear, hose, blankets and comfortables
-. Garlic & Jones, Main street, have mark
ed their banquet lamps from % to so per
| cent less the regular price, nice decorated
globe and chimney Included. See prices
quoted on pantaloons by W. A Clark, man
faCturer, S1enlX ROW.. SWlIt u Gdul, M d.
sonic Temple, in addition to their usual full
lines of groceries, have Thanksgiving sup
| plies in great variety and OF the best quality
-. G. d. Libby of Gardiner will be at the
| parlors of Mrs. Geo. O. Bailey, Church
street, Belfast, Nov. 18th, to take orders for
| all kinds of fur work. Sample furs for sale
and inspection....A lady of experience
would like stu alton as housekeeper. In-
quire at 40 High street, Belfast. .Fogg q
Brown, High street, corner of Main, will
have Thanksgiving poultry of all kinds in
abundance and of the best quality. They
have meats of all kinds, game, vegetables
etc. Fred A. johnson, Masonic Temple,
advertses whrlwind of reductions for the
next ten days and will sell as he advertises
Only a few of the many bargains offered
| can be enumerated. Others will be shown
| on the counters. :. See advt of E. P. Frost
THE LOWER BRIDGE Mayor Fletcher and
members of the City Council are considering
the advisability of making the necessary
repairs to the lower bridge in such way
that permanent "rip-rap" bridge will soor
take the place of the present pile structure