The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-04-07

The assignees of the Legro & spaldine I
Shoe Company are making first dividend
to creditors of 50 8 per cent.
The Girls Home for April will be issued !
on or about the 9th inst. A hundred nav
subscribers are wanted for the little panar
1t IS only % cts. year.
Progressive c. L. S. C. will meet with |
Mrs Mary Whtmore next Saturday even !
ing. The program will be the regular Chan !
tauqua program for the irst week in AnriI
City Marshal Sanborn has fitted nm tho |
Office formerly occupied by the CITY Treas. /,
urer in Memorial Building for notice baaa
quarters. He will be in attendance tbare
from to p. NJ, daily.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Sibley are nour,;,r
the loss of pet cat. The animal is a verv
large buff and white coon, has been in the
family many years, and mysterious!v dis.
appeared a few nights since.
Miss Mary McCobb of Portland, known to
many of our people. will lecture in Belfast
May Sd. The subject of the lecture will ba
DR.. Nansen, and as it is given in the interest
of the kindergarten it should be well nat
ronized
| Funeral services of the late George F
Bean, who was drowned in the storm Of
Feb. 1st at Gloucester, Mass, will be held at
the home of his mother, Mrs. Sarah W. Bean
in East Belfast, next Tuesday afternoon At
o'clock
n. J, Pottle has contracted to build
house on Cedar street for Frank Wbitcomb
on the site of the one destroyed by re few
months ago. The main house will be some.
what larger than the one burned and some
other changes will be made.
| We go to press this week without our reg
| gular letter from Mrs. Ward, and with no
advices from her. Whether she is i'll, or
| preparing to leave Cub with other ! meri-
cans we are unable to say, but We h, pc to
hear from her before another issue.
John Sanborn has taken the agency of the
Standard Oil Co., and has leased one of the
storehouses on Lanes wharf The Stand
ard Oil agencies have been held in MANY
places by Maine Central agents. but the
company is changing to agents outside the
railroad employ.
| Lewis P. Hazeltine of this city has bought
the shoe store of J. P Wech of Bath. The
Times says of him. "Mr. Hazeltine is a
young man of pleasant address and seems
to have qualifications for a successful pro-
prietor of this well-known stand. He has
been three years in the employ of the A H
Berry Shoe Co. of Portland"
d
sailed April LIST for Seal Harbor, with hav
and coal from F. G. White Co. Sch. Paul
Seavey arrived Saturday night from Boston
with general cargo. Sch. Henry Whitney
| towed to Bangor Thursday to load lumber
for New York;. Sch. Sarah l.. Davis ar
rived Tuesday from New York with coal
for F. G. White Co.
| Young America in Belfast is thoroughly
! lmbued with patriotism. After one of the
recent snow storms a lot of little fellows.
none over years old, built a snow fort A
passer-by hailed them with some playful
remark, when Capt. Otis, the commander of
the forces, asked: "Do you believe Spain
would dare to send a war-ship to Belfast if
| they knew what we were doing?"
| In accordance with call issued by Eliza
beth NJ. Greenwood, Worlds and National
Evangelistic Superintendent of the W. c. 7.
, u, to observe Good Friday as special day
of prayer and conservation, the Belfast
Union will meet at their partors on Main
street Friday, April Sth, at O'Clock D. m
Instead OF Thursday, the usual day of meet
ing. The Union cordially invites all pastors
and people to unite with them in their "call
to prayer
| ACCIDENTS. Fred Robbins cut his left hand
quite badly Tuesday afternoon He was
| scltfiing with another young man and fell
| against window. His left hand was cut in
| several places, the cords of the thumb were
| cut off and an artery was severed H. will
be very lucky if he does not lose the use of
the thumb. Frank r. Wiggin received an
accidental blow in the eye while at work at
home few days ago. His physician thinks
the sight of the eye is not Injured
| = coming attraction a the Belfast Opera
House is the Isle of Champagne, with the
| popular comedian Richard Golden and
Maud Lillian Berry, a native of Belfast, in
the cast. Dick Golden needs no intro
duction. having been seen here several times
as "Jed Prouty," while Miss Berry, now
resident of California, should receive gem
erous welcome at her Did home The com
pany is said to be a strong one. Further
| particulars next week
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. William A.
| Clark, Phenix Row, has Stein-Blo Co.
| business suits, equal to custom made and at
less than half the price. John W. SLEEPER is
the manager of the retail department, with
Ralph O'Connell as assistant. ID. P Palm
er. Masonic Temple, is right on deck when
it comes to hats, caps and mems furnishings,
and has superb line of Easter goods. Agent
| for the Wilcox stiff and oft hats...J. w.
Jones, 60 Main street. is selling paints and
oils at rock bottom prices and has large
line of % cent goods; also BICYCLES and sun
dries. Spencer Il Wilson, II Main street,
will deliver free anything bought of them to
any city or town in the State They have a
large line of furniture, mattings and rugs,
and are in a position to offer their patrons
| better trades than ever before. Special at
| teltiOn to undertaking. and when lasired