The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-04-14

The April term of Supreme Judicial court
will open in this city next Tuesday Judge
Whitehouse will preside.
Swift & Paul examined their books last
week to learn the price paid for eggs the
| past year. They find that the average price
paid from April /, 1897, to April l, 1898, was
| Is IA cents per dozen.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the
Belfast post Office for the week ending April
9th Ladies-Annie Libby, Miss Lillian
| Maddocks. Gentlemen-I A Thomas, Mr..
Frank Hayrick.
WAR MEETING. A special meeting of the
City Council was held Wednesday evening,
April 18th, to take such action as might be
thought necessary relating to the defense of
the city in case of war. The Journal is
printed too early to give report of the pro-
ceedings this week.
Notices have been posted cautioning all
persons against setting fires in the highways
or public places, as persons 80 doing are
personally liable for damages. One horse
became frightened last year by bonfire
and two ladies We're badly injured, and
Monday one of c. H. Chamherlain's teams
was badly damaged from the same cause
All lovers of the early spring flowers
should visit P. A. Sanborn's studio and see
| a new picture of our common blue violets.
The word beautiful, often carelessly used.
is the appropriate adjective here There are
other new and pretty pictures to be seen
but we could look at nothing else than this
natural, lovely piece in violets. Go and
| see it.
The farce comedy in preparation to be
| given soon for the benefit of the Belfast
| Band will be one of the most amusing per-
| formances ever given here Those in a posi-
ton to know say it contains more funny
situations than anything they ever saw be-
fore. The participants Will be Mesrs G.. P.
Lombard, Fred I. Chase, E. P. Frost, VIM.
H. Quimby, Will Havner Mrs F. j. Rigbv,
Miss Vannie Doloff Miss Helen Batchelder
WALDO COUNTY CROPS. The latest bull
letin OF the Maine Board of Agriculture
gives the following summary of crop reports
for Waldo county:
Number of farm stock, II per cent; value,
H, L
per cent. Cost of wint9ring farm animals.
96 per cent. For early spring crops, some
hot beds are being made, dressing hauled
and potatoes sprouted. Amount of fall
blowing, 10l per cent. About the usual
quantity of corn will be grown. Prospects
for sweet corn crop about as usual; where
the crop is reduced, Hungarian, grains and
yellow corn will take its place
A well known Friend from a neighboring
town gave young man in Belfast what the
boys would speak of as "call down, Tues
day. The young man was ventilating his
| views on the war question and had collected
quite an audience. He directed his remarks
principally to the Friend and roundy
berated the Administration for its policy on
the Spanish question. When the young
man stopped for breath the Friend remarked
"My friend, l have something here that
will please thee at the same time drawing
from his pocket a paper bag and taking
therefrom stick of candy which ne offered
to the Presidential adviser. The young
man beat hasty retreat.
BICYCLE AGENCIES. Nearly all the leading
bicycle manufacturers are represented by
agents in this city, and the wheels are in
stock in nearly all the agencies Geo. I.
Read has the old reliable Columbus and
Hartfords of the '9S model. His stock con-
sists wholly of chain wheels, but he has the
catalogues of and can procure the chainless
machines at short notice, if preferred
Spencer & Wilson have the Victor and
Waverley in '9S models A. G. Burgess
bicycle department is in charge of Sherman
G. Swift, ex-Chief Consul of the Maine L. A.
w, and includes the Rambler, Atlanta,
Hanover and New Mail. Mr. Swift has new
special tandem, built for himself with some
specialties of his own. j. w. Jones has the
Overland, Acme, Pennant and Viking in
ladies and gentlemen's styles. Geo r Poor
is agent for the Remington, Falmouth and
Portland, and thus has line ranging in
price from $50 upwards. earle & Jones con-
tinue as agents of the Packer, a wheel whic h
met with good reception last year. F. A.
Follett still has the Lowell Diamond and
liver & johnson wheels, and has added the
Stearns this year. All the agents have
wheels of older models, which are ffored at
a discount
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch. Geo. B. Ferguson
went to Bangor April Sth to load slaves for
Rondout or Eddyvlle. Sch. Sophia A
Wiley took the telephone poles to Islesboro
last week. They were landed at Seal Cove
which will be the terminus of the cable from
the mainland. Sch. Gazelle returned last
week from Rockland, where she had been
engaged in freighting kilnwood from the
"Keag" river. Sch. Maynard Sumner ar.
rived A prii 9th to load ice from the Belfast
Light & Power Co. for New York The
company has sold the ice in one of its houses
to New York parties Sch. Fannie &
Edith arrived April 9th, from Boston, with
general cargo. Sch. W. G. Norcross ar
rived April 9th from Portland with corn for
l.. I. Shales. Sch. Gamecock arrived
April 10th with general cargo from Boston.
: She also had quantity of goods for Bucks
port, after discharging which she will load
hay at A. NJ Carter's for Boston . Sch
Young Tell arrived April 10TH from Isle au
Haut for supplies. Sch. Garland loaded
general cargo for Stonington the first of the
week. Sch. Emma S. Briggs arrived at
Frankfort April 9Th to load stone for New
York. - Sch. Maggie Mulvey is in Carter's