The Republican journal., 1898-03-03

There will be State Sunday School Con .
vention at Northport Camp Ground the first
two weeks in August.
The A. o. O. W. has paid Mrs. Hiram
Bliss $1,000 life insurance, her husband be-
ing member of Washington Lodge.
Belfast Lodge of Good Tempars will hold
dime sociable at the lodge room Saturday
evening. Cake and coffee will be served.
The flags on the custom house, which
have been at half mast because of the Maine
disaster, are now mast headed BY orders
from Washington.
Collector Hartman has received author
ity from Washington to have general re-
pairs made on the custom house, interior,
exterior. plumbing, etc, and will advertise
next week for proposals.
Probate Court will be held next Tuesday;
Insolvency Court Wednesday. Judge John
son will be out of town Tuesday but the
Register, Mr.. Hazeltne, will be in attend
ance. The Judge will be present Wednes-
! day.
| Letters have been received from II. E.
NuCDohotO anu party Oh TOutc AlOuulk6.
They have left Seattle for Vancouver, from
whence they will go by steamer to one of
the various passes. and thence overland
to the gold fields. They will buy their sup.
| plies in Vancouver.
Plans and specifications for handsome
cottage to be erected on the South Shore,
Northport, the coming season for Mr.. Ira B,
CODE OF Boston have been received here and
submitted to local builders for bids. The
| plans are elaborate and call for one of the
finest and most expensive cottages in this
section. Mr. and Mrs. 'Cobe were at North
port last summer, occupying the Milliken
cottage.
| EAST BELFAST. Eugene S. Achorn re-
turned home last Saturday from Camden,
where he had been for few days on bust
ness. B. Kelley resumed work in his axe
factory Tuesday morning, after being shut
down for aboutl two weeks. The hard
crust in the early morning now enables
those who have wood to haul ont of the
woods to get it, as the crust will bear pair
| OF horses in most places.
~ W 4>oAupH VI Wills tl9S I6c6lVeu MS an
pointment as Deputy T. S. Marshal Tues
day, and left on the 105 p. m train for Port
land to qualify. Mr.. Norton has served as
City Marshal the past year, and still holds
that position, aud has had other experience
that will qualify him for his new duties.
There We're many applications for the posi-
ton. VIM. H, Sanborn has been appointed
to 4o+,
absence on official duty
| FEBRUARY WEATHER. Mr.. l.. H. Murch
reports that the storm of February 81, %
and %, gave the largest precipitation, or
| measurement of rain and melted snow, that
he has ever recorded. The amount was g.
| inches. Mr., Mureh reports the weather
for the month as follows Mean tempera-
ture, p 050 mean for February, 1897, % 100; ,
mean for February for 80 years past, % Il
The highest temperature was 40o ON the 10th
| day: lowest 50 below zero the Sd day Rain
fell on days and snow on 10 days, and there
! were but 9 days in which he recorded the
weather as fair in all three of his observa-
| tions. The total snow fall was % inches
| total precipitation, OF rain and melted snow,
| IL 50 inches 1t will thus be seen that Feb
ruary was a warm month, but unusually
stormy and with very large amount of
| snow and rainfall.
| New ADVERTISEMENTS. W. A Clark has
the agency for the Stein Bloch Company of
Rochester, N. Y, an authority on mems
clothes, and has very large line of spring
styles which he invites all interested to in
| spect. Announcement is made of clear
ance sale of furniture in the near future nv
| r. H. Coombs & Son. Those who wear
spectacles, and those who ought to wear
! them, will be interested in the ADVERTISE
ment of Chase s. Doak. They make scienti-
tic examinations of the eyes free :. Charles
r. Coombs publishes card of thanks
| See statements Of the Belfast aud Searsport
National Banks. H. c. Pitcher, Mans
| fields Block, foot of Main street. can supply
Aroostook potatoes in any quantity at short
notice; and also has selected seed potatoes
of all the leading varieties. w E. Marsh
corner of Church and Market streets, has
| furnished rooms to let, with modern conven-
fences; also rooms suitable for a restaurant.
store or the vest business. See statement
of the Union Casulty and Surety Co. of St.
Louis, Mo, represented by Fred Atwood
Winterport Also town treasurer, bonds
furnished at reasonable rates by the Fidelity
Safe Deposit Co., Fred Atwood, agent, Win
terrort. Such bonds are in every way pref
cradle to individual bonds, and in many
cases they are required. -. See statements of
insurance companies represented by Field &
West and James Pattee & Son.
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