The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-08-11

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Manager Cottrell of the Opera House an
nounces THE Nancy Hanks Company, for
Monday night Aug. 22nd.
| The venires for grand and traverse jurors
| for the September term of Supreme Judicial
Court have been sent to the various towns
in the county.
valuable team horse belonging to W. A.
Moody fell in the harness on the street here
Saturday and died in a few minutes of in
fammation of the bowels.
The young ladies of the Epworth League
will give sociable Friday evening, Aug
18th, on the lawn at No ! Court street. Dur
ing the evening ice cream and cake will be
on sale.
The regular quarterly session of Waldo
District Lodge, Good Templars, will be held
in Jackson with Geo. E. Bracket Lodge.
Saturday. Aug. 9th. Full particulars will
be given later.
| Raspberries hold on we'll this season.
Wild raspberries were quite plentiful in the
market Tuesday, retailing at u cts. Guilt
waited ones sold at IA blueberries at II AMI
cultivated blackberries at Is.
| Among the recent acknowledgements of
Treasurer Higgnson, Boston, of contribu-
lions for the Volunteer Aid were the fol-
lowing from Belfast: Mr.. Albion Bradbury,
/ So; Miss Caroline Bradbury, S..
| Pensions have been granted as follows:
Increase, Francis A. Gilbreth, Belfast, SO
to So; Willard F. Kendall, Brooks, IS to
| S12; Jas. H. Robinson. Castine, S12 to S14;
James W. Grindle, North Penobscot, $40 to
sl7,
| THE CROPS. The latest bulletin of the
State Board of Agriculture gives the follow
ing summary of crop reports from Waldo
county:
Condition of fruit, 80 per cent; grain. 95
I per cent; hoed crops, go per cent. Proper
tons of hay harvested, so per cent Potato
| beetles about the same as usual. New in
secticides, Bug Death, with good results.
| Slight indications of rust on potatoes. Some
Bordeaux mixture being used.
| The Whiting Nursery company of Boston,
Mass, has a salesman in town in the person
of Mr.. A. S. Kelley, who carries a specially
fine line of fruit and ornamental shrubber y.
This is an Old established company that has
been doing business for more than quarter
of a century and has good reputation for
square dealing Every article is thoroughly
warranted.
Capt. J. W. Burgess lost another horse
Tuesday morning. Last week one of his
large team horses died, and Tuesday morn
| ing lie found his black carriage horse in the
stall with her nigh hind leg broken III two
places between the gambrel and stit1e. The
animal was killed. 1t is supposed she
kicked over the stall and broke the leg in
getting down.
S. A. Littleteld & Co. have closed their
fruit store, recently opened on Phoenix
| Row, and have leased the store in the Will
hanson block, opposite, formerly occupied
by the American Express Co., where they
will carry line of boots. shoes, mems
clothing, rugs, drapery, etc. Mrs. S. A.
Littletield will place the products of her
hand loom on sale in the store,
BASE BALL. The Dirigos went to Sears
port Aug. Sd, and paid back the old score by
defeating the local team of that town by a
score of % to 11....The Frankforts came to
Belfast Saturday and played the Belfast
Juniors The home team was victorious,
by a score of Is to II. This was a rubber
game" to break tie The clubs had a dance
at the Odd Fellows Hall in the evening.
NEW CONCRETE WALKS The work of
relaying and repairing the walks in concrete
has been extended beyond the limits at tirst
/ DrODnSpi Walks lai1 Moi,
street from Waldo avenue to Church street ;
on Church street in front of Hayford block,
The Journal building, Memorial Hall, the
Court House, and Savings Bank; and on
Market street from church to High. Michigan
q Co.. who do the work are also laying an
asphalt floor in the fire department rooms.
CHAT. Frank W. Limeburner and Walter
Il. Coombs have made and put up large
sign for the Belfast Farms Creamery Joel
p. Wood sold at Swift & Paul's the first
caulitiower OF the season. Aug. 4th. Mrs.
c. A. Wiley is building an addition to her
house at the corner of High and CONNER
cial streets. Augustus Clark had the first
home raised blackberries Aug. 6th....W
E Marsh has marketed this years cabbages
that weighed IL pounds apiece
A resident of East Belfast had q valuable
young horse taken suddenly ill., and when
life appeared almost gone he gave the ami
NAL to z. S. Richards. Mr.. r. had her
hauled to his stable and treated her for
what he thought was the trouble He now
has good carriage horse, secured at an ex-
pense of trucking bill from the East Side
and week g supply of medicine. The man
who gave him the horse thought Mr.. r. in
accepting the offer was assuming the bill OF
burial expenses of the horse.
MAPLE GROVE CAMP MEETING. The
annual camp meeting of the Church of God
will be held on Maple Grove Camp Ground,
North Searsport, beginning Thursday even
ing, Aug. 18th, and continuing ten days
The opening sermon will be by Rev. Perley
Andrews OF Searsport Friday, at 10 so a. H.
The meetings will be non-sectarian and
all are invited. The program will be as
usual-prayer meetings at a. IN. in the
chapel preaching, at 10 80 a. M and p. m
prayer and praise meetings every evening
at 7. Good order will be kept on the grounds
both night and day. No games of any kind
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