The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-10-13
The Fire Department h ad Hydrant Engine
No. out for trial Tuesday evening.

The Fire Department h ad Hydrant Engine
No. out for trial Tuesday evening.
Tileston Wadlin, Esq, lost valuable
grade Jersey COW a few days ago of indiges
| ton.
| Detective F. L. Odlin of Lewiston has
been engaged by the authorities of Bucksport
| to investigate the Ware murder and run the
murderer down
Jesse E. Staples and L. l.. Gentner
received drove of store cattle the first of
this week, which is for sale at M. Staples
| farm in East Belfast.
There is a scant supply of partridge and
woodcock and Fogg & Brown report that
they are unable to supply the demand for
game, which increases every year.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the
Belfast post Office for the week ending Oct.
Sth; Gentlemen-H. A. Frye, Windsor
! Hotel; Walter Patterson, Mr., Harry Thayer.
\ The first deer of the season in Belfast
markets was received at Fogg & Browns
Oct. 9TH. 1t was shot by Harry Hayford at
Greenville. 1t was a buck and weighed
about $50 pounds.
Thinkers still continue in the bay, and
Bicknell &'H opkins get quite good numbers
in their weir every day. Tue fish are run
ming quite large, and retail at from 10 to 10
cents per dozen.
Spencer 4 Wilson have an exhibit of
crockery in their show window this week.
The ware is arranged IN terraces upon
some of the fine carpets carried by the firm
and makes an attractive display.
H j Locke < Son have on exhibition in
the window of their jewelry store Cuban
machete. The blade is feet long and Q s
inches wide. The handle is of horn, s
inches long. 1t Is a wicked looking weapon.
Pensions have been granted as follows ::
Increase, William Spaulding, East Union,
| S24 to $50 original, Alonzo G. Putnam,
Bucksport, So; original, widows, etc. Ma
dora Mullin, Ninalhaven, S12; increase.
Wayland F. Jacobs, Belfast, 81 to S24
1t was learned last Thursday that Captain
| Wellington Clark of East Hampden, the
pilot who left Bangor Sept. %, to 60 to Bos-
| ton with the steamer Maverick and who
had been missing since, was at the Deer
Island hospital in demented condition but
not seriously i'll.
FESTIVAL BY TELEPHONE. While the Ban
gor Musical Festival was in session in Ban
gor last Thursday, Friday and Saturday
evenings interested audiences were in the
Central Telephone office in this city enjoy
ing it from the long distance wires put in
for the benefit of n. E. Telephone Co.'S pat
rons. While there some vibration in
the transmission of the Instrumental and
chorus selections the solos We're heard dis
tinctly. 1t was a novel experience and
thoroughly enjoyed by all who heard it,
WALDO COUNTY CROPS. Following is a
summary of the reports of the Waldo couu-
ty correspondents of the State Board of Ag-
ricuture:
Acreage of yellow corn, So per cent. sweet
GO per cent. Yield of oats, 20 bushels, quality,
so per cent; peas, quality, 90 per cent
wheat, yield, IL bushels, quality, 90 per
cent; barley, yield, % bushels quality,
50 per cent grain yield, % bushels. quality,
70 per cent. Condition of fruit so per cent.
Potato prospects, u per cent; nearly all
varieties rotting considerably, especially
Rose, Hebron and Queen. Yield of ensilage
corn, IL tons. Amount of stock fodder, 105
per cent.
BUILDING AND REPAIRS. James F. Noyes
is building new stable at his place on Vine
street. Charles Mckinley is making
noticeable improvements to his farm build
ings on the Poor's Mills road. F. NJ Bailey
has moved the Gordon Clark store at City.
point few yards northward and is fitting il
up for his business, which he is to move
from the Gamman's store. He has also
made an addition to his residence, formerly
the James Holmes house, at Citypoint. -.
l.. l.. Gentner is building stone foundation
to the carriage house at the Phoenix House
The masons are at work plastering l. L
Perry's new boarding house in East Belfast
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch. Fannie & Edith
has loaded hay at Wnterport for the F G.
White CO. for Boston. =. Sch. Lester A
Lewis arrived Oct. 9th from New York with
coal for F. G. White Co. -. Sch. Twilight
discharged corn for Swan & Sibley Co. from
Portland, Sunday Sch. Volant arrived
from Rockland Sunday with lime for Coop.
er & Co. She took back casks from Daggett
Bros. -. Sch. James A. Brown arrived Oct.
II from New York with feed for L. A
Knowlton, A. A. Howes & Co., l.. T. Shales
& Co and parties in Winterport. Sch
Harry Prescott is on the marine railway.
She has been thoroughly overloaded and re.
cassed, and had her rate extended Al for
6 years, making % years in all.
A DEAR DEER. An aggravated case of
violation of the game laws came TO the
notice of the wardens last week. Parties driv-
ing along the shore ROAD in Northpor:, near
the Camp Ground last Thursday heard the
baying of hounds near the road and think.
ing they were after deer, investigated. The
parties found young deer with one hind
leg broken and badly wounded with buck
shot in the hind quarters, and the dogs close
upon it. The dogs were driven off and the
deer cared for, and word was sent to game
warden r. I. Rankin of this city. Mr.
Rankin at once sent word back to have the
deer killed and dressed, which was done,
and the meat sold for the State by
Brown & Fogg. 1t was learned by the Off
GERS that Washington Tower and Percy
Tower of Belmont had been hunting with
dogs in that vicinity and warrants were