The Republican journal., 1898-01-06

l field store at the foot OF Main street as a
storehouse and salesroom for Aroostook
potatoes. His son Ralph H Pitcher is in
Aroostook buying for him L Gent
ner bought B F Browns livery stock and
business and leased the building on Wash
ington street, formerly occupied by Mr..
| Brown. The building is now occupied in
carriage manufacturing and repairing by
Grady & Clements, blacksmiths Peter F.
WEIGH, wood worker, and French &
| Morrill,, painters. The blacksmiths and
painters are new firms-The clothing
| stock Of Charles O. Cornell is being closed
out by assignees appointed by the Insol-
vency COURT G Spinney has opened
clothes cleaning and repairing shop over
the millinery store of Ellis sisters
John Stevens, Jr., M. D., opened an office
over J W Ferguson & Co.'S millinery store.
j Mellin carried on restaurant
awhile in the Riggs bakery building on
Cross street, and subsequently moved to a
part of the j. G. Thompson store on Main
street-Mrs r A Clifford closed her
restaurant on Main street-Hiram
Chase, who had been in the jewelry bas-
ness here since 1914, sold his interest in
the firm of Chase & Son, and the business
is now conducted by his son Fred T.
Chase and George R Doak under the firm
name of Chase & Doak-Thomas Haugh
| sold his saloon in December to his brother
| William.
CITY MATTERS.
! The city came under the control of a
practical business Mayor and City Council
at the March election, and the effect is
seen on all sides. More sidewalks have
been built than in any year for long
time, including new concrete walks on
both sides of Main street between High
and Church, portion of Church street,
and High street from Moodys corner to
Wood & Sons marble shop; new plank
walks on Lincolnville avenue and Main
street above Bridge street, and long sec
| lions Of plank walks relaid on all the
principal streets. A larger amount of
sewer than usual was laid. The street in
front of the f. G. White Co.'s office was
graded by removing ledge; the walk on
Commercial street rebuilt on safe foun-
dation and rallied; Head of the Tide bridge
rebuilt; new road built from G. A. Nc
kinley' to c. F. Russ and the highways
generally improved. A police clock was
put in to register the work of the police
men. A large number of delinquent tax
| payers have been brought to settlement
and other cases are in process of adjust
/
been put in, at the corner of Searsport
| and Swanville avenues. Business methods
were applied to the management of GENE
terry trust funds and the work on the vari-
Gus cemeteries was more in amount and
fully as well done as in any previous year
| Ali this has been accomplished with total
| appropriations 5000 less than in 1896 and
with the tax rate the same .0l93.
| But the greatest work of the City C0un-
Gil of 1918 was the refunding OF per
cent of the S49S, 100 6 per cent. bonds
/ which become due in August, 1898. A
contract was closed Dec. 18TH with Far
son, Leach & Co. of New York, that firm
bidding in the bonds at 1927.
! The City Charter was amended by the
! last Legislature making the term of the
| Assessors 3 years, with one elected each
| year. nder the change three Assessors
were elected for l. 2 and 3 years respec-
| lively.
! TIE SCHOOLS.
Considerable Improvement is noted over
one year ago in the condition of the pub
! lie schools, as the new methods have been
| coming into use for a few years past are
further developed The march of i'm
provement goes steadily on along all lines
in school work. Daring the year the
grading has been changed from the s.
grade to the grade system, below the
! High school. The Superintendent and
teachers a1e working liz narmtss. s,,2dr t. the
pupils general are making c. .,mendable
progress. By firm and constant sur
veillance truancy has been greatly reduc-
| ed apes the attendance and punctuality OF
the pupils are very high. Some changes
have been made in the force of teachers
| including the High school, where Il. L.
/ llsley is succeeded by Hugh d. Mcclellan
! The piano bought in 1896 for the High
school by funds raised by public enter
| tainments, was presented to the city, for
the use of the school, with appropriate
exercises Feb. 26th. A class of twenty
/ the largest for many years, who gradual
ed from the High school The school
| year closed June Il It'll The baccalaureate
sermon was at the North church the fol
I lowing Sunday and the High school grad
uaticn al Belfast Opera House June 18th.
The teachers hold regular meetings for
study and have adopted a course of pro-
! fessional reading
| MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
! There were y marriages during the
/ year. In "A both the contracting parties
/ belonged here, in II the bride only lived
in Belfast, and in II the bridegroom only
OF the number 36 were solemnized in Bel
fast. The number by months was as fol-
lows: January, 3: February, 3; March, 4 /;
| April, ); May, 4; june, 4; July, ) August,
2; September, I; October, ); November, 4 /;
| December, T.
There have been 63 deaths in Belfast
since our last report, all except being
residents of Belfast. Thirty eight resi-
dents and former residents have died
elsewhere. There were SO males and 30
| females who died in Belfast and y males
and Is females elsewhere. By age the
deaths in Belfast were as follows: Over 90,
l; so to 90, IL, 70 to so, Il; 90 to 10, IA; so
to 60, 4 40 to so, 6; 80 to 40, 2; 20 to 30,
5; 10 to 20. 2; to 10, /; under year, 1
age not reported, l. BY months the
deaths in Belfast were as follows: Jan
uary, 3; February, 8; March, II; April, g.;
May, l; June, 6; July, 6; August, a;
September, 5; October, T; November, g.;
December ).
MARRIAGES..
The following MARRIAGES. in which