The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-11-23
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.

The Waldo Clinical Club met at the Office |
Of Dr. John Stevens, Jr., Tuesday forenoon
There good attendance and very in
teresting session.
The W. c. 7. U. will meet this, Thursday. |
afternoon at go o'clock with Mrs John
S Fernald, Kilgore block, Bridge street,
Members will come prepared to tack comfor-
tlbles,
one buck and one doe were brought in
from Mt. Katahdin last Thursday by F. X.
Black of Boston. The buck was bought by
s r. Conner and the doe was taken to
Castine
Isaac Meservey of Northport, who is a
years old, has cut and marketed this fall
500 hoop poles, and with the proceeds has
fought 3 barrels of flour and some miscella-
neous groceries.
County commissioner j W. Brock assist
"a the selectmen in perambulating the town
ines between Brooks and the adjoining
owns of Jackson and Knox, last week.
They have gone over Is miles of town lines
MS fall.
JdLutS w dlhoT JTt Ol bOsJOu, VINO recent
. bought the Pierce lot at the corner of
Church and Franklin streets, did so with the
Intention of building and operating hotel
thereon. He expects to begin work early
next spring.
L. P. Hazeltire the shoeman, has an
WI in his window which is attracting a
great deal of interest. Mr., Hazetine captur-
Il The bird Saturday while on a cunning
p in the vicinity of Bowdoinham he fired
nd wounded it on the wing, thereby max
IL the capture quite easy Bath Enterprise
Four ladies met in Shis city recently whose
anited ages We're 2S3 years. They We're Mrs
Eieetta Clough, 10, of Belfast; Mrs. Abigail
rocker, II, of Stockton Springs Mrs. Jas.
Cunningham. 70, of Belfast; and Mrs A B.
Meade, a, of Natick, Mass.
DIVIDENDS. The sixty-third semi-annual
ividend of the Belfast Savings Bank, TAT
lie rate OF per cent, will be due and paya-
Jle on and after Dec 4th.. The regular div
lends on the stock of the Belfast & Moose
cad Lake Il. r. Co. will be due and payable
It the Peoples National Bank on and after
Zee. 1st
A number Of Belfast citizens who are in
rested in astronomy, sat up Thursday
GIT, and some kept watch Friday night |
see the promised meteoric display, but
were disappointed, in common with observ-
rs elsewhere. The display was even less
AN usual at this season, when meteroric
lowers of greater or less extent are always |
rider
Alonzo Beckwith of Belfast is doing the
stone mason work on one of the large cot |
tgts at Dark HarbOr. for Morrison Il Ne !
Donald. He has built one stone chimney
md will put IN the stone foundations for
--ven tirepaces. He has also built moss
waltz ON the place. The stones have natu-
ali moss on them and placed moss side
tward, giving the whole the appearance
an old moss covered wall.
Henry w. Brown has returned from his
amp in the woods to Rox bury, Mass, where
Will spend the winter, He reports that
Ike weather has been fine at the hunting
amps, but too dry for the best results in
uniting, as the tWigs make great deal of
noise by breaking under the feet. There
vas about foot of snow on the ground !
md the ponds were frozen two inches thick
wheu he left the woods last week
II = reported that the new steamer soon to |
,e but for the Boston 4 Bangor S. S. Co |
vjli he named City of Rockland We /
would feel duly honored. Rookland Courier
saIette.
Guess not. President Hill OF the B. x B. /
S. Co. has said more than once that the ,
" steamer would be named City OF Bel |
ist The company built one steamer named .
..rk and, and we doubt if they would care |
give the name to another boat.
Ia many of the wills presented for probate
GENTLY occurs d clause providing for the |
.}meut to the town or cemetery association !
Il SUN of money, generally so or S100, to
IT. held in trust, the inc ONE to be devoted to .
care of the testator's cemetery lot A
Stale law provides for such trusts and in-
res perpetual care of the graves Belfast
0w has thirteen such trusts. The present
~ government, il will be mbered, has
nade provision for keeping account of such
quests
The snow storm of Nov 18th was some
Lat more severe few miles back than it
Vas IN this Immediate vicinity. In many
ustances, in neighboring towns, it was
ind necessary for teams to leave the high
ay and go through the fields until the road |
uuld be broken out. Travelling since the
storm has been bad, as drifts, short patches
{ good shedding and bare ground alternated |
such a way that neither wheels nor rur-
H=rs went we'll. Wheels were used almost
wholly.
BUILDING AND REPAIRS. The Alden
-1use at the junction OF Bridge and Wash
ngton streets is undergoing repairs, includ-
ug rebuilding the piazzas, remodeing the
Amneys, and other improvements. Mrs.
Eben Fletcher has built an addition to her
t1use on Commercial street.....U. A. Hoyt |
- built piazza on the front of his house
10 tile corner of Congress and Park streets
A. W. Burden has extended the L of his
use on Durham street several feet. II.
Mcdonald went to Thorndike Monday to
1T the frame for one OF the cottages the |
I'M Of Morrison & Mcdonald are building |
n Dark Harbor,
Chief Justice Peters has rendered his de-
SION in the equity case of Gladys L. and
I8rtha S. Coombs vs.. Martha A Freeman |