The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-03-16
A patent has been granted Andrew j.
Curtis of Monroe, for safety hook.

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James Pattee & Son. This irm represents
only first class and prompt paying compa-
MES and does general insurance business.
D. j. Sullivan of Bangor was in Belfast
last week and put in new telephones as fol-
lows: Mayo, White & Carter, office, IS 2;
DR.. E. A. Wilson, residence, 1874; H. P
Thompson, residence, 233; VIM. A. Mason,
store, 322; Elmer A. Sherman, residence.
344
Hearings on the libels of liquors recently
seized by State Constable Mears at Free
man Pattersons and E. H. Knowltons were
held Saturday in the Police Court The
liquors were declared forfeited, the hard
liquors ordered turned over the Sheriff, and
the beer, etc, spilled.
The Y. p S. c. E. social at the North
church Friday evening was very much en-
! joyed by all who attended. The evening
was spent with games, and ice cream was
served. The room was very prettily deco
rated with bunting. The whole affair did
much credit to the social committee, who
| arranged for it.
| A rainbow was seen in the western sky
last Thursday afternoon. Some called it a
sundog, but it did not correspond in the
| least to that kind of a canine, but was an
unmistakable rainbow The Sunday before
thunder storm was reported in the eastern
part of the State, although some people
| think there are no thunder storms in win
| ter
| The Bangor Wing & Courier publishes,
but gives little credence to, a rumor to the
| effect that persons who reside in different
parts of the State propose the building of a
new electric road from the stone quarry on
Mount Waldo to Bangor. The company pro.
pose, according to the reports circulated.
| to run the line up the back road from Frank
fort through Winterport and Hampden by
way of the Odlin road and into Bangor by
way of Hammond street.
Hook AND LADDER BALL. The levee
and ball of Belfast Hook and Ladder Co
was success and was largely attended.
The supper was good and ample, the tables
were attractvely set and we'll attended
The dances all filled, aud all who participa-
ted speak of it as very pleasant occasion. A
DoidoOIho CcttH liOin spencer q WILSON'S
was disposed of by tickets and was taken by
Joseph f. Thombs. A number of hams and
other small articles We're also disposed of.
CONCERNING ERRORS. The reader who
sometimes finds an error i'll a newspaper
can hardly realize the difficulties encounter
ed in the office in the effort to ensure ac-
euracy. For example, last week in one of
our town election reports three names We're
given for school committee. Another cor
respondent gave the election of only one
school committee man, as did a report in one
of the daily papers but the names We're diff
ferent. There was no way of verifying,
as the reports We're received the day of
going to press. Some times it is necessary to
omit an item from inability to understand
what the writer meant to say or because
OF illegible copy. Sirnames are often so
illegihly written that it is impossible to de-
cypher them. One of our CORRESPONDENTS
reported last week that a town had appro-
prlated 5000 less than last year. This did
not seem credible, and we did not PRINT the
item.
STEAMER NOTES. The long looked for
New York boat arrived last week lust as we
We're going to press. 1t was the steamer H. |
K. Runnels, built at Port Huron, Mich. in
1888 Her net tonnage is 694 tons, which is |
more than twice as large as the Pentagoet,
formerly on this route. The Runnels is A |
typical lake craft, and looks strange to salt.
water men. Her engine and boilers are in |
the stern, giving large cargo space A |
house extends from the engine room to the
pilot house, with state-rooms cabin, stew
ards department and saloon all on the main |
deck. She is provided with steam steering
gear and steam donkey and capstan The
boat had good freight, mainly for Ban
gor. 1t IS understood that this will be the
only trip OF the Rnnnes here and that the
George Farwell or Roanoke will be put on
this line. The Ruunels went to E4stport
after discharging her Bangor freight at
BuckspOrt and is to return to New York
from there. Captain 0. G. Oliver, formerly
of the steamer Saacia on the Bangor, Rock
land and Portland run, is now acting as
pilot on the Portland Steam Ship Company's
steamer Cumberland. e. Capt. Otis Ingra-
ham took command of steamer Penobscot
Friday, at Rock land. Capt. Pierce is sick
and is at his home in Hampden. The Pen
obscot lost one trip last week. She arrived
here Friday and came down river Saturday
with orders to proceed to Boston, and leave
there Sunday at p. m. as to be at this
end of the route to start on the regular
schedule Monday. The weather I'M
favorable, however, and she remained in
Rockland Saturday night, returning up river |
Sunday morning, and left for Boston Mon |
day at the usual hour. The regular pilots |
of the Penobscot are off duty, and the pilots |
of the City of Bangor are in charge. Capt |
E. W. Curtis came ashore here Saturday to |
spend two weeks vacation in East Belfast |
m. Casey went to Boston Monday. He is
to be employed on steamer City of Bangor,
now at East Boston fitting for the summer
business =. A. H. Hanscom, purser of steam
er City of Bangor, has been spending the
winter with relatives in portsmouth, N. Fl.
The steamers Castine and Silver Star
each brought large excursion parties from
Castine and Islesbore Monday. The steam
er Cimbria, of the Bangor Il Bar Harbor
line since her ac cident at Bass Harbor last
all. has been practica lily rebuilt. Capt.