The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-03-09

gwen IN Memorial Hall, Friday evening,
March 18th
The Board of Registration. now in session
for adding names to the voting lists, will
receive names up to Friday afternoon at 5
o'clock.
The ladies of the Universalst Society will
hold an Easter sale and supper two days
during the last week in March. Further
articulars will be given later.
The North Church Christian Endeavor
Society will hold dime socable at the
church parlors tomorrow, Friday, evening,
to which all young people of the church and
parish are invited.
Geo. A. Bailey has sold his hardware
business, but retains the carriage business
which he will continue at the repository, so
Main street. He requests all who are in
debted to him to call there and settle.
Mrs. G W. Burgess gave the printers in the
Burgess job off &c a supper Tuesday even
! ing, and Mr.. II. o. Archibald gave literary
entertainment The Off ce is now rushing
work on town reports.
The W. C. 7. q. will meet with Mrs. G. G.
Winslow, Court street, this Thursday, p. m.
at 2.30 o'clock. The topic for discussion
will be "Questions in Civil Government"
1t is expected large number will be
present.
List of advertised letters remaining un-
claimed in the Belfast post office for the
week ending March 4th: Lades-Mrs. A. j.
Bracket q letters) Miss Mary Picto. Gen
tlemen-John E. Barter, EGG; Geo. Il. But
Ter; Mr.. James ID. Macomber; Samuel
Staples.
Helping Hand Circle, Kings Daughters
will observe their third anniversary at the
home of Mrs. Alden Robbins on Bridge
street, this, Thursday, evening, March 9th.
The next regular meeting will be with Mrs.
Henry Staples on Church street Monday
evening, March 18th.
Pensions have been granted as follows:
Restoration and reissue, Wilson Dickey,
dead, Swanville, SC; increase, Thomas w
Thorndike, West Rockpor So to SO; Luz
Their II. Emmons, Belfast, S16 to S72. Mr..
Emmons is totally disabled from the effects
of gunshot wound in the face
WEIGH, who is now at work as a carpenter
at Hurricane, photographs of some of the
work recently done there for the Buffalo
Bank. The pictures represent a column cap
and a lion keystone for arch. They
weigh over six tons each, and the photo
graphs show rtistic work
George A. Matthews, the Beaver street
wheelwrght, has bought the store and
! house on Northport avenue formerly owned
| by Eben Clark. Mr.. Matthews aud family
Will occupy the house and carry line Of
goods in the store. Mr. Matthews will con
tinue his carriage business on Beaver street
as heretofore and Mrs. Matthews will attend
to the store.
The tfty-6rst anniversary of modern
/ SPiritualism will be observed with appropri-
ate services by meeting in Seaside Grange
Hall, Belfast, Sunday, March Goth, forenoon
and afternoon. Prominent speakers will be
present. The hall is ample to accommodate
all who VIII attend. There is a well equip
ped dining ROOM with tables and all needed
facilities for partaking of picnic dinner,
and good stabling for horses
Charles Miliken of Chelsea, Mass. a bar
| Der, and former resident of Belfast, was
tried last week for accepting bride as
Juror as reported several weeks ago. The
verdict was guilty and the sentence to be
not less than three nor more than five years,
| A sad feature of the case is the fact that
| Mliiken's wife and her four young children
Will be left to charity for their subsistence
during the term of imprisonment.
AT the relation of Joseph williamson,
VIM H Mcclellan and George E. johnson,
committee of the Waldo County Bar Associ-
alton, Hon. VIM. I. Haines, Attorney Gen
eral, on behalf of the State, has fled a petit
ton for mandamus against the County Com
missioners of Waldo County to compel them
to furnish fire proof rooms for the safe keep
ing of the records and papers of the registry
of Deeds, the Probate Court and the Clerk
OF Courts. The hearing Will probably be
held at the April term of Court in this
county.
WILL APPROVED. neston Wadlin, ESQ
Clerk of Courts, has received notice from
Judge w p Whitehouse directing him to
6utcE lnt loltOWluS uStItt III bl6 case Vi
Judson E. and George Porter Cottrell ap-
pelants from the decree of the Judge of Pro-
bate approving and allowing the will of
George W. Cottrel, late of Belfast: Appeal
dismissed. Decree of Court below approx
ing and allowing the will OF George W. Cot
rell affirmed" This decree confirms the
will, which. after small requests to each of
the children, gives all the property real es-
tate and personal, to his wife, Amelia j. Cot
trell
THE SCHOOL FUNDS. Superintendent F.
s. Brick informs that by az error in
making up his report from the books the
statement as published in The Journal last
week shows an unexpended balance of $3.50 =
60, whereas it should to be $763 60. The
error was caused by emitting to carry over
in the report the $3.50 transferred from the
appropriation for repairs and insurance, and
$50 transferred from free text books to tn e
| appropriation for general school purposes
total of $500. 1t will thus be seen that
even lad the transfer of 81 900 not been
! made from the contingent fund to the fund
for general school purposes the latter fund