The Republican journal., 1899-08-17
Swift & Paul had the first homegrown
caultlower of the season Aug. 18th. 1t was
grown by Joel Wood of Northport, who has
a fine crop of them.

| grown by Joel Wood of Northport, who has
a fine crop of them.
Some one recently raided the potato patch
of Daniel G. Kinds, Northport avenue, TAX
ing the contents of So hills This is the
meanest kind of theving.
Howard Murphy remarked the other day
that he had not missed being on the grounds
the Thursday of Campmeeting at Northport
for fifty years That is what few can say
| List of advertised letters remaining I'M
claimed in the Belfast post office for the
week ending Aug. 18th: Ladies-Mrs. Il. c.
| Morlin. conference.-the. Frank D. Blake,
| z letters) H. Reisner; W T Turner.
tract on the sewers Monday morning. The
| work was begun on Front street in front of
the Belfast Fuel & Hay Co.'S buildings.
The steam drilling is by Ulmer & Fales of
Rockland.
| Wilson Patterson, James n. Wentworth
do have bought the Frye cottage" on Muir
phys Point of Howard Murphy, and are to
| tit it up as a summer house for their families
| and friends
ACCIDENT. Alphonso, son of Simon jack
son, lost his right eye last Thursday. He
was bending board into a hay rack, when
a stake gave way and the end of the board
hit him in the eye The substance of the
eye did not run out. but the sight is dis
troyed.
| Tr1u III,
midsummer bulletin is a summary of crop
reports from Waldo county to the State
| Board of Agriculture:
Condition of fruit, As per cent. Condition
OF grain, 50 per cent. Condition of hoed
crops, " per cent. Proportion of hay har
| vested, So per cent. Potato beetles as plenty
as usual. For new insecticides, Bug Death
| is generally used, with good results in most
| instances. Potatoes are rusting some in sew
eral localities But little Bordeaux mixture
| is used
| NEW ADVERTISEMENTS just as we pre-.
dlcted week or two ago stock-taking at
Geo W Burkett's, Odd Fellows block is
| followed by bargain sale, which opens to-
! morrow, Friday, morning at I o'clock
sharp. A few of the many bargains to be
| offered are enumerated in our advertising
| columns. At Johusons, Masonic Temple
the bargain sale of summer goods continues
and an opportunity is afforded to get season
able articles at almost half price. See advt.
....Next week Starrett will announce ire
mendous cut price sale III all departments.
| Special bargains this week. See notice OF
| DIR. w L. West, Milk Inspector . See card
Of R. A. French & Co. dealers in fancy
| goods, small wares, hosiery and gloves, ~
| Church street,
| Eugene Garfield was not IN the first three
! performances of "A Temperance Town"
when it was produced, for the reason that
| Hoyt had intended the part of "Bingo" to
/ be eight heroic" This did not appeal to
| the audience and the author cut the part out
substituting comedy role that fitted Can
field with nicely. mink" and "Bingo, as
they will be presented by Geo. Richards aud
Eugene Garfield, in "a Temperance Town"
at Belfast Opera House Sept. 23d, are two
characters that are never to be forgotten.
Both comedians are extremely popular and
a big audience will no doubt welcome them
| upon their appearance.
LONE PINE CLAIM" This is the title of a
realistic western drama to be presented at
Belfast Opera House, this, Thursday, even
ing by a strong cas- of professionals and am
ateurs The cast includes Mr. and Mrs H.
| G, Carleton (Efie Carleton) summer so
| journers at Northport; Richard Nesmith of
the Village Postmaster Co. Paul D. Higgins
| OF the Old Town Dramatic Club; Carleton
| Childs, formerly of the Boston Museum CO.
| and many others. Our space viii not admit
| of giving the full cast. The entertainment
will be a complementary benefit to the
! Girls Home and Will be followed by a social
dance from 1870 to u 30 with music by
Ames Orchestra, Fred G Spinney AMI Chas.
! Kennedy floor directors. The dance is free
to all who attend the play
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch. A. Hayford has
loaded hay the past week from the Belfast
Fuel & Hay Co for Boston,. Capt. S G.
Rich has sold sch. Banner to Islesboro par
ties and has bought the sch. Senator. a some
what larger craft. Sch. Paul Seavey load
ed paving at Lincolnville and Belfast the
past week for New York =. Sch. Mary l..
Crosby lowed to Bangor Aug. 10th to load
/ lumber for New York, after slight repairs,
| which will be made at Brewer. =. Sch Gin
ton arrived Saturday night with a load of
edgings and saw dust from the steam mill in
Brooksvlle. Sch. Gazelle, a we'll known
bay coaster, is in Lanes dock minus main
sail and with the tide flowing in and out of
her hold. She was last in command of Capt.
Elbridge Rolerson, and it looks as if she
has now ended her career. She was built at
Bath, Me, in 1868 and has been profitable
| vessel in her day. Sch. Isaac Orbeton ar
rived Aug 14th from New York with coal
for the Belfast Fuel & Hay Co. She lost
her foretopmast on the passage.
THE RED Cross. This is the title of book
by Miss Clara NJ. Barton, in which is given
the history of the Red Cross Society and the
story of ner life for the past thirty-tive years
covering four great wars, the Johnstown
Hood and the Mississippi foundations, in all
of which this humane society performed
noble work. Our readers are familiar with
the work of the Red Cross in Cuba through
the letters of Mrs. Ward who was one of
| Miss Barton's assistants, and the volume
| contains many Cuban illustrations, made