The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-02-02
The Sons OF Veterans and ladies' Will hold

The Sons of Veterans and ladies' Will hold
fair in the near future.
Pensions have hem granted as follow :
Increase. Alfred Stinson, North Searspoi t,
Sl2 to SIT.
The fifth dance of the series of 80 will l e
given at Odd Fellows Hall, Thursday even
ing, Feb. 9th.
The regular meeting of Sheridan F. Miller
Command, L. V. U. will be held next NJ, u
day evening.
The fourth of the cotilion parties will lie
held 10 Memorial Hall tomorrow, Friday
evening. 1t will be ladies night"
The ladies of T. H Marshall will hold a
whist party and social at Memorial Hall
tuesday evening, Feb It'll. Admission Is
cents, coffee and doughnuts free. All are
invited,
The Baptist society held a box sociable
at the home OF MT aud Mrs n E Keen on
Northport avenue Tuesday. About forty
persons were present. and the evening was
very pleasantly spent by all An excellent
supper was served
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Burketts bargain
sale brings buyers from all over the county ,
and big bundles accompany the shoppers
nome. Goods never We're cheap, or 50
good. Dolls shoes at Francis Shoe Store
Main street only We and ten cents per pair
HE OXFORD MUSICAL CLUB The enter
talnment IN tile Belfast Opera House last
Thursday evening by the Oxford Musical
Club was great success. Their resources
IN the musical line We're almost lnltless
and their representations of the circus and
minstrels made lots of fun They respo1,i+d
happily TO repeated encures
Saturday evening, jan. 2lst, the students
at Wellesley college presented before large
audience IL Amour MedecIn," d comedy
ballet by MoIere, This play was presented
for the first time at Versailles, Sept. 10, 1868
ana al Farls the I'd OF the same month IL was
given at Wellesley in the original French.
and one Of the leading parts was taken hy
Miss Nina F. Poor of Belfast The costumes
We're gotten up with great care and the bal
let was composed of the most beautiful and
graceful among Wellesley's SIX hundred stu.
dents. The performance was great ,uc
cess, and the proceeds We're devoted to the
French library at the college
A Snow SQUALL AND A WIND SoUALL.
There was great sport with the ice boats on
Pitchers Pond and Quanta bacook last Fri
day afternoon, and it was enjoyed to the
full by j, H and R. H. Howes and friends
and by Messrs. f. G. White, Ben and Bert
Fields and others The wind high and
the weather runner was in the air most of the
time The Snow Squall was skimminp the
surface of Quanta bacook in great shape, with
hve passengers aboard, when she was struck
by wind squall. The steering runner was
lifted from the ice for an instant, and the
hemsman having no control of her she
gIbeG with the usual quickness of an lee
boat. The mainsall was split across at the
reef points, but the boat sustained no other
damage and her passengers We're not hurt
A New House c. E White moved into
has new house at the corner Of Congress and
Franklin streets Monday. The house is in
Queen Anne sty!e and presents very neat
appearance externally. 1t is heated with
hot air furnace, and plped for hot and cold
water and gas. The cellar is feet inches
IN the clear, with cemented floor and walls
The kitchen and dining room are flushed
IN hard pine, is also the front hall The
house throughout is well provided with
closets and the rooms arranged with view
to the greatest convenience and comfort. The
double par ors are connected by folding
doors From the windows there are views
IN three directions, and the papering and
hnlsh give the rooms cheerful aspect. The
wood work is in polished white, and the pa
pering in light effects. There are three sleep
ing rooms on the second floor, all roomy
of good height, and finished and furnished
IN light, cheerful colors. The bath room is
provided with all modern appliances The
best of material and workmanship are to be
seen throughout the house. The cellar
walls were laid by VIM. H. Beckwith, the
carpenter work was by n. J. Pottle, paint
ing by John H. Poor and VIM. S. Aldus
and plumbing by M. L. Mitchell.
CHAT. Now the cats are having the grip
or like ailment, and the saying "weak as a
cat" is more expressive than ever. The
house of Passagassawaukeag Yacht Club has
been safely landed on the abutment south of
the one on which it stood The Job was
done without even Capt. Roix losing a
suspender button. Ice boating is having
a boom and there will be number of addi-
tons to the fleet another season.. -. Everett
Nickerson and James I'll. Stinson are build
ing new barns-30X30-at their places near
Mason's Mills w. E. Marsh is putting up
100 tons of ice for his next seasons egg bust
u. G. W htten, the veteran dancing
master, is to open a dancing school in Mos
mans Hall, East Belfast, Tuesday evening
Feb. It'll. DR.. W. l.. West recently in
spected the milk herd of A. S. Jackson on
the Poor's Mills road Mr.. Jackson has -
fine animals in milk, nearly all registered
Jerseys. Stevens Bros. have closed out
their boot and shoe department. to the
Condor Manufacturing Co.. j ohm Dolloff's
carriage horse was badly injured by getting
cast in his stall last Thursday night and was
killed. IF. Fl. Francis is fitting up his
aquarium, with view to stocking it with
Swan Lake trout. He is now experiment.
ing with a few sinners. Capt. Collins
McCarty has, sold his house at the "Board
Landing" to Ira Ptman and has bought the