The Republican journal., 1899-04-06

friday afternoon, April 7th, at 80 o'clock
The W. G. I. U. will meet with Mrs E. P.
Alexander Court street today, Thursday, at
2 30 p. m, The monthly devotional hour
will be observed.
List of advertised letters remaining un-
claimed in the Belfast post office for the
week ending April 1st: Miss Minnie Capen ;
Home Employment Co.
The remains of Mrs Emily F. Pendleton
will be brought to Belfast for burial. Flu
neral at the home of Augustus Perry, 19
Cedar street, today, Thursday, at . p. NJ.
Increasing customers and sales is John.
sons idea. If you read his advertisement in
to-day's paper you will probably find many
things worth Investigating and worth the
price.
The marriage of Dr. Robert A. Holland
and Miss Mae f. Pllsbury w hich was to have
taken place at st, Francis church yesterday,
Wednesday, forenoon, was postponed one
week.
John B. Harris has re-opened his home
bakery on the corner of High and CONNER
cial streets, which has been closed few
weeks on account of the serious illness of
the proprietor.
l.. ii. Murch, City Clerk, says that the roll
OF accounts made up for the City Council by
Alderman Hazeltne this month is the best
executed and handsomest document of that
kind he ever saw
The irst salmon of the season was caught
at the Bangor pool Saturday forenoon The
fish weighed 20 pounds and the lucky man
was Geo. A. Wiley of Veaze. 1t was sold
at 81 % per pound to Portland hotel.
The meeting of the Dalton Sarsaparilla
Co. was again adjourned Tuesday to April
18th A few stock holders have not vet
accepted the proposition to sell, and until
all the stockholders consent the sale cannot
be made.
Sylvanus G. Cottrell received last week
from bis niece, Miss Eurie NJ. Kirkpatrick of
Debec, n. B., pair of stockings knit by her
own hands. She is but five wears old ana
the knitting is perfect. The stockings are OF
homemade grey wooden yarn, with two
stripes of red at the tops of the legs, The
legs are scanned, the heels double. and the
feet plain.
MARCH WEATHER. The weather record of
Mr. L, IL Murch shows the month of March
unusually cold, though not the coolest re-
corded. The mean temperature was % $50.
on Tic lower than Tor March, 1898, and . $40
lower than the average of March for 10 years
past. Rain fell on I days and snow on Is
days. The amOun5 of snowfall was 26 inches
precipitation, $50 inches. The highest tenn
on the 18th
The presentation OF "Little Miss Nobody"
at the Belfast Opera House has been post
poned from April 18th to early in May as
the leading lady, Mrs. Gilbert Patten, can
not be present at the former date. The opal
ring, Oh exhibition at the store of George r..
Poor, ana which is to be given to the young
lady selling the largest number of tickets, is
attracting attention and there bids fair to be
a generous rivalry for its possession
STEAMER NOTES. The Penobscot arrived
in Belfast about 8 a. M last Thursday, hav-
ing been delayed by the storm on her pas
sage from Boston. She left on the return
trip at the usual time. Str. Fl. E. Runnels
of the Manhattan S S. Co. arrived here from
New York via Bucksport early last Thursday
morning, and left at O'Clock for New York
The steamer Frank Jones left Portland
Friday night on her first trip east for the
season and returned from MacLiasport via
Rocklaud Monday. The Boston 4 Bangor
Steamship CO. has contracted TO carry the
mails from Rockland to Stonngton and
back six time a week, from % to Sept y,
1899 The City of Bangor arrived from
Boston at a. Iii. Tuesday on her first trip of
the season, and under the new schedule Of
passenger list and light freight. The Ban
gor has been thoroughly overhauled, repair
ed and repauted and looks as fac as tid-
die The list of officers WAS given in The
Journal last week"... The steamer Nit,
Desert arrived at Rockland from Boston
Saturday night. The boat has been
thoroughly overhauled and is in fine condi-
tion for the summer travel. She left Rock.
land for Bar Harbor Tuesday morning on
her first trip for the season.
SHIPPING ITEMS Sch. Paul Seavey sailed
last Friday for Hurricane to load stone for
New York. She stopped at the Northport
to take aboard the anchor of the wrecked
sch. A, B. Perry, which Capt Pattershall
had bought. Sch. Maria Webster loaded
lime casks from A M. Daggett, for Rock
land last Friday. Capt. John G. Crowley
of Taunton, Mass, is ambitious to own the
only six masted schooner i'll the world and
has had plans prepar ed for such vessel,
which will cost complete in the neghbor-
hood of 1000, to be $50 feet long, have
a capacity of $500 tons of coal, and, it is es-
timated, earn from 25 to As per cent. annual
ly on the Investment. Capt. P. j. War;,
late of the abandoned brig Fl. B. Hussey,
has bought sch. E. NJ. Sawyer 225 tons, and
is repairing her at Calais. The five-mast-
ed sch. Nathaniel T. Palmer, Capt. Hard
ing, and the four-master Chas. P hoffman,
Capt. Jewett, sailed from Portland March
30th, the hoffman for Norfolk and the Palm
er for Newport News, and the result of their
race out is awaited with interest. The
Palmer is a new vessel and the chances are
thought to be in her favor. Work has be-
gun at BuckspOrt in fitting out the Nchol-
Sou Grand Rank fleet The sphOOnprs Can.