The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-05-25

Pensions have been granted as follows: Tn.
crease Especial May 6th) Thomas s. Bowden.
Washington. $17 to $50; Isaiah W. Cross.
Morrill, SIG to $17.
| VETERANS, ATTENTION! The Waldo 70
Veteran Association will meet at the Centre
church in Thorndike Tuesday. June 1st; if
stormy, the next fair day. The usual rations
will be furnished by the boys of Thorndike.
Bring along your lunch basket, and don't
forget your sweethearts. Rev. D. Bracket
will give the address of welcome, and COM
rade A. j. Billings the response.
| ACCIDENTS. Linwood Stewart Jones re-
ceived severe blow in the face from bat
| in the hands of schoolmate while PLAYING
ball last Thursday, and was badly bruised
about the mouth. The family speak in high
| terms OF the cool and prompt action of the
| teacher, Miss Roberts, in caring for the lit
tie sufferer. -. Herbert Stevens who has a
restaurant on lower Main street, was thrown
from his carriage Friday morning and drag
ged under the wheels. The shaft bolt broke
on one side, dropping the shaft on the
horses heels. The animal with the carriage
came down Main street at great speed, but
| finally came to stop in the alley way back
of Isaac H. Jacksons store.
CHAT. The Belfast Livery Co. lately
bought horse of Lancaster & West, and
one of w. z. Thompson, Esq, and have
added a number of carriages to their lvery
stock. The Belfast Fuel 4 Hay Co. has
bought of F. G. White SO acres of woodland
in Brooks. John N. Stewart is putting
new stills and floor into the house of A. T.
Crosby of Swanville DR.. F. E. Freeman
of Rockland has bought the bay mare
"Rhoda" formerly ned by Will GrinneIl
of Camden. Morrison & Mcdonald are
making extensive improvements to the
waiting room and some repairs to the wharf
| for the Boston & Bangor S. s. Co... Willis
| l.. Hasty has been appointed postmaster at
East Thorndike.. The Maine Central R. R.
Co, will sell round trip tickets from Belfast
to Waterville and return June 9th, the day of
| the ForepaugE-Sellsc circus for 81 So. Straw
berries sold at some of the stores Saturday
evening, boxes for a quarter. :. The re-
| frigerator was started on the Belfast
branch Monday morning. Libby Bros
shipped two cars of cattle and a lot of sheep
| from Belfast last aturday... The road
machine was started Tuesday on High
street. and is now on Northport avenue
F. H. Mayo continues to make improve
ments at his place on Northport avenue.
This week he has had the roofs of his build
ings painted and is now building veranda
on the front of the house.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch. Henry R. Tilton,
I owned by the Pendleton Bros, of Isles boro,
| which went ashore in the storm of November
last at Point Allerton, Mass, and was got off
only a few days ago arrived here Monday
forenoon in tow of tug Nathaniel z. Doane.
They left Boston last Thursday, but the
storm came on while they We're in Tenants
| Harbor to leave another vessel and they
We're delayed They were accompanied by
| a wrecking lighter. with steam pump, and
the vessel was easily kept free The schooner
was taken out on the marine railway Mon
day night, Her keel is nearly gone, and
her planking worn through to the tlmbers
| for long distance on the starboard side
and badly chafed on the port side. Her
Aoop
| chafed off, and the rudder damaged She
was made tight enough to float by calking
and battening the ceiling and setting shores
| inside to hold the battens in place. The
| spars and top-hamper all right. II is
reported that the price paid for getting the
| schooner off and delivering her at Belfast
was So 600 The tug aud lighter left as soon
~ led In
land, to take cannon from the Qualifications
| to the navy yard at Charleston. -. The tug
| Bismarck lowed the sch. Menawa to Ranger
| Friday to load for New York 49,. Sch. NolauJ
| loaded casks from Daggett's for Rockland
last week. 90. Schooner j. Is. Van Dusen has
been bought by Capt John Phlbrook of
Nlnterport, her present commander, from
her former owners IN Philate pnIa. The
vessel building IN H VI. Beans yard Cam
den, for Thomas Birdsail, of Tom River n.
j.. will be launched July 4th. Near the
Birdsall craft another vessel is Just begin
ming to groW-a tive-mdster-whirh will be
launched about the first of October. The
vessel will be of 1900 tons, with a coal carry
ing capacity of $500 70 $500 tons. Her
measurements are. utpln OF nOiu, Il Ieet
breadth of beam, A feet length of keel, 24C
feet. Nearly hundred men are at work in
this yard. Sch. P. M. Bonney arrived
Monday from Vinalhaven with general
cargo. Sch. Charlotte 7. Sibley is to go
light to Brunswick, Ga, to load lumber for
| Norwich, CT. ... Sch. Maggie Mulvey, which
was loading lumber at the G. R. R.
| wharves in Bangor for New York, sprang
aleak Monday and was lowed to Stetsons'
| railway, where she will be hauled out for
| examination. Capt. 7. VI Nicholson of
Bucksport contracted last March with a
famous Essex, Mass, builder for a fisher
man practically of the Measurements of the
General Cogswell, but of slighter more
| capacity. The new vessel will be 95 feet
| long, "a feet, inches wide and 10 feet, 5
inches deep, She will measure about 100
| tons net and carry about 200 tons of fish. 1t
is expected that she will be launched about
the middle of June and viii probably come
to Rucksport to fiji out. Brig katahiin ar.
| rived Tuesday evening from Hnhokrn w tn
| coal for swan & N,hi-v Co... Sch. Lizzie
| Williams arrived TUESDAY f. I'm Rocllard
with the household goods of Capt Dtndaye,
! who is moving ~ this Gtv ( t. family will