The Republican journal., 1899-04-27
E. 7. Hall went to Boston Tuesday for


Cottage owners at Swan Lake are getting
their premises ready for an enjoyable sea-
son at that pleasant resort. The streams are
all clear and it is expected that the ice will
leave the lake in few days.
D. j. Sullivan of Bangor is in town put
ting in new telephone instruments. The new
places are j. G. Durham s shop, % W
H Mcintosh store, % 8; City Building, So
2, and the following to which the numbers
are not vet assigned Rev. FIR. j. E. Kealy
Dong distance) T. Cannon & Son, store
Sherman & Co., mills E. A. Sherman, resi-
dence
The deer which was caught in the street
last fall and has since been kept by H. HI
Carter, Jr., has been given to Howes Mayo,
who has built shed and yard for her at Mr.
Carters place on Bell street. Mr.. Mayo
will take her to his place in Bangor in the
fall and provide her with a mate, with a
view to starting deer park.
built a hen pen with runs, this spring, to
accommodate 100 hens. The southerly side
is largely of glass, and the walk is along that
side of the building. The feed boxes are in
the walk with stats between which the hens
can reach their heads while eating. The
drink is given the birds from tin pans
| which fit into the feed boxes. The nests
are above the boxes, and have covers open
ing into the walk Two roosts, on supports
standing at an angle of 10 extend the
length of the building. The roosts are of
| 1x2 planed lumber. There are four com
partments in the building. Mr. Cottrell
now has about rs hens and they have yielded
we'll all winter
STEAMER NOTES. The Silver Star made an
extra trip Sunday to move Fred AleXander's
goods to Castine, where he is in the milk
business. The Star is now hauled off for re-
pairs, under the direction of Capt. Small
hdge, and the fremont went on the route
Tuesday III command of Capt. Ernest Gray.
1.-The Castiue will make her second fish
ing excursion to Seal HArbor fishing grounds
next Sunday, leaving Lewis wharf at ,
O'Clock a. m... The NJ x NJ. was crowded
With passengers Monday atternoon on her
trip up -riveg-returniug delegates from the
East Maine Conference at Rockland . The
steamer fremont, now On the Belfast and
Castine route, is advertised for sale by the
Bangor K Bar Harbor S, S. Co.
To PROTECT THE RECORDS A hearing
was held in the Supreme Court Tuesday on
the petition for writ Of mandamus to obHge
the County Commissioners t. put tire proof
rooms into the Court House f. H. Fassett
of Portland, tie architect who las supern-
some of the other court houses m Maine.
was present., and was ust1uct4d to prepare
and present plans and specifications. II is
proposed to substitute steel girders for the
present wooden floor timbers, and make use
4 Of building concrete in the floors aud walls
Steel sashes Will replace tile present iron
ones Tie office Of the Clerk of Courts will
4 be divided by steel partition with steel
doors, and steel door viii open from the
book room into the County Commissioners
| office Two vaults viii be put into the Reg
/ istry Of Deeds with doors opening into the
| Registry of Deeds and the Probate office
Steel book cases will be put into each vault,
I and each will be lighted by one or more win
dows. The windows are already provided
with iron shutters
SHIPPING ITEMS. The sch. Banner, which
Capt shubaet G. Rich bought last week
was built in Saybrook, Conn. in 1887, and is
/ OF 30 tons net. She owned for several
! Years some time ago by Capt. Doane Patter-
shall, and was commanded by Capt. j A
Curtis, Capt. Pattershal's sons Fred and
George, and others. The Gazelle, which
has been in command of Capt. Rich, is to be
commanded by Capt F. J, Robertson.
Some of the sails of tile wrecked sch. Lester
A. Lewis We're placed on the SCH Mark Pen
| dleton, when she repaired here recently....
Sch Charlotte 7. sibIey, with hard pine for
I the new PendletOu schooner. cleared from
/ Bruins wick, Ca, April 18th for Belfast....
/ Adviees We're received April 10Th announc-
! ing the arrival at Bahia, Brazil, Saturday,
of the barkentine Priscilla, Capt Spring
steen from Baltimore. after passage Of 81
! days. This il one Of the fastest passages
ever recorded from Baltimore to Brazil aud
/ is the third time that Capt Springsteen has
made new records or smart runs . Carter
& %. have made new mainboom for sch.
| A Hayford Sehs. Il. w. Hopkins and
Susan n Pickering have recelv repairs at
/ East Boston. Sch. Herald of the Morning,
recently at this port with phosphate, went
| ashore last week near Stonington. She was
| toated and towed into Rockland with her
| keel damaged. She was bound from Blue
hill to New York with a cargo of stone .
| The barks j. I. Bowers, Capt. Movers the
Mabel /. Meyers Capt. Nm. Meyers father of
the commander of the Bowers, and the
Sarmiento sailed from Portland two months
| ago for Buenos Ayres. S. A When they
| left Portland it was with the understanding
that they would race to their destination
and the Mabel l. Meyers was generally con-
sidered the fastest vessel. The Bowers won
the race, making the passage in 80 days..
| Capt. VIM. +. Harding has retired from the
| command of the fOur-masted schooner VIM
! H, Clifford now at Portland, and goes to
| Bath to take command of the new fl ve-
| masted schooner NJ. II. Cressey, in the ward
! of Percy < Small, nearly completed. Capt
! A l. Wiley. late of the schooner Carrie A.
/ Norton, takes the Clifford. Sch Mary j
| Elliot loaded fish barrels at Lewis wharf
J for Damariseotta the first Of the week..