The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-02-09

week from Searsport for use in their ship
yard
George Jones. who recently opened a
of business.
M. F. Stearns is making a large and hand
some wall case of quartered oak for the jew.
elry store of George r Poor.
In the item in last weeks Journal in
regard to DR.. Vests inspection of the Jack
son milk herd for A. S Jackson read A X
Jackson.
There are to be matters of impoy ance
brought before the meeting of Armor Bearer
Circle X. D. & S., at its next meeting Feb.
10th. and it is hoped that every member will
be present.
There will be a supper in the Uniyersaiist
vestry this, Thursday, evening Feb. 9th, at
I 6 o'clock to which all are Invited. 1t will be
| followed by short entertainment at 45.
Admission, including supper. % cents.
Isaac Jackson of South Belfast has set of
parlor furniture that was once the property
OF Judge Joseph Williamson, father of Mr..
Williamson, Senior, of this city, and known
to be more than hundred years old
S. G. Small has opened a carpentry and
wood working shop in the lower "shipping
office" building on Main street. He recently
| finished the woodwork in O'Connell's
restaurant and is now making large white
wood refrigerator for that establishment.
1t was ladies' night at the cotlllon party
in Memorial Hall last Friday, and it was a
specially enjoyable occasion. The hall and
ante room were very tastefully arranged,
the ladies and gentlemen We're in full dress.
the Belfast Band gave the best of music,
| including two concert numbers, and at inter
mission Mrs. Fahy served dainty lunch.
The Board of Cemetery Trustees has sold
the city hearse to James f. Fernad, who will
| heuceforth manage 1t as a private business.
| This act of the trustees authorized by
the City Council by an order passed several
months ago. and is one which had been
under consideration for several years. The
office of Sexton of Grove Cemetery, which
included the management of the hearse
has been matter of contention at the an
nual city election for a long time, but the
matter is now now taken out of local
politics. Ii VIII, however, be subject to
the same restrictions and regulations as
to prices, service, etc as formerly.
DIVORCE STATISTICS. Tleston Wadlin,
Esq Clerk of Courts, has prepared for the
State Registrar of Vital Statistics a report
of divorces decreed by the Supreme Judicial
| in, Na1
| 1898. It shows that there were a divorces,
20 on libel of the wife and on libel of the
husband. The number granted for various
causes as follows: cruel and abusive
treatment, II gross and confirmed habits of
intoxication, 3; adultery, 3; utter discretion,
/ One couple had been married % Years
/, II years ,. IL years; l, II years; /, is
years; !, II years; !, $ years; i, years;
/, years; 4, 5 years; 3, years ,, 3 years;
,, . years >. year and /, less than year.
PARLoR MUSICAL SOCIETY. Al the meet
ing of the society Thursday evening, Feb.
2nd. che following program was given;
/. Lovely Appear" Gounod.
by chorus.
2. Sketch of Gounod and Story of Faust,
Rev. j. NJ. Leighton.
3, Solo, NAZARETH, Gounod,
Mrs. E. S. Pitcher.
4. Solo, Conquered Bingham.
Mr.. c. C. Brooks.
), Recitation and Aria Gounod.
She alone charmeth my sadness"
Mr., E. S. Pitcher.
Mr.. Brooks and Mr.. Pitcher were encored
The following were appointed committee
for the next meeting Miss Charlotte W.
Colburn, Miss Mary Faunce, Mr.. c. O. Poor.
AS the Unitarian society is to have an enter
tainment next Tuesday evening the meeting
of the Parlor NJ usical Society is postponed
| to Thursday evening, Feb, 10th
SHIPPING ITEMS Capt Fields S. Pendle-
ton of Islesboro arrived by boat Feb 1st
from New Bedford, where he had been to
look after the schooner Charlotte I. Sibley.
The Sibey was run INTO by the Bath schoon-
er Normandy and sustained considerable
damage to her rigging and upper works.
She is bound to Charleston, S. G., and will
repair and proceed, Capt. Pendeton re-
ports having sold the wreck of schooner
Lester A. Lewis, and that the wreckers had
patched and calked the Henry r. Tilton,
driven ashore at Port Allerton in the No
vember gale, and were waiting for a high
course of tides to attempt to float her. The
Charles E. Raymond is at Vineyard Haven.
and no disposition has yet been made of her.
| .... The following schooners have been char
| tered to load ice at Rockport for the Rock
port Ice Co. Young Brothers, 300 tons for
| Washington, d. G.; Harold B. Cousens, 500
tons for St. Thomas. u. W. l.. Lizzie Bah
cock, 900 tons for New Castle, Del. The
| Boston Globe says: THE cargo of coal in
the Boston ship Cora, Capt. Frost, which re-
turned to Barry while on passage from
| Glasgow to Rio Janeiro and was dry locked
| to stop the leak, has been condemned and
will be discharged. 1t is likely that the
voyage will be abandoned The Cora is
owned by Maiden resident"
| THE BELFAST FARMS CREAMERY. A meet
| ing of the farmers to whom the Belfast Farms
Creamery was owing bills for cream was
held at the creamery Monday forenoon to
consider a proposition by M G. Hill and
K. FL. Haney relative to settlement and
starting the business again. Mr.. H i'll stated
that the holder of the mortgage would
! release her claims if the creditors would
sign off t eirs He, Mr.. Hill, would form