The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-05-04
Belfast is to have golf club.

Henry c. Marden was in Thomaston last
week and bought fine lot of prison car
rage which he has for sale at his repository
at the rear of the Windsor Hotel An
advertisement in another column tells of
these and other carriages he has on hand.
Deputy Warden Wyman of the State
Prison at Thomaston came to Belfast last
week and returned Friday with Percy l..
| Higgins, no was sentenced at the last term
of court to one years imprisonment for
breaking, entering and larceny from the
/ Groeschner steam yachts
Samuel Hodgkinson bought home from
England pair of Lancashire clogs such as
are worn by the workngmen and women of
that country, They are French kid. the
| uppers cut in one piece with only back
seam. The soles are of wood, and very
thick, aud the soles and heels are shod with
steel. The uppers fastened to the edge
of the soes by brass headed nails.
Hiram B. Williams senior member of the
firm of Williams & Getchell, dry goods mer
chants of Bangor, whose dissolution was an
nounced last week, was in business in Belfast
from 1912 to 1876, coming here in the former
year to establish branch dry goods store
for VIM H. Dow of Bangor. He ac-
companied by Chas. A Lyon, who only re-
manned a year two, and on his return to
the Bangor store Mr. Williams was joined
by Mr. Dutton. Mr.. Williams returned to
Bangor in 1916, and has since been actively
engaged in business there.
FISH FACTS Brook trout fishing opens
well and good catches are made by those
who know how f A. Shaw caught II hand
some fellows in the Wescott stream Satur-
day, and other brooks are yielding equally
we'll. The first salmon of the season was
at Bramhalls market April 2Sth, and retail
ed for IS cents per pound for the best cuts
&c. j Shaw of Sears Island sent in the
first fresh alewives of the season April 10Th
....Rev. h. I. Capen, o. J. Dickey and w
J Clifford tshed a stream in Searsport Tues
day and caught u brook trout.
SWAN LAKE FIsHISe The ice left Swan
Lake April 27th, and on that day F. II
Francis and A W, Wiley caught two good
sized land-locked salmon The next day r. T.
Rankin and E 4 Sherman caught IS salmon
aud Augustine Colburn caught a ; pound
trout and a small salmon. Parties living in
tile neighborhood also made good catches.
Among the fish caught the third day were
three salmon of au aggregate weight of q
pounds The largest weighed pounds and
10 ounces They were brought in by b. II.
Conant and William Haugh and We're on ex-
hibitiou ia Bramhall's market. The lake is
daily thronged with fishermen aud large
catches are made
An Amusing mistake was made in this
> city recently by travelling man. which
makes it all the more amusing as members
OF that fraternity are generally pretty bright
chaps, A new man on the road entered a
fish market and vainly tried to make a sale
AS he was about to leave he took the pro
prietor cordially by the hand and exclaimed
q Good day, Mr.. Seafood, | will be around
again in thirty days, when | hope we shall
be able to trade" Captain Frank, whose
. surname is Bramhall, glanced ont of the
window and beheld on the glass thereof the
words Sea Food, which the visitor had mis-
taken for the name of the proprietor. The
nelghbors realized from the audible smile
that was waited from that market that some
thing funny had happened
+ NATURE STUDIES. Those Interested
in nature studies met at the High school
room last Monday evening and listened at
tentively 10 talk on birds by Rev a. A,
Smith Mr.. Smith is a close observer of
birds, their life and habits, and from a
classification, IN Their common English
names, written on the black boards, and from
specimens and pictures, talked interestingly
ior about an hour The individual menu
beers of common families We're taken sepa-
rately and somethiug'of interest in regard to
the name and habits Was given, Mir W r.
Howard on Moths and Butterflies and Mr..
Smith on Bird Life We're very fortunate selec-
tions of speakers aud subjects. aud for next
week Rev, J NJ. Leighton on the Early
Spring Flowers must of necessity be as
interesting from Lis love and knowledge Of
them While these gatherings are informal
in some respects, they are creating deeper
interest n nature at the Season of the year
most favorable, Mr. Howard, as chairman
OF the special committee appointed at the
first meeting. reported that the committee
thought it advisable to form two associa-
blOus' u loi LII bii6 ASdSSlZ lHdpter OF
the school children, and those out of school
into an independent class not connected
with the Chapters in any way, but TO Joint
ly enjoy the general talks. OF the Local
Society Mr.. F. S. Brick was made Presi-
dent; Miss Grace Lord, Secretary Messrs.
Howard, Smith. Leighton. and Misses
Field and Townsend the executive COM
mittee. The Agassiz Chapter for the
scholars will be formed later
MAcoNDA CONCERT. We call the atten
ton of the readers of The journal to the
advertisement and program of the Maconda
Concert printed this week. No musc-lover
can afford to miss the opportunity of hear.
ing these artists in their varied DEPARTMENTS
And how rare the person who can truthful
ly say he is not musiclover music appeals
to nearly all of us in one way or another.
1t softens griefs and brightens our lows;
and music such as Mr.. Chapman offers US in
this attractive program will not only en-
terrain Us but npllft and inspire Us as we'll
Mr.. Chapman makes the offer to divide the
proceeds of the concert, over and above the