The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-05-10
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.

to.al presentation of Pnafore.
ra. J NJ Leighton will give a talk on
.4.. frees of our City Streets before the
~ me club Monday evening, May 18th.
,a. Belfast Water Co. had the stand-ppe
.-..ulhlv cleansed and painted and the
,.,, and the hydrants flushed last week.
rhelr will be no session of the public
u.ol~ tomorrow, Friday, that the teachers
- attend the teachers convention in
ocrty.
0arlie Tom, who recently had a laundry
ihenix Row, and left rather suddenly,
- formerly in Rockand and has reopened
laundry in that city.
7l,urN c. Marden has sold his colt by
,r. Wilkes to Whitman Sawyer of Port
.,4 MI Marden returned Saturday from
reurl4ston with lot of new carriages.
N, Katie CoombS brought to this Office
Naflay bouquet of wild flowers which
.,l,4i the hepatica, anemone and the
.>. specimen of the honeysuckle fam
4 Brown put in a new style of COM
ug scale at their market last week. 1t
.n~ at a glance without adjustment the
-at and price of any article placed
Hu H.
u.ptl sheriff Frank G. Norton went to
Portland last week to take to the Re-
M school from Palermo a young man
l Marden. who had been sentenced to
f n-ttUtion for larceny by Trial Justice
.r
..f Norton Went to Augusta last
-iay t. return Horace Marden, Who
...s escaped from the jail in that city.
served short sentence in Waldo
4, iail and was afterwards sentenced
. months in Kennebec Jail, both SEN
.- iur horse stealing. About two weeks
rsodped from an officer who had him
work. Sheriff Norton was notified,
equity Sheriff F. &. Norton arrested
IH III Freedom. May ID.
regular quarterly session of Waldo
D.' Lodge G. Twill be held with Sebas-
Lodge. No. l0l, at Burnham, May
Idle the routine business, all interest
am has been arranged ON the local
The address of welcome will be by
Mary Emery: response by District
par f. l.. Bartlett. The NJ. G.. II. r.
rmt one fare the round trip on Old
t-iS It is hoped that every lodge
send a full delegation. f. L. Bracket,
~ec'y.
N-ItY WARM April. The month of
200. was the Warmest April ever re
l ny Mr.. /. II. Murch in his records of
-lt,. and the rainfall was very light
. mean temperature for the month was
against II. 46 for April, 1899, which
-.u>o d very warm month. and 1880 for
.4rrage of Il years past The highest
-u-,atllre was - on the 21st and 3oth,
hest MI Murch has ever recorded in
The lowest was 30 on the 9Th day
. lpl on O days with a total precipita-
....f 426 inches There We're very slight
uf snow on ) days, but not enough to
..a-Ee.
itf BELFAST FAIR. Purses guaranteed
regular meeting of the trustees of
l0 County Agricultural Society was
ID the court house Saturday afternoon
some important action was taken. 1t
nted to guarantee the trotting purses
.' classes. The treasurer and W. H.
U.l were authorized to execute the
.t and forward the necessary fees to
me- track under national rules. The
on fee was fixed at - cents for men
rt- for carriages. ladies free. }. 4.
u~rud D. c. Greenlaw and VIM. Beck
Arre appointed a finance committee
president was instructed 10 arrange for
~'ou rates on the railroads and steam
Adjourned to Thursday June It'll, at
~ro p,
meeting of the Waldo County Neter-
association, announced to b.. held in
TAI Hall, Belfast, Thursday, May 81,
postponed on account Of the storm
The second attempt to hold a meeting
ast this spring. Both were prevented
Weather. \ few members of Thorn
Marshall Post q. A. r., and one COM
rom Winterport met in the hall at the
ted time, and the visitor said he came
sum the visit Of the Belfast man who
Nil' HIly tiit liulll oul VI LOW ii ut Il
"-,tn4 of the Association in Winterport
,. ears ago The boys told a few stories,
.I Had an excellent dinner in the hall. 1t
decided to hold the next meeting at
Stars Island Bar, Thursday, June 18th.
VERY HEAVY STORM The storm
e.ich prevailed last Thursday, Friday and
4tlt of Saturday was unusual in several
poets A heavy rain set in Thursday
l'Ualng and in AZ hours the rain fall was
uches. There were two pealS of thun-
.r one of which ratified the dishes, stove
"Ners, windows, etc. The lightning was
~ very brilliant. During the day Thurs
"a and Friday the clouds would blow
tHHl and the sun come out for awhile, and
'N-t ain would fall. Saturday morning
''- was a fall of snow and hail, that
NA-ued the fields il some sections little
lles rom the coast. The roads We're bad
'dshed and some cuverts that were UNI
'' 500 carry away the water were washed
lWO on the Perkins road were dam
So badly that the road was closed until
44l> could be made. The George Her
}lll in Northport was badly washed
MI part of it was fenced out The Little
Iul bridge, below Saturday Cove, was
badly damaged that the mail stage and
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