The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-04-26
The North Church c. E. Society will have
Dickens evening in the near future for the
benefit of the music fund

benefit of the music fund
The next meeting of the Parlor Musical
Society will be Tuesday evening, Nav sth
at 30 O'Clock. Members are requested to
bring the Elijah chorus book.
a genealogical school under the ausnices
of the Maine Board of Agriculture will be
held in Northport, probably in the Wood
school house, Friday and SATURDAY., MAY 4tb
and 9TH. Fuller particulars will be given
next week.
Advertised list of letters remaining in the
Belfast post office April 9th: Ladies'
Miss Sarah Gillian. conference.-the. Ar
thur Beach, Mr. Andrew Allen, Mr.. Geo. F.
Chaplin, Mr.. F. f. Meservey G., letters). Mr.
Loran Spear.
The Lyceum Company presented the Mer-
chant of Venice at the Belfast Opera House
to a large audience. The company is a very
good one and the parts were all well taken
particularly that of Shylock. The music
was by Ames Orchestra.
Thomas III. Marshall Post, G. A. r.. has
bought a number of silk flags which are to
be lettered in gold, ''ln Memoram, Thomas
ii. Marshall Post, g. A. r." and placed on
the baskets of departed comrades. The
flags will be kept by the families.
Seaside Chautauqua Circle will meet " tb
Mrs. c. F. Black, 6 Union street. Monday.
April i0th, > p. NJ. Quotations from Bret
llarte's poems. Lesson from Chautauoua
Magazine, " Reading Journey through
France" History Of Belfast continued
Thomas II. Marshall Relief Corps will
hold no meeting next week. The next meet
ing will be Tuesday May Sth. The pres
dent requests all members to take baked
beans for the dinner of the Waldo Veterans
saturday. April DIST, was the warmest
day Mr.. l.. H. Murch has recorded in 4
years. The average for the day was g.
and at O'Clock the mercury stood at -
The next wanneSt day was in April lsS6
The highest then WIS II , and the average
G6
The contractors think they will have the
Court House extension finished about June
ing is the window frames. and steel curtains
will be hung at every window to protect the
building should these take fire The steel
book cases Will be ordered and put in after
the interior finish is all in.
President A. f. Smith and Rev. C.. 4.
Brown OF Bangor, Of the Verona Park Asso-
citation. spent Sunday at the park arranging
a program for the entertainments and man
agement OF the Park Hotel this season. Mi
Smith Will run a three-seated tWo-horse
blackboard as Il regular conveyance from
Bucksport toand from the park after June /
and there will be lectures and addresses
every Sunday during June and July The
regular camp meeting will begin Aug. l.
The Observation-Disclosures machine almost in
variably beat those who patronize them, but
one day recently the owner of a machine re-
celved Il surprise. 1t disgorges its ''priZes''
IN cash, or blanks, the largest prize being
500. Such machines frequently get out of
order and do not register at all, in which
case the customer is } cents out. In this
case the wrong valve failed to work and the
eft of the customer The machine was re-
paired at once
SWAN LAKE. The fishing season at Swan
Lake opened last week, with fine catches.
Our North Searsport correspondent re-
ports the following fishermen at the lake
Hon. p. o. Nickery and f. &. kinsman,
Augusta Fish Commissioner H. O. Stanley
Messrs. Rogers, Clark. Francis, johnson.
Rankin, Sanborn, Coburn and others
of Belfast Rich, Atwood. Mason and Simp-
son of Winterport. Messrs. Nickery and
Stanley were met just before they departed
sed themselves much pleased with the sport
they had had MI Nickery took ID 6-pound
salmon before leaving the lake that morn
ing. The result of one days fishing the
past week was a total of 81 trout and sal
mon among all the fishermen, and few re-
turned home empty handed.
CHAT. Fire flies were seen last Saturday
night. Shooting stars, too. Another sign
of spring is that Capt. David H. Libby is
busy putting up awnings about town..
Where are the Penobscot salmon?. .. Dan
delion green's, homegrown, are coming in.
-. What are we going to do about Old Home
Week &C.,. The scent of burning brush is in
the air. The little boys in the neighbor-
hood have miniature Boston frog pond in
the Allyn field. -. The Northport Avenue
nine and the East siders had game Friday,
the former winning with Il score of b to Is.
80. Arbor Day May 18th. F. G. Mixer is
setting up his soda fountain on the counter
formerly occupied by his newspapers, which
department has been moved farther up the
store. The journal has received an in
vitation to the seventh annual oyster-roast of
the Berlin Iron Bridge Co., in East Berlin,
Conn, April nth.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. w. A. Clark,
manufacturing clothier, Phenix Row, says
he can save his customers at least 10 to Is
per cent. on their purchases, las he is always
in the market and buys large lots for spot
cash. Serge suits a speciality -. liutchinS
Brothers Il Co., Front street, have large
stock of granite and marble and are pre-
pared to furnish monuments, etc, promptly
and at reasonable prices. Call at their
place of business and see samples of the
fine work done by them. George r. Slower
offers for sale the Bracket farm, so-salled,
on the Halls Corner road, 81 miles from the