The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-22

Founders have begun TO take the hook
and are n the market in small numbers
The Sea Breez- office is ready for job
printing Next to the Belfast National
Bank
That unusual state of aft airs. a tenantess
jail in the winter season. still exists in
Waldo county. The last prisoner was dis
charged Feb. 2Sth and no new one has since
been sent there.
Joe w. Wheeler, IA Belfast boy and a
well known composer of popular music,
says of the Graham concert in a personal
letter to Mr.. and Mrs. F. W Pote: ''Y GU
will find this 4 first-class coon show, and if
you see any of my old friends tell them
about it. Don't fail to attend if you want to
have a good laugh"
Mrs. j G. Damon will give whist party
at Memorial Hail. Thursday evening March
Goth. All gentlemen and ladies are in
vited. Admission tickets % cents includ
ing sealed envelope. Five Of the envelopes
will contain written description of the five
art pieces which will be given away. One
stock designed by Percy A. Sanborn. The
pieces will he on exhibition at Burkett's
store to-day. Whist playing will begin at
s o'clock, promptly.
HELLO! corporation known AS the
Union Telephone Company WAS organized
in Rock land last week The amount of capt.
tai stock is S. coo, and the amount already
paid in is Sl,1O0, the par value of each share
being $50. H L. Robbins is president. F. e
Burkett is treasurer and clerk, and Messrs.
Robbins. Burkett and l.. NJ Burkett are the
directors. 1t is proposed to connect by tele-
graph or telephone, or both, the towns of
Union, Washington, Appleton and Hope, in
Knox county and Searsmont, Montville and
Liberty IN " aldo county.
STEAMER NOTES. Capt. Otis Ingraham
| recently spent few days in Bangor look
ing up old friends, and then went over on
the kennebec to spend a few days with Mr..
Hathorn the venerable chief engineer of
the B. & B. 5. S. Go. Capt. Ingraham has
spent an unusually pleasant winter ashore
and when the City of Bangor goes on the
route April 9th he will be in splendid trim
for busy seasons work. Following is the
roster of the steamer for the coming season
Captain, Otis Ineraham; first pilot, Capt.
Howard Arey; pilots, Capt. Curtis and
Capt. NJ. l.. Abbott quartermasters, John
Long and Edward kawley watchmen, Geo.
w. Sawyer and A. l.. Rawley; bow watch,
Win. Jacobs; baggage MASTER G. A. Hig-
gins; first officer, j. d. Brown; second Off
Ger, George G. Williams; chief engineer,
i, K. Bradbury; first engineer, VIM. l.. Fox
second engineer, Frank E Davis purser A.
ii. Hanscom; clerk, Frank Pierce freight
clerk, E. H. Diloway; steward, Harry l..
Nevins assistant steward, Nj. O'Connell.
j. F. Ordway, general agent of the Traders
Steamship Co. of Providence, was in Cam
den and Rockland last week for the pur-
pose of making arrangements for new line
of steamers between New York and Bangor,
touching at Belfast, Camden and Rockland.
The line from New York to Bangor will be
branch of the company's present line be-
| tween Providence, Puerto Rico and South
America. Some of the strongest men of
Providence are said to be behind the com
pany, with plenty of capital and lots of en-
terprise. -. The Penobscot left here Thurs
day at the usual hour for Boston, but went
no farther than Rockland and during the
storm Friday was at anchor in that harbor,
leaving for Boston that evening She ar
rived here on her return early Sunday after
noon. The steamer Sylvia, Capt. Mills,
will go on the Rockland and North Haven
route April 1st. Steamer Cimbria of the
Bangor & Bar Harbor Steamship line, which
has been hauled up here during the winter
is receiving general overhauling and is be-
ing put in condition for summer service.
The Castine will make an excursion from
Camden March 30th to bring the troupe and
spectators to the play Lottery Ticket No.
300" The Boston & Bangor Steamship
Company's steamer Mt. Desert will go on
her usual route between Rockland and Bar
Harbor April 10th. The officers will be: f.
l.. Winterbotham, captain; A. W. Shute,
pilot; Charles T. Mason, purser; Charles H
Allen, engineer; J. Marshall, assistant en-
gineer John A. Hosmer. first officer. -. The
Frank Jones will not begin her trips from
Rockland to Machiasport until the last OF
April, nearly month later than usual.