The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-05-24

| q the marching,
Marching,
Marching,
OF the Grass
H.. Mary L. Blake.
-Ea, \ Mckinley has a very promising
..., years old this month, by Extine dam
I.f.jpnn The colt stands Ii hands high
... weighs $50 pounds.
.p. lanes f. McKeen has resigned as a
n..9HeI of the Board of the Cemetery
l...r-es. and his successor will be chosen
I... ]une meeting of the City Council
{r.ous the papers read at the meeting of
.- Maine Historical Society in Portland
4.5 18th was the following; ga Province of
%..,, Ireland in New England from papers
..asll obtained in England by Hon. Jo-
-H williamson of Belfast
l.4uus recent postal changes announced
,.a Washington is the following:
rUta lalo East Thorndike to Thorndike
rm MAY 20, 1900, permit poStmaSterS at
farm To- dispatch mail Is minutes in adj
r,-of schedule time. provided no connec-
- broken and no complaint made.
q t'lLtI lllSuIdHcb IneU from up
made a brief call here last Thursday
..a -vrd the ruins of the Crosby Inn
., ttse's corner. They were on the way
- Uu. tiud to attend the meeting of the
association of Local Fire Insurance
Admits
,.Iuus the horses recently bought by the
~r Livery Co. are a pair from Harry
supplies aud T. |. Huxford of Brooks. and
-at, ron +. II. Conner, Lancaster 4 West
jst and viii Hatch of Washington.
Hmpauy recently added to its carriages
-..-N sop buggies.
.H-> f. Fernald, Superintendent of
... emetery. has bought a new hearse
factory in New Bedford, Mass, and
tr receive it about the middle of
it of the latest and most approved
r.-.a and he has a pair of handsome,
-u4rpht.l horses to use with it.
... SON X Mcdonald of Belfast have
...f d contract to put in the sewer voted at
l-t fuNu meeting. Their contract COW
.- . Whole thing. They have deposited
Fl. t'l- >electmen a certified check of 800,
a the contract. Work will probably
-Y.ucp one week from Monday These
r, asa reliable and experienced contrac-
HH> tmden Herald May 18th.
ti.- roan horse used by Ex-Mayor Hanson
.>4 'uiy carriage horse, and owned by H.
,r.eIIuan was instantly killed in East
'4s' sunday evening. Mr. IIanson's son
Was returning from West Searsport,
.5 Aheu near Joseph II. Estes place col
..-i Aith another team. The shaft of the
te arrage penetrated the breast of the
lN-an horse and he fell dead in his tracks,
I.t lueu were not injured.
Il. papers report from time to time all
s0H- ol freaks in eggs, but we think that
aut, commissioner J. W. Brock of Sears
flt has laid an egg on our table, that
b. hard to beat. 1t is a soft shelled
regular size. and of correct shape ex-
bat there is attached to the smaller
projection about one-eight of an inch
iHuett'I and two inches long. The pro-
-uN is Of the same nature as to cover and
As the rest of the egg.
D otis X Co. shipped to their stock
East Belfast last week a work horse
il HecUlar appendage. The upper lip
led With a heavy black muStache, eX-
-aI -- from the edge of the lip above the
o1 the nostrls, and of the same shape
-lSlaehe on Il mans lip, with IA part
The centre, and curling up at the out
-d,. Growth of long hair on horses
frequently seen, but horsemen say
er SAW the like of this before
,~o Of a valuable cane, which the late
a. White bought for him while i'll
'anld last winter, and Mr. Jonathan
"r who was with Mr. White, brought it
small. 1t is made of native wood,
'a.t'H5ily carved the entire length, and the
' Maid with the abalona shell. The
NOUS figure of the carving is an ivy
~ilA Winds the cane irregularly and the
@->l set figure is an alligator, and smaller
A-H include an arm and hand holding a
-'t' forks, snakes, ducks, frogs and small
~ rontS. 1t is all hand work and very ex-
I-.' 't, tat the owner treasures it more as
a.out-nir.
r'tAMER NOTES. The steamer Mt
"-'~lJ IF the b. II B. S. S. Co.'S fleet, run
'Ai's between Rockland and Bar Harbor,
'"i9A eft Rockland Thursday morning, got
Of as the monument at the entrance of
'3li Haven Thoroughfare when her shaft
"s The steamer Sylvia took OFF the
'-'rlsers who were bound for North Ha-
aa vicinity, and steamer Gov. Bodwell
'i ttie Mt. Desert to Rockland. The tug
-'fA'u'a has towed the Mt. Desert to Bos
'N " repairs, The Governor Bodwell will
.'t the route while the Mt Desert is I'M
" Is repairs. The PenObscot due here
"' Ho>ton Saturday morning was delayed