The Republican journal., 1900-05-31
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.

fhe regular meeI1nS OF the Olly COUNCIL
he held next Monday evening, June 4th.
.+,,t. Unstable J. r. Mears made seizures
,uanors Saturday at W. A. Gentner's, H..
hi,knell's, Chas. O'Connell's, Daniel
.uneIl's, { has. Perry and f. A. Jones
MIN. trustees of the Waldo County Agri-
-..al society will meet at the Court House
,o.,>.l:tl June 7th. Matters of import
ia, connection with the fair will come
..t- the meeting.
..-,4 was a slight fire in the house of
M Y Cottrell in East Belfast last
ru r,lal forenoon, but it was put out by
bots without an alarm. small hole
..... burned through the roof.
r, regular meeting of the W. c. I. L.
ne- held with Mrs. Frances Frost in the
q,on house, Church street, this, Thurs
s afternoon at 80 o'clock. A full at
4nce is desired, as delegates will be
@ ad and arrangements made for the
.g.aI county convention in Monroe.
-Dterck Whitney of Boston has bought
a>un island, Brooksville, and renamed it
...s lytfe' Mr.. Whitney expects to be
West Brooksville about August 4, for a
... aeeks' stay, putting up as usual with
l. VI h. Blake. He makes the trip from
.-tpu by water, in his new thirty-foot
s.... h, recently built by Lawley Il Son of
,.. Boston
~ N0RIrE MINSTREL. COMPANY COMING.
HnA bonnelly's Original Minstrels, sue
NJ
- are now on a tour of Maine and will
......, at the Belfast Opera House on We'd
.....as. July 18th. The company, as before, is
The management of Frank A. owen,
,-er of the Bangor and Augusta Opera
,-- An entirely new program of fun
.n>ie win be offered. More particulars
upaiut was recently made to the city
ties of annoyance and damage by
trmed with pea shooters. Five panes
l9s We're broken in one residence on
street City Marshal Sanborn was
.t look ttter the matter and officer
n.- succeeded in catching some boys,
ther Young men, engaged in this
They We're let of with warning,
either mischief off this character will
thu. offenders before the police court.
"r.u BUILDINGS BURNED. The house,
l,arn of Edgar l.. Smith on the Bel
-oal, four miles from this city. We're
l saturday morning. Mr.. Smith arose
lud after starting the fire in the kit
~-pye went to the barn and fed the cat
j- soon saw that the kitchen was ON
.td aroused hi, family, who were in the
YprS. NeghborS came promptly and
the furniture on the lower floor of
Except in the kitchen. Everything on
-.cond floor and in the l. was destroyed.
-ot out the cows, horses, carriages,
,out faimin. tools, but two calves, a
- moving machine, cream separator and
,terable other material was burned.
smiths loss is estimated at about 81,
Er had no Insurance.
iLpING AND REPAIRS Mrs Belle
sue is enlarging the stable at her house
hr corner of High and Park streets.
uldlti0n is 1X24 and two stories high.
G 0ttrell is the carpenter. The place is
rIspled by Milford Weed. +. Morrison 4
N..llonald have closed the contract to con-
.1let + 900 feet of sewer i'll Camden village.
'- completed by July 10Th. The price is
't They also have a contract to build
.Tse house, l., barn and out buildings on
Barnes place in Waldo, owned by Mr.
-} ... The StagingS were taken down
. the front OF the Pitcher store on Main
.e"t last saturday. and although the up
r> entrance is not completed everybody
marks the great Improvement in the build
With the additional story, the front of
"-~-i brick, with ornamental caps to the
lows OF free stone and cream-colored
*, and the galvanized iron cornice the
-,ure is an ornament to the street, and
hoped may lead to other improve
H..t>
~H FACTS. Good catches of land-locked
iu'n are made at Georges Lake, Liberty.
he fish are of large size. Twenty-seven
.t9Hnn have been caught there this season,
-. far.... Capt. Isaac Leadbetter was in
lO- last week in sloop smack Marguerite,
'i- pounds of live cod. which retailed at
'a essel for cts. per pound -. The first
tAiHtlfi vi tlbui Try loI lnt season came
the Belfast branch last week from
'.--ll Lake hatchery. Some 10000 were
-t 1T Thorndike to be forwarded to I.iber
~ be placed i'll Georges lake. and 5000
H~rr brought to this city The latter were
>.gned to ID. \. Bird, Superintendent of
Belfast Water Co., and were placed in
jle tompany's pond at Little river. -. Capt.
lam Barton of Vinalhaven brought in
tlrSt fare of fresh cod for the season last
"--k. He had about 100 pounds. -. Miss
tme Trusty of Caribou caught 2-pound
t'l't at Swan Lake May 10Th. .... Mrs W
Nheldon of SearspOrt caught 3pound
ho1t at Swan Lake Monday with common
lppb and line
NliirPING ITEMS. Sch. Georgia Gilkey
Nt, on the marine railway at Portland
8'l week for repairs. -. The Bath ships
'"' hoble, 1927 tons, and the Abner Co.
'4if', 1873 tons, have been sold for Pa
-t account. The Coburn brought S6O.-
j" and the Robie S5O.oOO. The Bangor
a'>eSsors report l2o vessels owned in that
lort, with tonnage of S,SH. Sch j. Y.
wellington is chartered to load coal at New
fHre for the Belfast Fuel K Hay Co. and