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

ington excursion party
Pensions have been granted as follows
original, widows, etc, Nancy D. Gordon
Centre Lincolnville, So; increase, Adolphus
w. Doe, Belfast, $12 to S14
Graham's Southern Speciality Co., which
will appear at the Belfast Opera House next
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, will ar
rive on the g 20 train Tuesday evening, from
Ellsworth
Advertised list of letters remaining in the
Belfast post office March 10Th Ladies'
Mrs Orrie Stevens. Gentlemen-Fred A.
Crawford, Mr.. A. c. Kenney e letters), Mr..
George Townsend.
The Non-Partisan W. c. T. Alliance will
meet with Mrs. j. l.. Havner, corner of
Church and Miller streets, to morrow, Fri.
day, March 23d, at p. M. A full attendance
is requested. Postponed on account of storm
Owing to misunderstanding in regard to
dates elsewhere Mr.. Harrison d. Barrett
was obliged to cancel his lecturing tour He
was to have appeared in the Belfast Opera
House March p, but will come here later, of
Seaside Chautauaua Circle will meet with
Miss l.. A. Cochran, Park street, Monday,
March 26th at P NJ. Lesson, review ques.
tons on american Expansion;" Literature
study. the writings of the southern poet
Henry Timrod local historical study, Bel
fast quotations from James Russell Lowell's
poems. All interested are most cordially in
vited.
Those who We're pres ent at the last meet.
ing of the Parlor Musical Society, Thursday
evening enjoyed rare treat. Following is
the program:
Orchestra, "Romance," Ehrlich
Messrs. Sanborn, Rigby and Poor,
Miss Faunce. Pianist;
Solo. "Stlll as the Night Bohm
Miss sullivan;
Solo, "Kapila," Townsend
Mr.. Parker
The next meeting of the society will be
held Tuesday evening, March 9th. and it is
earnestly desired that there may be full
attendance.
The OLD FOLKS DANCE. The indications
are that the Old Folks Dance under the
management of Fred w Pote IN the Belfast
Opera House this, Thursday evening will
be fully as great success as its originator
intended. Mr.. VIM. H. Wheddon arrived
here few days ago and has rehearsed with
the band; and Belfast's old people who in
years past tripped the light fantastic toe to
the sound of his violin will feel young again
in recalling the days of yore as they see and
hear him on the platform. The third old
folks dance bids fair to go into local history
bright spot in the lives of those who
participate.
A NEW GAME" The first game of mar
bles for the season was passed unnoticed
by The Journal among the -" harbingers of
spring" but recent development in that line
seems worth mentioning. A small boy ap.
peared on the street Monday with contriv-
ance, evidently of his own manufacture, that
predicts for him career as an inventor or
an expert gambler-we leave the future to
decide which. His machine consisted of a
cigar box with hole cut in one side at the
boys were asked to roll their marbles through
the hole, and the marble on entering set the
hand revolving. The number on the dial on
which the hand stopped was the number of
marbles the owner of the machiueVwas to
give to the players. Many boys tried it and
We're invariably losers. An examination of
the machine showed that the figure was in
a majority on the dial, and when the index
stopped there the boy lost the marble he
rolled in. If the index stopped at / he was
just even; but this was not all, the springs
We're so arranged that the index was more
likely to stop on than on higher number
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch. Brunette was in
port last week with cargo of fresh fish
which found ready sale. She loaded hay
at A. Nj. Carriers Monday for Swans Island
....ScE. A. Hayford arrived Sunday from
Boston with general cargo. Sch. Henry
Whitney arrived Saturday, from Bucksport
for New York. with 100000 latls. 1t is the
first lumber shipment from the Penobscot
this season. -. Steamer Grace Morgan towed
schs Bar Bell and Lottie May to Rock land
Sunday. They belong to f. W. Collins
lobster fleet and had been hauled up here
Sch. q. Taylor Jr., took a cargo of ice from
the Belfast Light 4 Power Co. to Islesboro
Sunday. Frank G. Sanders of North
Bucksport has bought the Bangor schooner
Leonora, a we'll known coaster She is 50
tons net and was built at Barnstable in 1S47
-. The three masted schooner Samos, which
had been hauled up at Bucksport during the
winter, is loading ice at Haggett's Cove for
Philadelphia. Capt. Luzon Wood is in
command, and shipped Ray Heath as mate
Ellis Watson as steward, Arthur Gibbs and
Charles Varnum, an seamen. Capt. L. M.
Nicholson has bought the Grand Banker
Irving Leslie of Sedgwck. She was built at
Lamoine in 1871. The Bucksport Herald
reports the following departures from that
place by steamer last week, mostly shippers
to take command of their vessels which
have been laid up for the winter in western
ports Capt. Joe Clay of the Elccta Bailey !;
Capt. Horace Smith of the Right Away ;
Capt. Wilbur Bullock of the Post Boy Capt
Charles Bullock of the George Nebinger ;
Capt. John Chandler of the Hattie MEG
Buck Capt. John Marshall Charles Lewis,
Will Alexander and a number of other
mates stewards and seamen. Capt. David
Colt went to take the D. VI. Morales, and
had his crew with him. Watson Gray went
as mate, Albert Colt as steward, VIM. Colt
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