The Republican journal., 1900-10-11

TO BflSntOn from Belfast Saturday.
Swift &lPaul have another cereal coffee
called coffeena, which has flavor peculiar
! to itself.
| The frosts of Sept. 10th and Goth did moi
kill the growing corn and the market is still
well supplied.
There is but one blacksmith shop in Bel.
fast having sings for shoeing oxen, that OF
Chas. G. Havener of Citypoint
Miss Hopkins, of the firm of R. A. French
4 Co., has just returned from Boston with
full line of fall and winter goods
F. G. Mixer has put in new case for ex-
hibition of books, fancy goods, etc., with a
rack at the rear for displaying wall papers.
Mrs. Sarah Barnes of Waldo will open her
new home next Sunday by Sprtualist ser
vices forenoon and afternoon, and a picnic
dinner.
Advertised list of letters remaining in the
Belfast post office Oct. 9: Ladies-Mrs. Har-
| riet n. Howes. Gentlemen-Samuel Walter
Davis, Jr. Mr.. J. Rosenthal
The meeting of Waldo County Grange,
which was to have met with Equity Grange
Tuesday was postponed on account of the
storm and will probably be held the first
fair day.
The Parlor Musical Society is making
arrangements for a reception at Memorial
Hall Friday evening. Oct 18th. A program
will be given and light refreshments
served. All are most cordially invited
Admission. % cents.
The Belfast Band is arranging the pro-
gram fora entertainment next month, when
this organization, in which Belfast feels,
and has occasion to feel, so much pride, will
reach its tenth anniversary. Further partc-
ulars will be given later.
Friends of James C. Kelley, the boy whose
leg was amputated last winter after coast
ing accident, have raised funds to buy him
an artificial leg. and it will be ordered soon
His school mates in the Sunday school and
common schools contributed literally.
The first tinan-haddies of the season were
received last week. Haddies have been in
the Belfast markets about fifteen years, and
although the price of fresh fish has gone up
and down through a considerable range. the
haddies have remained the same. II cents
per pound.
Ii. A. Babbidge, the contractor for the
new lower bridge, is shipping the best of
the material from the old bridge, to be used
in his work elsewhere. He has a wharf to
build in Gilkey's Harbor, Islesboro, and a
swimming pool at Rockport. AT the latter
place dam is to be built across a small inlet
to hold the water for bathing purposes.
As usual at this time in an ''apple year
there is great demand for flour barrels.
and indeed for all kinds of barrels The
flour barrels are wanted mainly for those
cider are also in demand. and from present
indications there will be very large out
put of apple juice.
Capt. j. H. Perkins is enlarging the hose
house for Seaside Hose Co. The building,
which was barely large enough to hold the
apparatus. was recently moved from Capt.
j. W. Burgess lot to a lot on Vine street
bought by the city, and will be doubled in
size, making commodious room for the
company's meetings and atfording ample
space for the apparatus. 1t will be fitted up
in good style.
DEER STAYING. S. f. Morse of Belmont
killed two deer with one shot last Friday
morning. He saw only one and the bullet
passed through it and killed a large doe
which was standing near. He kept them
for home use. Charles W. Thomas brought
a fine doe to Fogg d Brown last Thursday
1t was shot in Clifton, Penobscot county,.
Oscar Drinkwater sold Fogg Il Brown a
handsome buck Monday 80. Harry Shaw re-
turned Monday from hunting trip and re-
ported that he killed one deer in Orland.
BUSINESS CHANGES. Geo. c. Seavey has
sold his restaurant on Church street to Her.
bert f, Bradman, who took possession Mon
day noon. Mr.. Seavey has bought the Fran
els Whitmore house on the corner of High
and Spring streets. He will continue it as
a lodging house, and may later arrange to
furnish table board. .... Alonzo IL. Appln
has bought the grocery stock of Clarence NJ.
knowlton at Citypoint and moved it to the
| oti' tCoAS' AAS iS w ptty ftAu o1liP Soullu1
produce, and later will add line of dry
goods, and possibly boots and Shoes
STEAMER NOTES. Capt. Marcus Pierce
| of the steamer Penobscot has resigned his
position and will, it is said, retire from ac-
| tive service. Capt Pierce's successor will
be Capt William A Roix, pilot for many
years on the steamer Penobscot Walter
White, assistant engineer on the Penobscot
| for a number Of years, has been made chief
engineer and Engineer William Fox has been
transferred to the steamer City of Bangor.
| Chief Engineer Hathorn of the steamer
| City of Bangor will have charge of placing
the machinery in position on the new steam
er City Of Rockland. Capt. Pierce is well
and favorably known to many of our people,
and will have the best wishes of all in his
retirement. He has for years been one of
the most prominent figures in steamboat
circles in this part of the country. He was
in command of the steamer Katahdin when
| she narrowly escaped being wrecked a
| dozen or so years ago off the Maine coast
and it was due largely to his skill that she
was saved. On the 2nd page we print an
article concerning a proposed freight line
| by the b. Il B. S. Co... The RESIGNATION of