The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-05-10


pins and rings for the Castne Normal School
class of 1900 The rings are AK oval gold
bands, with the figures 90 in sunk raised
letters, and a scroll at either end The mi
tlals OF the owner and the class motto,
"Crown the Heights, are cut ON the inside
The pms are white and heliotrope enamal,
surrounded by a wreath of gold with the
letters ''E. S. y. S. 90 across the face. The
class numbers 66 pupils, the largest that
ever graduated from a normal school in
Maine.
PNAFORE. AS promised in The journal
last week we now print the cast of Pinafore,
and can announce that the opera will be
given in the Belfast Opera House Wednes-
day and Thursday evening, May 23d and
9th. The costumes, scenery and music will
be first class, and the following cast speaks
for itself:
Josephine, Mrs. f. p Frost
Buttercup, Mrs f. $. Pitcher
Hebe. Miss Isabel CHM
Ralph Rackstraw. r. T. Wetmorp
Capt. Corcoran, f. s. Pitcher
Dick peadeye. r. p. Chase
Boatswain. f. p. Frost
Boatswain's mate, &C. Spinney
Sir Joseph Porter, II. {. b. w. j. Havner
W iHNlllp Hlltt Ugh IoDDiuS
Chorus of forty sailors and "female relativeS.'
STEAMER NOTES The Castine took the
High school base ball team to and from Cam
den last Saturday, and made special trip
in the evening to bring Morrison Il McDon-
AID crew from Dark lIarbor. She returned
with them Monday morning -. Steamer Mt
Desert made the trip from Bar IIarbor to
a..
last week, and this included stops at all
landings. The average length of the trip
is about hours. .... The steamer MerrycO-
neag, after having received a thorough over
hauling, has resumed her place on the route
between Portland and Rockland. 80. The
Silver Star broke her propeller shaft while
going to Castine Saturday night, and is now
being repaired at Belfast. The Castine is in
her place on the CaStine, Islesboro and Bel
fast route..... The steamer Penobscot will re-
sumo her place on the b. 4 b. route May Is.
/ The boat has been fitted up with electric
i lights and also large search light. The
officers will be as follows: commander, Cap
tain Marcus Pierce; first pilot, Capt VIM.
A. Roix; second pilot, Frank f. Brown
quarter lldSlelS, Ildll DoWuel, w. i.
Holmes; purser, John X. Hatch; freight
clerk, Geo W. Higgins, baggage master,
Geo. II. Kennedy; first officer, Thos. Birm-
ingham, second officer, Richard Birmng-
ham; engineer, +. II. Hathorne: assistant
engineers, Walter White, 5. II. Cobb; ;
Waterman, l. d. Sears; steward, Freeman
Higgins; Assistant steward, Edward Han
son.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch. Electa Bailey al
rived Friday from Norfolk, Va She dis.
charged 1 carloads of lumber at the Maine
Central wharf for Pittstield parties and
100 NJ. for Mathews Bros. The balance of
her cargo is for Bangor. Sch A. Iayford
arrived Friday with general cargo from
Boston Sch. 7. NJ. Bonney arrived MAY
2d from Ninahaven, making the round trip
ana dlsposing of a general cargo in three
days. Capt. Ralph W. Pattershall has
sold sch. Paul Seavey to Gardiner parties
and bought sch. Sarah l.. Davis of his
father, Capt. George W. Pattershall The
Seayey is at Gardiner, and the Davis re-
Gently sailed for New York in command of
Capt. John W. Ryder, formerly of sch Fan
ME Il Edith. The New England shipbuld-
ing Company launched at Bath May LIST one
OF the largest barges which has ever been
constructed. 1t was the Georgia, built for
, the Coastwise Steamship Company of New
York at a cost of about 100000 She is 237
feet long, 43 feet beam and 2O.5 feet deep.
| She was nearly ready for sea when launch
ed. She will be commanded by Capt Rufus
Hartman of Prospect Ferry. Sch Eliza
j. Pendleton sailed yesterday for Bruins
, wick, Ga, to load lumber for Reedy Island
Delaware Bay. She had slight repairs in
Belfast. -. Sch. Harriet Rogers loaded wood
and other material for Seal Harbor We'd
nesday. Sch. Henry Whitney arrived
Monday from Bangor with lumber for New
York 80. Sch. A. w. Ellis, Ryder, arrived at
Camden Sunday with coal from Perth Am
boy
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Garlic & Jones,
II to u Main street have something to say
this week to up-to-date buyers They are
offering paper ilangings at cut prices nickel
plated ware, tin ware and kitchen furnish
ings at marked down prices, two tables of
useful and 10 cent goods, and a great va
riety of other articles. See what William
A. Clark, manufacturing clothier, Phenix
Row, has to offer in the line of popular
priced spring oyercoats. Prices range from
IS to SIS. Shirt waist sets and fancy
hosiery at Garlic & Jones' new store, next
door to crockery store. See statements of
Belfast and Searsport National Banks, and
of the Peoples National Bank of Belfast. =.
See notice of CIV. Frederick, agent, concern
ing bills against sch. Fannie & Edth....
George c. Seavey gives notice that he has
removed his restaurant from Custom House
square to the Stickney building, Church
street, and greatly improved it. Meals fur
nished singly or by the week, and lunches
at short notice. .... DR.. brakes Vegetable
Headache Powders, safe and sure, at the
City Drug Store, Edmund Wilson, proprie-
tor ..COrsets 40 cents at Fred A. JohnsOn's,
Masonic Temple. Henry c. Marden has
at his repository in the rear of the Windsor
Hotel a fine line of carriages and harnesses.
He makes speciality of State Prison work,
and has also the best of western work. .....
A. A. Howes u Co. are agents for the
Cooper Sheep Dipping Powder. Capable
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