The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-05-02
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.

49,. wberry::blossoms April 2Sth.
.. regular meeting of the City Council
y no held next Monday evening.
.,r are seen quite frequently in the vi
w., ,f Pitchers Pond, and they are very
bpe
,ong the recent spring arrivals is the
DIs dnch or linnet, one of our sweetest
spgsters'
.,.n.lI's almanac predicts storms in May
U.s. U.s., The I'd to 4th or 9Th, 18th to Goth, and
,ah to 3iSt
n;.ote, of Penzance at the Belfast Opera
80 Thursday and Friday evenings, May
adnd 3rd'
rho W. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs.
.rah f. Moore on Cedar street this,
J%ar.dsy afternoon at 2.3O O'Clock.
,.obrs is on the boards at the Academy
,nsie, Halifax, N. S., this week, and
y n have six nights run, with one matinee.
Il Marden lately received a large stock
ctqtp prison and western carriages at his
.,stor, in the rear of the Windsor Hotel.
The cemetery trustees have ordered
.,at 80 feet of new fence, uniform with
..rreseut front fence, of which it will be a
situation westward.
or j Ham has resumed the practice of
..3cine N Belfast, in the Office in Odd
r.ees block formerly occupied by the
80 Emery Boardman, Esq.
There we're no general religious services
- fa,i Day, but the banks, factories, pub
4. .alarl and the schools were closed all
4. and the stores after O'clock
The Waldo County Law Library Associa-
.r held a meeting Saturday morning and
,-,ror L-d the committee to buy number of
.s,+. and to sell the book shelves formerly
ara
THE oad machine made it's first appear
,a for the season Monday, when it was
,4i a Main street. Street Commissioner
7bn> S doing a good job in crawling
el street.
... len has bid in the mail route be-
a4a luden and Belfast and will begin
.-- Ill list, at which time E. c. Free
-,. tuqtract expires. Mr. Freeman did
rla any bid this year.
f.u have an old chair, table, or any old
fg- ,Ati YOU want made better than new,
s.. 10 he paint shop of WEIGH & Stevens.
NJ hsformations they produce in this
-saJ -omething surprising.
mker has completed the improve
-..- -r lS steam laundry, which include
rta oor and foundation, new and larger
,.u. and boiler, a new run" dry room,
ueral renovation of minor details.
u Rhoades, foreman of the boX-shop
f l-tt. SibleyCo. S shoe factory,is max
o. novelty which meets with ready
r a child's bank, in the form of
a.-. made of paper and painted in bright
lo-s
Z Lord recently measured for suits of
rb-s ne largest and smallest men in
Is. 1 not in the country. One weighs
pounds and measures IS inches, bust
-a. the other weighs ~ pounds and
pas gas - inches.
CN. ternald Of North Searsport brought
't office last week freak of nature in
il shape Of twin apples. Two perfect rus
ii ppIeo had grown together at the stem
.G and were attached to the twig on which
BEL grew by single stem.
i meeting of the Belfast Improvement
t4r} viii be held at the home of Mrs. F.
hIby Monday, May 6, at 3 p. m. On
aulIt of the absence of some of the prin-
la officers, the annual meeting has been
eluurd Notice Of same will be given
iii
l-- nottage owners at the Battery are
~, q. bees nowadays repairing the dam
.-> to the shore front, renovating their
Wages. etc, Judge johnson is to build a
q 8aI 0n the front of his lot and E. S.
irlHi will have substantial wharf in
'f his, while Coombs and Riggs are
'a. h1sy about their grounds. n. j.
- charging and improving the Pot
-oua4e
Henry ", Mariner has beaten all the To-
a lia Eat gardeners this season. He dug
.a-o-s April 9th. Last year he planted
quantity Of potatoes of a choice variety,
l- having few seeds left planted three
Is part of the garden away from the
lers These three hills were overlooked
AT fall and when opened this spring the
t'ates we're found to be in perfect condi-
@ The three hills produced over peck
sound tubers.
Missing. A North Palermo special to the
l-inebec Journal says: John Perkins, a
'ai who has been living alone through the
'it-, has been missing for several days
-i had not been heard from since Monday.
lA folks being worried about him, broke
He the house and found he had worn
-' 5est clothes when leaving. On inquiry
! was Earned that he did not leave by stage
j ram. No cause for his sudden departure
maNu"
FISH FACTS. Bluefsh were in the market
'Y 9th at 20cts. per pound. Ten sal
at week and shipped to Boston. The fish
'ltn report that large pollock are at the
-'4'l Of the Penobscot river and that a
i1a'OeI weighing from to 10 pounds have
H4 adught in the salmon weirs. The fish
'7 Trip Of steamer Castine was postponed
''A april 2Sth, two weeks, on account of
-v cough sea on the fishing grounds. go.
iDs -Sbing in Swan Lake opens well this