The Republican journal., 1901-02-21
rHE NEWS OF BELFAST.

REf polfast are requested to meet IN
,rtPls u tho Court House, on Wednesday
su'o' Fpbruary ~, 1901, at 7o'clock, to
esaIIl-' aomination candidate for Mayor
psce III oorted at the municipal election
b. Supf Nth next Republican voters Of
% S'l'D d, and 3 will meet on the same
FsfaS At the Court House to nominate
apnII7 ,ioars etc. The Republicans of
Gifa and ; will meet at their respective
ga]' Rooms on Thursday Evening, Feb.
8aro hack. to make Ward nominations.
%D'", Republican City Committee.
rr order
n Page, Stockton Springs, publish
aatiou notice
yaeomber is putting the house on
,,Dodvorth yacht
os have been granted as follows:
frD' 4den Turner, Palermo Centre,
lprsase' A''"
,. get along without The Journal is
man, of our readers say in renewing
Mil Subscription
49,, 4 Brown bought 1876 pounds OF Ply
l n,l Rock poultry of Frank Quimby Of
a g one day last week.
81 rarort now is that cypher was added
- t,- beouest for a library in Castine, that
y D~ s,oooo instead of 100000; and Cas-
D ,st SIGH for the 100000.
r,. ale Of valentines this year was unu-
f large. but was confined chiefly to the
, ,-.,.- varieties. Last year about the
p,@' amount of money was expended, but
.I n.. ion the better grades. This year the
WV. children bought large numbers. The
..~ alentine was, we are pleased to note,
a.niuouS by its absence.
.... retaran stage driver, E. c. Freeman,
.errips the mails between here and
wy sIg.t is not easily daunted in an under
Last Thursday morning, when the
a''..z ,4r. drifted so badly as to be impaSS-
\. do. leans, Mr.. Freeman came from
i,onr'la Beach on foot with the mail
M Strapped around him. 1t was a hard
~ And it shows the sort of spirit in
-rsr Mr. Freeman believes in getting
le@.i through, team or no team, and the
.H,. grpreeiate this kind of mail carrier.
mi,r Herald, Feb. 18th.
...af na show windows in the millinery
u,.of Misses NJ. Z. & L. p Ellis took fire
..b.d4g .rom amatch accidentally dropped
ea4 5sltug the gas. The light, delicate
aims hazel mp in an instant, but Miss
.s FT. fought the fire heroically and
,.f 1.. aid of some neighbors soon had the
fri 4f. The contents of the window were
is,,rfl. and the woodwork somewhat
,-r. The fire alarm was sounded but
.tagga4, atus was not needed.
-r,. OH Town Clock which was so
,...aLy rendered by Miss Kate Quimby
,,S- Maids Convention last Thursday,
r.. composed by Mr.. J. W. Wheeler of
go,tn ard dedicated to the little Quimby
Girls tn. town clock on the Unitarian
lg-i which their grandfather p. P.
gguM helped build, was the subject of
a. SONG Miss Kate has beautiful voice
anil g-r easy childish manner was very
ur,t admired She received a hearty en-
a-a, lut WAS not inclined to respond.
William H. Kimball attempted to commit
suicide at the poor farm Sunday morning.
H. cane in from out of doors and said to
mther Of the inmates, SIN about three
minutes you may tell them | have hung
myself lie was thought to be joking and
90 attention was paid to it until a peculiar
sound WAS heard, and Mr.. Wight, the con-
tractor, was called. He went into the
Chamber. where he found Mr.. Kimball hang
%. s., rope around his neck to a jOiSt
rgheaa He was alive and soon after he
ga, et down recovered from the effects of
as srnnEling. This is the third attempt
bella, made on his own life.
tyr Old MAIDS CONVENTION. The
p11pn.iou n the Opera House last Thurs
ia evening of the Society of the Sisters of
Single BiesSedness was very amusing en-
tlamuent, and well carried out in every
tatFe Misses Anabel " alker and Charlotte
Efoburn as president and secretary and
4h 81 a t1ilchrest as treasurer, took their
@7s 20 Perfection. The poem, papers and
le'.o4 We're amusing, and the reports, par
ilaNI the listed market report of the
&laeol, and widowers of Belfast, were in
slc distances pat The duet by Misses
dodge and Long was excellent, although the
a1r' of Julietta's voice were rather deep,
@r. Ion 50 long a lady. The real fun be-
gu When Dr. Lombard, as Prof Makeover,
Aalt his appearance with his magic elixir
Ai machine. The jovial doctor was just
44S clement, and his hits on the local M.
D'al0 criticisms of the women of doubt
l ayes who appeared before him to take
"'alta5e of his youth-giving magic, were
wy APT and brought down the house. The
g'nIormations were something wonderful.
Usually the old maids longed for their op-
fS'5s IN appearance and talents and
usPfoleSsors did well in supplying the de-
lallS' Mrs. f. S. Pitcher and Mrs R. II.
MOVIES voices blended beautifully in duet.
lis harleS II. Field made her second APP
s5a'aace as a notion vender. Miss Lena P.
'l'1 made capital Gibson girl Miss Geor-
s'DAfows was, as usual, very entertaining
lel recitation and Marion Wells, Cleora
I'ley and lnez Carter took their parts well.
4''lSe blcknell in the three graces danced
Wy gracefully. Little Freda Ellis and
~'I! Nudsett, as twins, were charm
4s Ion Robbins, the man who took two
Iue Old maids in transformation, looked
r4u utter in comparison with the professor.
'''s Nate Quimby filled admirably the re-
,'FlI-its Of a pretty little girl who could
sls "Vely.' Emery White as Mademoiselle
''i'eo from Boston was immense, both in