The Republican journal., 1901-09-05
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.


ballast Free Library from Sept. End, to
sept I'D.
The Probate Court will be held next
Tuesday. The new Office will not be ready
tor use at that time.
\ $ Lord & Co. are making suit of
.si)s for the three-masted schooner Luther
gardner of New York.
William @. Foster of Portland, who is
srending the summer with his aunt, Mrs
Nm. II Quimby, entertained a party of his
rrle friends August 2Sth. Refreshments
we're served and a fine time enjoyed
ACCIDENT. Ira Condor received severe
.,It ON the right wrist Saturday night. He
aas trying to open door which stuck, and
shipped, his hand going through a pane of
gisss. The wrist was badly cut by the
broken glass.
Mrs Dorothy NJ. Herrick, widow of Benz
4 Herrick, has sold her farm to Mrs. Alma
I Gardner of Belfast, and Mrs. Cora NJ.
sides widow of Henry Hudson Sides, has
sold hers to Herbert j. kimball of Warren,
6rmerly of Belmont.
Highway Commissioner L. L. Robbins is
,o1tinung the work of crawling the roads
al streets. The gravel is taken from the
bank at the eastern end of the bridge and
rom j. F. Sheldon's near POor's Mills
High street from Main to Miller and about
hi Il mile on the Brown flat on the Poor's
N, road were graveled the past week.
For the special use of patrons of the rural
free delivery routes the Post Office Depart
rent sells stamped ENVELOPES with a partial
--iru card printed as follows: "After
DAYS return to --,R. +. ID.
Eu.e No.-, Belfast, Maine.' All r.
ID carriers are supplied with these en-
..dpes with the name of the terminal post
printed.
NTW ADVERTISEMENTS. William A
g,t. Distributor of Good Clothes, Clark $
auer, Belfast, has large line Of popular
.l.ri suits and overcoats for the fall of
..t... Geo. X, Poor advertiseS a closing
t sale of watches, clocks, jewelry, cut
,,, etc. Mitchell Il Trussel invite the
NJ. ic to examine their stock of lamps and
p trimmings. They carry full line of
r.l-rS, parlor stoves, tinware, wooden ware,
Furnace and plumbing a specialty....
a and Mrs. Frank B. Jackson publish a
4i of tharks..... Dog cart and silver
MED handmade harness for sale. Apply
Court street. Fred Nickerson pub
-.., a caution notice. Ladies' watch
m lost. Reward offered
~IPPING ITEMS. Sch. Annie P. Chase
, % Ntetson's marine railway, Brewer, for
Atensive repairs, 50. The five-masted schoon-
Arthur SeitZ, launched from II. NJ. Beams
Gid in Camden, yesterday noon, is to carry
-'ocsieSs anchors, and is said to be the Only
NJ vessel ever built in this country
a,Hout catheads. Her frame is the heaviest
put into a vessel of her size, and is of
d- best white oak, with hard pine planking.
SIZE is 260 feet keel, 46 feet BEEN, % feet deep
Gi registers 2217 tons gross. Her five masts
nd her sparS are of Oregon pine. Sch.
Merrill Z. Hart arrived Sept. from Bos-
,I Rith feed for Shales & Co.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Philip A. Halde,
to be a resident of small town near
Luxe Megantic and medical student at
ae of the prominent Canadian colleges, at
empted to commit suicide by drowning in
lily pond near Winnecook station We'd
Sday evening, Aug. 2Sth. His attempt
}a> frustrated by Dennis Quinlan, farm
land, who saw him rush into the water and
.-sued him with difficulty. 1t appears
-H3' llalde has lost considerable property
-. and this would prevent his return to
ere as he, Halde, believed. Halde had
been looking forward to a practice in one eff
be- canadian villages and subsequent union
.-h a young lady who was only waiting
him to obtain his diploma when she
.Bld become his wife. Halde is % wears
NgEAMER NOTES. Writing to The Rock
! ourier Gazette in regard to the picture
+ieamer City of Rockland that he is paint
Darius Cobb, the Boston artist, says:
j I'm progressing well with the painting to
presented the Thorndike Hotel. Critics
WHO have seen it are strong in their praise.
am aiming to make the steamer come out
'om the canvas and move on the waters.
know you will be pleased with it,.
General Supt. Calvin Austin of the Boston
q bangor Steamship Co., was in Bangor
saturday on business connected with the
Inc. He came on the City of Bangor Satur-
DAY morning and left on the return trip in
lie afternoon. 1t was currently reported
last week in Bath that an opposition steam
boat line is to be established between Boston
and Bangor. The Kennebec Steamboat Co.,
Naturday. placed contract with the New
tngland Ship Building Co. in that city for
three wooden, side-wheel, beam-end steam
ships One is for the route between Boston
and the Kennebec river, and is to be ready
9uhe 10, 1902. 1t is not given out what
Ihe the other two steamers will 60 on, but
II believed they will be used on an opposi-
ton line between Boston and Bangor
BOATS STOLEN. A series of boat steal
lAgs was discovered last week when men
from Deer Isle came to Charles Disselrs
summer residence on Wrights Point, North
port, bringing Mr.. Disselrs sloop yacht
NlFte and man in whose charge she was
found, The men said that they saw the
boat fast on a rock and on going to her
ass stance recognized her as the Sprite.
he man in charge could not give a salts
factory exclamation as to how he oama IN