The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-01-17
E. F. Hanson is organizing stock COM
pany to raise Belgian hares.

pany to raise Belgian hares.
See advertisement of the school superin-
tendent for the transportation of pupils
from the Emery district.
The figures were transposed in the census
of Belfast as published last week. The
population in 1900 was 4,615, not 4,165 as
printed The decrease since 1890 is 679.
Advertised list of letters remaining in the
Belfast post Office Jan. 18th: Ladies-Miss
Isabel A. Smith Gentlemen-Wm. Coffin,
Nell c. KnOwlton, G. Opdyke, F. b. Peck,
Esq.
1t has been suggested that one day in Old
Home week be observed as High Soho oil
Openin G of the school in 1852 to the present
day, meet and renew old associations.
W. W. Barnes of Boston has been in this
| city for the past week attending the Dress
Cutting school has fitted himself for a
| teacher and has now departed for other
parts, where he will open school of his
own.
The Insolvency Court allowed the final ac-
count of the assignee of Newcomb Brothers
at the January term. This was one of the
cases which was pending when the InSOl-
vency Court was superseded by the U. S.
Bankruptcy Court.
Miss Rose E. Cleveland of Northampton,
Mass, sister of ex-President Grover Cleve-
land, who has a summer cottage at Seven
Hundred Acre island, has bought of John
E. Daley of Camden a pleasure sailing
yacht for use the coming season.
The East Maine Conference Seminary at
Bucksport will be represented for the first
time at the third Bowdoin invitation meet
at Brunswick this year, and will send a
team to compete in nearly all the events
The boys have been training for some time.
A Bangor special says that last weeks
snow storm is worth at least million dol
lars to Maine, of which benefit the lumber
men will get the greater share. 1t was a
very well behaved storm, causing but little
interruption of travel, and was followed by
the very best of winter weather
Seaside Chautauqua Circle will meet with
Mrs. c. A. Hubbard, Park street, Monday,
January 21st, at 3 p. m. Lesson, review
and search questions on chapters fourteen
and fifteen in "Rivalry of Nations,'' and a
review of chapters thirteen and fourteen of
the French Revolution. Author, Kipling.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch. Lizzie Lee dis
charged general cargo from Boston last week,
and sailed Saturday for Vinalhaven to load
| stone for Boston. Sch. Sharon sailed Fri
day with wood from the Belfast Fuel & Hay
Co. for Rockport. Sch. Daylight is at the
J. l.. Goss quarry, Stonington, loading
stone for New York.
| The apportionment of railroad and tele-
graph tax TO the cities and towns in Maine
for the year 1901 has been made. The
amounts for Waldo County are as follows
Belfast, S4,56S5S; Brooks, $107.26; Free
dom, 81; Knox, $1O.73; Monroe, $685. % :;
Prospect, S15.32; Searsport, 1885; Stock
ton Springs, S11.03 Swanville, SLOT; Troy,
$3.50; Winterport, S20S.20.
A snow storm set in last Thursday after
noon and continued until Sunday morning,
during which time IA inches of light snow
fell. The travelling had been divided be-
tween wheels and runners, but this storm
gave plenty of snow. The precipitation
during the storm was 1.19 inches, somewhat
less than the average for the amount of
snow fall.
The second lecture in the High School
course will be given in Memorial hall Fri
day evening, Jan. 18th, at eight O'Clock, by
| William Macdonald, Phi. D., Prof. of His
tory in Bowdoin College. The net proceeds
| of thiS of ha 10
make our High school more efficient and it
is hoped that large audience may be pres
ent. Admission % cents. Tickets on sale
at Mixers.
JoHNsoN's JANUARY SALE. f. A.
johnson is now in the midst of his great
read of the wonderful bargains he enumer-
ates. His store not only presents most at
tractive appearance when viewed from the
outside, but the interior is packed with ele-
CANT goods at remarkable bargains from
front to rear. The quality of the goods is
fully maintained, but prices are cut to very
low mark. No one can fail to find satisfac-
tory goods at satisfactory prices at John
son's.
Secretary Harry T. Passmore of the Maine
division of the League of American Wheel
men, has issued circular letters to local
consulS in the State, to find out how well
municipalities are complying with the law
in regard to the erection of guide boards.
In most places the law has been complied
with, but it looks as if there might be
trouble down in Belfast The local consul
says. that he has pleaded with the authori-
ties in vain and that they seem to laugh at
the demand of the league. Secretary Pass
more says if they do not erect the guide
boards as the law requires, that the case
will be carried into the courts. Then Bel
fast may find out how much it costs to laugh
at the L. A. W. Bath Enterprise
Geo. 7. Read, the local consul, says this
item refers to an incident of several years
ago. There is no question but that num-
Der of guide boards are needed within the
city limits to comply with the State law.
A VIRGINIAN ROMANCE. This drama
was presented in the Belfast Opera House
Monday evening, Jan. 18th, to a large and
enthusiastic audience. It was a heavy
drama to be undertaken by amateurs, but
The Rialto Club presented it as we'll as a
majority of the professionals who visit
here could have DONE Great care had been
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