The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-04-04
d. III. Libby is making new awnings for
a large number of the CITY stores.


large flock of wildgeese passed over the
city Monday morning, flying north.
Advertised list of letters remaining in the
Belfast post Office April 2: Gentlemen-Dr.
J. L. Jackson Mr.. Edgar Nutter.
DR.. W. L. West performed difficult surgi-
cal operation on q valuable horse as a clinic
before the Maine Veterinary Medical As
ISOLATION in Waterville Tuesday.
Libels are posted on six seizures of liquors
made recently by State constable J. R.
Mears. The hearings will be held in the
Police Court April sth.
The metallic book cases for the Waldo
County Law Library have arrived and are
| in position. The lawyers are now moving
their books from the old library rooms to
| the new.
The Ladies' Aid Society of A. E. Clark
/ Camp Sons of Veterans will have a supper
at Sons of Veterans Hall, So Main street, to-
morrow, Friday. evening, at 6 O'Clock. Ad-
| mission 10 cts.
The Bible reading by w. S. Ingalls,, and
musical entertainment, announced to be given
in the Baptist church Tuesday evening was
unavoidably postponed to Wednesday even
! ing. Mr.. Ingalls, missed train and fail
ed to arrive Tuesday.
| Capt. Hiram Condor has moved from the
Read house, Northport avenue, to the late
| John c. Condor place on Condor street.
The family who have been occupying the
latter place returned to Massachusetts by
Mondays boat.
Four new girls have been received at the
Girls Home recently. One girl has been
given a home with family in Plymouth and
the managers are arranging for home for
her sister with another family in the same
neighborhood. There are now eleven girls
in the Home.
The trustees of Waldo County Agricul-
tural Society met March 10Th and appointed
committees to revise the premium lists. An
offer of the Pratt Food Co. of special pre-
NUNS was accepted. Committees were APP
pointed to arrange for hedges and fences
about the grounds, and the meeting adjourn
ed to April 9th.
The annual session of the Grand Lodge of
| Maine Good Templars will be held in Port
! land, April 1O-11. This is one of the largest
of temperance orders, having lodges in all
parts of the world. 1t is understood that
George E. Bracket, the present grand sec
rotary, will be reelected and that Frank W.
Gowen of Watervile will, if he desires, be
the representative from Maine to the next
session of the supreme order of the world,
which will be held in Stockholm, Sweden.
-Waterville Mail.
MARCH WEATHER. The record kept at
Belfast for the U. S. Weather Bureau shows
the average temperature for March to have
been 29.43o against 3O.49' for March, 1900,
and 81 27o for March for 40 years past.
The highest temperature was 47' the 4th
and 25th days; lowest % below zero the It'll.
Rain fell on 6 days, snow on II, and sleet
on l. The total snowfall was 1915 inches
precipitation, or rain and melted snow, 7.69.
The sleet and rain of March 18th caused a
precipitation of 314 inches. Boys skated
on the crust on the snow March 10th. There
was thunder shower March 9th.
Chas. c. Coombs has sold his interest in
the confectionery and fruit business of
Stephenson & COombS to Leo M. Sargent
and the firm is to be known as Stephenson
& Sargent. Mr.. Coombs retires to take
charge of his boot and shoe business, in
which he is successor to Fred H. Francis.
Mr.. Stephenson has had eleven years ex-
perience in the business, seven as salesman
for Mayo & White and four as member of
the late firm. Mr.. Sargent is young man
from Searsport, who has been with Swift &
Paul three and half years The new firm
begins under very favorable auspices and
the many friends of the partners wish them
| success.
HORSE TALK. S. Augustus Parker has
bought W. II. McLelan's carriage horse
"Dolly." .Chas. w. Lancaster has a number
of horses, bought in the neighboring towns,
which he will ship to Boston....L. L. Gentner
returned from Boston last week with hand
some matched pair of coach horses to take
the place of the pair broken up by the death
of one of the blacks....L L. L. Gentner has
sold his stallion Haroldson, 2. 19A, to Willis
ton Grinnell of Camden. Haroldson started
in four races last season, of which he won
three, lowering his record in each. His
mark of 2.19a was made in Union. Ill. L.
Gentner has bought 4-year-old PAGER, bred
in Indiana, that promises to be one of the
fastest horses in this section. :. Edward H.
Knowlton recently bought three fine horses
for use at his stable at the corner of Main
and Cross streets. Geo. A. Leavitt re-
turned from Boston last week with fine
pair of black horses for use in his ice and
trucking business.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Captain Bartlett Wad-
lin and George G. Rose of Northport have
bought fifty 64ths of schooner A. Hayford,
and Capt. Wadlin will command her in the
coasting trade. She has been run as BOs-
ton packet by Capt. George F. Ryan since
the loss of James Holmes, but Capt. Ryan
found her too large for the business and
will probably have a smaller vessel. .... The
libel filed in tine U. S. district court at Port
land recently against the schooner Julia
Baker was withdrawn from the docket
March 10Th, settlement having been reach
ed. Capt Burgess is having the P. NJ.
Bonney repaired at Vinalhaven, where she
was frozen in the past winter. Sch George
B. Ferguson is bound to Bangor from Jersey
City with cement, and sch. Grace Webster
from South Amboy with coal >. Sch Arthur
V. S. Woodruff from Turks Island, with
salt arrived at RuckSnOrt Saturday nipht