The Republican journal., 1901-01-03

| OTlSiuaI, WlOOWSs oLc.s y ulla T. TOOlos v ludl-
haven, So; increase, William A. Jackson,
East Jefferson, $14.
Seaside Chautauqua Circle will meet with
Mrs. A. c. Weber, Charles street, Mon
day, Jan. 18th, at 2P. M. Lesson, reading
journey through the Orient"
| There will be no meeting of the Non-Par
tisan W. c. T. Alliance this week. The
next meeting will be Friday, Jan. 18th, with
Miss Esther G. Frye, Miller street.
! The regular monthly meeting of the Bel
fast Improvement Society will be held Mon
day, Jan. It'll, at the home of Mrs. NJ. j..
Gammons, 6. Church street. A full atten-
dance is desired.
| The installation of the officers of 7. H.
Marshall Relief Corps will take place Tues
day, Jan. 8, 1901, at $50 P. NJ. Refresh
ments will be served. All members are re-
quested to be present.
| Advertised list of letters remaining in the
Gusta Pierce, Mrs. w. H. Prescott. Gen
tlemen- Edwin Jackson, Bert Lenfest,
Ernest K. Weldon, York st. Heat Co.
The valuation of Waldo county in 1898
was $9,7o5, O7s, and in 1900, 1851 ,O28, a de-
crease of $114,O5O. The valuation of the
City of Belfast in 1898 was S., 949, 6S3, and in
1900 $2,SO5, 73O, a decrease of $143,953.
The County Commissioners completed the
business of the old year Monday night.
Tuesday they organized for 1901 by choice
of William A. Bragg of Lincolnville as
chairman, and adjourned to the second
Tuesday in April.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard l.. Lathrop of
Cambridgeport, Mass, spoke in Memorial
Hall Sunday afternoon and evening on
Spiritualism. They had large audiences at
both meetings, and gave a number, of tests
which proved satisfactory to the audience.
Augustus Thompson and Capt. Melvin
Thompson of North Deer Isle went out in
an open boat on December 22d and threw a
trawl. In one hour and half they landed
forty fine haddock. The Deer Isle Messen-
ger thinks that if any one has done better
than that at this time of veal, land in the same
time, it would certainly be worthy of note.
| NEW YEARS DAY. The opening of the
new year, and also of the century, was OBJ
served by the Methodists by the usual watch
meeting. Rev. G. G. Winslow and Rev. G.
f. Edgett were present and there was a
large attendance. The banks were closed
as usual on holidays, but other business
places were open. There were numerous
new years parties in the city, at which the
guests saw the old year out and the new
year in.
The Waldo Clinical Club has elected Off
GERS as follows President, Dr. Adelbert Mil
lett, Searsmont vice president, DR.. F. w. Lar
rabee, SearspOrt; secretary and treasurer,
Dr. f. L. Stevens, Belfast; librarian, DR..
John Stevens, Jr. Belfast. At the January
meeting Dr. c. B. Hoyt of Liberty will pre-
sent paper on Treating Typhoid Fever in
Country Places, and DR.. F. E. Eveleth of
SearspOrt paper upon The Value of Blood
Examination in Diagnosis.
The Sunday school of the Unitarian
church will hold its annual festival in Me-
mortal hall this, Thursday, afternoon and
evening. Doors open at 3. Supper will be
served to the Sunday school at six. At 7.3O
the amusing farce "The Champion of her
Sex will be presented by some of the older
pupils, assisted by friends At s15 there
will be dancing for the young people of the
parish and their friends. Admission for
the evening ten cents. Dancing tickets can
| be secured at the door.
| NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Chapman's
! Go}den Oil has haau hafora tho p1hlio pnara
than quarter of a century and is well
known remedy for cough colds, Group, etc
1t is for sale at the drug stores. :. Johnson
W. Hunt of Burnham publishes freedom
notice. See statement of the Belfast
| National Bank Geo. R. Poor, jeweller,
advertises closing out sale of his entire
stock of watches, clocks, jewelry, silver
ware. cut glass, ETC., at great reduction
....Allen E. Leonard, East Knox, offers for
sale farm in Knox. -. Read what Leavitt
4 Cunningham, proprietorS of the mark ct,
so High street, have to say. You will find
them just around Dinsmore's corner.
DECEMBER WEATHER. The record of
the weather kept for the u S. Weather Bu-
reau shows the mean temperature at Belfast
for December, 1900, to have been q $40
against 30o for December, 1899, and 25.ol0
for Al years past. The highest was 45 the
23d day; lowest below zero the 11th Rain
fell on 2 days and snow on 7. The total
snow fall was inches total precipitation,
rain and melted snow, 1853 inches. Deem
Der, 1899, was a very warm month and De-
cember, 1900, very cold one. There were
Is clear days, IA cloudy days and mixed
There were inches of snow on the ground
Dec. LIST, which was increased to inches
the 9Th, but nearly all taken off by fog Dec.
oath
The Beacon Ethical Union held meeting
in this city Saturday afternoon at which it
was decided to take down the Pioneer cot
tage, lately bought by the union, and TO
build on the lot hotel 4Oy65 feet, and 4
stories high. The building is to be plaster
ed in every room, lighted by a Stanley gas
machine, have a hydraulic elevator, and
every room supplied with hot and cold water.
Orrin J. Dickey has charge of removing
the Pioneer, and will soon advertise for bids
for doing the different parts of the work on
the new hotel. 1t was also voted to erect a
y.