The Republican journal., 1901-02-07


A small owl made his home in tree near
the residence of d. L. WOOdcOck one day
| last week.
The Universalist society will have dime
social and picnic supper at the vestry this,
| Thursday, evening.
There was no quorum in either board of
the city council Monday evening, and Mayor
Poor has called a special meeting to be held
this, Thursday, evening at o'clock.
Steamer w. G. Butman made a special
trip to Islesboro Sunday to take to Rock
land number of men employed by the W.
II. Glover Co.
A sheriff's sale of the E., F. Hanson resi-
dence and other property was held Satur-
day, in which the property was bid in by
the creditor, the Ellsworth National Bank,
for So, 700.
Advertised list of letters remaining in the
Belfast post Office Feb. 9Th: Ladies-Julia
D. Barber, Mrs. Rose Ryan. Gentlemen
Mr.. Joseph Austin, Mr.. Philip Brown e
letters), NJ. NJ. Kelsey, O. c. Shute.
There have been nine prisoners in Waldo
county Jail the past week and they have
been working up the county's woodpile.
The sentences of three expire within a
week. This is a very small number for
mid-winter.
Deputy Sheriff Charles W. Perkins ar
rested a man named Colson in Searsport
! last week who was accused of being de-
serter from the U. S. Navy. He was kept in
Jail until Monday, when he was taken to
Boston by an officer from Searsport.
An order will be presented at the next
meeting of the city council to change the
curfew from the whistle to the bell Ar
rangements have been made for the use of
the Unitarian bell, to be rung by the police
man on that beat. If the order is passed
the bell will be rung the first time to-mor-
row, Friday evening, at the usual hour, p.
m.
The recital by Mr. Emery White, assisted
by Mrs. f. S. Pitcher, Mrs. W. B. Fletcher,
Miss Mary Faunce and Messrs. F. S. Pitch
er and John Parker, in Memorial Hall last
Monday night, proved to be all that music
lovers anticipated, and the audience was
very large considering the heavy snow storm
and hard walking AS some ticket holders,
and others, were unable to attend, the pro-
| gram will be repeated next Monday night in
the same place. Home entertainments should
be well patronized, but such fine talents
should be enjoyed for their own worth.
The Belfast Improvement Society met
with Miss Maud E. Barker last Monday
afternoon, and discussed various mat
ters The Society is very DESTROYS of pro-
curing the services of a professional forester,
to aid and instruct in the proper care and
culture of the trees of our city. The for
estry committee are in correspondence with
a professional forester, who has been en-
ployed for this purpose in Brunswick,
Skowhegan, Deering and other Maine cities
and towns. The society requests that all
persons desiring trees planted, transplanted
or removed from their premises, or who
would like any work in the line of forestry
attended to, send their names to Mrs. Frank
B. Mathews, chairman forestry committee,
before the next meeting of the society,
March 4th.
HOYT's FAMOUS COMEDIAN COMING. JAS
B. Mackie, Grimesey Me Boy, who has made
a national success in his worldwide play of
Grimes Cellar Door, has been secured by
Managers Bray & Maxfield to appear at the
Belfast Opera House tonight. Mackie will
be best known as Hoyts original bell boy in
A Bunch of Keys, playing that part for five
continuous seasons and creating many of the
bits of comedy in that well known farce.
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Cellar Door keeps floating on the high tide
of prosperity and Macke has achieved both
fame and fortune. Among the people sup
porting Mackie are the Bernard sisters
singers and acrobatic dancers, and a host of
! clever dancing SOubretteS, and last, but not
least, Miss Louise Sanford, the queen of al
condolences, in her latest success Prices
for this attraction will remain Just the same
New ADVERTISEMENTS Carrie IL Jones
are offering for the week beginning to-day, a
discount of 335 per cent on lamps, jardi-
nieres, cuspidors and umbrella stands. Every
lamp is warranted. Mileage books to let ....
Read what Fred A. johnson, Masonic Tenn
pie, has to say of his new line of summer
wash goods. Another lot of domestic mus
lin the late F. 81. Francis shoe store) is sole
local agent for the La Mode So shoe for la
dies, and is also agent for the celebrated
Waukwell 49, so shoe for men. Footwear of all
kinds, for young and old, and a large lot of the
old stock selling at very low cut prices. -.
See notice of double stamp sale at Fred A.
Johnson's, Masonic Temple, beginning to-
day and closing Saturday. earle & Jones'
sale of remnant wall papers continues for
one more week. Paper at 3 cents per roll,
borders cent per yard. There is good
opening in Bangor for practical printer.
See advt. of printing Office for SALE. Just
around DinsmOres corner, at 50 High street,
you will find the well stocked meat market
of Leavitt & Cunningham. Fresh tripe at
10 cents pound. Catarrh cure at the
! City Drug store. :. See advt. of great auc-
ton sale of ready-made clothing and furnish
ings Feb. 14th, 18th, and 10th, at Harry w.
Clark's, SO Main street.
Two BELFAST GIRLS. 1t is matter
local interest, and of congratulation as well,
that two of our Belfast young ladies, friends
and companions when at home, should have