The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-01-10
House Work Is Hard Work without GOLD DUST

age of the company is largely increased.
j. F. Fernald, Superin tendent of
Grove Cemetery, bought a new hearse
! in May.
Among those who visited Europe dur
| ing the year were Harold L. Sibley,
Frank B. Knowlton, Miss Carrie Russ
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Kochersperger and
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A. Conant.
| The Belfast post office was restored
to the second class July 1st and the
postmasters salary raised to $4,000.
| Capt. S. NJ. Milliken resigned from
the Z. S. army in the Philippines, on ac-
count of illness, and after spending a
short vacation at home went to New
Edgar G. Pratt, Esq, of New York,
formerly Of Belfast, delivered the Me-
mortal Day address in Fryeburg
The Waldo County Agricultural So
| ciety held a very successful fair and
races at the Belfast trotting park Sept
| 18th and 10Th, after an intermission of
a few years in which no fairs were held.
J. F. Wilson and II. L. Kochersper-
| ger secured the franchises of the Waldo
| Street Railway Co. and opened stock
| books for building an electric railway.
Mr.. KocherSperger left soon after for
Europe and the matter rests until his
return.
Bray & Maxfeld, lesees of the Bel
fast Opera House, made numerous i'm
provements therein, and brought a
number of high class companies here.
Thinkers struck in early and contin-
ued late. Some were caught at City
point bridge, miles above the city, as
late as Oct 18th A few bottom fish
were also caught in the harbor
Orrin J. Dickey was elected Senior
Vice Commander of the Department of
Maine, Sons of Veterans.
MARRIAGES..
Thirty-eight marriages were solemn
lied in 1900 in which one or both of the
contracting parties belonged in Belfast.
OF the rs contracting parties % bride
grooms and 36 brides belonged in Bel
fast, and - bridegroomS and brides
elsewhere; 20 marriages were solemn
lied in Belfast and II elsewhere. In 3
other marriages. , bridegrooms and l
bride formerly resided here, but at the
time of the marriage lived elsewhere.
By months the marriages were as
follows January, 3: February. 2: March,
4: April o: May. =: June, 8: July, 2;
August, 1; September, 4: October, 8;
November I; December, I.
Jan. 3. f. L. Bartlett of Waldo and
Elvira Winters.
Jan. 4. S. p Aldus and Bessie Thomas.
Jan. 24. n. &, Pettingill and Ella NJ.
Sprague
Feb. j. In Portland, Herbert L. Foss
and Hattie b. Wood
Feb. I. Laforest l.. Robbins and Bertha
NJ. Knowlton
March 5 Rudolph H. Cassens and Lii
liam +. Hanson.
March u. In Pittstield, George Osborne
Lord and Madeline A. Neal.
March "a. Robert L. Curtis and Eva A.
Smalley.
March 81. In Santiago, Cuba, Lucian H.
Whipple of South Royalston, VT, and
Louise b. Quincy.
May Is. Chas. E. Sherman and Leila NJ.
Hubbard
May IS. Jessie E. Staples and Georgiana
Patterson
June 7. In Searsport, Robert II. Patter-
son and Ida M. Larrabee.
June 20. John Roberts of Waldo and
Abbie Parsons.
June %. Geo. A. Bussey of Newburg
and Lulu NJ Small.
June %. Herman. o. Stevens and Edith
l.. Mason.
June &c. In Brooks, Chas. F. Heath of
Thorndike and Faustina W. Cooper.
| June 80. VIM. H. Smalley of Northport
| and Ida b. Carter.
July a. Geo. A. Blodgett and Aretta A
Swift.
July 49, Harry A. Emmons and Maude
| Aug. IS. In Lynn, Mass, Everett E. Con-
don, formerly of Belfast and Clara Fletcher,
both of Lynn.
| Sept s. Edgar L. Harding and Elizabeth
| II. Timm.
| Sept s. LeForest Allenwood of Belmont
| anG Harriet E. Brown.
Sept II. Cecil Clay of Portland and
| Blanche Dolloff.
Sept 49,. Harry H. Simpson and Sadie
| w. HaSsel.
| Berry.
Oct. 3. Otis B. Smith and Bertha E.
| Shute.
Oct, 6. In Bangor, James A. Pickard of
! Bangor and Bessie NJ. Knowlton.
| Oct. 10. Seldom H. Gillian and Florence
| f. Clark
| Oct. 16. In Portland, Samuel S, Gilbert,
formerly of Belfast and Marion A. Tobey
both of Portland.
Oct. q. In Monroe, Daniel E. Packard
and Myrtle A Nealey of Monroe.
Nov: 3. Carl ]. Grotton and Carrie M.
Grindle.
Nov. II. Burton Douglass of Unity and
Grace E. Harvey
Nov. 81. In Rockland, Chas c. Glover of
R0ckland and Hannah J. Cottrell.
Nov. 90 Walter Aldus and Josephine
Mixer
Dec. s. VIM. Jackson of Northport and
Dec. T. Alfred NJ. Ferguson of Clifton
| dale, Mass, and Edith NJ. Stoddard
Dec. -. In Boston, Harry J. johnson of
Roxbury, Mass, and Maude B. Mitchell of
| Boston, formerly of Belfast.
| Dec. 90 William H. Maloon and Annie
E. Wychert.
Dec. "a John Stevens, Jr., NJ. D., and
Bessie L. Marden.
| Dec. 26. Fred G. Spinney and Florence 1.
| Wells.
Dec. 81 John A. Fogg and Ina B. Knowl-
| ton.
The deaths in Belfast in 1900 numbered
| 50, of whom "a belonged here, and else
where. There were deaths of residents
of Belfast and 80 Of former residents, in
other places. By months the Belfast deaths
were as follows: January, 10; February, 5;
March, 9; April, I; May, 9; June, 5; July,
4; August, 4; September, 3; October, 7; No
vember, 0; December, 6. The deaths by ages
were as follows: over 80, 5; 80 to SO inclu-
sive, 10; 70 to 10 IS; 60 to SO, g. so to SO, 5 40
to 49, 3; 80 to 80, 6; 90 to %, 1 10 to 49, l
under 10, 6. OF males there were 3S and
| females 81.
Jan. /. Mary J. Pitcher... 81
| :" S. Simeon r. Cottrel ...................7 70
| 6. Parker Pettingll...... ................
| 8. Moses Warren Frost................. "a
| s. 16. Prentiss COlsOn 81
| g 10. William H. Hail.. 75
| " D. Mary Anna Libby ..........5