The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-08-22

County correspondence and other matter
received too late for this issue will be pub
lished next week.
There will be meeting of the Belfast
Improvement Society at O'Clock Monday
afternoon, Aug. 26th, in Memorial building.
The trustees of the Waldo County Agri-
cultural Society will meet in the Court
House Wednesday evening, Aug. 2Sth, at
o'clock.
The campmeeting at Washington began
August 18th. There was large attendance
Sunday. Meetings will be held every day
until the Goth.
We are unable to print this week the let
tiers in response to invitations sent out by
the Old Home Week Committee, but will
give them next week.
Frank W. Collins of Rockland has been
granted patent on a package for shipping
shell fish This is the invention recently de-
scribed in The Journal.
The County Commissioners are holding
their regular August term at the Court
House. All who have bill against the cOun-
ty should send them in at once.
Rev. R. T. Capen, who was in Belfast,
Ireland. Aug. 9th. sent greetings to Mayor
Small on a souvenir postal card, bearing a
picture of the city hall in the place for which
our own city was named.
The annual reunion of the Boynton family
will be held on MarshalFs shore in Liberty
Thursday, Sept. 9TH, 1901. All connected
with the family by marriage or otherwise
are cordially Invited to be present.-R. A.
Packard.
Advertised list of letters remaining in the
Belfast post Office Aug. 20: Ladies-Mrs
James Barker, Miss Ariadne Gullifer. Gen
tlemen-Mr Daniel A. Barter, Mr.. George
w. Childs, Mr.. Henry D. Forbes, Mr..
Charles W. Gray, Master Keith Pearson
Mr. Earl L. Pratt
The Klark-Scoville Comedy Co. closed a
weeks engagement at Belfast Opera House
Saturday evening. They gave way We'd
nesday evening to allow the Pirates tC
occupy the hall, and put carriage and
band into the Old Home Week parade Fri
day The holders of tickets Thursday anG
Friday evening had a chance to draw q
gold watch, and Ralph Darby was the
lucky man.
The shoe manufacturing corporation OF
Crtchett, Sibley Co. made an assignment
Monday to VIM. B. Swan. Thomas w
Pitcher and Robert F. Dunton. Mr.. Dunto1
informs The journal that in the past six
months the factory has made 10000 pairs OF
shoes, but through figuring on close mar
gains, coupled with unforeseen difficulties
the shoes have been sold at loss. The
stock already cut will be finished and ship
ped, but orders on which work is not begar
will be cancelled. The future action of the
assignees will depend upon later develop
ments. The factory was shut down Tues
day morning as soon as the death of Mr.
Sibley, President of the corporation, was
known.
ACCIDENTS. Miss Mary Knowlton had
carriage at Northport Campground Mon
day evening. She was riding with Minot F
Stearns and the horse became frightened by
the merry go-round Mr.. Stearns had the
horse nearly quieted when they came to a
carriage standing across the road and were
obliged to drive into the lawns of the
Roberts cottages to avoid a collision
Mr.. Stearns then lost control of his
horse and told his companion to jump
Both jumped out and Miss Knowlton
alighted in such a manner as to break
her ankle. Mr.. Stearns was uninjured,
and no damage was done to the horse
or carriage.
New ADVERTISEMENTS. Henry Staples,
- Main street, has the fall styles from the
Guyer Hat Co., and he is also sole agent for
the Monarch shirts, collars and cuffs All
the latest patterns in neck wear, under
wear in extra sizes, etc., and a new line of
boys and mems pants 80. The Washington
Clothing Co., Cherryfield, Me-, wants first
class clothing pressman. -. Last call for
the Redman Farm Pure Spring Water %.
See notice of camera lost on the road from
Swanville to Belfast. There is ga Golden
Opportunity for Mothers at the new store
of Harry W. Clark & Co., tailOrs, cloth
iers and outfitters, SO Main street. See
advt.. DR.. W. L. West has thoroughbred
St. Bernard pups for sale
JACKSON. Mr.. Harrison of North Belfast
supplied at the Cong'l church Sunday
morning for Rev. F. W. Barker. :. The
annual picnic of the Congl Sunday school
was held at Windermere Park, Unity, Aug.
10th, and was very pleasant affair. The
weather was as favorable as could he
desired. The party numbered about one
hundred and the larger portion of them
were conveyed in three hayracks, each
drawn by four horses One of the racks
took the jackson Cornet Band, which
furnished music en- route and gave a fine
concert on the grounds. At the Park the
party were joined by the F. W. B. Baptist
Sunday School of East Thorndike, who had
accepted an invitation to unite with the
Jackson Sunday school in the pleasures of
the day. Mr. F. E. Brown and wife of
Natick, Mass, are visiting relatives in town.
MFR. Fred Edwards of Boston, who has
been visiting his father, Il. N. Edwards,
went to Searsport Monday to visit friends.
....Mrs. Abra Edwards from Weld, Me-.
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Jacob Page.