The Republican journal., 1901-09-19
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.

+rieus President. AS a duty from the citi-
IONS of Belfast to the Chief Executive of a
,,raat nation. and as a tribute to the man,
whose name will go down in history as a
wise and Just ruler, l respectfully request
that all business be suspended from l to G
p NJ. on Thursday, Sept. 10, 1901, and that
.be bells of the city be tolled from to 8
during the hour set apart for the obsequies
canton, Ohio. and that flags be displayed
If half mast, and that so far as may be our
nube buildings be draped in mourning
du1ing the entire day.
ELMER SMALL,
Belfast, Sept. II, 1901. Mayor.
J B. Mackie's Grimes Cellar Door is a
musical comedy of the highest ord er at the
opera House Saturday night, Sept. 81.
Advertised list of letters in the post Office
sept nth: Ladies-Mrs. Nellie A. Bean.
Geuuemen-Mr. Charley WEIGH, Mr.. VIM.
Vest
The members of Seaside Chautauuua
Circle will meet with Mrs. E. P Alexander,
Il curt street, Monday, September 23d, at
I'M.
Francis H. WEIGH recently sold his car
rage horse to Byron l.. Pitcher of Waldo,
who aSt week sold the horse to Nj. B, Smith
IF Hartford, CT.
A valuable team horse, owned by the Bel
fast Fuel Il Hay Co., fell dead in the har-
ness While hauling small load of wood up
FEDERAL street Saturday.
The Maine Federation of WOmen's Clubs
v hold the next annual meeting at Bidde-
october 10th, 18th and 18th. An in
-tsting program will be presented
The annual meeting of the stockholders
jue Clough Veteran Charitable Associa-
will be held at Windermere Park,
rJy, Tuesday, October LIST, at 10 O'Clock
r. NJ. Berry, Sec'y.
Tie regular meeting of the Belfast In
rament Society will be held at Memorial
ding Wednesday, Sept. 25th, at 3 p. NJ
A ull attendance is desired. Members will
laase note the change of date.
~rEAMER NOTES. The steamer Merry
ueag, which has been running between
I.'t>mouth and the Isles of Shoales during
>ulnmer, finishes her contract Sept. 26
ri will probably return to the route be-
-H-e1 Portland and Rockland
he nut bowl and table bookrack in
rut wood by Miss Gertrude c. Millet of
Jt,and, which have been on exhibition at
W City Drug Store, have been disposed of
ticket, Mrs. I. B. Dinsmore drawing
Il II
Enight, Libby and Greenlaw made a
al-e shipment of cattle, calves and hogs to
lby Bros. Saturday. Some of the hogs
T unruly in the car and started a SIAM
a-'ie which, although quickly suppressed,
>llted in fatal injuries to some of the
Ives
he section of new plank sidewalk to 7
see the old, rough concrete from the High
huol building to Court Street, is an i'm
Vement that is thoroughly appreciated.
The old walk was a source of inconvenience
summer, and was actually dangerous in
winter
T.. A. Sanborn is making a speciality of
gdiuting coats of arms for old families, and
he has made a study of heraldry his work
IN that line is technically correct, as well as
Stically done. One of his latest is for
g Nesmth family, for whom he also paint
ri picture of the ancestral home, the Dali
u.s. ck House, in Scotland.
i is announced that the steamer Sebenoa
the Maine Central Penobscot bay line
will continue to ply between Rockland and
aStIne until Oct. list, on account of the
-reat amount of traffic which she has de-
-'oped. Capt. Norton is authority for the
statement that there has been much more
BUSINESS than was expected.
George A. Quimby has in his garden a
7ariety of corn called Country Gentleman"
lie kernels are not set in rows on the cob
ul are irregular; the silk extends from the
to the butt of the ear, and is very long.
A sample left at CHM 4 Fields had silk ex-
'-nding inches beyond the tip of the ear,
den under the husks and dark red out
lp
The Municipal officers held the usual in
VeStigation, last Friday, in regard to the par
5eulars of the fire at the Ham Condor house.
The fire was so far advanced when discover
I'd and everything in the room was so COM
lletely destroyed there were no circumstan-
eeS from which the cause could be ascer-
tanned. The evidences as to value, loss and
insurance showed the estimated value of
the building to be $1,000; damage to same,
1000; insurance on building, $1,000. Val
lie of contents, $1,000 to $4,000; damage to
same, about $1,000; insurance $1,000 The
return to the State Insurance Commission
er was made in accordance with the above,
and that the cause of the fire was unknown.
Prof A. F. Richardson, principal of the
Castine Normal school, says that the fall
term of the school has opened under very
encOuraging conditions. There is a total
scholarship of 100, and the entering class
numbers A pupils. In 1900 the total atten-
dance at the school was 125. There are
two new teachers in the corps of instrue-
tors, one of whom, Miss Hoffman, is grad
Hate of the Boston Normal school, and also
Of Boston University, and on graduating
from the latter college, was fifth in class
Of fifty. The other, Miss Mudgett, is a grad
uate of the New Hampshire Normal school,
and has had two years experience in We'll
lesley college. She is secretary of the New
Hampshire Teachers Association.
SHIPPING ITEMS. The new 5-masted
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