The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-03-07
NUMBER 10
PERSONAL.

Arthur Read is at home from Boston for a
vacation Of two weeks.
DR.. W. L. West went to Union SATURDAY.
on professional business.
Mrs. E. L. Stevens returned home Satur-
| day from visit in Lewiston.
| Hon. T. R. Simonton of Camden was in
Belfast on business last Friday.
Mrs. R. W. Rogers and daughter Louise
are visiting friends in Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Cooper left Saturday
for short visit in Waterville and Newport.
Willard c. Pooler, formerly of Belfast, has
been elected to the Common Council of Rock
land from ward3
j. IL. Howes was at his place of business
Monday, after four weeks confinement to
the house by illness.
Capt. Frank S. Coombs came uptown
Monday, and attended to business with his
team Tuesday, after very severe Illness
Mrs. A. D. Orne of Rockland, relative.
with her daughter, Mrs. M. F. Calderwood.
attended the funeral of E. A. Staples in this
city Feb. 2Sth.
Mrs. Frank Farnham and son Lewis of
orland were guests of Capt. N. S. Lord
last week, while the young man was taking
his vacation from Bucksport Seminary.
Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Field of Hotel
somerset are leaving today for southern
california, where they will remain until time
70 open their summer house at Manchester,
MaSS.-BostOn Budget March. Sd,
George Furbish of Bangor, Mrs John
Perry Of Orland, Mrs. Mary Ward OF Lynn,
Mass, and Charles Furbish of Jersey City,
N. j., were in Belfast Sunday to attend the
funeral of Charles Furbish.
Mrs. Fl. P. G. Wright of Camden has been a
guest the past week of Mrs. E. D. Ryder.
Mr.. Wright was in town few DAYS ago.
party was given to Mrs Wright at Mrs.
Ryder's Tuesday evening and was a very en-
joyable affair.
Howes Mayo returned last week from
Northern Maine, where he has been hunting
and fishing since Dec. 22d. He had excel
lent luck fishing, and reports his largest
| fish as togue weighing III pounds, caught
in Sebois Lake.
| bill to increase the pension of Sarah F.
Bridges of Stockton Springs, widow Of
Charles Bridges, Second Maine Infantry and
first lieutenant Company Fl, 18th United
| States, to $17 a month.
Congressman Burleigh has succeeded in
getting bill through both houses of Con-
gress granting an increase of pension to
| E i
of Hezekiah Hartman, late sergeant of Co.
D., First U. S. Dragons She has been re-
ceiving $S per month, allowed by law 10
widows of Mexican soldiers, and the special
act increased her pension to $12 1t was a
very deserving case and Congressman Bur-
leigh's efforts in behalf of Mrs Hartman
are appreciated by her many friends.
Our friend W. C. Pooler druggist, of
Rockland, is having hard luck. A short
time ago he was called upon by the Fire
Fiend, with a hose company at his heels,
and had a involuntary bath, besides having
his goods wet down. His latest caller was
horse, which did not wait to come in at the
door, but made its entrance through large
plate glass window, then striking the large
soda fountain slab fell over into the middle
of the floor, afterwards getting up and
walking to the rear of the pharmacy. A
hot soda fountain, valued at S165, was COM
/ pletely demolished, the marble slab broken
in twain, show case damaged, and the
patent medicines and other articles in the
window badly injured. The total damage
amounts to about $500. The plate glass was
| insured Mr.. Pooler and his clerk were in
the back shop, and when they heard the
crash thought Mrs. Nation had come to
town with her hatchet.