The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-10-17

Outside repairs are being made to the
house occupied by NJ. C. Hill on Miller street.
W. A. Arnold is making noticeable i'm
provements to his buildings on Northport
avenue.
Mathews Bros mill was shut down Satur-
day on account of slight accident to the
boiler.
The sons of John Thompson of Morrill,
brought deer to F. A. Wadswroth's mar
ket last week, and it was cut up Saturday.
Work on the Front street sewer is pro-
crossing more rapidly, and there is good
prospect of it being completed very soon.
The crew is now at work in the deepest
part of the ledge
The sewing school need very much the
use of bureau this winter. And anyone
who has bureau they could donate the
school would confer favor by notifying
Mrs. J. L. Havner, corner of Church and
Miller streets,
Advertised list of letters in the Belfast
post office Oct. 10th, were: Ladies-Mrs
Margaret B. De Garmo, Mrs. William B.
Jackson, Miss Mary Nickerson. Gentlemen
Mr.. Geo. W. Burgin, Mr.. L. d. Chase,
Mr.. John Hutchins, William H. Jackson,
Mr.. Frank l.. Sawyer.
The large horse used on the Pearline adj
yertising team is educated better in arith-
metc than he is in horse jockey lore When
asked his age he paws nineteen times,
which is his correct age. His intelligence
in this line may prove inconvenient if he
should fall into the hands of the trading
fraternity.
E. G. Dow, who recently bought the Ford
Gay farm near the Head of the Tide, is
making extensive repairs on the buildings
The farm is of so acres, 80 of which are
under cultivation. Mr. Dow is a progress
sive farmer, who formerly lived in Monroe,
and will apply up-to-date methods to the
place. There is good orchard, and land
capable of high cultivation
The repairs and improvements to the au-
dience room of the Methodist church are
nearly completed. A new steel ceiling,
painted in an attractive pattern and in har-
monious colors has been put in. The plat
form has been enlarged and the pulpit steps
widened. The base boards and middle sup
ports are cut off at the bottom, thus per-
hitting the carpet to be put under whole.
Twelve peWs have been taken out to max e
room for the enlargement of the platform
and for an aisle at the rear. The pews
have been oiled and the walls tinted. The
ladies are now sewing the new carpet.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch. F. C. Pendleton
sailed Oct. - for Baltimore to load iron for
Brunswick, Ga. The Belfast Fuel & Hay
Co. loaded sch. Thomas Hix with hay for
Quincy, Mass, the first of the week. The
daily papers report the arrival at one of the
sound ports of tug towing barges Comet,
Mars and Jupiter. If the laws of astrono-
my apply in navigation the man at the wheel
on the Comet must have had hard job to
keep her OH her course. go. The lower-masts
are set and the outside painting nearly
finished on the new schooner Henry B.
Fiske in G. A. Gilchrest's yard She will be
launched the next high course of tides,
which occur from the 9th to the 3Oth of this
month. The schooner Harold c. Beecher
was sold at public auction at Boston Satur-
day by United Seates Deputy Marshal Mac
donald to satisfy claim for salvage brought
against the vessel by the Boston Towboat
Company. She was bid in by S. N Pendle-
ton of the firm of PendletOn Bros. for $500.
The new owner will have the schooner
towed to Belfast and thoroughly repaired
STEAMER NOTES. Chas. W. Morse of
New York City, who recently bought out
the Boston & Bangor steamboat line, has
bought other lines until he has control of
every steamship that runs between Boston
and the Maine ports, hitherto managed by
the Boston and Bangor line, the Portland
Steamship Company, the International
Steamship Company and the Kennebec
Steamship Company. The fleet covers the
entire Maine coast from PASSPORT to Port
land and navigates the Penobscot and Ken
nebec Rivers. In these four lines are II
finely equipped, fast, popular steamers,
carrying thousands of passengers in the
summer and drawing freight from rich
territory from Canada to Massachusetts,.
The fleet will comprise the steamers City of
Rockland, Governor Dingley, City of Ban
gor, st. Croix, Kennebec, Penobscot, Saga
dahoc and State of Maine, besides steamer
building for the Kennebec Line at Bath,
and the small steamer Mt. Desert These
lines are consolidated under one general
management, incorporated last week and
known as the Eastern Steamship COMPANY.
with capital stock of $3,OOO,OOO. The
home office is to be in Portland H. p.
Sweetsir is the President, and c. A. Hight,
the treasurer. The Boston steamers were
obliged to make each an extra trip last week
to workup accumulated freight Shipments
of apples are unusually heavy this fall. -.
The Florence arrived in Belfast last week