The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-10-24
The news OF BELFAST.

C. L. Pooler is building carpenter shop
near his house on John Street.
The W. C. 7. U. will meet with Mrs. A.
f. Clark Thursday afternoon, Oct. 31st.
The regular meeting of the school CON-
mttee will be held next Monday evening.
W. A. Swift has rose bush that has
blossomed three times this season, in June
August and on October 10th.
George W. Pendleton reports having a
mess of peas of the second crop, gro wn OF
the same ground, Oct. 18th.
Edison Sherman of Islesboro has bargain
ed for the Cannon place on Union street,
and will move in this week.
w. Ii. Wight went to Bangor last week
and took to the insane asylum William H.
kimball, who is pronounced insane.
There is an apple tree on S. L. Dodge's
place that measures feet and inches in
circumference 2 feet above the ground.
The remains of DR.. H. II. Croker were
brought from Waterville last Thursday and
taken TO Stockton Springs for interment
part of the walls of the Peirce block
ruins blew down during the high wind last
Thursday night, and also broke in section
Of the floor.
The walls of the court house corridor
have been painted light shade, which
with the window in the office door greatly
improves the lighting of the corridor
Jones S. Davis has built number of
stalls in his blacksmith shop and has a
standing-in stable there. lie will retain his
forges for the present and do small amount
Of horse shoeing.
Augustus 7. Wood has a shepherd dog
hat when three months old would find and
drive home the horses and cattle from pas
rure, and now, at the age of four months,
viii drive up either horses or cattle, Or both,
us he is told leaving those not wanted.
The annual levee of Seaside Sewing Circle
and the annual fair of Seaside Grange will
be held at Seaside Grange Hall Tuesday,
october 10Th The agricultural fair of the
grange win be held during the day and the
ievee afternoon and evening, with supper
at O'Clock.
{. y. Black is renovating the Knights of
I'ythias Hall When the hall was originally
finished the plastering was laid upon the
arick walls which caused some dampness
The walls are now lathed and replastered
aud some other improvements made.
The custom house officials have mea sured
he new schooner Henry B. Fiske now near
N ready for launching in Geo. A. Gilchrest' S
Yard. Her tonnage is s47 gross; 745 net :;
.rngth, 1S2 feet; breadth, 37.S; depth, 1874.
She is 4-masted schooner, with two decks
Her official number is $3.50; signal letters,
KRGD. Mr. Gilchrest expects to launch
her next Tuesday.
The CROPS. Following is summary of
the crop reports from Waldo county in the
october number of The Board of AgricuI-
ture Bulletin:
Waldo county-Yield of oats, So bushels ,
barley. IS bushels. Yield of sweet corn.
IA Potato prospects, Sc per cent Some
rot reported from most sections. Yield of
enSilage corn, - tons. Amount of stock
fodder on hand, los per cent.
FOREIGN FLOWERS. The Journals bot
anist was made happy by the receipt of a
large collection of pressed flowers from Rev
K. 1. Capen, who arrived Saturday for a
short visit. All are interesting, but two are
worth their weight in gold-one fig spray
from the spot where the house of Simon
stood, the other a sand flower from near the
base of the Sphinx. The collection will be
carefully mounted and put in book form
and their value placed high in the dollar
and treasure list Nearly all have an inter
HSting line or two in reference to the flower
and where it was found.
Mr., Chas. Marley, delineator of yankee
character of marked ability, will present
his highly successful comedy dramas
down on the Farm at The Opera House
tonight The star and play are recognized
as a standard attraction in the field of legiti-
mate dramatic art. ''Down on the Farm
IS one of the most delightfully."- fascinating
plays ever produced with the ever attractive
theme of New England country life and it
has often been compared by prominent crit
les with the well known successes, ''The Old
Homestead" and "Way Down Fast The
story is one of strong heart interest, it's
pathOs and humor are so shillfully
ntermingled that it appeals to the ar
tistic sence of every auditor while the
misfortune that follows the kind hearted,
and honest old farmer, Seth Huskins, the
character that Mr. Manley so capably por-
trays provokes the sympathy of all who wit
ness the unfolding of the touching story.
The humor of the story is abundant in
quantity, and refined and refreshing in
quality. The features of this company are
the band and orchestra.
SHIPPING ITEMS. The fOur-masted sch.
Thallima which was built at BuckspOrt last
season, is a total loss at Ivigted, Greenland,
in the ice. She is fully insured. The Thai
lima was one of the three four-masters own
ed by Mckay d Dix who are now building
the five-masted schooner Bucksport with a
capacity of 5000 tons. The crew of the
Thalima are all safe and were brought to
Philadelphia by the bark Calcium, also
owned by Mckay & Dix. The schooner
Theoline has discharged about 100000 feet
of hard pine lumber from Daren at the
Maine Central wharf in Bath for the rail-
road. The lumber is designed mostly for
car stills. The Theolne will proceed from
there to Boston to discharge the remainder
I. aIu.al.