The Republican journal., 1901-07-04
See what you can find in the Sea Breeze


this week.
W. Fl. Mcintosh is putting in new
windows and making other improvement!
at the Holt house near the lower bridge
Seaside ChautauQua Circle will meet witt
Mrs. E. P. Alexander, "a Court street, Mon.
day, July Sth, at p. NJ. Author, Mrs Brown
ing
VIM. A. Kimball has torn down one OF
the buildings owned by J. S. Hartman
near the depot, and is using the lumber to
enlarge his boat shop at the foot of Pear
street.
Postmaster Brown is endeavOring to ar
range with the Weather Bureau to receive
daily weather forecasts by telegraph from
Boston, and distribute them by the star
route free delivery the same day.
Advertised list of letters remaining in the
Belfast post Office July End: Ladies-Mrs.
Lulu NJ. Bussie, Miss Ann Hall, Miss Elisha
Hall. Gentlemen-E. F. CrOwell, J. O.
Carr, Mr.. Samuel Haugh, Mr.. William
Metcalf q letters).
The Belfast Machine & Foundry Co has
lately adopted an improved method for
moulding small castings, and is turning out
window weights, pillow points, etc., in large
numbers. Their work also includes an
order for an improved roll for the granite
railways designed by the foremen of the
foundry and machine room
The Camden Comedy Co. presented 'sThe
Heart of the Alleghenies," in Belfast Opera
House Monday evening, and their work
showed unusual dramatic talent. The play is
5-act comedy drama, and is given with
scenery specially painted for the play. Cam
den is to be congratulated on having local
talent able to present such play in the style
in which this was given. An excursion party
from Bucksport, by steamer NJ. & NJ, was in
town that evening, and many attended the
play. A dance followed, with music by Mo-
rangs orchestra.
The ELECTRIC ROAD. j. F. Wilson, who
is interested in building an electric road,
informs The Journal that the prospect for
building the road in the near future looks
better than it ever has before. G. C. Chan
nell of the firm of CHANNEL, Atwood & Co.,
railroad contractors, of New York will be
in Belfast in a few days to make further
arrangements The firm has made SURVEYS
of Goose River in Belfast and Duck Trap
Stream in Linconville, and finds ample
power available at the former to drive the
dynamos by water power, which will make
great saving on steam power. The
indications are that the road will be
in running order before another sea-
son opens.
r. Damon, publisher of the. Salem, Mass,
News. passed through Belfast Tuesday in
his motor carriage, stopping at the Windsor
Hotel and stabling his vehicle at the Belfast
Livery Co.'S. He left Salem Saturday and
spent his nights respectively in York Har-
Dor brunswick and Rockland. He left
Rockland at 9 a. m. and arrived in Belfast
in . hours. Mr.. Damon reports that the
roads this side OF Rocklan are much better
than those beyond. About Brunswick the
roads are sandy and very difficult for motor
carriages or bicycles. He went down and
up the Spring Brook and Duck Trap hills
without difficulty. His vehicle is the
Winstone gasolene motor carriage. He
left at l O'Clock for Bangor, and after a
brief tour through Maine will ride in his
motor carriage to Buffalo
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch Allen Greene ar
rived Monday morning with coal for Swan
Il Sibley Co.. Sch. Charon arrived Sunday
from Bangor with lumber for Cooper & Co.
Sch. Albert Pharo has been bought by
bour and will be used in the Bangor and
New York trade, in command of Ernest
Richards, formerly mate of the Barbour
The Pharo registers 1872 tons and was built
at TuckertOn, n. j., in 1858. Sch. Willie,
owned by Goss & Small of Stonington, went
ashore on Drunkard ledge at the entrance of
Fox Island thoroughfare June 2Sth. Reve-
nue. Cutter Woodbury. promptly went to the
vessels assistance, but did not attempt to
haul the vessel Off for fear it would sink.
The schooner, which is laden with coal from
New York for Stonington, is still high on
the rocks and the owners have been sent for
....Sch. Flora Condor arrived Saturday
night from Bangor, shipped a man at Lords
and sailed for New York Sunday morning
....Sch. Laura NJ. Lunt arrived Tuesday
from Savannah with $50 NJ hard pine
lumber for Geo. A.Gilchrest This will en-
able work to be resumed on the new schoon-
er Mr.. Gilchrest is building and which has
been framed for some time. "A handsome
model of the six-masted schooner George w.
Wells, which was built in Camden by II.
M. Bean, has just been completed by j. J !.
Wardwell, master builder for Cobb, Butler
& Co., of Rockland. 1t is finished in
mahogany with high polish. The model
will be sent to Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. Sch. William Slater, Capt.
WEIGH, arrived at Camden from Port Read
ing, Saturday, with cargo of coal for M. C.
Whitmore & Co.
A DARING CAPTURE. Two prisoners at
the jail made their escape Monday morning,
but were captured the same night and
Tuesday morning were again under lock and
key. The story of their capture is an inter
esting one. Sheriff Norton has been in the
habit of working his prisoners, and Mon
day morning the two men-Horace Marden,
held for larceny, and Rudolf Cox charged with
breaking and enterng-were on a load of
lumber on the way to Mr.. Norton's farm at