The Republican journal., 1901-12-12
The w. c. T. U. will meet with Mrs. S. G
Bicknell Thursday, Dec 18th.

The W. c. T, U. will meet with Mrs. S. G.
Bicknell Thursday, Dec. 18th.
The only advertised letter remaining in
the Belfast post office Dec 10th is one for
Mrs. Priest.
Mr. Vail, a socialist lecturer, will speak
in Memorial Hall this, Thursday, evening
at 100 o'clock.
Smells are in the market, caught through
the ice near Kaler's landing below City,
point. They retail for 10 cents per pound.
Seaside Hose Co. has reelected the fol-
lowing officers: Capt, A. d. Hayes Fore
man, James Sholes; Asst, Harry Shaw
Clerk and Treasurer, Harry Blazo. The
installation and banquet will be Jan. Sth.
1t was reported Saturday that there was a
case of small pox in a family on Bay View
street. Mayor Small, who is also practic-
ing physician, visited the house and found
the rumor to be wholly without foundation
There was no sickness of any kind.
The Passion Play pictures and views of
Oberammergan are now on exhibition at the
Free Library. The Library is open Sun
day afternoon from TWO until five O'Clock
All are welcome. MI Frank L. Field is in
attendance. The new privilege granted to
all Waldo County residents outside of Bel
fast to use the Library is again announced
The annual fee is So.
earle & Jones have a store full of new
goods from which to choose your Christmas
gifts, including dinner sets, berry, salad
and water sets, fancy china and novelties,
cut glass, jardinieres, lamps, baskets, pic
lures, medallions, and a host of other
things. Read their advt., "Christmas Gifts
Free
One of the numerous large St. Bernard
dogs in this city went up a flight of stairs
to a stable loft last week and was afraid
to come down. 1t took several men with
ropes to pull him to the stairs, but when he
began to descend his courage returned and
he finished the trip of his own accord The
dog weighs 143 pounds.
The new front of brick and plate glass,
with galvanized iron window caps and cor
nice, greatly improves the Caldwell build
ing on Main street. The book, candy and
stationery store of F. G. Mixer now has
two large plate glass show windows. W.
NJ. Thayer, who occupies the front of the
second story, is to put in a clock with the
dial on the outside of the building
A. E. Clark Camp, Sons of Veterans, has
elected the following officers for the ensuing
year: Capt, E. E. Pillsbury First Lieut.,
Geo. III. FOss; Second Lieut., Walter R.
Whitehead; Delegate to State Encampment,
Geo. ii. Foss; Alternate, Clarence Dickey :;
Delegates at Large, Thos. A. Young Alter
nate, Roy E. Young Camp Council Elmer
S. Whitehead, G. II. Foss, F. o. Roberts.
The Journal referred recently to the
trees moved by John H. Loso. From an
old scrap book of Journal local items
we learn that one Of the trees, moved from
the cemetery to the grounds of Axel Hay
ford, stood 50 feet high, measured IA inches
in circumference, weighed II tons and re-
quired horses and 4 oxen to move it, 1t
stands at the Hayford residence, now owned
and occupied by Geo. G. Pierce, and is IA
handsome tree. Another tree transplanted
by Mr.. Loso stands at the j. Watson
Knowlton residence, now occupied be f. II.
Haney
The return of the Secretary of the Waldo
County Agricultural Society to the State
Board of Agriculture for the fair of 1901,
shows the amount of money paid out to
have been $1,130.S1, including $780, 20 for
premiums and gratuites S595 90 for trotting
purses and $16556 for improvements The
analysis of the live stock exhibits is as fol-
lows: number of horses and colts, "a:
thoroughbred bulls and bull calves, 3;
thoroughbred COWS, heifers and heifer
calves, 10, grade bulls and bull calves,
2; grade cows, heifers and heifer calves.
%; oxen and steers, 20; animals for
beef, 2; total neat stock, 1903; sheep, Al :;
swine, Z, cOops of poultry, 49, The society
has property valued at $500, and is cut of
debt.
RURAL MAIL DELIVERY. Mr.. Boutelle,
special agent of the Post Office Department
for rural free delivery, was in Belfast
recently and stated that owing to ruling
OF the Department made since the applica-
tions were put in the routes from Belfast to
Morrill, and Belfast to Northport cannot be
established as asked for, as they pass over
some sections of road served by star route
free delivery. r. F. d. route No. 1, Belfast
via Swanville into Waldo, is proving a
profitable route for the government. The
cancellation of stamps is larger than at
half the offices in the county. More than
5000 pieces of mail matter were delivered
last month The people along this line, and
on the star routes, are generally taking
advantage of the facilities offered and find
the system great convenience. 1t is
believed, however, that the star route
service will. in few years, be superseded
by rural free delivery, and the service
established in many sections not now served
by either