The Republican journal., 1902-12-18

ness Monday.
Street Commissioner Robbins removed
the snow banks from the business streets
with horse and scraper last week.
In thinking in what way you can make
the coming festival truly merry Christ
mas do not forget the little ones in the Girls
Home.
A subscriber out west, in sending re-
mittance, writes: 1.-The Journal is worth
all you ask for it, and | don't believe
| could live out here without it,
Pensions have been granted as follows
! Sylvester Vinal, East Jefferson, $14; Mary
R. Robinson, Morrill,, s12; Edward A. But
Ter, Bluehill, SIT, Thomas Leonard, Belfast,
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| II. E. Ellis, principal of the Upper Gram
mar school, has st. Bernard dog that evil
IDENTIFY keeps run of the days of the week.
The dog remains at home every school day
but always accompanies his master down
town Saturdays.
There will be dance in Dirigo hall,
Searsmont village, Wednesday evening,
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chresta of four pieces. If stormy that night
the dance will be postponed to Friday
night, Dec. Goth.
/. NJ. Cottrell has bought of c. W. CoombS
the former knockabout Bessie and will re-
rig her with sails. Mr.. Coombs equipped
the boat with gasOlene engine, but was
not satisfied with her, and is to have a new
25-foot launch built by Mr.. Cottrell.
| Chas. c. CoOmbS has at his shoe store a
leg boot, No. I, child's size, with red kid
tops. 1t was made by Rice & Hutchings
of Boston in one of their factories more
than twenty years ago; but boots of this
pattern were in vogue fifty or more years
ago.
Henry d. Clough made and sold last
year quantity of doll furniture, in fancy
woods, and neatly upholstered. The de-
mand was so great that he kept on making,
and has on hand miniature furniture
store. lie exhibited at the fairs and as a
result received a number of orders.
The members of Seaside Chautauaua
| Circle will meet Monday afternoon, Deem
Der odd, with Mrs. Carrie f. Black, 6 Union
street. Lesson from c. L. S. c. book, Lit
erary Leaders of Modern England, chapters
three and four, and from the magazine, a
lesson Practical studies in England Quota
tons from favorite English authors.
A correspondent writes from Rockport
Me, that a Belfast boy had narrow escape
from drowning at that place Dec. 9th
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| shall, was unloading kiln wood for the syn.
dictate when the mate, Eugene Aldus. fell
overheard and nearly met his death He
was rescued by the cook, Jimmie Robbins
The stores in nearly all lines will close al
noon on. Christmasiday ;the public offices, fac
tories and banks will be closed all day. The
schools will close tomorrow, Friday, for a
two weeks vacation. The general delivery
window at the post Office will open one hour
after the arrival of each of the railroad
mails, there Will be but one street delivery
by carriers, and the r. F. d. delivery will be
cancelled
SHORT DAYS. These are the shortest
days of the year. Last Friday there were
but hours and 50 minutes between sunrise
and sunset, and today the limit will be
reached of hours and 81 minutes. This
will continue until Dec. 9th, and Christmas
day we shall have one minute more of day
light and thereafter there will be a gradual
increase in the length of days until the
maximum is reached on June 18th. 1t is to
be hoped that the old saying, "As the days
begin to lengthen the cold begins to strength
en- will not be true this season.
FIRE. The dwelling house of Horace B.
Smalley on Waldo avenue was badly dam
aged by fire Saturday evening. Mrs. Small
ley went out early and Mr. Smalley, after
fixing his fires as usual, came down town.
short time after a passer-by saw fire in
the chamber, and came down town and
pulled in an alarm in box % The hose
companies responded promptly and soon
had the fire out, but the roof of the house
was destroyed and the partitions below
badly damaged. The house and most of The
household goods were thoroughly wet
down. small quantity of furniture was
takeli out before the water was turned on.
The house was valued by the owner at
$500 and was insured for that amount,
There was no insurance on the contents.
The Municipal officers investigated the fire
yesterday afternoon and decided that the
cause was defective chimney.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch. Merrill C. Hart
was launched from Geo. A. Glchrest's ma.
rineralway Dec. 10Th and sailed for Rock.
port to load ice for Norfolk. She will load
ship timber at Norfolk for Mr.. Glchrest
....Sch. Irving Leslie was on the marine
railway Saturday. She had been aground
but was found to have sustained no damage
but the loss of her fOrefOot. She sailed the
same day for Prince Edwards Island for q
load OF potatoes. Sch. c. NJ. Brainerd ar
rived Dec. 18th from Norfolk, Va, with
hard pine boards for Mathews Bros i. Sch
Delaware was wrecked last week The
revenue cutter found her ashore on Had
dock Rock. with mainsail, forestaysal anC
Jlb standing. She resembled an iceberg
and was badly stove up inside and out Sh,
was full of water, her cabin was gone ant
the bulwarks stove flush with the deck or
the seward side. The crew was found O,
Haskell's Island, where they had no shelter
and taken to Portland on the cutter. Tn,
Delaware is of "a tons and is owned a