The Republican journal., 1902-01-30
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.

...ug, noon and night.
augustus Clark's large truck horse died |
Iuly in his stall Saturday night. The |
ST. : unknown.
-l>lous have been granted as follows:
am Webster, Rockland, IS Benjamin |
SON, Brooks. $40
Nruominee, Mich. subscriber writes:
aanot get along without The Republic
Journal from Old Maine"
. south Berwick whist club has sent
4 ~ the Girls Home. and the Kings |
liter, of Scar boro have sent SO.
- Young ladies of the Murray Club |
HE niversalst church will meet Friday |
moon with Mrs. Frank g. Mixer on ,
4"leidl street.
Women's Hospital Aid will meet with
>outhworth, Church street, Friday,
list, at , 30. All members are earnest
.u-Sted to attend
viii be Unitarian parish party at
al Hall tomorrow, Friday. evening.
- will be furnished for % cents dane
ents extra for the gentlemen.
Chautauqua Circle will meet with
Nm. A. Mckenzie Monday afternoon,
srl 9TH, at > o'clock. Lesson, In Viz
l.Ay author, Sidney Lanier.
Locke & Son have had a telephone
their jewelry store in the National
iof M { ,.1ooi- Stril-
ar YOU forget to wind your watch,
ring up sam and get the correct |
If the Belfast Fuel Il Hay Co. 5
- was wrecked last Friday afternoon.
.an was standing across the railroad |
aetween the Fuel 4 Hay Co.'S store
when a loaded car was backed |
p1n it, The horse luckily escaped !
DIrd OF Registration has been in
,l- past week getting the voting |
rally for posting for the spring cleo
ley strike oil names of parties who |
-.ue away tor died, and make the
from ward to ward, but add no new
until the sittjngs the week before !
tu The lists viii be posted before
t-l
Elmer Small entertained a whist |
Hi-, at her home on Miller street !
Sday evening There We're four
and the ladies' present report a
evening. Delicious refreshments
we'd and the first prize, a very
tIad Dash, was won by Mrs. Geo +.
Ike BOBBY prize, pack of cards.
Mrs r. p Stickney.
0-N feature in decoration for
den" IS life-size bust Of an
painted on a skin; which is hung
-a. wall unmounted. Mr. p. \ San
painted three of these skins, and
l at his studio last week is to be
.,-d to MI George P, Field of Boston
and Mrs c. H. Field of this city. |
.Itu is in gala dress, and the face is
- painted and very lifelike. 1t is !
..0e Of decorative work.
Urn. The raising Of pop corn is !
trlb,p source of income to Waldo |
farmers. y change has come about |
5- Years In regard to this product. ,
m-lF it was thought that the corn |
bot "pop until it was a year old, |
approved methods Of curing make it |
-a -et perfect results from new
4 Test recently made of some new |
# I l. ~ eli
hoWed that it increased in bulk |
i9.d in popping.
AIMING. The committee APP /
to correspond with corn Gamers
IS to starting the business III Bel |
received letters showing that it is
try to start cannery to use next |
prop. The farmers must agree 10
gwen acreage, and to get the best
the ground should be prepared in |
1t is also too late to begin on the
-H-, as orders for tin should have |
aced some time ago. The meeting
"aS adjourned to next Saturday is
-iS postponed, but one will doubt
held early in the fall to get ready
-~as0n of 1908.
DIN HIS House. Luther Gannett
lie oldest men in Belfast, was burn
ath in his house near PIERCE street
morning. lie would have been So
III had he lived until next Sunday,
several years past had lived alone
~ little cottage which he built in the
Ieirce street and River avenue.
IT. toombs, neighbor, had attended
wants for several months past, and
hursday night left him about 10
coal fire, banked with old coal,
-ft burning in the range and Mr..
put out the lights before he went
Friday morning about 5 O'Clock
an Nickerson in going home from
saw smoke issuing from the
II house. He called Mr.. Coombs and
ley forced open the door smoke and
net them, The alarm was sounded,
e company responded and soon had
eXtlngulshed When the smoke
enough to allow the firemen to enter,
VI Mr.. Gannett was found in front
Ioor, badly burned The flesh was
tll gone above the waist, and heavy
underclothes on the legs were
The body was taken to r. II. !
az sons undertaking rooms and was /
emily put in the receiving tomb
r-ed next spring The building was
burned inside. The greater part of
VAS in the northeast corner where a