The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-09-11

Samuel A. PaysOu, South Brooks, S24
The Board of Registration added IS names
to the voting lists last week. The total num-
Der is ISL
The North church C. f. picnic and socia-
BILE at Miss Marjorie d. Pilsbury's is post
poned to Friday.
The new iron turn table was put into posi-
ton at the Maine Central depot Sunday, and
engines were turned on it Monday.
| An adjourned meeting of the Belfast I'M
provement Society VIII be held at Memorial
building, Monday, Sept. 18th, at 3 P. NJ.
| Social dance tonight at the Belfast Opera
House. Good music and good time Tor
all. Admission to ladies, Toe, gentlemen,
25c. Dancing begins at $50.
| The members of Seaside Chautauqua
Circle will meet with Mrs. Charles II.
Twombly,5 Court street, Monday afternoon,
Sept 18th. Author, Robert browning.
Chas. w. Stephenson transplanteda num-
Der of native apple trees last spring, and all
did well except one, which seemed stunted.
Last week it began blossoming and on Sept.
| 9th there were IS blossoms on it,
! The fall term of the Belfast schools will
| begin next Monday The teachers will be
the same as last term, with two exceptions;
Miss Lulu Mayhem succeeds Henry Ladd in
| the llayford school and Miss Maude Shorev
succeeds Miss Ethel Barr in the Pitcher
| school
The first frost of the season was on the
morning of saturday, sept. 9th. The walks
were white with frost in and about the city,
but We learn of little or no damage to crops
near the coast. In places fifteen miles back
| squash, pumpkin and cucumber vines, beans
and corn, We're badly damaged.
Andrew L. Knowlton has sold his restau-
rant and bakery business in the Belfast
Opera House to W. f. Jones and Capt.
! William liaugh, who will continue the bust
ness as W. +. Jones X Co. Mr. Jones was
| in the bakery business in Belfast few
| years ago with his father and brother and
has since had experience in the same line in
New y cork.
Complaint was made to the Humane Soc-
ETY. Tuesday that foreign pedtller had tiriv-
/ tlI It i'i4I iblt IL ltOl pl ii MOI Sc bN tetl DA
another man in the same business aud that
| the latter in retaliation had put some zorro
Siye acid ON the horse owned by the former
| Both horses had been abused as described,
| hut as there was no evidence beyond the
word of the men the matter is suspended
/ for further Developments
Mention has been made of the generous
offer of Col. Isaac 3. Rich of Boston to sup
ply the Girls Home in this city with heating
apparatus that would warm the whole house
The officers of the Childrpn's Aid Society
having decided in favor of hot water heating
invited proposals and sent them to Nh Rich
who promptly sent his check for an amount
! sufficient to cover the cost. George r. Read
of this city viii do the work
UNCLE TERRY VIM. ellis Naturalization
of Mum famous story, "Uncle Terry"
was presented in Belfast Opera House Tues
/ day evening before large audience, with
Jas. Waite in the title role, supported by a
fine company. The prologue was a wreck
scene, and the rescue of the Waif from the
ocean. with electric storm effects was thrill
I'l4-' Nv N1EIit4t was FHull w tllN ever
seen on the Belfast stage, and the acting
was good throughout
! A. A. ROiX returned Saturday from a
three-months fishing cruise in sloop Edna
between Owls Head and Monhegan. He
reports traW fishing almost a failure this
/ year ON account of dog fish, which are be
! coming more numerous every year. He
, frequently set a trawl and hauled back as
/ soon as set, only to find cod, haddock or
! bake head on every hook, the bodies eaten
of by dOg-flsh. lIand-lne fishermen did
| better this season than trawlers. Capt W
/ F. WEIGH, who went with Ir. Rox. remain
ed at the islands.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch. c. p Dixon sailed
Sept. 4th for Baltimore, with ice from the
Belfast Light 4 Power Co... Sch. Merrill
| {. Hart WAS launched from Gilchrest 5 ma
| rine railway Monday ard is loading paving
at the railroad wharf for New York Sch.
| William Slater is loading granite at Sedg-
wick for New York Sch. Puritan arrived
from Brooksville Tuesday to get a new suit
of sails, lately made by n S. Lord & Co,
| She is to load stone at Black Island for
! New York. The Puritan was built at Bel
| fast in 1886.
ON the evening of Sept s, a pleasant party
consisting of Miss Ellis and Miss Lift efeld
of this place, Mr.. Wakeman Brown of Bos
ton and Lieut.. Louis Joseph Van Schaick
L. S. Army, drove to Rocky Point cottage.
The party tied the team and rowed across
the water to the cottage opposite Upon
| their return it was found the horses had
Slipped their halters and wandered off The
party succeeded in reaching home before
daylight through the kindness of farmer
named Dean, and the lost team, with the
harness and wagon somewhat the worse for
wear, reached Southworth's Livery on
| Tuesday morning-COm.
| NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. The annual
| clearance sale of boots and shoes at the C,
| c. c. Shoe Store, "a Main street, begins to-
day, Sept. 18th. See prices quoted showing
the reduction on mems and ladies' shoes
See notice to holders Of tea and coffee prize
checks, "A reward of So is offered for a
| lost cane.... Carrie Il Jones will give use
full present to each of the first 80 scholars
| bnVino ScbnDl SupO1ipS of THAR c+nrn Mo-,