The Republican journal., 1902-07-03
Geo. A. Leavitt has sold his ice business
to Guy L. Peavey.

| The Foster, EstabrookS Co. shipped 5000
| shirts to Boston Tuesday for the [. S. army.
| 7. ID. Jellison of Brooks had new potatoes
| from his garden June 10Th. Who can beat it ?
| Hutchins Bros. received a carload of
granite, in large pieces, from Hallowell yes
| terday.
A. W. b. Foster and Edward R. Esta-
| brooks have bought the Fred H. Francis
cottage at Swan Lake.
There will bea meeting of the Belfast
| Improvement Society in the City Building
next Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock which
all interested are requested to attend
A meeting of the trustees of the Waldo
| County Agricultural Society was called for
last Friday afternoon, but quorum was
| not present, and another meeting will be
called soon.
A carload of shovel handle stock was
shipped to Oakland yesterday. The stock
was cut in Northport, Large quantities
We're cut and shipped early in the spring,
and more will be cut in the fall.
| The dredging steamer in G. A. Glchrest's
| yard is planked and ceiled, and the planners
and calkers are following close behind the
| plankerS. Work in all departments is be-
ing carried forward satisfactorily.
! L. L. Gentner's Henry liter won the 21o
class in Pittstield saturday. This horse is
brown gelding, Years old, by Emperor
| Wilkes. and he made the mile without a
| skip Of break, over a slow track in . 24if
Advertised letters remaining in the Bel
fast post office July 1st Ladies-Pearl
| Dckey, Miss +. Carr, Mrs Garry Mason
Lauren ". Blake, J. F. Burke,
Mr., II. c. Dwell, Mr.. F. Z. Cello, Mr.. Hardie
| Sparkes, VIM. Otis Wentworth.
The members of Seaside Chautauqua Cir
! Gle Will meet with Charles H. Brier, Cedar
street, Monday afternoon, July It'll. The
lesson: consular Service of the United
States, and Metz, a City with Past =
the..tuthoI is Frank r. Stockton
Theassessors have nearly completed the
| assessment of taxes for the year They find
slight decrease in total valuation, but have
| fixed thetaX rate at IL mills, which is not
only lower than ever before, but is the low
| est tax rate Of any city in Maine
Mrs Henrietta Walker of this city has
very generously given the Belfast Improve
nent $40 for which the society tender their
sincere thanks These gifts encourage the
work OF those most concerned and express
the good will of all interested in our city.
New ApA ERTIsEMENTs. Fred A. John
son. Masonic Temple, has special prices on
lawn aud colored shirt waists. 80. Benz.
Ames of Thorndjke offers reward for a
pension certiticate....O. \. Anderson Of
East Belfast advertises a skin picked up ia
the BAY.
SHIPPING ITEMS. The journal is the
only paper that reports correctly one of
the Pendlet0n fleet. All the other papers
report the schooner Pendleton Satisfaction
as Pendleton's Satisfaction. Sch Sharon
is loading cypress lumber at Belfast for
Camden
Lincoln Gilkey and sister, who are spend
iug the summer with their mother in Isles
boro, We're badly burned last Thursday
morning by the young man falling on a
lighted lamp and his sister trying To assist
him in putting out the fire Both are doing
well as can be expected.
Corn CANNING. \ meeting of all inter
ested in establishing a corn canning factory
in Belfast viii be held in the Court House.
saturday. July 18th. at O'Clock p III. The
committee is in correspondence with parties
with whom arrangements doubtless will be
t,a4l3 ba is
There will be a lawn party at the home of
Mr., and Mrs. Lewis +. Pitcher at Pitchers
Pond, Tuesday, July Nth, for the benefit of
Rev {. II. Bryant, pastor Of the Northport
Methodist church. Ice cream, cake and
homemade candies will be served Ladies
are requested to contribute to the refresh
ments.
The Russia views at the Free Library
are as attractive as any set ever received
from the Library Art Club. Colored photo
graphs of Moscow, st. Petersburg, Arch
angel and other Russian cities are vivid in
the Impressions given of the Cars domain.
The views of the Caucasus mountains are
beautiful.
LINCoLNyILIE's CENTKNNIAL We
print on the 18th page this week the histor-
ical address of Joseph S. Mullin, Esq, de-
livered at the centennial celebration of the
town of Linconville June sd, and on the
LIST page the acts of incorporation of the
towns of Northport and I.incolnvlle with
the names of the Linconyile petitioners
MI. Mulin writes us to correct certain mis-
takes in the manuscript, but the address
was printed before his letter was received.
LII the first column, in the seventh para
graph read, "Westbrook, another son of
Nathan, ST., settled on the Enoch Knight
farm" In the tenth paragraph for Joe read
Job In the twelfth Mr. Mullin desires the
reader to see an Interrogation mark (?)
after Admiral Sampson. In the second
column, third paragraph read, "The latter
moved to the farm now owned by f. W.
Richards" He also wishes us to add the
following, which was delivered in the adj
dress, but was not in his manuscript:
The first town meeting was held at the
house of John Caderwood, Sept 20, 1902,
the principal officers being, Philip Timer,
Moderator; Jacob Timer, Clerk; VIM.
Parkman, Abner Heal, Samuel Miller,
Selectmen; VIM. Mcfarland, Collector :;
liezekiah French, Treasurer.