The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-08-28
Pensions have been granted as follows

Pensions have been granted as follows
Harry 2. Harris, Swanville, So.
Oscar Olsen of East Belfast, while play
ing in the water recently, cut his foot badly
with piece of glass.
Frank r. Wiggin and VIM. w. Oaks have
bought of Mrs. Mary F. Stephenson a cot
tage lot of $500 square feet on the shore of
the bay near the Wiggin and Locke cottage.
Sch Maria Webster arrived Tuesday from
weeks fishing cruise at Isle au Haut and
Swans Island, with party of twelve men
from Unity and Troy. They caught about
1000 pounds of bottom fish.
| An arrangement went into effect Monday
on the Maine Central railroad by which the
I A. NJ train out of Belfast makes close
connection at Burnham with the train for
| Pttseld and other way stations, arriving
in Bangor at 1l.2o A. NJ.
A large number went from here to Ban
gor yesterday to attend the Eastern State
Fair and hear President Roosevelt. The
steamer CaStlne made an excursion from
Northport Camp-ground, Belfast and Sears
port the City of Bangor took about u pas
sengers from here ana d number went by
rail.
~ NCLE TERRY. The next attraction
at the Belfast Opera House after the local
MINISTRIES is -dramatized opera of Chas
| Clark Munn's beautiful story Of the Maine
| a., Ii.
! Waite, d veteran actor, takes the leading
part. supported by a company of tirst-class
dramatic artists. Those who have read the
book will certainly wish to see it on the
stage. Sept. 9th, is the date.
! TUE NEW BUSINESS COLLEGE, The
new Banks business College in the Opera
House block was opened Monday with
| twenty-Seycn students. The school affords
complete business course, with book
/ keeping, stenography, type-writns, pen
manship, etc. The hours are from @ to y a
( m, and /. 50 to 5 p. m, and an evening school
will he added about October Twenty more
I scholarships have been signed for, the pu-
pills to begin study in the near future.
/ Many merchants think they should get
their full amount of profit the entire season :;
not so with the enterprising cothiers, Har-
~ W. Clarke Il Co. They believe in cary
! ing down the profits, and iii many cases
make a substantial loss on the waning of
theI season, IN order to present fresh
| line of goods each year to their Gus
toners. They also believe, if they are
giving their customers a good thing IN the
way of low prices, to let the people know
of it through The Republican journal
They say that in no other way can they
reach so many people 50 economically.
/ TIE FIRE ALARM Chief Engineer |. I
/ Clough expects that the new Gamewell fire
/ alarm will be in operation next week. The
/ alarms will be sounded on the steam
! whistle at Mathews Bros. mill, and repeat
ed four times. There will be a Taper at
the shoe factory engine room, and that
! whistle will also be used in the day time,
and ore al GentnerS stable as a call for the
horses. The first number of the call desig-
mates the ward and the second the box, as
follows: Corner of Northport Avenue and
Allyn street, II; Union and Commercial,
10 Nt'ttl anu tttl IL. - Nd anu lcdS-
ant, .; Main and Beaver, -, High and
Peirce, H The al-out alarm will be one
short blast.
i "A minstrel show by local and other talent
for the benefit of the Belfast base ball team
will be given IN the Belfast Opera House to-
morrow, Friday, evening Stanley Nichols a
professional of Boston, and the favorite come
dian c. f. Billings OF Boston, will appear
and Peter Ring, who viii be one of the end
men, will give an exhibition of his musical
powers and skill. Clarence c. Brooks and
| Emery f. White will sing ballads, and this
announcement alone should ensure a crowd
ed house The entertainment will be re-
peated in Camden Saturday evening for the
same purpose, and there will be an excur-
/ sion there ON steamer CaStine.
MEETING OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The regular meeting of the School Com
mittee was held Monday evening, Aug. 18th.
Seven members were present, ana chairman
i BickfOrd presided. 1t was voted to adopt
| Channing's History of the United States
for the High School. Henry B. Ladd of the
| Hayford school and Miss Ethel Barr of the
Pitcher resigned, and their designations
were accepted. Voted that the fall term OF
school begin Sept 18th, or one week later
than was at first intended, on account of re-
| pairs to the school houses. At Il special
meeting held Tuesday afternoon d contract
was closed with Mitchell 4 Truss ell to put
new heating apparatus into the High school
building. There is to be a new and larger
boiler, the pipes on the first floors will be
changed so that each room can be controlled
separately, and four new radiators will be
put into the upper hall and one in the con-
! Meeting ante-rOom.
Letter to K. F. DuntOn,
Belfast, Maine.