The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-08-21


A meeting of the Belfast Improvement
Society will be held Monday, August 18th,
at p. NJ, at Memorial Building. A full
attendance is desired
Mrs. Sutherland of Boston will speak to
the young women of the Baptist church at
their regular meeting next Monday even
ing on the work of the Talitha Cumi Home
in Boston.
An examination of candidates for State
certificates authorizing them to teach in
Maine without further examination will be
held in Belfast, Friday, August 10Th, begin
ming at s A. NJ
number of unusually large jelly fish
were seen near the Eastern S. 5. Co S wharf
tuesday forenoon. There were four at
least that measured p feet each across the
top as they tloated near the surface
The repairs on the town clock have caus-
ed many to inquire why the clock cannot be
made to strike 1t can be with very little
expense and the matter will be brought be-
fore the next meeting of the city council
Cemetery thieves are again at work They
are not combining themselves to flowers, but
are taking vases. bouquet holders, etc An
example will be made of any person de-
tected IN stealing anything from the GENE
terry.
Thomas Lotus has rebuilt the concrete
walk from Masonic Temple to Geo. I.
Reads, re-coated the walk from the corner
to the Windsor Hotel, and is resetting the
curbing and making needed repairs to the
walks in other parts of the city
The Banks Business College is enrolling
large number of students The college
will open Monday August 18th, at9 O'Clock.
All students who intend entering this fall
are requested to call at the college office
Monday aud make arrangements for their
course. 1t is advisable for all who can to
start when the school opens, us their course
will be more interesting
The ,Iere McAulitf Stock Co. PLAYED a
three nights engagement at Belfast Opera
House this week, to good houses The PLAYS
We're "A Young Wife, The Man from
Italy, and "ShamuS O'Brien" Mr.. Me
port, The music by the Ladies' Symphony
Orchestra was much better than that of the
average theatre orchestra.
Representatives of the Gamewel Fire
Alarm Telegraph Co. are putting in the
system in this city. There will be boxes
in various parts of the city Mathews Bros.
whistle will be connected to work automat-
ically, and there viii be Taper at the shoe
factory and one at Gentner'S stable A n
cell gravity battery viii be set in the ante
room of the City Marshals ONCE in City
Building.
Constable c. A. Morse of Rockport was
in Belfast a few days ago looking after
small Sailboat that had been stolen from
that place. A man who was in Roekport
the day the boat was stolen. and was in
Belfast the next day was suspected but he
easily proved an alibi, as he came Oh an
excursion steamer and knows nothing
whatever about handling boats. The officer
found no trace of the boat in this vicinity.
The City Council committee on sewers
held a hearing Monday Oh the land damages
will cross the property of the Eastern
Steamship Co. The committee viii report
to the next meeting of the City Council
Mr., Cottrell, the contractor, will begin work
at once. His submarine pipe, diving APP
paratuS, etc, will arrive to-day, and he has
chartered the schooner Julia Edna to work
on.
The County Commissioners are holding
their regular August term at the Court
House. Bills against the county should be
presented at once i'll order that they may be
audited this term. A petition has been pre-
Sented for diScontInuance of the highway
as located by the commissioners in 1900 to
avoid the Crockett hill in Northport The
petitioners say that the hill has been repair
ed and the necessity for the new location
does not now exist.
New ADVERTISEMENTS Many of the
goods advertised last week by Geo w.
Burkett have been closed out and their place
has been taken by other goods at big re-
ducton in prices. See what the advt SAYS
about silk waists. Fred A. johnson has
some new bargains in his advt this week
and is cutting the price on summer goods to
cost, or below. He is closing out his en-
tire stock of cotton shirt waists Swift a.
Paul, Masonic Temple, have just received a
new line of SparrowS best confectionery.
go. Harry W, Clark Il Co., 81 Main street
are advertising clothing at next to nothing
prices" Their red tag sale is on, and is do
ing the business. W. p Smith, Belfast,
publishes caution notice. E. Mr. and Mrs.
W. K. Bryant publish card of thanks.
Bargains in women's shoes at the Dins-
more Store. Only 81. 40 for shoes that have
been selling at from 81 TO s.. Kents Beef
Wine and Iron, a splendid tonic,at the City
Drug Store. -. California Waters of Life at
half price at Poor & Sons. . Mason Il Hall,
81 Main street, are agents for Masurys
Railroad and liquid colorS. These are
standard paints, well known here They
also have the Monarch mixed paint, Red
Seal Salem white lead, and full lines of
hardware, iron and steel.
North BELFAST. Mary Ferguson of
Boston arrived last week and is spending
her vacation with her mother, Mrs NJ. f.
Ferguson. Mrs. Lycera Eaton of Newport,
Conn, is visiting Mrs. Ellen C. Gay. MIR.
and Mrs. Herbert Hatch of Lynn, Mass,
arrived Saturday to Snpud a short yana