The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-11-27
Winfield s. Edminster took possession Of

The Phoenix House Monday.
Alonzo Holmes saw mill is running on
short time for lack of water.
Fire alarm box No 81, at the junction OF
High and Peirce streets, will be tested to-
morrow, Friday, at noon.
Irving L. Perry arrived Tuesday from
Penobscot county hunting grounds with a
large buck, Is cartridges and mink.
Aurora Rebekah Lodge, l. O. o. F., held
the first supper of the season in connection
with the lodge meeting Tuesday evening.
The C. S. Fish Commission car No came
over the Belfast branch Saturday with Il, 600
land-locked salmon for Unity Pond, Swan
Lake, Georges Lake, Quantabacook and a
small pond near South Brooks.
Mr. A. P Mansfield will be at the Office
$50. a. m. to 80 p. NJ, standard time, until
Jan. l, 1903. Also Saturday afternoons, from
l. 80 43O See tax collectors notice else
where.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the
Belfast post Office for the week ending Nov.
%: Ladies-Miss Florence White. Gentle
men-George Anderson, W. E. Luce, A.
Partridge, Elmer Smith, Capt. Nathan
Woodman.
The stores in nearly all lines will close at
noon to-day, Thanksgiving, and the banks
and public offices will be closed all day.
The schools closed Wednesday afternoon
for the week. The post office will be open
one hour after the arrival of each of the
railroad mails, and there will be but one
delivery by carriers.
The supply of native poultry in the mar
kets for Thanksgiving was surprise even
to the market men, both as to quantity and
quality. Earlier in the season the supply
was short. and it was feared that the de-
mand must be filled by Western stock, but
last week poultry began coming in and
there was good supply, with but very lit
tie Western stock needed. Prices ruled
high. Turkeys sold for "a cents; geese,
ducks and chickens for Is cents. Joel P,
Wood brought in 50 chickens that averaged
pounds each.
| \ BIRTHDAY OBSERVANCE. Saturday
evening, Nov. 18th, few friends and neigh
bors of Mr.. and Mrs. Isaiah Cross met at
their pleasant home on Miller street to cele-
brate the anniversary of their birthday
Mr.. and Mrs. Cross were born in the town
of Morrill, in the same house on the same
day of the month and the same month Of
the year. The rooms were very prettily
decorated with potted plants and flowers.
Graphophone selections were given by MI.
Cross, violin music by Mr.. Heal, and sing
ing by Mr.. and Mrs. keene Refreshments
were served. About 10 80 p. H. the guests
took their leave, all having enjoyed very
pleasant evening and wishing Mr. and Mrs
c. many happy returns of their birthday.
| c. \. Morrill, writes from Glenburn, Me-,
after reading the article in last week S j our
nal on"The Changes of Twenty-Five Years"
"My father. Philip Morrill,, married Nancy
Read at Belfast, June 10, 1877. and moved to
Glenburn March is, 1889. | am now living
on the same place, and have in town 20
grandchildren In the States Of Nebraska
and New Hampshire are 40 more grand
children. The following additional facts
concerning Mr.. Morrill, are of interest
Castanus A. Morrill,, born in Belfast and
educated at Belfast Academy; seectman
nine years, chairman of board seven years
town treasurer five years; supervisor and
member of school committee eight years
member of the legislature in 1873; moved to
Genburn from Belfast in 1889; father of
II children; has 60 grandchildren.
STEAMER NOTES. Two trips week SER
vice will be inaugurated on the Bangor
division of the Eastern Steamship Co., be-
ginning to-day, Thursday, when the steam
er Penobscot will leave Bangor for Boston
at II o'clock. The regular sailing days for
Boston will be Mondays and Thursdays
The City of Bangor left yesterday for Bos-
ton on her last trip for the season Capt.
Otis ingraham commodore of the Eastern
S. S. Coz fleet, has been elected historian
of the Ancients and Honorables, d select
circle of old salts that meets and spins
yarns around hot stove in Rockland, and
lately he has been entertaining them with
extracts from his log concerning his so
years of steamboating. Capt. Fred Ben
nett has received his captains license and
has taken command of str. Golden Rod,
which makes tri-weekly trips between Bel
fast and ports in Eggemoggin Reach. She
also makes trip Saturdays from Belfast to
Camden via Dark Harbor, and returns
Monday morning, to accommodate the
WOrkmen at ISleSborO. In an article on
the 9th page descriptive of the new steam
er Ransom B. Fuller, built for the f. S. s..
Co., it is said she will probably be put on
the Boston-Bangor route. 1t is more proba-
BILE that she will go on rhe Boston-Portland
route. Capt W. D. Bennett of steamer
Merryconeag is arranging with the Rock
land, Thomaston & Camden Street Railway
Company for free transfer of baggage in
Camden instead of extending the track and
making landings farther down the harbor as
was intended. He finds plenty of water to
turn his boat in the upper harbor, and the
location is more convenient for passengers
than one farther down. He expects to add
Castine to his route in the near future.
f. H. Dilaway is assigned to the Penobscot
as freight clerk, vice R. P. Coombs, resign
ed, to take effect Friday. Mr.. CoOmbs will
resume his place as clerk at the Belfast
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