The Republican journal., 1902-08-14

Tyler H. Bird has taken charge of the
pumping station of the Belfast Water c.. at
Little River, and will move his family here
from Rockland. He has secured ra,+ at
80 Miller street.
Pensions have been granted as fol,ows
Samuel c. Haskell, Palermo, s14: James B.
Colson, Prospect Ferry. So: widows etc.
Mary B. Grant, Winterport. So: Frank A
Colcord, Searsport, So.
Old Jed Prouty seems likely To hold ;+s
grip on the favor of the public as firmly as
has The Old Homestead Both nicture
scenes that have an irresistible attraction
for all classes of people.-Watervill Mail
Farmers report that the crop of oats this
year is unusually heavy both in grain and
straw, but that barley is poor. Josenb W
Banks of Poor's Mills has six acres of oats
that stand more than feet high, and q, F,
Mason has small field that measures Il feet
high. Some oats are badly lodged, but the
greater part stand well.
A number of young people of the Bantist
society have hired lot of land below the
steamboat wharf and built bathing honse
IL 10 ifA-o ioet, " ith d sneu TOOL. A space
feet wide across the rear is devoted to stor-
ing boats, etc, leaving two rooms, 1ox1o. for
the ladies and gentlemen, respectively
Bathing houses are needed along the shore
and others will probably be built in the
near future.
A handsome mushroom growth was to be
seen in the wood-shed of the Belfast Fuel
n Hay Co. last week. 1t grew upon tim
Der that had begun to decay, and was about
foot in diameter and inches high. of nu
merous handsomely colored, convolated
segmentS. The coorS were shaded from a
light lemon to bright orange. A few DAYS
ago some coal was handled near by and the
dust destroyed the coloring.
Some of our readers will no doubt recall
the visit to Belfast a few years ago of Ownev
the tramp dog adopted by the railway postal
clerks, and who travelled in the postal cars
all over this country. Owney died some
time ago, and his body has been stuffed and
handsomely mounted in square glass case
that is seen on the right as one enters the
Postal Museum in Washington. d. c.
Strung around his neck, and around him in
the case, are hundreds of medals received
by oWney from officials in all parts of the
world.
Miss Lizzie Graham Of Bangor, cook in
the Windsor Hotel, had a narrow escape
last Week from losing an eye. She stopped
quickly in front of the kitchen range to
open the oven door and her spectacles hit
against the handle of a dish on the stove
One lens was broken and some of the pieces
of glass penetrated the eye 4 surgeon
was called, VINO, after removing two pieces
OF the broken glass, advised that the patient
be taken at once to the Eye and Ear In
Urinary in Portland, and She went on the
next train. The surgeons report it a Seri-
Gus case, but they expect to save the eye
HENRY TIrER WINS AT PIrrsFIrID. L.
L. Gentner'S PAGER Henry liter won the 10
race for lady drivers at Pittsteld Friday.
There was considerable interest manifested
in the heats from the fact that both of the
women have previously defeated each other
for the worlds record in races driven to
bike by women. Both ladies had horses
with low records, and the fact that they
drove the fastest heat of the day show that
they know how to handle horses on the
race track. Following is the summary
Henry liter, chg, driven by Mrs.
May Gould " oodcock, Ripley.....2 l
Iinne g., blk m, driven by Miss
Leota Elliott, Orient ..,...........1 9