The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-06-26
The Acad;an House, Castine, opened last

oatuiudy
Thomas II. Marshall Relief Corps has
suspended meetings until July GOTH
! Thomas II. Marshall Post, G. A. R., will
hold meetings on the first Monday evening
in July and August.
The trustees of the Waldo County Agri-
cultural society will meet at the court house
tomorrow, Friday, afternoon at = o'clock
! p. Nj.
A reunion of the Dickey family, to be
held on the Old homestead in Northport, is
ia ked Of Orrin j. Dickey of Belfast
is moving in the matter.
Emery 0, Pendleton sold green peas from
his farm to Swift 4 Paul June 23d, and
Lester A. Wilson brought them cultivated
Strawberries the same day.
The watch offered by the Frel-Gritiin
Stock Co. to the young lady receiving the
greatest number of votes during their en-
gagement in the Belfast Opera House was
won by Miss Florence Clough
The members of Seaside Chautauqua Cir
Gle will meet with Mrs. c. F. tx, Union
street, Monday afternoon, June 30. Lesson,
the Life and Work of Heinrich Heine; :"
quotations from writings of Hene.
Following are the Waldo County eases be
fore the law term of the Supreme Court,
now in session at Portland Cottrel and
another against Cottrell; Haugh against
Pierce; Merrill against Millken; Water
vile Trust company against Libby
In awarding the prizes offered by the
Belfast Improvement Society for the best
essays on public improvements the COM
mittee in charge, through a misunderstand-
ing, made an award to Miss Louise f. Hall
that should have been given to Miss Ella
| Smalley. The essays We're numbered. and
the names of the contestants were known
only.,to the teacher. The error was not
| discovered until after the essays were
| printed hence the wrong name was attach
ed to the article captuned "Nillage In
provements" on the sid page of this issue
FISH FACTS. Owing to a scarcity of bait.
bad weather and plenty of dogtiSh, the
Monhegan fishermen are doing very little
| business. 1t is predicted that the mackerel
viii be III PenobScot Bay this season Get
| your gear ready....A. Colburn caught three
! salmon aud one trout in Swan Lake one day
last week-all good sized fish. The OK
/ ford County Advertiser tells of woman
! who went out and caught 80 trout after she
/ had done up the homework, and then got
! back i'll time to get dinner....A pplication
blanks have been mailed by the United
States Fish commission, at the request> of
/ eX-Gov Burleigh, to F. A. Whitehouse of
/ Il nifty, who wants some trout planted in
waters adjoining his town.
/ TIE CROPS. The quarterly bulletin of
the Maine Agricultural Department, Just
issued. gives the following summary Of re-
| ports from Waldo county:
! Condition of grass fields, 90 per cent
/ Condition of pastures, IS per cent. Acre
, age of grain, 100 per cent potatoes, 105 per
cent; corn, l24 per cent. Condition of fruit
trees, 81 per cent. Condition of small
! fruits, % per cent. Varieties of apples
that have blossomed most fully, r. l. Green
ing and King Fruit was not damaged to
any extent by the cold wave of May 9 and
| 10. Six per cent of the orchards will be
| sprayed. Amount of hay on hand, l4j per
cent. Farmers are taking more than usual
/ interest III the business and are charging
/ their operations somewhat.
| The concert given by Miss Amy +. Stod-
| dard in the church at Cliftondale, Mass,
! came oil on Thursday last and was a great
/ success from every point of view The
audience, which filled the church, was com
! posed OF the hnest people of tliftondale and
adjoining towns, the society and musical
contlngeDts being especially well represent
Ell. Miss Stoddard's organ solos were en-
! Enthusiastically received and her brilliant
! piano playing in the concerted numbers
was especially noticeable She was the re-
clplent OF congratulations upon all sides,
and made pretty picture as She stood sur
! rounded by her friends in the flush of this
/ her well earned success 1t will be crafty
ing to her Belfast friends to know that She
received the offer OF an organ position be
1 fore leaving the church. Madden Mirror.
New ADVERTISEMENTS. This is the last
week of Fred y. Johnsons sacrifice sale
Read the owl adyt.....f A. Follett's, 81
Church street, is headquarters for fireworks
and 18th of July goods. Bunting and muslin
flags, all sizes, at lowest prices See advt.
of Henry e. Bicknell, 80 Main street. dealer
III second hand goods of all kinds. ANTIQUE
furniture speciality ....H. f. Mcdonald, 70
Main street, has d full stock of new furni-
/ ture, fine line of mattresses and pillows,
| IRON beds Of every descriptions and the cele-
| brated White Mountain refrigerators.
macintosh cape lost. Finder will please
/ leave at ID. p. ralmer's store, Masonic Tenn
pie, Belfast. Perfumes at the City Drug
Store. Go to earle Il Jones for your 4th
of July flags, guns, pistols, fireworks, etc..
Fresh roses while they last may be had at
NO 3 Charles street also a few plants, pink
rose and white lilac bushes. See advt of
! the Turkish store on Phoenix Row. Turkish
fruits, candies and ice cream. A Turk sh
rug for sale by ticket.
VETERANS MEETING. The Waldo
County Veteran Association will meet on
the west side of Swan Lake, July 3, 1902
len years ago we met there and formed the
Association with \. f. Niekerson as Presi-
dent and NJ. c. Dlworth as Secretary.
Since then we have met in nearly every
town in the county and now cone back to
our first camping ground. Many of the
Comrades have stepped out since then and
many joined the ranks. There will be
picnic dinner. The cottages will be thrown
open free to ladies. This is Il fine grove
I The boys of SWanville will do all they can
to make it a pleasant occasion. Many of
/ no