The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-03

The winter coverings were taken off the
! public watering troughs last week.
Ihe concert IN the Murray club course
! VIII be given at the niver~alist church
! "Wednesday evening, April 10th
/ he dealers in clothing, gents furnishing
goods. etc. have extended the time of even
IN closing to May LIST The stores close at
t p NJ. except SATURDAY.
Ge'@bA. Gilchrest has put in a boiler at
his marine railway ana is making his own
s,eam, During the past year he took steam
from Mathews Bros Mll
The regular meeting of the Belfast In
proVeinent Society viii be held at the home
the president. Mrs. T. ". Pote. y, Church
street, Monday. ApuI 7lh. at 3:oP. NJ.
VIM. II SNOW lbs ought one OF the teams
and the Regular store business in teaning of
Elmer :. Whitehead Mr.. Whitehead re-
tainH one lean and w.i' do General teaming.
/ Henry O. Dodge says that the item in last
week journal in regard to the sale OF his
bus Was incorrect. He i, in the same
business as formerly and has a good line of
work at the old staud
/ Pensions have been granted as fellows
Special accrued March Is, Mary Trip.
RoeAport, 50; original. widows, spec. |
accrued March 10, >ylvina f. Elartshorn,
Belfast, IS; Maria A. Robinson. Castina
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I Advertised list Of letters remaining in the
Belfast post office April /, 1902: Ladies'
Mrs. John Durham, Fannie Swan. Gentle
men-il- VI. Griffin, Esq, Mr.. William Her
bert, MI. Oscar Wentworth, Chas f. Whit
comb, Esq
The Belfast Hook X Ladder co. are max
Ing good progress in arranging for their
( ball on May LIST, They have on exhibition
at Mitchell X Trussells twelve handsome
lamps ranging in price from 81 to ST Which
are to be disposed OF at the bail.
The ladies OF the Methodist church will
give al old fashioned supper in the church
vestry "Wednesday evening, April 9th, at 6
O'Clock. An entertainment will be given
by a knitting bee OF We olden time. immedi-
ately after the supper Supper and enter
tanment - cents. Everybody is invited.
The Universalist fair, supper and enter
talnnent Wednesday afternoon and even
ing, March 10Th, was very successful There
was sale of fancy articles in the afternoon
and at e O'Clock a fine supper was served
The entertainment began at s O'Clock. the
program including selection by the Man
dolln Club, coon mOnologue by ". j.
HaVner, speaking tableaux from Life"
piano solo by Ralph Critchett, and Christ
mas Masque, "The Gainsboroush Lady, by
Miss Ada Cunningham and }. Lee Patter-
SON
Tonight The Rialto Club will repeat A
Daughters Devotion at the Belfast Opera
House, and the advance sale of seats indi-
Gates large audience A prologue has
been written for the play, which is said to
be very interesting and makes the story
palmer. The scene is laid in the Warden's
room at Sing Sing prison and introduces
two new characters. New specaltes will
be introduced, consisting of acrobatic work
by Davis and Fernald, songs and dances by
Florence Braddock, a saXophone solo by j.
and new sketch by W. J. Havner and Mae
5. Maxtield. The prices are the same as
before, % and - cents.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch. Sadie Wilcutt
went to Stonington Mar. p to load stone for
New York Sch. Maria Webster loaded
hay at Winterport last week for the Belfast
Fuel IL Hay Co. for Mt. Desert . Sch.
Sharon loaded casks for RocklanG last Fri
day. Sch. LeOna sailed Mar ~ for Rock
port to load lime for Boston. -. Sch. Minnie
Chace took load of coal and wood to Dark
Harbor March 9th for the Belfast Fuel IL
Hay Co.. Capt. VIM. Sellers and Henry
Davis went to New York last week to join
the schooner Flora Condor, of which Capt.
Sell ers is master. Sch. Quickstep was on
Gilchrest's marine railway yesterday for
slight repairs.
MILLINERY OPENINGS. The usual dis
plays of spring millinery will be made this
week and next, when the shopping public
will have an opportunity of inspecting the
latest creations in feminine headgear J.
W. Ferguson & Co. announce their opening
of trimmed bOnnetS and hats for Saturday,
April 9Th, and extend cordial Invita- ion to
all. Mrs. b. F. Wells, Is Main street, up
stairs, will display Saturday, April 9TH, a
choice collection of trimmed hats, and will
have much larger assortment of misses
and chidren's hats than ever carried before,
....M Mrs. r. p. Chase announces her mil
linery opening for Tuesday, April sth,
when she will have fifty trimmed hats on
exhibition, and something for everybody.
Her stock includes dress hats and every
day hats. Mrs. II. b. Cunningham, Jour
nal building, will have her opening of
spring millinery Tuesday, April Sth; and
Miss Hattie NJ Black, in the same store,
will show fine stock of muslins, galloons
and fancy trimmings, summer hosiery and
underwear. HairwOrk speciality.