The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-07-17

Northport avenue.
Col Conklin gave his annual hay-rack
ride yesterday to the children living at and
near Northport Campground. He treated
them to soda, fruit, etc, when int his city
A strange bird recently shot on the shore
of the bay by Fred r. Poor has been
mounted by c. r. Coombs and is at the
store of Poor Il Son. Mr. Coombs says it
is species of bittern.
Advertised list of letters in the Belfast
post Office July 18th: LadieS-Miss Grace
Blanchard, g letters. Miss George Thorn
as conference.-the John Cunningham, j.
NJ. Curran, Mr.. Lewis Young.
j. F. Rogers has three men regularly EN-
ployed IN his patent vamp markers at the
machine shop of Stephenson and Rogers on
High street The sales of the vamp mark
ers are steadily increasing.
Andrew l.. Knowlton has re-opened the
Opera House bakery and lunch room, for
merly managed by his brother George Pie
! has made some interior Improvements, and
win do all the cooking on the premises
one of the largest and incest crowds Of the
season attended the Saturday night hop at
Searsmont July 18th. \ large party, including
many summer visitors, attended from Lher-
ty one lady was heard to remark. "What
a beautiful time Another answered. I'VE
always have nice time in Searsmont."
Miss Edith f. Pettingill will give a recital
/ Thursday, July 9th. She Will be assisted
by Miss Mary Faunce, accompanies, Maudp
johnson pianist, Emery f. White and other
! local talent. This will afford all music lovers
an opportunity to hear Miss Pettingll, Who
has not sung in Belfast for two years, but
/ who has been constantly studying music IN
I Boston for that length OF time.
/ 5. II. Powers has moved from lioulton,
where he was burned out in the big fire,
and opened business in Belfast as dealer
in antique goods IN the store opposite The
journal office, formerly occupied by Seiwyn
! Thompson as clothing factory Mr.. Pow
erS is the pioneer dealer of Maine, having
begun business for himself in 1881, In
1888 he worked on the UphulStering of the
first railroad cars that ran east of Water
vile except those ou the Old Town road.
The road he worked for was then called the
ST. Andrews x Quebec, but is now a part ol
the Canadian Pacific.
| The Belfast Improvement Society at its
meeting last Monday voted to give public
reception Tuesday evening, Aug. 18th. of
the state Old Home week \ special com
mttee to have charge of the arrangements,
consisting of Miss Maude f. Barker, chair
man, Mrs. II. A. johnson. Mrs. &. f. Brack-
EFT. Mrs. Geo \. Quimby, Mrs. F. J. Rgby
and Misses Hattie II. Clark, Mabel II. Math-
ews, Sue NJ Partridge and Carrie NJ. Cutter,
was appointed. The meeting of the spec
ial committee is to be called by the chair
man, Miss Barker 1t is probable that the
High School Association will also have a
rece ption during Old Home Week.
Two men recently came to Belfast and ar
ranged to put new drop curtain into the
Belfast Opera House. 1t was to have on it
a local landscape and local advertising, aud
the advertisers were told it would remain
ten years, and paid !or then advertisements
accordingly. The curtain is now in place.
The landscape is labeled cows Head, but
resembles the Lach inc rapids in Canada,
and the light house, by comparison with
other objects in the picture, is more than
200 feet high The painting is a mere daub,
and the framework is very slight. No ar
engagements have been made for keeping it
III repair, and theatre men predict a short
, life for it, even with the most careful usage.
A SINGULAR CASE. A case started in the
| Police Court Saturday which looked in the
beginning like serious matter, but which
rapidly changed after legal investigation.
! Friday afternoon Ora f. Richards, in d
family quarrel, slapped his brother Franks
wife, Isabel NJ. Richards, and when the
story got over to town it was "a case OF
shooting. The police went to the Richards
neghborhood, and officers DollOtf and Fris-
| bee found Ora at his house, but he met
them with d loaded rifle in his hands. After
some parey he gave up the weapon and
came along peaceably with the officers In
the Police Court Saturday he pleaded
guilty to assault and battery on his brothers
wife, but said he merely happened to nave
the rifle in his hands when the officers call
ed, and had no intention of using it. AS
his parents and some of the neighbors
thought he was insane, and said they fear
ed to have him at large, Judge Rogers is
sued another warrant charging him with
assault with intent to kill, for shooting at
Frank last April, and appointed two physi-
clans to examine HIM as to his sanity. Both
cases were continued to Monday, and the
prisoner was remanded to Jail. Drs. Small
and Ellngwood examined the prisoner, but
pronounced him sane. At the trial Mon
day, the whole family changed front and
interceded in behalf of the prisoner. Judge
| Rogers, after hearing their statements, ar
raigned the prisoner on the second warrant.
| The accused waived examination, pleaded
not guilty and was bound over in $500 for
appearance at the September term of S. J.
Court, with Elmer A. Sherman and E. W.
Ellis as sureties. On the charge for assault
he was sentenced to a fine of S., from which
he appealed The trouble grew out of a
misunderstanding in the family about prop
erty matters, but they think that all can be
satisfactorily arranged and that Ora will
give them no more trouble.