The Republican journal., 1902-08-14

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The voting lists for the September election
are posted at the usual places.
The Universalist lawn party is postponed
uutil Thursday evening, Aug. 21st.
Norka Breakfast oats were served at Gan
mons, and Walter Bakers cocoa at CHM Il
Fields and lloweS Il Co.'S last week.
The music recital of Miss June Hills has
been postponed to Friday, Aug, 22d. The
program will be announced next week.
The City Council committee on sewers
Will meet at the foot OF Commercial street
to-day, Thursday, at 10 a. NJ, to hear parties
interested in land damages
The annual reunion of the alumni of the
Eastern State Normal school at Castne
opened at Standpoint Aug. 9Th, in the cot
tage owned by the association.
George W. Morse and son report that they
recently found four swarms of bees in trees
in one day. One.tree contained a swarm of
bees, - bats and flying squirrels
| Frank NJ. Staples of East Belfast is among
! the few gardeners who have had success
with strawberries this year. He has but
$50 plants and sold % boxes OF berries.
Advertised list of letters in the Belfast
post office Aug. 18th: Ladies-Mrs Chas
Janke. Gentlemen-Gideon Bradley, Nh
| Edward. Jr.. Sumner Littefed, Esq. Al
| bert +. Parmenter.
! AT recent meeting of the Belfast In.
provement Society vote of thanks was
passed TO Frank II. Hall for work done in
cutting the weeds, etc, that obstructed the
yelawalk on Northport avenue
When Gerry x Co. established their
branch of the Silver Lake Creamery in Bel
fast they agreed that the pay roll for cream
should average at least 5000 per month.
/ The amount has never fallen below that
figure and has constantly Increased from
the start, The amou ut paid out last month
was more than S. GOO
/ THE TrLEpH6NE Communication by
/ telephone is being constantly improved and
T enlarged The New England Telephone x
Telegraph Co. is putting in an additional
line to iSleSboro. The Knox and Freedom
line is in working order, with "A instru-
mentS. The Liberty Telephone Co. has
pay stations at North Searsmont and Lib
erty, and wires are now being run to CON
meet Belmont, Morrill,. Searsmont, Mont
vile and Centre Montyille Both COM
panies have branch contracts with the New
1 England, which gives them telephone COM
municaton with all the world a new
instrument, called the calenlagraph, has
been put into the central office, which
registers automatically the exact time that
each customer is using the long distance
wire.
A GENEROUS GIFT. Last week two
gentlemen called at the Girls Home, and
after registering their names in the visitors
book We're shown over the home by the
matron, Mrs. Maynard. They expressed
surprise when told there was no provision
for heating the rooms upstairs, and after
inspecting the premises asked to see the
children, who We're at play in the barn. The
visitors seemed pleased with all that they
saw. Something led Mrs. Maynard to think
that one OF them might be Col Isaac b.
Rich, manager of the Colonial and Hollis
Street theatres, Boston, s." no recently sent
handsome check to the Children'S Aid So
ciety, and she asked if he was not Col. Rich
and received an Affirmative answer. He en-
quired who he should see of the officers of
the society and was referred to Dr.. J. g.
Brooks. the President, and Mr.. c. W Wns-
colt, the treasurer. lie called on these gem
tlemen on his return to town, and soon
after Mr., WeScott telephoned the Home that
Col. Rich proposed to put in steam heating
apparatus, sufficient to warm the whole
house, up stairs and down. This is very
generous gift, and one that is highly appre-
ciated by all friends of the Home
STEAMER NOTES. The mortgage of the
Eastern Steamship Co, sproperty to the City
Trust Co. of New York, was recorded in the
Waldo County Registry of Deeds last week.
1t includes the Wharves and wharf property
of the company in Bangor, Hampton, Win
| terport, Searsport, Belfast, Camden, Aug
usta, Hallowell, Gardiner, South Gardiner,
Richmond, Bath, Westport, Southport,
Boothbay, PASSPORT, Calais, and Portland
the steamers PenobscOt, City of Rock land,
City of Bangor, Mount Desert, Kennebec
Sagadahoc, Della Collins, Nahanada, Island
Belle. Damarin, Winurna, Winter Harbor,
st. Crox, State of Maine, Bay State, Gov.
Dingley and Ransom B. Fuller, and 81
shares OF stock of the Franklin Wharf Co...
The Eastern Steamship Co. has surrendered
the steamer Cumberland, which was recent
ly badly damaged by collision with the
steamer Admiral Farragut, to the compan-
les which insured her, and she is to be sold
The steamship company will build new
steamer for the Maine and St. John SERVICE
at Bath. Steamer Sylvia, formerly of the
North Haven and Rockland route, was at
North Haven last week. She is now own
ed by Boston parties and used as pleasure
boat. Since the steamer Frank Jones has
been withdrawn from the MachiaSport
route overtures have been made to the East
ern Steamship Co. with view to getting that
concern to run a boat to that port Treas
urer James 7, Morse of the company, who
has been to Machiasport to investigate the