The Republican journal., 1902-10-30

The coored glass windows, with large
| number of small lights, in Riggs bakery
| have been taken ont and new single light
windows put in.
+. II. Myrick, one of the prosperous
farmers of Troy, has beaten the record in
raising peas this year. From one sowing
there were two yields. The first crop was
harvested early in The season, while some
of the second Yield was on their table Oct.
!, nearly as delicious as the first Turf,
Farm and Home.
The Fatal Code,a powerful 4-act sensation
al drama. will be presented in Camden Nov.
1+th under the auspices of the Knights of
Pythias, with strong cast. Specialties
Will be introduced between the acts. The
cast iucludes Ernest Jacobs, formerly of
this city.
| L. L. Gentner did a quick Job of sprnk-
ling the streets Saturday. The wind blew
| d gale the previous night, and by S O'Clock
Saturday forenoon the dust was flying
about the streets III clouds. The sprinklers
| had not been needed for some time before,
and the men at the stable were all on other
work Nh Gentner harnessed pair of
| large horses to the smaller sprinkler and
drove about the city ut a sharp trot until
the dust was thoroughly laid on all the
streets covered by his sprinklihg contract.
STEAMER NoTEs The steamer City of
Rockland made her last trip for the season
from Bangor saturday, as she was with,
drawn from the route on her arrival in Bos-
ton Sunday morning. Her place ON the line
has been taken by the steamer PenobScot,
which has been running during the summer
ON the st. John Division of the company,
Capt Marcus Pierce of the City of Rock
land will take We'll earned rest at his
home in Hampden, and Capt. William F.
Roix, the second pilot of the Rockland.
! will take command of the Penobscot
ANoTHER FoUR-MA>TER. George \.
GilchreSt has begun work on a four -maSted
schooner of about 80 tons net When he
launched the Henry b. Fiske in October
1901, the owners, NicQuestion Brothers of
Boston, told him they would take another
vessel built from the some moudS whenever
he could build her He then had the con-
tract to build the l000-ton dredging steamer
for the L. S. Government, and he finished
that vessel before beginning on the schooner
Last Saturday Augustus Wentworth of
Rockport left with the mouldS for Virginia
to get out the oak frame. The timber is eX-
pected to arrive here about Christmas
Work will be continued through the winter
and the vessel launched early in the spring,
unless Mr.. GilchreSt gets another govern
ment contract in which case the work will
be hurried up, or postponed, according to
circumstances.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch Radiant loaded
hay last week at A NJ. Carter's for Nnal-
haven. Sch. z. NJ. Bonney arrived Oct
oath, on her regular packet trip from Ninal-
haven. -. Sch. Sharon loaded cord-wood at
,, Citypoint last week for Ninalhaven. Sch
Annie May has two lots of kiln wood to taxi
to Rockland one from Br0Oksvile and one
from Frankfort. She was calked on Gil
chrest's marine railway last week. 49,. The
4-master Benjamin f. Poole, repaired at
Belfast by &. A. Gilchrest, sailed Oct 23d
for Uamp-o on Roads for orders. In getting
under way she drifted dangerously near the
shore at the J. Y. Cottrell shipyard and
was obliged to anchor. 1t was flood tide and
she touched bottom very lightly, if at all.
The steamer MerrycOneag towed her to an
of1ing in the harbor about p m., after
which she proceeded on her voyage Sch.
Anna Pendleton sailed from Belfast Oct
24tn for St. Simon, Ga, to load lumber for
New York Sch. Scotia sailed from Belfast,
Oct. 23d, from Bangor for Havana Capt
f. f. Harvey of Bucksport, who recently
bought the schooner Abbie K Bentely which
after going ashore at Matinicus was almost
rebuilt at Shows yard, Rockland, has taken
the vessel to Bucksport The five-masted
schooner building at Beams yard, Camden,
will be launched early in November. . 1t is
said that the four big Bath towboats Triton,
Ice King, c. W. Morse and Knickerbocker
have been sold to Hudson River company
and have already proceeded to their desti-
nation. This leaves the Kennebec without
any large towboats just at present, but
there will doubtless be new boats built OF
purchased in season to attend to the spring
business. Sch. A. W. Ellis is loading
paving at the railroad wharf, from the Oak
Hill quarries, for New York.