The Republican journal., 1902-05-08

The North Church c. +. Society had
sociable at the parsonage Tuesday evening.
The evening was pleasantly passed with
games. refreshments and general sociability.
George FosS is confined to his house by
illness. and has been obliged on account of
his health, to give mp his position as fore
man of Silver Lake Creamery Walter
Gordon of Dexter is in charge at present.
The members of Seaside Chautauqua Cir
Gle will meet with Mrs. Addie c. Weber
No. I Charles street, Monday afternoon,
May 18th TheSlesson will be from chapter
Ii "Amercan Diplomacy" with questions
from e. L. $. c. membership book. Roll
call to be answered by quotations about
flowers.
George SWayne. steward of sch. Grace
Davis, is native of the Philippine Islands.
but has been in America about IS years, or
since he was u years old. He is a natual-
lied American and his home is in Portland.
He sailed two years as steward in sch.
Charlotte T. Sibley with Capt, Thomas G..
Bartlett.
1t was found last Saturday that the house
of the Belfast Golf Club ON Lincolnville
avenue had been broken into, and the
handles cut off of all the clubs The mat
ter has been reported to the city marshal,
who will do his best to find, and have pun
, ished, the guilty parties. Another act of
vandalism reported recently is the scratch
ing Of plate glass windows about town.
The Evans Castle Square Stock Co. began
a weeks engagement in the Belfast Opera
House Monday evening with the four act
melO drama 1.-The Indian" The company
presents some of the most attractive plays
on the stage and the performances in this
city have been good The specialties are
unusually fine, the Orviles doing perfectly
some very difficult and graceful acrobatic
acts. Popular prices are charged, and the
Saturday afternoon matinee will be 10 and
20 cents. Tonight they will present The
Bells tomorrow, Monte Christie and Satur-
day night, In the Trenches.
MIssIEG Hattie, the 16-year-old daugh-
, ter of George and Emma Foss of Belfast
has been missing from home since April y.
The family came to this city from Carmel,
and Mr.. Foss has been in charge of the
Silver Lake creamery since the company
began operating here several years ago
The young lady has since the opening of
the shoe factory this spring had employ
ment there and was apparently well salts
fed with her work. The day of her disap-
pearance she asked permission at the fac
tory to go to Lewis wharf to meet IA fir end
she expected on steamer NJ and NJ 1t was
thought at first she mig hit have gone to
Camden, or to visit relatives in other parts
of the State, but thus far all efforts to
locate her have failed.
FISH FACTS. Arrivals of fishing oats
are numerous. Many fish are brought in
smacks, alive. Large catches of salmon
and trout were made in the local ponds and
streams the past week. Bramhall had in
one day three handsome lots w. F. Weshee
brought in a 73-pOund salmon, and A. b.
Smalley three trout aggregating - pounds,
from the same lake. F. w. Pote, Ernest F..
catch of handsome brook trout in Troy. 1t
is said that Messrs. Pote and Emmons hook
ed the same fish at the same time, a very
rare occurrence. -. Leander Morse will set
lobster traps in the harbor the first day
when the weather will permit. E. II. Col oy
and son Miller We're in port the first of the
| week in their new smack Daybreak with a
large fare of fish. They will sail to-day
for the fl shing grounds.
NJ. b. SMITH BUYS MAsCoNOMo. Mr.. NJ
b. Smith bought last week the royal bred
trotting stallion "Masconomo'' who got
record last year of 220l as ai4-year-old on a
half mile track, and trotted a public ex-
hibition in PA. This will be good news to
breeders in this vicinity, as Mr.. Smith has
decided to allow Masconomo to stand at
Pearl Brook Farm, North Belfast, Me-, for
the season. He also has "Marston c." at
the same farm. With these two noted stall
lions, breeders should have no difficulty in
being we'll suited. "Masconomo'' was bred
and raised by j. Malcolm Forbes Of Boston,
Mass, and was sired by Arion (2) record
21Of, for which Mr.. Forbes paid $1O5,OOO
His dam is Houri, record 2.l7, trotting by
"Onward" the champion sire of to-day,
second dam by "Manbrno Patchen ," the
greatest of brood mare sires. 'Santelmo, :"
full brother of "Masconomo," took a race
record last year of 2.16f on half mile track,
and worked miles much faster over {. mile
track. "Masconomo'' is an exceptionally
beautiful bay horse, five years old, and
weighs 1000 pounds. Breeders in this
vicinity will read with pleasure that "Mas-
conomo'' will make the season for $500 to
warrant, and Marston c. $1,000 to warrant
MI Sth adtse ea nreeders VIII large open
medium sized or small mares with rapid
gaits to "MarstOn c." The Pearl Brook
Farm at North Belfast is in charge of Mr.
H. F. Smith, K. F. D. No. 1, Belfast, Me-, to
| whom all communications should be ad
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