The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-22

George W Bartlett of Belfast has sold
his farm in Waldo to Archibald c. Morse of
Knox.
Lancaster and West are again buying ma
tive horses suitable for farm work and
drivers
We have received a very neat pamphlet
with a tuck cover printed by Geo. f. Brack-
EFT for ". f. Hamilton florist. 1t advertises
plants, seedlings and seeds, and is Job the
printer may feel proud of.
The deeds of the property in Waldo
county of the Boston x Bangor 5 s. Co., to
the Eastern Steamship Co. were recorded
recently in the Registry of Deeds, and
plans of the premises are on file.
The cemetery trustees held their annual
meeting Monday and organized for the year
by choice of Dana Is. SOuthworth as chair
man. His associates are Willis 5. Hatch
and Chas. F. Swift. They elected the fol
lowing Superintendents of cemeteries
Grove, James f. Fernald; Head of the
Tide, Albert +. Lane; Citypoint, Beverley
). Staples; East Belfast, Emery O. Pendle-
ton South Belfast, Elijah Phillips; Pitcher,
Fred Racklitf.
There were two serious runawayS in the
streets Monday afternoon. Cassius Hamil-
tons horse ran away and wrecked his car
riage on Church street. Elisha Flanders
was coming to town with load of shovel
no 1a
near Masonic Temple They went down
Main street, through Federal, Front, Spring
and Cross, to Main street again, where they
We're stopped The load was distributed all
along the route. Luckily no one was hurt
in either case.
" BARN WARMING" NJ r. Knowlt0n
dedicated his new stable in the rear of the
Windsor Hotel by free dance Saturday
evening. The carriage house was cleared.
the floor Waxed and the walls tastefully dec
GRATED with flags and bunting platform
was built at the rear for the orchestra The
music was by Prof. Written and bis full
| orchestra. Fred &. Spinney was floor man
ager, with +. J. Sylvester, y. j. Pottle, f.
! f. Burgess and Admiral Don O. Robbins as
aids. There was a large attendance and the
affair was a quiet, orderly and enjoyable
one
STEAMER NOTES. The Boston steamers
are making excellent time this season, al
irving in Belfast from Boston daily, except
Monday, at O'Clock A. NJ. They are hay
ing good run of freight business, and the
passenger list is larger than usual at this
season.. Steamer Penobscot was taken
out on the railway at the Atlantic Works,
Boston, last week, to clean bottom, patch
copper and make necessary repairs Steam
er Golden Rod, under the management of
Fred Ben EFT and commanded by Capt
ChaS. Shute, began regular service May
| 10th between Bangor and Hewes Point,
making regular daily trips. 1.-The tug
Ralph Ross, Capt Bennett, has resumed ser
vice on the PenobScot, after undergoing
extensive repairs and improvements at Bath.
The purchase of a steamer for the
| Observation-Disclosures steamboat line has
| been abandoned for this season, owing to
the Attaquin, the only boat which the
directors approved as being really fitted for
i the line, being engaged by Massachusetts
| people. y is hoped to secure boat to put
| on the route next summer -. Str. Florence
will make moonlight excursion to Castine
this, Thursday, evening, leaving Lewis
wharf at 1l5 O'Clock and leaving Castine to
return at 10.
| SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch. Sadie Wilcutt
was taken on Gilchrest's marine railway
Saturday for general repairs. Sch. Sarah
L. Davis discharged coal from New York
for Swan < Sibley Co. last week 3. Sch
Menawa was on the railway at Bangor last
week, and sch. r. F. Hart was in the dock
| for repairs. Capt. Ed. Masterton of Bati-
more spent few days in Portland last
week. He was for several years in COM
mand of the Belfast built bAkentine Doris
Sch. Wesley M. Oler was in Simpsons
i dry dock, Boston, last week for cleaning
and painting. She cleared the 18th for Fer
nandina. Sch. Carrie A. Lane, built by
Arthur Sewall Il Co. of Bath in 1887 has
been sold to Philadelphia parties. She was
the first schooner to take a cargo of Goa
around Cape Horn to San Francisco, and
was then in command of Capt. Fred S
Dyer, formerly of Lincolnville, and now il
the shoe business in Portland. She was
wrecked a few years ago, but was later re
paired and made into four-masted craft
having originally been a three-master..
Sch. Pearl loaded lumber at the railroad
wharf for Camden last Friday. Sch
Woodbury. M. Snow discharged phosphate
from New York for L. A. Knowlton & Co.
Monday. She is to repair in Rockland...
Bark Olive Thurlow has been chartered tt
load piling at New York for Colon at 1925
and loaded. The Bath ship Dirigo, Hong
Kong for Honolulu, reported overdue, ar
rived at the latter port May 9th. u. sch
Sadie Wilcutt was launched from Gilchrest'
marine railway yesterday, and sch. Saral
L. Davis will be taken on. Sch. p. NJ
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