The Republican journal., 1902-11-13


VIM. II. Heckwth has increased his dairy
herd to ten animals by buying three high
bred COWS in Thorndike.
Miss Nellie Slower of North Bluehll and
Chester Gray of West SearSmont registered
at the Banks Business College for a com
plete commercial and shorthand course
last week.
That the "Dorothy Dodd' shoe is in genu-
inc sympathy with the ladies goes without
saying. \ person to wear we'll must pos
eSs many substantial traits. "Dorothy
Dodd" wears we'll
There will be harvest supper Monday
evening, Nov. 18th, at the Brainard school
house in Northport for the benefit Of the
pastor, Rev. {. II. Bryant. Supper will be
10 cents. All are cordially invited
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the
Belfast post office for the week ending Nov.
s. Ladies-Mrs Arthur Edmunds, Mrs
Jennie F. Wright. Gentlemen Mr.. Ernest
French, Joe Fogg, Mr.. Alvin Hubbard.
A singular theft was perpetrared at
Henry nunbar's farm near East NoIthport
recently. a thief carried off stack of
beans from the field. Mr.. Dunbar says
the culprit will hear from him in an un
pleasant way if the beans or their equiva-
lent are not returned to him.
Thomas H. Marshall Relief Corps will
hold meetings fortnightly until further no.
tIce. A full attendance is requested next
Tuesday at , 30 p. m. The State President
Mrs. Emma Stephenson will inspect the
corps. There will be a special meeting for
important business next Saturday.
The season is 50 far advanced that there
is no hope that arrangements viii be made
for starting a coTn-c&nning factory in Bel
fast for next season. The change in the
price when the Belfast canvass was about
half finished, caused some confusion and
delay, and the time passed without the nee
eSsary acreage being secured.
Superintendent Dunton has arranged
with Mathews Bros. to change the signal
for no school. The signals will be as fol-
lows: No school in forenoon, three long
blasts of the Mathews whistle, sounded
three times, making nine blasts, at 40 a.
H. iol NO ScIlool III lIe dlltlHOoH, IHt
same signal at u o'clock, noon. This need
not be COMPOUNDED with the fire alarm, as it
is a whistle of a different tone, and the
school signal is long blasts, 3-5-3 while
the fire. alarm is short blasts, IA, 10, 3D.
etc, sounded times.
ACCIDENTS. Harry Emmons sustained
severe injury in his left arm AMI hand on
Sunday. In taking his gun from car
riage in East Northport he placed his hand
over the muZzle, and the trigger caught on
the wagon seat, causing d discharge, result
ing in d painful flesh wound. f. l.. Ma
comber had his left hand badly damned
while hauling out a yacht at the Dyer
dock last Friday
The owner of the McClintock block at
the corner of Main and High streets, is
making radical changes and expensive re-
pairs in the second and third stories The
rooms are being re-fnished and fitted with
modern improvements and new passages
have been made, giving convenient entrance
to all the rooms from the High street side.
Mrs. \. G. Pettingill has moved her dress
making rooms from No. IA Main street to
rooms in this block
Lovers of military music should attend
the entertainment in Memorial Hall Friday
evening for the benefit of the Sons of Veter-
ans by an old soldier, H. f. Howard of
Whitefeld, N H., who gives the army
bugle calls, embracing twenty two, a silver
drum solo initiating the fastest train in the
world, army and sentimental songs. Com
rade Howard served in both the Civil and
Spanish-American wars, serving under Cen
erals Hooker, Meade, Mcclellan and Burn
side. He introduces the chrOmatic keyed
bandOnian, musical instrument with rich
tones. A series of bugle calls will be given
on the street during the evening.
Frank L. Field took charge of the Belfast
post Office Monday morning and Ex-Post-
master A. |. Brown went to Augusta to as
sumo his duties as Assistant Secretary of
State. The present force of the Belfast
post office is as follows: Postmaster, Frank
L. Field assistant, Melville C. Hill mail
ing clerk, Frederick W. Brown; money
order clerk, Augustus Perry; letter car
riers, Chas. B. Eaton, Carroll A. Thomp-
son, HOratiO H. Carter, Jr R. F. d. car
rier, Route No. l, Pembroke S. Staples.