The Republican journal., 1903-04-09

Cook Friday, April 10th.
Wright & Hall are plumbing Isaac G.
Hills new house in East Northport.
Lobsters were in BramhallS market
April 4th, selling at % cents per pound.
Aurora Rebekah Lodge will have dance
in Odd Fellows Hall Friday evening, May
1St.
Lancaster & Gentner sold their big mule
Monday to John and Fred Morse of Bel
mont.
Birds are unusually plentiful this spring,
especially robins, of which very large tiocks
are seen.
There will be a meeting of the Belfast
Improvement Society at the home of Mrs.
f. J. Rigby, Church street, next Monday
afternoon at $50 O'Clock.
There will be social in the Brainard
school-house, Northport, Monday evening,
April 49, Ice cream, cake and coffee will be
served for the benefit of the pastor, Rev. c.
II. Bryant All are cordially invited.
List of unclaimed matter remaining in
| the Belfast post office for the week ending
Apr. 4th. Ladies-Miss Harriet Patterson.
| Gentlemen-Mr Dillingham;, S. H. Morgan,
Henry Parsons, Albert b. Parmenter, James
Williamson, Mr.. w. S. Sheperd, pkg.
| The members of Seaside Chautauqua
| Circle will meet Monday afternoon, April
18th, at go D. M, with Mrs. NJ. S. Whit
more, Main street. Lesson, chapters ten
and eleven of Russian Literature, and from
! Of oil hn Pm
Quotations from Russian authors,
| The Easter fair, supper and entertain
ment given by the ladies of the universa-
list church in the opera house, Thursday
| afternoon and evening, was very successful.
| Many useful and fancy articles were sold in
| the afternoon, fine supper was served at
| 6 O'Clock, and at eight O'Clock the senior
class of the high school repeated the drama
Counsel for the Plaintiff, very acceptably.
Willis E. Hamilton is only to move his
rose and carnatiOn houses to the Mckeen
place. No 1888 High street, at present. The
office and other greenhouses Will remain,
with entrances on Franklin and Cedar
streets, until July 1st, after which the ell
trance will be on Cedar street only. Mr..
| Hamilton will continue his usual line OF
plants, seeds, bulbs, shrubs, fertilizers,
Cvphers incubators and brooders at the old
stand.
One of Belfast's progressive amateur
gardeners came to grief this spring IN try
ing to raise early vegetables. tie put the
outside windows from the house over a
lettuce bed, and the rain decended and the
snow came and broke out several OF the
large panes of glass and likewise let III the
| cold and the lettuce froZe. The value OF the
glass was more than the lettuce would have
been worth had it all come to maturity
early.
BAND CONCERT. The second promenade
concert by the Belfast Band was held in
Belfast Opera House last Friday evening,
! April Sd, under the direction of F. }. Rlgby.
The dance and concert program was as fol-
| lows:
March, Union Forever, Sconton
Overture, Tancredi, hossihi
Medley of Familiar Songs, Machle
SchOttische.
Intermezzo from King Dodo, Luder
Selection from Florodora, Stuart
Two Step.
Waltz
The third concert will be Friday evening,
April 18th.
STEAMER NOTES The following is the
roster of this seasons officers on the City OF
Rockland: Commander, Capt. Marcus
Pierce: first pilot, Capt. W. A Roix j;
second pilot, Capt. E. W. Curtis; quarter
master, c. A. McKinnon; watchmen, j..
Allen, Charles Gardner; bow watchman,
William Jacobs; baggage master, Z. A.
Higgins first officer, G. G. Williams ; second
officer, William Casey; chief engineer, f..
E Davis; first asst, W. A. Mason; second
asst, 0. A. Moore; purser, +. s. Pierce ;
clerk, r. P. Coombs; steward, Z. IL.
Vaughn. The steamer Mount Desert
will make three trips a week, instead OF
two as previously announced, leaving Rock
land Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays at
a. m., Or upon arrival Of the boat from Bos
ton for Stonington, Southwest Harb0r, and
way landings to Bar Harbor She began on
the regular schedule Tuesday. 1.-The new
steamer now under construction at Rock
land for Capt. Archibald, to go on the Rock
land and Portland route, will be fine ad-
dition to his already well equipped trans
pOrtatiOn line. AS soon as the new steamer
goes into commission it is the intention to
run daily steamer line between Portland
and Rockland.. :. The Boston and Bangor
steamers were obliged to begin on their 4
trip arrangement one trip earlier than was
advertised on account of accumulated
! freight. The City of Bangor went up-rlvel
| and returned Thursday, but was obliged to
, remain in Rockland until the next morning
The City of Rockland came through from
/ Boston and arrived in Belfast at 1890 FIJI
day and returned to Boston Saturday night
The City of Bangor arrived from Boston
, Saturday forenoon and returned the same
: night. The Rockland arrived here iron
: Boston Monday morning at $50. and re
turned from Bangor early in the afternoon
The City of Bangor arrived from BostOI
4 at O'Clock Tuesday morning, and returned
early in the afternoon.