The Republican journal., 1903-10-29

The Swanville mail stage win change
time next Monday ana leavs- Belfast 1t Z
p. m.
The Belfast Improvement Society will
give harvest supper at Memorial hall Fri
day, Nov. 9Th. Full particulars next week.
The regular meeting of the Belfast I'm
provement Society will be held with Miss
Inez E. Crawford Monday, Nov. I'd, at 2. &c
p. m.
A small class was formed for the study Of
Shakespeare at the home Of Rev. Harry
Lutz last Tuesday evening. Mr.. Hal R.
Eaton was appointed teacher for the lesson,
'The Winters Tale," next Tuesday even
ing. The class will meet with Mr.. Lutz at
7.3O o'clock.
The free sewing school which has been SO
successfully carried on for manywinters will
be opened for the seasons work Saturday,
Oct. S1st, at one O'Clock, in the Assessors
room, City Building, Miss Mcdowell. teach
er. All young girls and children wishing to
attend the class will be welcome.
The list of stores giving blue stamps has
been increased by the addition of Vickery
& Hatch, Morrill, F. A. Curtis, Searsport
Miss Jennie c. Hunter, Searsport; w. J.
Bean, Centre Montville. Mrs. w. L. West,
who has charge of the Belfast branch, is in
Ellsworth this week, and Miss Ida Ames is
in the store.
The members of Seaside Chautauqua
Circle will meet Monday afternoon, Nov.
I'd, with Mrs. Ralph Herrick, No. "a Union
street. The lesson will be from chapter
two, Geographic Influence in American
History, and from the magazine, the Read
ing Journey in the United States. Author,
William Henry Drummond.
Wyatt Carrow and his sister Florida gave
a dance and social entertainment last Mon
day evening at their hall in East Belfast in
observance Of their birthday, to which
friends and neighbors were invited. Mr..
and Mrs. Prescott D. II. Carter furnished
music, refreshments were served during
the evening, and general good time was
enjoyed by all. Wyatt was presented with
a very pretty silver shaving mug and brush,
and Miss Florida handsome mOOnStone
ring.
Those interested in the preservation of
our fish and game heard with regret that
Mr.. r. T. Rankin had sent his resigna-
ton as deputy warden to the Fish and
Game Commissioners. Mr.. Rankin was
originally appointed warden, and it would
be very difficult to find a man so well quail
fed in every way for the position. When
his term of office expired he was sent a COM
mission as deputy warden, an inferior posi-
tion, carrying with it little or no authority.
Belfast Lodge, No. 80, Good Templars
held public meeting at the Sons of Veter-
ans hall Oct 26th, and the Lodge will con-
tinue to meet regularly on Monday evenings.
Gerald W. Howard, L. D., presided, and the
program was as follows; welcome, 7. II.
Fernald, C. T.. remarks, Revs. E. S. Phil
brook, G. S. Mills, J. A. johnson and Mrs.
Annie johnson. M. j. Dow, P. G. c. T.,
Brooks, gave ''good talk for the old men,
bers. Several propositions were received
and some limitations will be made in a
couple of weeks. The lodge will probably
have new hall next spring.
HADA CooT TINE. James H. and Ralph
H. Howes, VIM. H. Quimby and Charles
Crawford, with Joseph H. Darby as cook,
made duck-hunting trip in the steamer
Castine the past week. They left Belfast
Saturday afternoon and cruised in Egge-
moggin Reach. having headquarters at
Brooklin. With the exception of the squall
Monday forenoon they had good weather.
They found birds quite plentiful and bagged
a number of coots, one large loon and few
other birds. The squall Monday morning
was accompanied by very heavy thunder
or hail. They returned to Belfast Monday
evening.
STEAMER NOTES. The City of Bangor
laid in Rockland harbor last Thursday
night on account of the storm, and left for
Boston Friday morning. She left Boston to
return Saturday afternoon and arrived here
Sunday morning. The steamer Golden
Rod has changed time, and leaves Bucks
port at 750, touching at the usual landings.
She leaves Belfast at 9.45 and arrives in
Camden at 11.3O Returning leaves Cam
den at 12 NJ, Belfast at 2, and arrives in
Bucksport at 415. ......The freight of the
steamer City of Rockland Friday morning
was heavy and varied. 1t included 10 bar
rels of tar and 100 rolls of paper for the
New England Felt Roofing Co., shrubbery
for Willis E. Hamilton, several large cases
of cloth for the -Estabr Co., ma
chinery for Leonard & Barrows, a tank for
sch Mary E. Morse, stores for sch. John
Proctor, and the usual merchandise for Bel
fast retail stores. %. Fred NickersOn, engi-
neer on the str. Silver Star of the Castine,
Islesboro and Belfast route, is enjoying a
vacation and Arthur Decker of IslesborO is
running as substitute. Capt. Lewis E.
Foss of Bar Harbor, who has been in COM
mand of the Maine Central ferry boat at
Bar Harbor, took command of the Merry
cOneag yesterday.