The Republican journal., 1903-11-05
THE NEWS or BELFAST.

Wallace NJ. Ellis and Nahum S. Piper are
each building II story house near Mason's
Mills, East Belfast.
The regular meeting of the Belfast I'm
movement Society will be held with Mrs.
F. W. Pote Monday, Nov. 9, at sop. m.
The Belfast Opera House Orchestra is
arranging for a series of six da noes TO De
given Wednesday evenings. The tickets
are 50 per couple for the series.
A meeting will be held in the High Sch 'ol
room next Tuesday evening at 7:3O O'CLOCK
for the organization of literary ciuD. All
interested in such an organic alton are lnvlt-
ed to attend.
EFF. Carrow & Co., general store, East
Belfast; J. E. Hatch, general store, Mont
vile; and Wright & Hall. stoves, tlnware'
etc Belfast. have been added to the "blue
stamp" stores.
The sloop Bessie May of Swans. Island
was in port the first of the week buying
produce. Sloop Dirigo of Swans Island
arrived yesterday with good fare OF fresh
fish. They report dogish a little less
troublesome than they have been.
The members of Seaside ChautauQua Cir
Gle will meet Monday afternoon, November
9th, with Miss L. A. Mcdowell, NO ~
Northport avenue. The lesson will be from
chapter three of Geographic influence OF
American History, and from the magazine
American Sculptors and their art. Author,
ThOreau.
State President Florence Wallace will in
spect Thomas Fl. Marshall Relief Corps at
the regular meeting next Tuesday after
noon. A full attendance is requested. Pic
mic supper at O'Clock p. M, for the Post
and invited friends. All are requested to
cook for the supper.
The work of improvement goes forward
rapidly at Northport Crmpground' Chas.
@. Dickey is building a dam on the hill to
increase the water supply. Rev. l. II. w.
Wharf has laid 500 feet of new sewer ON
the grounds this fall, and is now fitting up
an Office on the shore side of the auditorium.
Mr.. Wharf, and family will move to Sears
port in few days for the winter.
A supper and entertainment will be given
by the city teachers in the Opera House,
Friday evening, Nov. 18th. The proceeds
will be devoted to the purchase of proper
and comfortable clothing for many OF our
smaller school children who seem more
than usually destitute this season. The
affair is planned thus early in order to sup
Oh; hafOro tho cold weather
Members of the High school will call upon
the citizens to solicit contributions for this
supper and it is hoped that the response
will be both generous and hearty.
The Belfast High School foot ball team
went to Castine last Saturday by special
trip of the steamer Silver Star, and played
a game with a local eleven. The CaStlnes
won, So to 0. The Belfast team was made
up as follows: Black, c.; Kilgore, lg.;
Shorey, l. t.. G. Holmes, |. e.; Elwell, r. g.;
Condor, r. t.. c. Holmes, r. e.; II. Brown,
r. h. b.; Vose, l. h. b.; W. Brown, f. b.;
Atherton, q. b. Will Clifford played the
second half as left half back in place of
Vose. They returned by a special trip of
the steamer in the evening. A return game
will be played in Belfast next Saturday.
The Railroad Commissioners and few
Maine Central officials came over the Bel
fast branch yesterday on tour OF inspec-
ton, arriving in Belfast at l p. m. The
party consisted of Hon. j. b. Parks of
Dover, B. F. Chadbourne of Biddeford and
Parker Spotford of Bucksport, Railroad
Commissioners E. c. harrington of Frye
burg, clerk to the Commissioners; L. L.
Dunn of Portland, Chief Engineer; P. NJ.
Watson, Brunswick, Supt of Bridges; and
George Nevens of Brunswick, Roadmaster.
They had the Maine Central Directors
special car, baggage car and engine 59
The train was in charge of Conductor
Edevan and Engineer Hanes.
FARMERS TELEPHONES. crew of 10
.under the direction of Alfred Thurston of
Citypoint are setting the poles of farmers
lines for the New England Telephone Il
TELEGRAPH Co. These lines are run from
the central office from to miles out for
the benefit of the farmers and are equipped
with instruments designed specially for
that use, The crew began last Thursday
on the line on the shore road from Carrow's
store in East Belfast to Searsport, and fin
ished the distance of five miles Monday
night. Tuesday morning they began on
line to Pitchers Pond. It will extend out
Miller street to Lincolnville avenue, thence
to Greenlaw's Corner in Northport, from
which point lines will be run eastward to
Joel P. Woods farm and westward to Les
lie Deans. Fred S. PendletOn of Auburn
recently put in instruments at Dark Har-
bor, making total of 45 subscribers in
Islesboro, a large number on single wires
Mr.. Pendleton will also put in the instru-
ments on the two lines above mentioned, 9
on the Searsport and II on the Pitchers
Pond line. A line is also projected from
Citypoint by the Head of the Tide to
Holmes mill and into the town of Waldo.
New ADVERTISEMENTS. Fred A. john
son, Masonic Temple, advertises this week
a "nick of time SALE" The particulars, fully
set forth in the advertising columns, are
sstoo numerous for menton," but the key
note of the sale is large values at small
prices, with bargains in many lines. Ladies,
misses and children's garments and furs,
newest novelties in neckwear and bargains
CURES CATARRH.