The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-10

Vt. blcknel1 tomorrow, friday, AFTERNOON.
The Charming League will inset this,
Thursday. afternoon at 23O O'Clock at the
home of Miss Charlotte w. Colburn OF
Church street.
The poles and portion of the fixtures
for the telephone line to Fred A. Holmes
mill via Citypoint have arrived, and the
line will be built soon.
Melvin Richards fell on the ice while
skating last Thursday and broke his right
forearm. The arm was broken in the same
place by fall few weeks ago.
A horse 4s years old was humanely killed
at the farm of Joseph Hamilton in Swan
vile Saturday. The animal was in good
flesh and able to work until short time
ago.
Roy Coombs has moved his woodwork
ing machinery from Vinalhaven to the new
shop in Geo. A: Gilchrest's shipyard. The
machinery includes two planners, a band
saw and lathe
Unclaimed letters remaining in the Bel
fast post Office for the week ending Dec 8:
Miss Ethel NJ. Gilman, American Collect
ing Agency, Robert B. Bates, A. G. Cleary,
f. A. Thompson.
n B. Ye Singers at We Olde Folkes'
Concerto at We Baptist church Dec 18th
wyll have to wear We same Clothes whych
they wore at We Concerto last March, but
wyll syng DIFFERENT Tunes.
ErorY z ACTS a ond uo;uh;po OIL mound 9
was among the fresh fish received by A. A.
Moore from Castine last week :. .Sloop
,Jennette was in port last week with 2,OOC
pounds of fresh fish caught off Saddleback.
Most of them were extra large paddock.
n. Young of Rockland is at Centre Bel
mont for the winter and is engaged in lum-
bering in that section. He will market the
lumber mostly at the mills there, but will
ship some to Belfast and to Rockland. He
did thriving business there in the same
line last winter.
Fred Rackliff, treasurer of the Waldo Coun-
ty Agricultural Society. has made his report
for the fair of 1908 1t shows the amount
of money on hand from 1902, 1914; re-
out, S1,O59.S3; amount on hand, $1132S.
The amount of premiums paid was S1S4, 10
Attention is called to the card of II. S
Fiske, artist So Cedar street, Belfast. Mr.
Fiske has found ready sale i'll Boston fol
his water color and sepia pictures of loca
scenes, which include Owls Head and many
Camden views as well as those about Bel
fast, and he now offers them to the public
in this city and vicinity. They may be
seen at his studio, or catalogue and price:
will be sent on request.
W. Z. Jones & Co lost valuable hosre
Monday by an uncommon disease, paraly-
sis of the pharynx. 1t was the chestnut
horse formerly owned by James W. Knowl
ton. December LIST the horse became unable
to swallow, although he could chew hay
and oats as well as ever This continued
until Sunday, the animal being fed liquid
food through tube. Monday the case was
pronounced ineurable and the horse was
killed.
The Maine Central train crews in this
section received orders last week to take
water outside of Watervile so far as pos
sible The yard engines and through train
engines will water at Waterville as usual
but those on locals and freights will so fal
as possible take water at other points
Conductor Sullivan of the Belfast branch
SAYS he has no recollection of like order
1t indicates a very low stage in the Ken
nebec.
BIG GAME. B. G. Gilkey and L. F. Pen
dleton of Islesboro each brought two deers
from northern Maine by express last Fri
day. A. G. Rand and G. w. Spaulding OF
Unity returned last week from northern
Maine, the former with two deer and the
latter with one. Ernest Gross returned
Saturday from Dover with young buck
Jefferson Nealley of Monroe brought 8
deer from the Northern woods last week
Eugene Hussey of 1horndke brought q
deer through Bangor the other day.
Some time ago the Portland papers
amused themselves and their readers by
hunting for big numbers and condolences
of numbers on freight cars. They failed t.
find one at that time with higher number
than 99,999 Last week a lot of flour came
to Belfast in the Baltimore & Ohio k. K
Co.'s car No. 1924. The weight of the
car is 46. 900 pounds, or more than the com
bined weight of car and cargo of the ordi
nary freight car, and its capacity is 30 tons
One day last week two cars of the SAINT
number were in the Belfast yard: New
York, Chicago and st. Louis, and Michigan
Central, No, 21,11l.
The ladies of the Methodist church will
have an apron sale, supper and entertain
ment in Memorial Hall, this, Thursday
afternoon and evening The sale will b.
in the afternoon; supper at and enter
t;ainment at 7.45 The entertainment viii
be a mock legislative session with Hon
Geo. E. johnson in the chair. Capt Anse
WadswOrth will introduce a bill to tax Olt
bachelors and for the support of hom'
for old maids The following member
will participate in the debate: VIM. P
Thompson, }. R. Duuton, R W. Rogers
M. C. Hill and others. Tickets to supper
and entertainment, 81 cents: supper q
cents; entertainment, Is cents Home
made candy will be on sale.
The popular mission workers, Rev. Mr.
and Mrs. johnson, were rendered a mos
generous donation party Monday evening
at their mission rooms, So Church street
where a large and earnest company gath