The Republican journal., 1903-01-08


715 O'Clock. The poem for study is, 'Pippa
Passes" All are most cordially invited.
The members of Seaside Chautauqua Cir
Gle will meet Monday afternoon, January
| 10Th, with Mrs Ralph B. Herrick, 81 Union
! street. Subject for study "Reading Jour
ten from the C. L. S. c. book, Literary
Leaders of England. Quotations from
| Teanyson.
The annual concert and ball of Washing
ton Hose Co. will take place at the Belfast
Opera house Friday evening, Jan. 9th
Music will be furnished by Meservey's or
chestra of Rockland. The floor to be under
the direction of Chief Engineer l. T. Clough.
Refreshments served at intermission. Ad-
mission, so cents per couple. Single ladies'
ticket, 25 cents. The fire boys deserve,
should have, and will no doubt receive, a
liberal patronage.
Thomas H. Marshall Post, G. A. R., and
Thomas H. Marshall Relief Corps held a
Joint installation in Memorial Hall, Tues
! day evening, Jan. 9Th An excellent supper
was served at O'Clock. The officers OF the
Post were installed by Past Commander W.
H. Clifford. assisted by l. A. Conant as Off
Ger of the Day. Mrs. J. W. Nash, Past
President installed the Relief Corps officers,
with Mrs d. II. Strout as Conductor The
| full installation ceremony of the corps was
performed, with music by Miss Amy Stod-
dard, at the piano. A large number OF vet
Grams, ladies, Sons of Veterans and others
were present
| KILLED BY FALL. Irving Ryan was
| killed while at work for the Belfast Fuel q
Hay Co. at it's wharf early yesterday morn
ing. He was with crew on the elevated
| stage wheeling coal from schooner Grace
Davis to the storehouse. His barrow col
| lided with that of another workman and he
was thrown off the stage to the wharf be-
| low, a distance of about Is feet His bar
row, which weighs over 500 pounds, fell on
him. A physician was sent for, but Mr..
Ryan died before he arrived. Coroner
! COOmbs was summoned and decided that
an inquest was unnecessary. Mr.. Ryan
was a son of widowed mother, Mrs. Abbie
Dickey, and had one brother, Warren Ryan.
He was unmarried and lived with his mother
and brother in East Belfast. He was a
temperate and industrious young man.
PICTURESQUE MAINE. The lecture to be
given by Mr.. Edward c. SWEET of Portland,
in the Unitarian Church Friday evening,
i January 10th, will be of interest to every
body. The subject, Picturesque Maine" I"
he presents in a mastery manner. 1t will
| ho Of r,1o and nrnf1t
and no one should miss it. From the
numerous press notices of this lecture over
the country the following are selected as
expressing universal the judgment:
The lecture, clothed as it was in language
| of silken SmOOthneSS, was an lntellectua!
treat to an audience that filled the hall, and
evidences of appreciation and delight were
manifest at many intervals during the even
ing. Mr.. SWEET has a rare faculty for vivid
word painting of charming scenery, and
graphic description of the scenes is com
binatiOn of entertainment and instruction.
Boston Journal.
"Mr SWEET practically carried his hearers
with him to the principal vacation resorts
and points of interest in the State and held
their interest so closely that the time SEEM
ed half what it really was. S."-BOstOn Tran
script.
| STEAMER NOTES. The steamer Merryc0-
neag of the Bucksport and Camden route is
tied up at her dock at BuckspOrt, pending a
settlement between her owners, Capt. W..
D. Bennett and Engineer Daniel W. Kent,
equal partners in line, boat and wharf prop
erty. Capt. Bennett on Friday night de-
manded that his partner buy or sell on q
basis of $7,7OO, before the boat made an
other trip. No settlement has been made
and the route is covered by the steamer
Golden Rod. :. When the steamer PenobscOt
arrived at Rockland last Thursday night
there was an elaborate display of fireworks
from Tillson's wharf. The demonstration
was in honor of Capt. Otis Ingraham, the
commodore of the feet, who had assumed
charge of the PenObsc0t that morning. It
is his first active duty since his illness of
last summer Capt. Ingraham had an ill turn
while the boat was at Winterport and went
to his home in Rockland Monday. Capt.
Peirce is now in command of the Penobsc0t.
....The fremont was taken on the railway
Monday for general repairs, including q
thorough Overhauling of her machinery
and boiler.