The Republican journal., 1903-11-12

| Thursday, afternoon at 2.3O O'Clock at tn,
Unitarian parsonage on Church street.
A subscriber in New York who had miss
ed copy of The Journal writes: 81 hate t.
miss it; it is like losing chapter out Of q
good story, or having letter from home &
astray."
Hon. Edward II. Blake's palatial steam
yacht Aria has gone to Gloucester. where
she will be hauled up for the winter. She
carried a deckload of lum Der from which
her covering or house for the cold weather
will be constructed.
The piano James Fl. Howes is to give
away, and which is on exhibition in the win
dow of his dry goods store in Odd Fellows
block, is very fine toned instrument, and
he expects to make arrangements by which
his customers may hear it.
Deputy Sheriff Wilmot L. Gray came to
Belfast Monday with Riley POmerOy, who
was convicted before Trial Justice Fred W.
Brown of Brooks, on charge Of single sale
of intoxicating liquors and sentenced to a
fine of $50 and costs and 80 days in Jail.
The prisoner was committed.
The Wesley Literary Society was organ
lied Monday evening, Nov. I'd, with the
following officers: President, G. E. Edgett ;
secretary, Miss George Triggs; advisory
committee, Mrs. Tileston Wadlin, Mrs.
Fred N. Slavery, Miss Flora Sherman; COM
mittee on meetings, Misses Nettie Follett,
Emma Frost, Sabina MOrey; committee on
membership, Miss Lana Pendleton, Ches-
ter Frost, Miss Eva Sprague; committee on
constitution and bylaws, Tileston Wadlin,
Mrs. Wadlin, Rev. G. E. Edgett ex-OfficiO.
Leonard & Barrows shoe factory will
start on new run of work today, after
being partially shut down for some time to
make repairs and Improvements. The
Goodyear department, which was moved
to Massachusetts when the firm took the
Belfast factory, has been returned and the
machinery is being set up. Several new
machines have been added in the other de-
partments, including improved machinery
for finishing heels, new Gilmore buffer,
with Naumkeag attachment, and other
smaller machines. The blower system has
been re-arranged and improved. The crew,
this fail, will vary from 240 to 275 hands.
The outlook for the seasons work is excel
lent.
STEAMER NOTES. The Boston boat due
here Saturday morning was detained by
the storm She arrived at RocklaDd at $50
.. m. Saturday and laid there until Sunday
morning when she proceeded up river, az
| -. @ cd hot
the Eastern Steamship company will put a
freight boat on the Boston and Bangor divi-
sion next summer and that a change will be
made in the leaving time from Boston SO
that their boats will arrive at Rockland at
more seasonable hour. Capt. Lewis
Foss of steamer Merryconeag is seriously
i'll in Bucksport, and Capt. Charles Shute
is III command of the boat.
We have received a neat little book en-
titled $4,000 Miles in a Special Pullman
Train The author is Nh William j.
Prince, formerly of Belfast, now of Law
renee, Mass, who took the trip and whose
portrait is given as frontiSpiece. There
are IA other illustrations. The trip describ-
ed is that of the Innis' party from Boston
to the G. A. r. Encampment in San Fran
cisco, thence to Los Angeles, and then north
| to Vancouver, and home via the Canadian
Pacific r. r. as far as North Dakota thence
via the 500 line to St Paul; then via the G.
& n. W to Chicago, etc. The book, which
| is having a large sale, will be sent to any
address on receipt of % cents, or five copies
| for 81. Address w. j. Prince, % Valley
street, Lawrence, Mass.
| FARMERS TELEPHONE LINES. The
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
| is putting in the instruments on the two
| lines recently established in this vicinity
| These lines extend about miles out and
are parts of the Belfast system, hence sub
scribers may use them without extra eX
pense, the same as they do those in the city
proper The subscribers on the new line!
are as follows Searsport line: I'll. +. Mason
| II. A. Black, VIM. Vaughan, |. L. Perry
II. f. Bradman, d. II. Strout, Dana Law
renee, Ralph Shute, II. {. Pitcher( saw mild,
! w. S. Carleton. Pitchers Pond line: K. II
Southworth, G. G. Abbott, j. c. Townsend
| F. P. Staples, D. c. Greenlaw, Joel P. Wood
| NJ. A. Wadlin, j. R. Hurd, P. G. Hurd
| Leslie Dean.
Garlic & Jones have their new basemen
depa rtment now ready and it is well sup
piled with kitchen ware of all kinds Thi
basement was blasted three feet deep il
solid ledge, an undertaking of no small risl
under well stocked crockery store. Tit
basement is 25x6O feet, has 1860 feet O.
shelf room and counters, and is S-foO
posted 1t is reached by an easy flight o.
stairs from the street floor. The stree
| floor will be used for an increased line O
china, cut glass, etc., and the second tiool
for the dress and cloak departments. The
carpenter work was by G. S. White; blast
ing by Allen shaw painting by c. B. STOW
er, and the floor, which is inches thick o.
solid Portland cement, was laid by james
w. Woods.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Capt. Fitz W. Patter
son has bought the sch. Good Intent, one Of
the oldest vessels afoat. She was built il
Braintree, Mass, in 1918, but has beer
kept in good repair and is staunch and ser
viceabe She is 47a feet long, 16a feet wide
81 feet deep, and registers "a tons. Capt
Patterson sold the Sharon to Rockland par
ties, who stripped her. .Schs. A. w. Ellis