The Republican journal., 1903-05-14
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.

1890 A~S>
Michael Collins claims to be the champion
pig raiser of Belfast. There we're 80 pigs
less than weeks old in litters in his pens
last week.
An unusual condition prevails at the Wal
do County Jail. There are but four prison
ers confined there and all are serving long
sentences from the Supreme Court.
The Belfast Printing Co. has again in
creased the number of views in its forth
coming book illustrating Belfast and vicinity,
and now has considerably more than hun
dred photographs on hand.
There will be sociable at Sthe North
church next Tuesday evening, May Hth.
Picnic supper at O'Clock and brief enter
tanment in the evening. Admission Is
cents. All members of the church and par
ish are cordially invited.
The editor of The Journal is indebted to
I. M. Cottrell for Swan Lake salmon, and
will partake for the first time of fish from
those waters. 1t will no doubt appease an
annette for such dish that has been grow
ing for nearlya quarter Of a century.
The annual meeting of the Waldo County
W. G. T, U. will be held in Brooks in June.
The secretary asks all officers and superln-
tendents to send in their reports as soon as
possible, and members to pay up their dues
before the delegates are elected. Miss Carrie
Lee Curtis of Missouri will give an address.
STEAMER STRIKES RoCKLAND BREAK
WATER. The City of Bangor struck her
port paddle wheel on the Break water While
leaving Rockland harbor in the fog yester-
day morning for up river. She put back to
the wharf and it was found that several fans
of the wheel were broken. The passengers
and perishable freight were forwarded by
the Merryconeag and the other freight VIII
come by the City of Rockland this morning.
BARLEY LEDGE. On account OF the
recent wreck of the schooner Webster
Barnard upon this. ledge, and other ire
quent disasters at the same place, the atten-
tion of the Collector of Custom has been
called to the dangerous situation. An EFFORT
is being made to have the proper signals OF
buoys placed upon this ledge, and to faclll-
tate this work the collector visited the
locality last week. Capt. Decrow OF the
"Glide'' kindly rendered his servlc es ana
the use of his yacht to make the inspection.
DR.. W. L. West spoke in Equity Grange
Hall Saturday evening on the Foot and
Mouth Disease He gave a brief history of
the disease, which has been known in
Europe a long time, and was described by
a number of authors in the middle of the
eighteenth century. The symptoms OF the /
disease were described There are no
known remedies, and not only the affected
animals but all those exposed are killed
and the bodies destroyed. DR.. West gave
in detail the methods used by the officials OF
the Bureau of Animal Industry OF the U. s. |
Department of Agriculture in their work
on the disease in Massachusetts,, where he
has been employed the past winter. His
hearers were well pleased as well as in
stfucted.
The Knox and Montville Telephone Co.
recently completed its line from Knox Cor
ner to Halldale and from Halldale to Free
as follows: In Knox, E. G. Nose, Walter
Gilchrest, j. H. Vose, c. B. Ingraham, II.
S. Banton, Frank Clement, f. \. Hall; in
Montville, F. A. Myrick. B. F. Foster, II.
B. Clement, NJ. E. Clement, c. NJ Plummer,
Newell White, j. f. Hall, c. A. Hall; in
Freedom. A. NJ. Small. The line is equip
ned with long distance Bell instruments
bo Nayv Enp1aO nd
Telephone Co.'S line at Ihorndlke, Via
Freedom 1t is planned to extend the line
within few weeks to the Whitten neigh
horhood in Montvlle and add 6 or sub
scribers.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. The most sea-
sonsable garment just now is the shirt
waist, and F. A. Johnson, Masonic Temple,
has them, lots of them, up-to-date IN style
and down to bedrock in price. James ii.
Uowes, successor to George W. Burkett,
announces great sale of ladies' suits and
garments to begin Monday, May 18th.
There will be a surprising reduction to
close out the stock. ... kent's Celery Wine
is an excellent spring medicine, nerve
food and a blood purifier, and it costs only
80 cents a bottle You will find it at the
City Drug Store, Belfast, and in many OF
the towns in Waldo county,. George L.
Read, "A Main street, is the agent for Bel
fast of the Pierce Racer, an up-to-date
wheel that ranges in price from S45 to S75
90. The families of John MEG. Randall ana
Martin V. Knowlton publish card OF
hanks. IA. Colburn, 81 Main street, is
sole agent for Belfast for Queen Quality
shoes for women; boots. 50; Oxfords, $3.50
Mrs. B. F. Wells, Is Main street, Cup
stairs), has received fine line of hair goods
in the latest styles, with large assortment
of hair pins and combs. The only place
in Belfast to get the Dorothy Dodd shoe is
at the Dinsmore Store. Paints, oil, var
nish, paint brushes, white lead, turpentlne.
etc., for sale by A. A. Howes & Co....A de-
srable residence for sale at bargain.
WINTERPORT.