The Republican journal., 1903-11-19
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.
THE MELANCHOLY DAYS.

When man goes out and shoots friend
And thinks he is deer.
-Yonkers Statesman.
The stores will close for the day at
,.,ock Thanksgiving afternoon.
sheriff Norton's farm in the Perkins dis
trict is connected with the telephone.
The Improvement Society will meet with
Mrs. G. E. Bracket next Monday at go
o'clock.
Holmes & West have sold the John Carr
firm, East Belfast, to c. w. johnson of
A ston. Mass
Charles D. Hartman has started a new
r k route He has cows at his place on
Waldo avenue.
The Deer Isle Messenger reports that II.
C. Eaton of Little Deer Isle recently b ought
(. inc horse of Frank Mayo of Belfast
Horace Chenery has contributed to the
Waldo County Agricultural Society the
lgrses aud premiums he won at the county
fair
Iohn Cunningham of Franklin, Mass,
l.s sold his farm in Belmont, known as the
Ter Ames place, to Fred Fowles of Sears
d Mt.
rames H. Dodge has been engaged as
2erintendent and manager of the Gas &
-ctric Co. of Belfast, formerly the Light
s. Power Co.
urrin J. Dickey has issued series of
avenir postal cards with views of Bel
inst, They are the special cards each re-
ming a cent stamp for mailing. He has
alge variety of subjects.
A number of young ladies in this city
Ne taken up a new pastime. They prac-
.- with small rifles at target shooting, and
contests try to snuff out lighted candles.
me of them are becoming expert
II c. Pitcher will begin cutting on his
aoi-lot in SearSport this week. He will
lll out the logs this winter and saw them
.-zt summer. Percy f. Benner began cut
on his lot at Citypoint this week.
D-puty Sheriff J. W. Carleton of Winter
rt was in Belfast Monday and brought a
.,y containing a quantity of cherry rum,
.liskey and wine, which he left in the Gus
Nv of Sheriff Norton. 1t was seized in the
.uress Office in Wnterport. Officers are
sing after the alleged owner.
The situation in regard to contagious di s
-es is very favorable. A. F, Brown, who
varioloid is nearly convaleScent and no
.N cases have appeared, If none appear
laE, Thursday, danger from that source
. be considered past. There have
-..r no new cases of scarlet fever for sew
81 DAYS. The total number of cases in the
81 IS ten.
VIM. J. Ryan of Portland was in Belfast
..>t week selling his almanacs. He report
NJ that he is making good progress IN ar
.npiug for a series of musical entertain
..-nts to be given in Maine the coming Win
-r in the interests of manual training
-bool for the blind. There will be full
Ass band and other musicians, all blind.
Rev. J. W Vaughan has bought the Fer
a,on homestead at Citypoint, and will
move here in about 80 days from Pittshed,
Me-. where he has lived the past year. He
was formerly of New York and is brother
If Rev William Vaughan. who bought the
Hurd place in East Belfast about one year
20 and moved here with his family last
January Rev. j. W. and Mrs. Vaughan
md their two daughters will be heartily
s-leomed to their new home.
AFTER THE FIRE. Geo. L. Macomber OF
augusta, NJ S. Bartlett of Waterville and
IS. A. Lawler of Boston, representing the
l,urance companies, were in Belfast last
eek to adjust the losses on the fire in the
luowlton building. Mr.. Knowlton has
nee repaired the roof of his building, in
n g zane style as before. The loss on his
-.ock is not yet settled, as there is DIS
.5reement as to the amount of damage.
-lepbenson II Sargent resumed business
Friday.
PROBATE COURT. The following bust
ness was transacted in the Probate Court
after our report, printed on the I'd page,
was IN type:
Estate of Upham A. HOyt, Belfast, Lena
T. Hoyt appointed administrative.
Estate of Geo. l.. Havener, Winterport
iii presented A. H. HanscOme named ex-
tQtor.
Estate of Isaac H. Jackson, Belfast will
oresented; petition presented for appoint
m4nt of administrator with will annexed
Estate of Sarah Stanley, Troy; will pre-
sented Rufus Stone named executor.
Estate of Orrin S. Written, Belfast; will
resented; VIM. }. Heal named executor.
hog shipped from Belfast by VIM. e..
arnold to Libby Bros at Burnham met its
death in singular manner Saturday. There
vas but one hog to be sent with carload
nj cattle and it was decided best to leave
he hog in the crate in which he was hauled
70 the station. When the car was opened
at Burnham the hog was found dead. His
nose was pressed closely against front
BOARD in the crate and it is thought that he got
down with his head against the board and
being unable to get up or move back ward
,mothered by the closing of his nostrlls.
The animal weighed 400 pounds.
The supper and entertainment given in
the Opera House last Friday evening by the
teachers of the Belfast schools for the bene-
fit of the poor children who attend the
schools of the city and are not sufficiently
clothed, was largely attended and very
pleasant affair. Thirteen tables were houn-
tifuly laden and attractively decorated for
the supper, and all were set twice. The
tables were in charge of the teachers and
IIirb cchnnl GIRLS SERVED as mattresses.