The Republican journal., 1903-12-17
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.

Is it to0thache, neuralgia, or cramps?
Nh no he has found that his profits of trade
Are eaten by giving out stamps.
The residence of Horatio P. Thompson
has been added to the telephone exchange.
There will be Christmas tree and enter
t.tnment at the Baptist church Christmas
night.
The Belfast schools will close tomorrow,
F-day, for the holiday vacation of three
weeks.
Rufus Mayo is suffering from sprained
sr lie, the result of a fall on the stairs while
IL vering groceries.
There will be sale of cooked food and
fancy articles at the Universalist church
grstry next Saturday afternoon at 2. 20 p. m.
George E. Pendleton has sold his cigar
mauufacturing to S. P. Gilmore, who con-
tuues the business at his residence in East
Belfast.
In renewing his subscription F. w.
Gowen writes: 81 have been subscriber
III he journal for many years and would
hardly know how to get along without it,"
iolmes & West sold at auction, Dec. 9th,
-fe farming tools, stock, etc, of the farm
Iohn Carr in East Belfast. The auction
ea> largely attended and the property sold
-adily.
Ur. W. L. West lately received a letter
rom the U. s. Bureau of Animal Industry,
s4ging him a position in Dakota in con-
lection with Investigations into sheep
,-ase. He has decided not to accept.
he Belfast Savings Bank recently in
#, ID what might be called book-keep-
ID. cabinet, although by its use the keep
r- Of nine different books is dispensed
with 1t is card register and furnishes a
.-.8v and convenient reference to many
f.-.ilS of the banks business. The case is
mental as well as useful.
Nanzo B. Parks of Bath has brought a
,t for $1,000 against L. L. Gentner of
asst. on account of personal injuries in
ted on the plaintiff some time ago during
.uuble which arose between them in the
--1dant's stable. The case is entered for
-. december term of Court at Bath. Hon.
st. T. Mcclellan will appear for the defence
red W. Brown with a prominent Ken
attorney for the plaintiff.
he supper and entertainment by the
lodist Society in Memorial Hall Dee.
uetted $40 The mock Legislative SEES
- vas presided over by NJ. c. Hill, and
t- .ct to tax old bachelors for the support
home for old maids was discussed by
.- Ansel Wadsworth, Rev. Harry Lutz,
..ak p. Wilson, Esq, John r. DuntOn,
Rev. A. A Smith and Rev. g. f. Edg-
1t was voted the bill ought not to pass.
Belfast barber recently solved the
>.ion of getting a fallen horse upon his
t--- The horse fell upon an icy place and,
-- ~ smooth shOd, was unable to get up.
bystanders offered the teamster all
Of suggestions, until the barber came
j.. and told them ii they would take off
-,- horses shoes, carry them to black
.lth shop, get them sharpened and put
...m back, the horse could get up all right.
FL. :. Lord of Bath, d nephew of n. S.
L..l of this city, recently patented an inn
..ote ment for steam pipe coverings The
---am pipes on steamships and in many es-
.aUshments on land are covered with as
u.-toS and this is covered with canvas, the
Fer being sewed on by hand Mr.. Lords
gention consists of line caught over a
,- IS of hooks along the edges of the can
ro> The covering is easily put on and
I'D ne readily and quickly taken off and
-- aced when repairs are needed. The de-
c, is meeting with approval wherever it
-ried.
~uPPING ITEMS. George A. Gilchrest
ADS exchanged his schooner Harriet Rogers
Wth Capt. Fitz W. Patterson for schooner
GOOD Intent. The Harriet Rogers was
3.auched from the marine railway Satur-
nv, and will be used in the bay coasting
.4s.ness by Capt. Patterson. The Rogers
4 tons and was built in Freeport, Me-,
. $40. The Good Intent is % tons net and
Mas built in Braintree, Mass, in 1sl3...'
.pt. S. G. Hutchinson was at his home in
lie Deer Isle last week while his vessel
Vas getting ready for sea. He has recently
tkeu charge of the four-masted schooner
mas Pendeton, and his brother, Edward
Hutchinson, has taken the F. c. Pendle'
ton and is on his way to Jacksonville for
lJad of hard pine for New York....J. b.
hawthorn of Bangor, who made the spars
Vt the new schooner Horace A. Stone, now
al this port, has worked in shipyards 81
Years and has built good many vessels in
that time, the first Of which was the sch.
Valiant, built at East Hampden tifty-one
Years ago.. Among the vessels recently
classed and rated by the American Bureau
oi Shipping in the Record of American and
For=ign Shipping are the ship Luzon and
The schooner Horace A. Stone. -. The artl-
e on the 18th page, captioned "The Story
of Our Shipping, was compiled by Mr.. Field
) Pendleton, president of the Atlantic Car
ers Association, from the latest figures
AVAILABLE at Washington. 1t is an able
PRESENTATION of the shipping question. -.
The packet schooner P. M. BOnney lays IN
Dyer's dock and fills at every tide. 1t was
thought that she might be repaired, but
those who have examined her say that there
nothing to repair, and she will probably
be broken up. Sch. Ella NJ. StOrer was in
port few days the past week bound from
bangor for New York Sch. Lizzie b.
Rich arrived Dec. 10th from BuckspOrt,
hoo hot nc