The Republican journal., 1903-06-04
Sheriff S. G. Norton killed spring lamb
Monday that dressed 40 pounds.

| HAoHu0y tu0e uAOcoCu 1O pOuHuo.
A. A. HOwes & Co. have received full
supply of the International Stock Food.
f. Charles O'Connell has opened ice cream
parlors at his fruit store on Main street.
! The sloop Jennette arrived June 81
with large fare of fresh and corned fish.
! The Belfast Savings Bank declared it,
10th semi-aunual dividend of 3 per cen
Monday, June list.
| The Belfast Band is engaged to play al
the fourth of July celebration in Camden
| They will 60 on the excursion on steamer
Castine.
| Walter j. Clifford, lessee of the Belfast
| Opera House, is soliciting subscriptions for a
second series of promenade concerts by the
Belfast Band.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the
, Belfast postoffice for the week ending May
80: Lades-Mrs. Nellie c. Clark. Gentle
men-Ginseppe Branto, Mr.. f. c. Turner,
Capt E. c. Worden.
The W. c. T. U. will observe "Flower
Mission Day." June 9th, by visit to the
farm of James P. Wight, contractor for the
support of the poor. Teams will leave the
Universalist church at ? o'clock, sharp.
Miss Marjorie Wentworth of South Wey-
mouth, Mass, arrived Tuesday from Ban
gor. where she attended the wedding of her
cousin, Sadie Kenney of Brewer, and is Wis
iting her uncle, Alfred A. Small.
The post office at Northport Camp Ground
was opened Tuesday and will receive two
mails daily. j. F. Noyes will carry the
mail as last year and will leave Belfast on
arrival of the train at 1906 and again at c. 05
at night
Thomas H. Marshall Relief Corps request
every member to be present at the meeting
next Tuesday al go p. M, as there will be
business of importance. The Corps voted
thanks to the Post for their kindness in
providing teams for them Memorial Day.
Fred X. Sawyer, who is we'll known in
Searsport, having been clerk III the post
office, has lately been employed in the North
Station, B. & NJ. K. r., at Boston. He has
secured situation on the Boston Elevated
Railway as a conductor on the Brookline
and Brighton surface ears.
STEAMER NOTES. The Silver Star resum
ed running on the CaStlne route Monday
and the Golden Rod returned to the Bucks
port and Camden route Yesterday. The
Merryconeag viii come on today. The
boats have been undergoing their spring re-
pairing and We're relieved by the Castiue
NJ. 4 NJ. and Verona respectively,
Three Belfast men are i'll the clerks de-
partment on the Boston steamers. There
are three men on each steamer, each run
ming two trips and laying off one, as purser
and freight clerk alternately. F. S. Pierce
of Bangor, Robert p. Coombs and Chas. Z
Patterson of Belfast are on the Rockland
and Frank T. Parker of Belfast, F. H. Dill
away and e. W. Higgins on the Bangor.
The county convention of the W c. T L.
will be held in Brooks June 25th or 26th.
Mrs. Carter OF Missouri will be the princi-
pal speaker, and those who heard her last
year in Portland recognize her as one of the
ablest in the field. The officers request all
local unions and superintendent to prepare
aud send in their reports, and that as large
delegations as possible attend from the
various unions.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Rust expected to
sail from Boston June I'd for a two months
vacation trip in Europe Mrs. Rust accom-
panied her daughter to kenduSkeag Satur-
day, the latter to remain there while the
parents were abroad. Just before the
steamer sailed Mr.. Rust received word that
he was needed in Kansas City on account
of the floods, and the trip was abandoned.
He returned west and Mrs Rust went to
Bangor.
Mr.. Harry F. Brown, L. S. Inspector in
the Army service, who has been stationed
at Belfast since last August in the inspec-
ton of Army clothing, was suddenly called
to his home in Brooklyn last Friday on ac-
count of the critical condition of his young
er brother, who had been i'll for some time.
He arrived there Saturday, before his broth
er's death, Saturday evening. The many
friends Mr.. Brown made while residing
here sympathze with him in his alfiiction.
We hope MI Brown will be returned to
this station as he was Il faithful officer and
a genial gentleman.
BELFAST SpRINTEKs. A running race
was held at the ball grounds Saturday after
noon loo yard dash, best in g. The con-
testants were Henry Maddoeks, Fred Cox
and Frank Condor Maddocks won the first
medal and Coz second; time Il and 10 80
seconds. Cox and Condor were new in the
business, but the former came in abreast of
Maddocks and was set back on account of a
foul. The time was as low as was made in
the school contests in Portland last week be-
tween teams in constant practice The in
terest in this class of sports is Increasing
and there will doubtless be other contests
in the near future.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Fred A. john
son, Masonic Temple, advertises this week
new Genims and siikolenes, Innings, bargains
in wrist bags, black merceEi2ed petticoass,
moreen and fancy neck ribbons. b. L.
Pitcher, Gurney's Mills, Belfast, advertises
two top buggies, set of doGble road har-
ness, road cart and Swear old stallion by
,Jamaique for sale. Blacksmith wanted
on light carriage work in Ellsworth Nv
A. Clark has handsome 5-year-old sorrell