The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-01-08
PERSONAL.

Frank II. Mayo went to Boston Monday
on business.
Fred A. Hartman of Waterville was in
| town last week.
City Clerk L. H. Murch is ill at his home
on Congress street.
Mrs. c. j. Hall of Somes Sound arrived
recently to visit relatives in this city.
Fred w. Pote went to Waterville Tuesday
to attend meeting of the Democratic State
Committee.
The Belfast friends of Mrs. W. G. Frye
regret to learn of her illness at her home in
Sharon, Mass.
| Mrs. n. E. Brown recently returned from
weeks visit to her sister at the Bangor
House, Bangor
| Chas. H. Chamberlain went to Portland
Monday to place his young son in school
for deaf mutes.
c. B. Hazeltine went to Augusta Tues day
to attend meeting of the Maine Fish and
Gamef Association. e.,
Clarence Hall is spending weeks va "a
| tion from Henry Staples store with his
mother in Camden
| Miss Jean Pond, who spent her holiday
vacation here, returned to Andover, Mass,
Tuesday to resume her teaching.
Karl Mcdonald and j. Percy Simmons re-
turned to the University of Maine Monday
from their holiday vacation.
Mr.. Walter f. Nash of NIattapan, Mass,
spent short Christmas vacation with his
parents in Belfast and returned last week
ChaS. E. Paul has taken the position of
assistant professor in the engineering de
partment of the State College at Manhattan
Kansas
Rev. William Vaughan and family have
moved from New York to the A. A. Hurd
place, which he recently bought of Mrs. l..
T. Shales.
Geo. A. Gilchrest and F. E. Wiley, who
made the trip from Bath to Newport News
in the dredging steamer Cumberland. have
arrived home.
Josiah Sukeforth of Washington sold a
horse to Hon. L. NJ. Staples one day last
week The Senator has four good ones now
-Rockland Opinion.
Mrs Everett Arnold of Franklin, Mass,
and Miss Ella Mathews of Saltwater were
in Belfast last week to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Emily F. Arnold
Hon. L. c. Morse in assuming the duties
| of Senator vacated his office as trustee of
the State Reform School and Governor Hill
| will appoint his successor to-day
Frank Gardner, who has been visiting
| friends in this city. returned to MOOSehead
Monday. Mrs. Gardner will visit i'll Boston
| before going home Bath Times, Dec. @lst.
CT Capt George II. Tapley and wife of West
Brooksvlle visited their son, Walter Tap
ley, in Rockland last week. Capt. Tapley
is now in Augusta, where he represents the
| towns of Brooksvile, CaStne and l}rooklin.
| Orrn j. Dickey left last Saturday for the
| South. lie is to go to the Tampa Fay Hotel
at Tampa, Florida, having been transferred
there from the rney Woods Hotel, Thomas
| vile, Georgia, " here he was employed last
| season.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charles II Field went 10
Boston yesterday to visit Mr., F.'s brother,
George P. Field, at the Hotel Somerset.
This, Thursday, evening they VIII attend
the twentieth annual supper of the New
England Insurance Exchange at the ~omer-
set.
Capt. c. NJ. Ilavener writes that he still
hospital store-keeper at the Sailors snug
Harbor, New Brighton, y. Y, and that he
! must be on hand at A. Nj. and deliver
stores until 10 A. Nj. In the afternoon he
has two hours to himself, but has the books
to keep and three reports 10 make daily ot
| stores received and delivered. Christmas he
received and issued 200 pounds of turkey,
| 1000 oysters, 80 pounds of sweet potatoes.
80 gallons of cider, 800 oranges, $50 heads
| of celery, 200 quarts of milk, y dozen eggs,
| 10 mince and apple pies, and the usual guam
| titles of butter, sugar, cereals, etc, capt.
| H. finds he cannot get along without The
Journal He says; 81 am unlike the boy
| who could 60 barefooted rather than not have
a new 'buZzum' pin. | will have The Jour
| nal and go without the new 'buzZum pin,
| Capt John O. johnson Of Liberty is a
| candidate for inspector of steamboats, for
| inland waters to succeed Capt. Horace At
wood of HampGen. Capt. johnson, who has
been a candidate for the office before, EN-
! tered the navy as masters mate III 1861,
passed successful examination and was
promoted to ensign in 1862, was officially
mentioned for gallant conduct in action and
promoted to acting master June -, 1868,
was honorably discharged with the thanks
of the Navy Department September IL, 1860
| After the war he served with credit IN the
revenue marine. BEFORE the war he worked
in shipyards and acquired in that way n
practical knowledge of shipbuilding, ana
also served in the merchant marine eight
years and arrived at the position of first
| mate.
Transfers in Real Estate.