The Republican journal., 1903-10-15

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In order the past week, but the catch has
been rather light.
The w. G. T. U. will meet Friday, Oct.
2Sd, at 80 p. NJ, with Mrs. A. NJ. Fernald
on Miller street.
The Improvement Society will meet with
Mrs. Martha johnson next Monday after
noon at 2.3O O'Clock. A full attendance is
requested.
The frosts and storms have had little ef-
feet thus far on plants and shrubs, and
about many of our residences bright bios
SONS are still seen.
The opera house orchestra is to be in
creased by the addition of John Parker,
drummer, and will be open to engagements
for general business.
Charles F. Swift's horse has had pneu-
monia and at one time was not expected to
recover, but is now gaining. DR.. w. L.
West was the veterinary in attendance.
Fred A. johnson, Masonic Temple, has
the large show window of his dry goods store
very prettily decorated. Autumn leaves
attractively set off the fine display of goods.
The U. S. Revenue steamer Seminole
was ordered to Belfast between Oct 9th
and Oct. 10th. She is shipping seamen, Or
binary seamen, firemen and coal beavers.
Persons having business before the Octo-
ber term of the Probate Court should at
tend to it on or before Friday evening, Oct.
10th, as both Judge and Register will be
out of town for some time after that date.
Unclaimed letters rema lining in the Bel
fast post Office for the week ending Oct. 10:
Ladies-Mrs. Eta Leavitt. Gentlemen
S. C. Gilmore, F. c. Hook, A. W. Jackson,
Benjamin Knowlton, John S. Larrabee.
Notices of civil service examinations for
teachers in the Philippines are posted in
the custom house corridor. The examina-
tions are to be held Oct. 10Th and Goth, in
Bangor, Houlton, Machias and Portland
The man and boy recently arrested in
Brewer for robbery in Catholic churches
visited Belfast, but took nothing from the
church. They begged money from the
priest and others ON the plea that they
were short of money and wanted to get to
Bangor.
The members of Seaside Chautauqua Cir
Gle will meet with Mrs. NJ. E. Hubbard, No.
Park street, Monday afternoon, Oct. 10Th,
at D. m. The lesson will be from chapter
three of Literary Leaders of America, and
from the Magazine, Race and Democracy;
the author, James Fennimore Cooper.
The Non-Partisan w. c. T. Alliance held
its annual meeting with Mrs. Charles A.
Pilsbury Thursday afternoon, Oct. Sth.
The officers elected were Mrs. Fred A. Grif-
fin, president; Mrs. Mary f. Hubbard, sec
retary and treasurer. 1t was voted to have
another term of sewing school, to begin
Oct. 31st The terms of sewing school have
been profitable in many ways, the children
Obtaining the garments on which they
worked as we'll as the instruction in needle
work. At the last school $50 yards of ma
terial were made into useful garments. The
ladies of the Alliance are very grateful to
those who donated the material.
PENDLEroN's New VESSEL. The four
masted schooner PendletOn Brothers will
be launched from Pendleton's yard in Bel
fast next week, probably Wednesday or
Thursday She was built and is principally
owned by Capt. Fields c. Pendleton OF
Islesboro, and is handsome specimen of
marine architecture Her dimensions on
the custom house books are as follows: ::
| length, 194S feet; breadth, 3S,6; depth, 1914 !;
| number of decks, q number OF masts, 4 :,
gross tonnage, 97016; net tonnage, 5000.
| Her frame is of white oak and her plank
and ceiling hard pine. The lower-masts
are of Oregon pine, 96 feet long, and the
! topmasts SO feet. The standing rigging is
of steel wire. Her donkey engine, boiler,
and machinery is from the Hyde Windlass
Co. of Bath Her anchors weigh 3,400 and
47OO pounds, and she has 2-inch chains.
The cabins are finished in ash, mahogany
and sycamore; the state rooms IN North
Carolina pine the captains room, compan-
ion way, etc, in oak and the forward house,
engine room, etc, in North Caro- lima pine
all in the natural wood. The details OF the
decorations and furnishings are not yet de-
cided on The vessel is rated A1* for Il
years. Former vessels built by the Pen
dletons in this yard were painted white
but the new schooner has white rail
black waist, white ribbon, an6
below that bronze-green to the watel
line, with the usual copper bottom. In {
panel on each side of the cutwater, in gill
letters, are the words: "F. C. Pendlet0r
builder, Belfast, Me-" AS she sits on the
stocks fully rgged. with sails bent and sal
covers on, she is as handsome vessel o1
her class as can be seen anywhere. The
Pendleton Brothers will be commanded by
Capt. Jere o. Hayes of Belfast, who has
seen her grow from the keel up. The mas
ter builder was O. R. Webster; joiner, FREQ
V. Cottrell; blacksmith, Fred A. Sanborn
all of Belfast; calker, Gilbert Watson o.
Harrington painters, Sprague & Pendleto1
of Islesboro; rigger, Henry Gardner oi
Castine; sailmaker, j. G. Mulvaney O.
Bangor.
NEW ADvERTIsEMEN NTs. Jas. H. Howe!
advertises this week a special sale of under
wear, hosiery and blankets, and has ar
ranged with j. E. Woodside for coat and
suit opening to-day, Oct. 10th. Remember
the place, Odd Fellows Block. ....J. W. Fer
guson & Co. will have the usual big assert
ment of ready-to-wear garments and fur'