The Republican journal., 1903-09-24

shop of Jones >. DAVIS on washington
street, and will continue the business.
Forty cans of Green Lake rainbow, land
locked and square tail trout, arrived at
Camden last week to stock Megunticook
Lake.
Manager Clifford of the Belfast Opera
House has secured fine line of attractions
for this season and trusts he may be favor.
ed with good houses.
MYSTIC GRANGE FAIR. Mystic Grange
will hold its annual fair at Centre Belmont
Tuesday, Sept. 10Th. All are invited to at
tend and bring exhibits.
The Belfast Improvement Society will
meet with Mrs. Il. H. johnson, Monday,
Sept. 2Sth, at 2.3O p. m. Members are earn
estly requested to make a special effort to
be present.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in
the Belfast post Office for the week ending
Sept. 19: Ladies-Mrs. H. f. Fuller, Mrs.
Phoebe Mears, Miss Edith Vose. Gentle
men-F S. Kelley, B. F. Noyes, A. T. Story,
Capt }. M. Ward
VETERANS MEETING. The Waldo
County Veteran Association will meet with
Geo. G. Davis Post, Brooks, Oct. 1st. This
is the annual meeting and the election Of
officers will be held. The address of well
come will be given by Lorenzo Jones !;
response by some member of the associa-
ton. The post will furnish the usual fare
of beans, bread and coffee. Bring your
goodies A. Stinson, Sec'y.
State Assessors Otis Hayford of Canton,
George Pottle of Lewiston, F. M. Simpson
of Bangor and James Plummer, clerk, OF
Augusta, met at the Court House in Bel
fast Sept. 18th to hear statements OF the
local assessors in regard to valuation.
Most of the towns of the county were rep
resented by selectmen or others authorized
to act for them. The data obtained at these
meetin gs is used in assessing the State tax
There will be an excursion to Winterport
Monday, Sept 2Sth, on the steamer Cas-
tine to the Waldo County Teachers Associ-
alton, leaving Lewis wharf in the morn
ing and returning after the evening pro-
gram to this city Arrangements have been
made so that all teachers from the various
towns nearby will have chance to go by
boat from this city The program for the
convention was published in The journal
last week.
"HELLo BILLn At The Belfast Opera
House, Saturday, Sept. 26th, Willis Max
well Goodhue's famous comedy success,
"Hello Bill" will make its initial appear
anoe in the local amusement field This
merry play may be termed the apotheosis
of one of the popular among our national
nstitutions-the great American Lie! The
plot is founded on prevarication. William
Fuller, the unhappy hero of the intrigue,
starts to lie early in Act |, and keeps it up,
with unfaltering zeal, until about the tim e
in the last act when the stage begins to fill
up with people and the women in the audi
ence start putting on their hats The
complications are many and mirth-pro-
voking Indeed from the rise to the final
fall of the curtain there is said to be one
continual scream of merrimeut.
DICKEY's EXCURSIONS. The excursion on
steamer Castine from Belfast to Camden
and Crescent Beach Sunday was a su-
cessful and pleasant trip, wth:about 40 pas
sengers. Orrin }. Dickey conducted rail-
road excursions to the Unity races Tues
day and Wednesday, and had a good pat
ronage. Next Monday the steamer Cas-
tine will leave Lewis wharf at O'Clock for
| Winterport, to attend the teachers institute,
returning after the evening session. Sept
29th Mr. Dickey will start from Belfast for
Moosehead Lake, leaving by the 1.3o train,
arriving at Greenville junction at 5.05, and
at the Kineo House after two hours trip
by steamer on the lake. WedneSdaywill be
spent at Mt. Kineo, and the party will ar
rive in Belfast by the p. III. train Thurs
day. The fare will be 81. 80 for the round
trip and there will be special rates at the
hotel.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Lewis f. Pitcher
of Northport was taken to the Maine Gen
eral Hospital Tuesday for treatment of in
juries received by being thrown from his
team. He was driving down Miller street
near Mathews Bros mill with load of
apples and lumber, and by some means was
thrown from the load. Dr. Kilgore hap
pened to pass in a carriage in a few mo-
ments and Mr.. Pitcher was taken at once to
DR.. Wilson's Office. Drs. Kilgore and Will
son attended the case and it was found that
the left forearm had compound fracture
of both bones at the wrist, and a bad frac-
ture near the elbow. One bone at the wrist
protruded through the flesh nearly two
inches. The left ankle was badly spraned
and the patient received a general shak-
ing up. 1t was decided to send the patient
to the Maine General Hospital and he started
by the 1.a0 train, accompanied by Hiram p.
Farrow of Belmont. Mr.. Farrow returned
yesterday and reported that Mr.. Pitcher
stood the operation well and that the sur
geOns are hopeful of saving the arm. al
. though it is badly fractured at both places.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch. Theoline is on
the marine railway at Boston for cleaning
and painting. The following stone char
, ters are reported: Sch. Hattie &. Luce
} Franklin to Philadelphia, 81 per ton and
wharfage; sch. Jennie G. Pillsbury Block
) Island to New York, $l.35 per ton and
| wharfage; sch. Ada j. Campbell, Long
Cove, St. George, to New York, $1.1O pei
ton and towed out. When the August
hurricane swept over the Island of Jamaica
, the bark Rebecca Crowell, Capt. Milard
DOW was at anchor in KinpStOn harhOr