The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-06-30
The ladies of the Universalist society

VIII nave food sale in the church vestry
Friday, July LIST, at three O'Clock.
We are again compelled to defer several
columns of matter in type for this issue, in
Guiding report of the Palermo centennial,
county correspondence, etc.
| An alarm of fire Monday morning from
box 25 was caused by slight fire on the
roof of Harry Furbish's blacksmith shop
on Washington street. The fire was put
out by buckets without the use of the hose
The Improvement Society will meet with
Mrs. Chas. A. Pilsbury, Court street, next
Wednesday afternoon at go O'Clock. Ar
rangements are being made for the use of
| the bath houses, of which notice will be
given later.
Mag, the faithful and intelligent horse
which has been a familiar figure on our
streets, was humanely killed last Thursday.
i She had been owned q years by Mr.. David
Alexander and family and was regret
fully laid aside only when past usefulness.
| Unclaimed letters remaining in the Bel
fast post office for the week ending June
25: Ladies-Mrs. Morrill, G. Abbott, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles T. Higgins, nee Sarah
E. Woodbury.. Gentlemen Balfour,
Tamerlane Billings, Geo. 7. Cary, Frank
Davis, Herbert Dodge.
VETERANS MEETING The Waldo
| County Veteran Association will meet at
the Grange Hall in Morrill, July 18th. The
comrades and good people of Morrill, will
furnish beans and coffee. Bring along
/ your picnic baskets. No doubt the people
of the town will give the comrades warm
reception, and as there will be no meeting
| in August, let us turn out and show that
we appreciate their call.-A. Stinson, Sec'y.
THE GRANGER's DAUGHTER. The re-
hearsals of The Changers Daughter, which
were necessarily suspended while Parada
was on the boards, will now be resumed,
beginning this. Thursday, evening. The
opera will be given in the Belfast Opera
| House Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
evenings, August 10th, 18th and 18th. The
words and music are by Robert P. Chase of
this city, and the opera will be presented
wholly by local talent, with nine persons in
! the cast, in addition to the chorus.
The "Trip Around the World" recently
given in Memorial Hall for the benefit of
the Methodist church, proved an attractive
affair The stairway was decorated with
the stars and stripes, indicating that the
visitors were to start from America In the
hall were booths representing the products
of various nations contributed by different
business houses in town. An interesting
program was presented, consisting of flag
drill, singing by Mrs. +. p. Frost and b. L.
Davis and violin solo by Arthur Morrison.
A GOLDEN WEDDING. MI and Mrs, \.
S. Piper observed the 5Oth anniversary of
their marriage at their home in East Bel
{ fast Saturday, June 18th. About 100 guests
called during the afternoon and evening
Ice cream and cake were served, and Mr.
and Mrs. Piper received many useful and
valuable presents. Their home was very
tastefully decorated with cut flowers, native
plants, etc. Letters were received from
friends in various parts of the country, all
uniting with those present in wishing many
more years of happy life and usefulness to
Uncle Nahum and Aunt Eliza.
Many Deer Isle sea captains will regret
to know that the lucky old schooner II
Curtis is being completely dismantled and
this morning her Spars went by the board
This vessel has been owned in the Haskell
family for something like fifty years and
has had a most remarkable career Hardly
captain halls from this town who has not
walked her quarter deck in command and
she was the first vessel which many of them
took charge of. She has probably sailed
more miles than any other vessel ever hail |
ing from Deer Isle, Yet she has never met
with an accident of any kind.-Deer Isle
Messenger,
The Curtis is well known at this port and
received quite extensive repairs here few
years ago. She is lis tons net and was
built at Harrington, Me-, in 1850 Tradition
is that she was originally brig-rigged as
most of the vessels of that size and date
were. There are many older vessels atloat,
two of them hailing from this port. the
Polly, built in 1905, and the Good Intent,
built in 1913.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Schs. Norumbega and
W. F. & W. L. Tuck arrived June % from
New ! ork with coal for the Belfast Fuel &
Hay Co....Sch Merrill c. Hart was in
Pendleton's dock last week for slight re-
pairs. She is to take cargo of stone from
High Island to Philadelphia, after which
she will return to Belfast for full repairs
go. The packet schooner Circle arrived Fri
day from Vinalhaven. Schooner Flora
Condor arrived at Rockland June 23d from
Perth Amboy with coal, and will load lum-
Der at Bangor for New York 49,. Sch. Pen
dleton Brothers arrived in Portland June
oath with coal from Norfolk, Va She
sailed from Portland June I'd, light, for
Norfolk, loaded 1000 tons of coal and re-
turned to Portland in % days. Sch. A. J.
| Whiting, in command of Capt. Shute, for
merly Of steamer Merryconeag, is bringing
hay from Standpoint to the Belfast Fuel &
| Hay Co... Sch. Pendleton Bros. is to load
coal at Newport News for Bangor.
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