The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-10-20
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.

Street Commissioner Robbins is repair
ing the crossing on the lower bridge.
The State inspecting officer, Mrs. Sarah
L. Pascal, will be here tomorrow, Friday,
for the purpose of inspecting Thomas H.
Marshall Relief Corps. Meeting at p. m.,
sharp. All members are requested to be
present.
The members of Seaside Chautauqua Cir
Gle will meet with Mrs. c. A. Hubbard
Park street, Monday afternoon, Oct. oath.
The lesson will be, chapters seven and eight
of the estates General and chapter two of
the "French Revolution" with magazine
lesson from page % to 90 Author, Victor
Hugo.
Unclaimed letters remaining in the Bel
fast post office for the week ending Oct.
18th Ladies-Mrs. o. l. Bemis, Helen NJ.
Hogle, Miss Addie Kimball, Mrs. Minerva
S. Leavtt, Miss Grace Murch. Gentlemen
Mr.. Harold Beal, ". j. Dehorn, Frank
Dixon, Mr.. H. E. Jordan g letters), Allen
r. Robbins.
Willis Z. Hamilton has the French roof
up and shingled on his new Office building
at the corner of Cedar and Franklin streets.
The building is 30x3O feet, and has a base
ment 81 feet deep in the clear The heat
| ing apparatus for the office and the two
greenhouses, each 2Ox50 feet, will be in the
basement. Mr.. Hamilton intends to build
another greenhouse for general plants on
| his Congress street lot, in addition TO the
two already built there for roses and pinks
| Mrs. Will Gates, who for many years was
! connected with the clothing business in this
I city, reports a very successful season. Since
giving up the factory on Main street she
| has continued manufacturing at her home
on High street, giving employment to about
80 hands. At present the garments consist
mostly of bath robes and smoking coats.
After Jan LIST there will be a run of about
three months On fancy vests Mrs. Gates
not only works for Boston parties, but does
custom work for our towns people. Her
shipments of last week for Boston was be-
tween 800 and 400 garments.
In 1902 Dean & Pooler bought large
tract of land adjoining Fort Knox in the
town of Prospect. On this property fine
clear mineral spring was found and the
water is now transported to Bangor by
means of gasoline launch. Charles C.
Homer is now engaged in rebuilding wind
mill that was located on this spring, for the
purpose of pumping water to a house where
Mr.. POOler proposes to aerate or charge it
and put it on the market, bottled and flavor
ed. He has also bought gasoline engine
to furnish power and will Immediately be-
gin operations.
NORTH BELFAST. Superintendent AL
bert Lane is making improvements on the
cemetery under the supervision of trustee
w. S. Hatch. The avenues of the new Sec
ton have been ploughed and the dirt used
to grade the embankment which slopes
toward the road. 1t adds very much to
the good appearance Of the yard. Mrs.
George F. Brier, who has been visiting
friends in Boston and vicinity, arrived
home last Saturday. -. Ralph Russ and
Herman Beckwith have gone to Brattle-
b0ro, VT, where they have employment
Word was received Saturday that Frank
Woods, formerly of this place, but now in
Kittery, has had both legs broken by the
collapse of a staging upon which he was at
work.
MlND-READING AND HYPNOTIsM. Paul
inc, the mind-reader and hypnotist, enter
| tanned large audiences at the Opera House
| the first of the week and will continue the
| remainder of this week. He is good as a
by pnotist, but is excellent as telepathist
| The brief talk that introduces the tests is
| interesting and the amusing features of the
| hypnotic influences, combined with the mys-
terry of mind over matter, make good COM
binatiOn. Pauline stated that he had per-
manently cured in Burlington, VT, man
| who had been afflicted with suffering about
| 20 years. The tests of locating articles and
| persons were certainly we'll performed and
| the acts and appearances of the local sub
jects under hypnotic influence were very
amusing The blackboard writing from
mind transmission was new to most of the
| audience.
THE WALDO TRUST COMPANY. 1t will
be noticed in anOt her column that the Peo-
pies National Bank of this city is to be
liquidated, and few words of explanation
seem necessary. The above bank will be
succeeded by the Waldo Trust Company of
Belfast, they taking over the banking house
books, notes, all depOsitOrs' accounts, both
ment, SO that the transfer will not interrupt
business or Inconvenience in any way the
patrons of the present bank. This change
is made, because under the new banking
laws of the State it has been proven that a
trust company offers additional security
and advantages, both to stockholders and
depositors, and enlarges the range of bust
ness. This trust company, which will open
for business November l, 1904, will be a
local organization, governed by residen-
tial board of managers who have had ex-
perience in banking and financial affairs.
Many applications have already been made
for the stock and 1t will be largely held in