The Republican journal., 1904-06-09
VIM. A. Clark has bought J. F. Sheldon's

Charles A. Mckinley has sold his mill
route to Augustus Sprague of Waldo.
The W. c. T. U. will meet with Mrs
Frances Murch on Friday afternoon, June
18th, at 23O O'Clock.
Clarence NJ. Knowlton has bought OF
Herbert E. Bradman the Ezekiel Small
farm in East Belfast.
There will be a food sale in the Uni
versalist church vestry tomorrow, Friday
afternoon at O'clock
Rockland will celebrate Old Home Wee
and the semi-centennial of the city's incor.
poratiOn, August 1920
The County Commissioners will hold an
adjourned term at::the court house in Bel.
fast, Tuesday, June 18th.
The Belfast Upper Grammar school boys
will have an excursion on steamer Castine
to Castine Saturday, June 18th.
The Freedom Academy baseball nine and
the graduating class of that school were
photographed at W. L. Halls gallery in
this city recently.
The post Office at Northport Campground
opened Tuesday, June 7th. The mail is
carried to and from the trains at Belfast by
James F. Noyes. E. H. Haney is post.
master.
Hatcil Colt recently found among lot of
old metal a Belfast Police badge of the
style Of from 40 to 50 years ago 1t is a
6-pointed star, nickel plated, and engraved
in script letters, Belfast Police"
William Fl. Beckwith has made arrange
ments to leave cream at grocery stores,
markets, ETC., for supplies for milkmen,
who prefer getting it from an outside source
rather than to produce it on their own
farms.
| Dana Lawrence has received, through
the agency of Giles G. Abbott, a Deering
corn harvester, which cuts and binds the
corn in the field. Mr. Lawrence has large
silo and his farm is supplied with many
kinds of labor-saving machinery.
The investigation by the municipal Off
GERS into the fire at the Hayes house re-
suited in finding that the value Of the
buildings was $1,000; damage to same,
5000; insurance, S1,700; value of contents,
$500; damage, S75; insurance, 500; cause
of fire, caught from brush fire set by chill
dren.
The First Maine Cavalry association, of
which there are many members living in
this section, will hold its annual reunion in
Boston during the third week in August,
probably upon the 10th. An effort will be
made to have every living member of that
famous regiment in line during the grand
parade
The public schools of Maine will 60 to
Lake Maranacook by special excursion
over the Maine Central Railroad SATURDAY.,
June 18th. They will go on the regular
morning train and return by the evening
train. The fare from Belfast for the
round trip will be for adults, IS cents !;
children, As cents.
| DICKEY's EXCURSION. Orrin j. Dickey
! will take his first excursion for this season
to Augusta and Togus next Saturday, leav-
| ing Belfast on the morning train and re-
| turning in the evening at six O'Clock. The
fare will be but S1.45 for the round trip,
visiting the departments of the National
Home at Togus and the State House at
Augusta. At the home there are 2,771 vet
Grams, and many things of interest, while
| the Fish and Game department exhibition
at the State House is well worth the trip.
An invitation has been given the school
children.
RAILROAD SPARKS. The change of time
went into effect on the Maine Central
Monday morning. Passenger trains leave
Belfast for Burnham junction at a. III.
and 1.30p. M, and arrive at g. IS a. IN. and
Cos p. m. Mixed trains arrive from Water
vile at 12.45 p. IN. and depart at 800 D. m.
The crew on the freight train consists of
Conductor c. W. Atkins; baggage master,
William McTaggart; tiagman, Joseph L.
Quincy. Harry Marsh, formerly tagman,
is on freight train between Bangor and
Portland. The refrigerator cars were put
on for the season June 9th. These cars
leave Belfast on the a. m. train Mondays.
PARADA. Rehearsals for Parada have
begun, and already much interest is mani
tested in the coming presentation, which
will be in the Belfast Opera House for four
nights and a Saturday matinee, beginning
June odd 1t will be given with special
scenery. beautiful costumes and calcium
light effects, and there will be about 800 in
the cast. Many of the scenes and acts are
from popular operas, and include dances,
drills, living pictures, etc. Parada has been
a great success wherever presented, and we
are confident that its production here will
be no exception.
FISH FACTS. Sch. Ida May, Capt. Pat
terson, arrived June 1st from her first fish
ing trip for the season. She had small
fare of fresh and corned fish, taken near
Mt. Desert. Two Penobscot salmon weigh
ing more than 20 pounds apiece, were ship
ped from Belfast to New York the past
week; one by Capt. F. S. Pendleton of
1slesboro and one by Joel j. Walker of
Liberty. Capt Bramhall had on exhibit
ton at his market the first of the week a
fresh mackerel that weighed pounds and
10 ounces. The Fish and Game Commits
sioners have posted notices of the closing
of Swan Lake to ice fishing for years, and
the lake and its tributaries to the catching
of small fish. Trout less than 10 inches or
salmon less than IA cannot be legally taken