The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-06-30

The w. c. T. U. will meet tomorrow.
Friday, afternoon with Miss rockingham,
High street.
Mrs. Ross has opened the Waquoit bow
ling alley for the season, on the South
Shore, Northport.
A. E. Clark Camp, Sons of Veterans, met
at their rooms on Main street last Tuesday
evening The next meeting will be JULY
Goth.
The Misses McC0rrison & Knight will
give dance every Saturday night in Diri-
go hall, Searsmont, to which all dancers are
invited.
H. l.. Woodcock, his son Faunce and
Bert Beckett of Cambridge, Mass, recent
ly canoed up Goose river from Mason's
Mills and across Swan lake, taking - trout
and salmon.
The Unitarian church society will have
their annual Sunday school excursion to-
morrow, Friday, and will go to Castine,
leaving Lewis wharf at 9 a. m. An invita-
ton is extended to all members and friends
The Children's Aid Society will meet at
the home of Rev. Hairy Lutz next Tues
day afternoon at o'clock to hear and dis
cuss the report of the recent meeting of the
National Conference of Charities and Cor
rection in Portland Everybody is invited
partment the Swanville and Belfast stage
now leaves Swanville at 11.2O a. m., and ar
rives in Belfast at 1 p. m. ; returning leaves
Belfast at $50, or on arrival of evening
mail train and arrives in Swanville in l
hour and 40 minutes.
Mrs. Calle II. Howe of Missouri, Ma
tional Lecturer and Organizer of the W. C.
T. u, will speak in Belfast July 1st at the
Methodist church at 7.30 p. m. She is a
talented speaker and her lectures are both
interesting and instructive. All are cor
daily invited to attend.
NJ. r. Knowlton of this city and George
c. Rose of Northport have leased the hotel
at Ryder's Cove, Islesboro, and will open
| it July list as the Seaside House. Mr..
! Knowlton was until recently the proprie-
tor of the Windsor Hotel in this city, and
Mr.. Rose has been employed the past two
years in the same house.
POLICE COURT. George Collins of Nor
rill was before the Belfast Police Court
! Tuesday charged with assault and battery
on Preston L. Bartlett of Belmont. Bart
| lett drove past Collins place last Thursday
and says that as the result of a dispute
| Collins struck him and knocked him from
the wagon. Collins says Bartlett jumped
from the wagon and was coming towards
him when the blow was struck that Bart
| lett warded off the blow, and as his horses
had started got in and drove off. Judge
Rogers acquitted the accused.
| WALDO COUNTY CROPS. Following is a
summary of the reports to the Department
of Agriculture on the crops in Waldo coun-
| ty: Condition of grass fields, 10 per cent.
Condition of fruit trees, 10S per cent. Some
winter-killng of young fruit trees is quite
generally reported The Baldwin and Ben
Davis are the varieties of apple trees most
generally planted. Small fruits are re-
ceivng the usual amount of attention. De-
crease in acreage of corn by backwardness
of season, II per cent The acreage of hoed
| crops has been reduced 20 per cent. by the
excessive rainfall.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Fred A. John
son, Masonic Temple, has made strike in
the right kind Of wash goods. Read the
prices quoted and see his big show window
to-day. Twenty dozen new wash stocks
for Saturday at % cents each. Get your
fireworks for the 18th at Follett's Sporting
Goods store. A full line at the lowest
prices. Read the advt. "a Summer
Home" For the particulars call at this
otfice....C. f. Tibbetts, who for some time
has been supplying local customers with
Magnet Oil, superior kerosene, is now
prepared to furnish genuine 76 gasoline for
| launches and engines. He already has
number of customers. The Libby Com
pany, Burnham, has 90 horses, just received
| from Massachusetts, for sale at satisfactory
prices. Fred Atwood, Winterport, offers
| some bargains in horse rakes to close out.
go. Store to let in the Williamson block.
! viii be put in order to suit tenant. Apply
| to H. T. Field, Belfast National Bank.
Only $3.50 for a round trip ticket to the
! Worlds Fair, st. Louis, with 3 days ac-
commodation at the American Hotel.
Maurice W. Lord, agent, Hayford Block.
-. Garlic & Jones have full lines of 4th of
July goods, which they intend to close out
| by Saturday night. Their stock includes
! flags, crackers, fireworks, ETC.. james II.
Howes' specials this week are linen and
duck inexpensive summer dresses, waists
and skirts, summer gloves, hosiery, under
wear, corsets, ETC.. Harry W. Clark & Co.
advertise six days discount sale of sum-
mer clothing and furnishing goods, to be-
gin today at SO Main street. Saturday
morning, July End, A. D. Chase & Son will
place on sale manufacturers samples of
shirt waist suits. A two-piece suit at just
one half the former price-$2. Cottage to
let at Windermere Park, Unity, for the
season or week; six rooms, all furnished.
Apply to l. F. Whitehouse, Unity, Me-.
Some very desirable shore property extend
ing from Northport avenue to the bay, is
offered for sale. Apply to P. O., Box 1876,