The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-02-18

Yesterday was Ash Wednesday the first
day of Lent.
The Post Office Department has granted
vacation of one day to the R. F. D. car
riers for Washington's birthday. The Bel
fast post Office will be open and the city
carriers perform their duties as usual.
Unclaimed letters remaining in the Bel
fast post office for the week ending Feb.
18th: Mrs. NJ. E. Jones, Mr.. Marion
Coombs, James c. Jellson, Fred D. Stet-
son g letters) Mr.. c. H. Ward.
The members of Seaside Chautauqua
Circle will meet Monday afternoon, Febru-
AIRY 22nd, with Mrs. Mary S. Whitmore, No.
129 Main street. The lesson will be from
chapter three of Evolution of Indus
trial Society" and from the magazine,
american Sculpture" Roll-call, quota
tions from Grorge Washington.
Five of our Belfast clergymen-Revs. Geo
S. Mills, A. A. Smith, Harry Lutz, G. E.
Edgett and F. S. Philbrook- at the
futile stu do last week and were photo
graphed in group. Monday Mr.. Mills
was presented by his brother clergymen
with one of the photographs nicely framed.
The gift was unexpected and is highly
priced by the recipient.
While the steamer Golden Rod is laid up
at Buck sport on account of the ice embargo
Capt. Bennett is having her engines and
machinery overhauled and put in thorough
port-Camden route again she will be much
faster than ever before. A new dining
room is being built and the steamer will be
thoroughly renovated and painted through
out
APPLE SHIPMENTS. The shipments of
apples continue heavy and the fruit is
coming in faster than it can be sent out,
with the present facilities, as all the steam
ers are off. Wood Bros. are buying for
foreign shipment, and E. H. Ramsdell, W.
NJ Foye and W. B. Tyron for domestic
markets. Shippers are using all the stor-
age room they can obtain and the cellars of
many stores and houses are temporarily in
use for that purpose.
Valentines day, which for few years
past seemed to wane in the public interest,
received slight revival this year, and many
missives were sent. Some years ago the
rage for comic valentines grew to such an
extent that it became offensive, and that
class was not offered in the stores for sale
This year there has been good call for the
better kinds and the medium and cheaper
grades, but the caricatures of former years
were not much in evidence.
TIE MARsHAL's Busy DAY. Last Satur-
day was City Marshal McDonald's busy day.
He was first called upon to settle chronic
neighborhood quarrel; or rather to hear
complaints from the antagOniStic parties
, Then horse case came up. man had a
horse which the society with the long name
would have condemned at sight, but when
looked for later the animal could not be
found and the late owner said he had traded
it and it had gone to Camden. There We're
DRINKS galore, and most of them were or
dered to make tracks for home without de-
lay. A woman was among the number and
made herself very conspicuous on Main
street; but before the City Marshal reached
the scene she had disappeared 1t is very
evident that prohibition does not prohibit
to any great extent in Belfast.
THE REDMEN's BALL. A grand mas
querade ball will be given at the Belfast
| Opera House this, Thursday, evening
under the auspices of Tarratine Tribe, No
10, l. U. r. NJ, of Belfast. Music will be
furnished by the Belfast Quintet, assisted
by Mr.. Miller of Camden, cornetist. W. A.
Kimball will act as floor director. Five
dollars will be offered in prizes, So to the
gentleman and So to the lady wearing the
most unique costumes. The admission will
be 80 cents for gentlemen, Is cents for la
! dies, spectators, % cents. Reserved seats
| 10 cents extra. Tickets may be procured
at the C. C. G. shoe store. Refreshments
hall is deliberately decorated with forest
scenes, wild animals, wigwams, log cabin,
a living spring, canoes, snow shoes, and
other insignia of Indian life. The maskers
| will not be confined to members of the Or
der, or the costumes need not be connected
| with Indian lore.
| NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. You are re-
minded this week that Dinsmore's C. O. ID.
sale will close Saturday, Feb. Doth That
is positively the last day to get double val
ues and double stamps. Wright d Hall,
| Opera House block, are sole agents for Bel
fast for Atlantic ranges, furnaces and par
lor stoves. Arthur A. Moore, Hayford
block, has fresh Columbia salmon at %
| cents pound. See advt. of Palmer Case
/ line engines. E. L. Macomber is the Bel
fast agent. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. McManus
of Unity publish card of thanks. Signs
of sprng-new parsnips, Bermuda onions
and celery at b. d. Fields, successor to
CHM & Field. Green stamps :. See advt.
| of A. ID. Chase & Sons bargain sale. Great
reduction in price of jackets, suits and rugs.
80. earle & Jones have early spring dry
goods on sale, and have received new goods
i'll their crockery department., including
10000 rolls of wall paper and $50 dozen
window shades. See their stamp offer. .. -. {.
James Fl. Howes announces some attrac-
tive prices for his after stock taking clear
ance sale. Discount On every pair of gloves
until March LIST. Cotton goods at the old
prices. Bargains in winter coats, suits and
garments for misses and girls. :. Watches
and clocks renaireG and satisfaction pua RI NJ