The Republican journal., 1904-06-02
City Marshal H. E. Mcdonald appeared

Eastern S. S. Co.'s wharf.
Mr.. D. l.. Pitcher wishes us to announce
that he will be candidate for sheriff be-
fore the Republican county convention.
Two sprinklers were in use on the streets
Saturday and they barely kept the dust I'M
der control They were out again Sunday.
Andrew J. Stevens is building piazza
along the south and west sides of his house
on the corner of Market and Washington
streets.
Marcellus R. Knowlton has bought the L.
R. Palmer houses and lot at the corner of
agency of F. S. Holmes.
Charles E. Stevens received an order Sat-
urday for eleven sets of double harness
from firm doing a leaning business in
Northern Penobscot county.
Mrs. R. H. Moody, one of our most sue
cessful florists, picked 80 dozen tulips from
her garden for Memorial day, and many
dozen that were given to neighbors and
| friends.
The warrants for killing unlicensed dogs
are now in the hands of police officers for
enforcement We understand that the pen
atty is to be strictly enforced this year.
Owners can still settle with the city clerk
without extra costs.
Engineers of the U. S. Geological Survey
were in Belfast making surveys for the
topographic charts which are used in quad
rangles of 20 miles square. The engineers
set aluminium plates at intervals of about
miles, showing the elevation above the sea-
The plate in the southerly corner of the
court house in Belfast is marked 100 feet.
The Democratic County Committee met
in Belfast May 3oth and organized by choice
of F. A. Greer of Belfast, chairman and A.
F. Kigore of Brooks, secretary. 1t was
voted to hold the county convention in Bel
fast, Friday, August 9TH. Hon. S. W. Gould
or some other good speaker will be secured
to address the convention. The call will be
found in another column.
Several years ago the U. S. government
furnished marble headstones, on request of
Grand Army Posts, for soldiers whose
graves were not otherwise marked. Thos.
II. Marshall Post of this city secured and
set large number. Some of the stones
then received have not yet been set, for the
reason that the proper place to set them has
not been ascertained. 1t is now suggested
that such stones be set on the Grand Army
lot in Grove cemetery
A great many articles, replete with sta
tistics, have been written on "What Be
off he Pins bipr mi hi
be written on what becomes of the watches.
The recent loss of watch on Northport
avenue brought out the fact that three
young ladies, with practically the same
given names, all attending the same church,
had recently lost watches, and two of them
on the same. thoroughfare. This leads
to the conclusion that many other
watches must have been lost of which no
| report has been made, and to the further
conclusion that these watches are now in
possession of other than their rightful own
ers. 1t is inevitable that watch dropped
on a public thoroughfare must be seen and
picked up, and if the finder is an honest
person the owner may recover her proper
ty; but otherwise not
SHIPPING ITEMS. Schs. Annie P Chase
from Perth Amboy and Roger Drury from
Port johnson arrived May 2Sth and Sch
American Team May Goth, with coal for
Swan & Sibley CO.. Sch. Ella G. Eells
sailed May 26th for Stonington to load
granite for New York. Capt. A. C. Bach
elder of Northport, formerly of sch. r. S.
Dean, has bought of Cobb, Wight & Co..
Rockland, the schooner Charlie & Willie
and will command her in the general coast
ing trade. The schooner is III tons net
was built at Damariscotta in 1S49, and has
been owned in Rockland about 80 years
She is in fine condition, having been rebuilt
> a few years ago....Schs. ORION with lum
. Der from Bangor and Good Intent witt
lime from Rockland arrived last week fol-
Cooper & Co....Sch. Sunnyside arrived
from Stonington May Goth on her regular
packet trip. Capt. Barbour reports a goo(
, business in freighting and dealing in gen
eral produce.
l RAILROAD CHANGES. The summer tim,
table on the Boston & Maine and Maine Cen
, trail Railroads will 60 into effect next Mon
} day morning. The passenger trains on thu
2 Belfast branch will leave Belfast at A. NJ
2 and 1.30 P. M, and arrive at 945 A. NJ, ant
Cos P. NJ. The mixed trains to and from
Waterville will arrive at 12.45P NJ and de
, part at 800 The orders assigning the worl
9 of the trainmen were received here Ma.
. 30th. Changes of local interest are as fol
lows Belfast branch passenger train, con
D ductor, Owen W. Clement; baggage master
Ambrose j. Morrison; f1agman, Austin J
/ Fernald Mr.. Clement has been conducto
| between Bangor and Waterville, passenger
e one way and freight the other The position
officially known as dagman correspond
t with rear brakeman on trains having NOR
r than one brakeman. Conductor John A
Mace is to have charge of the "Bar Harbo
t express" running between Portland an,
e Mt. Desert Ferry. E. C. Fiske, the presen
0 fagman on the Belfast passenger train, is t.
g be brakeman with Mr.. Mace. Emery Cook
a who for some time past has been conducto
!. on the Belfast and Waterville freight, take
h the trains formerly in charge of Conducto
n Clement, and is succeeded on the Belfas
/, branch by G. W. Atkins of the Gardiner AM
s Skowhegan freight. The changes went int
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