The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-29
The Eastern Steamship pier has. been
wired for electric lights. The buildings
were formerly lighted by lamps.

/ wired Tor electric lights. The buildings
were formerly lighted by lamps.
W. F. Weshe, one of our local sportsmen,
confirms the report that comes from all
sections of the State that partridge are very
plentiful this season and this is true also
of wOodcOck. On recent afternoon Mr.
Weshe bagged eight birds.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the
Belfast postoffice for the week ending Sept
oath: Ladies-Mrs. Margaret Fraser, Mrs.
Hy. Poland, Mrs. Evie NJ. Wright Gentle
men = Harry S. Dean, Kennedy Mason,
David G. haywood, II. L. Stevens, Roger F.
Stanchfeld, Amos F. Simpson.
Monday was the opening night of a week S
engagement of the Bennett Moulton Co. at
the Opera House, and they had a good audi
ence. The scenery and specialties were ex-
ceptionally good, and the acting above the
average for popular priced company. The
plays are all new here and the remaining
nights should be well patrOnized by theatre
gOers.
Two trials were held before Judge Rogers
of the police court Friday afternoon Fred
Stephenson of this city was tried for
drunkenness. The mittimus was suspended
but he was warned that if seen intoxicated
again he would be given Jail sentence G.
b. Marsano of this city was arrested and
tried for assault, the complaint being made
by William J. Gammage of Rockland. Mar
sanO was fined So and costs amounting to
about 80 Monday Stephenson was again
before the court, having been taken into
custody the day before, and was sentenced
to eight months in jail, double penalty.
VICTIM OF AN AUTO. George Cunning
ham, formerly of this city, was seriously
and perhaps fatally injured by an automo-
bile in New York city Sept. 10Th Cunning
ham had been going uptown on an Eighth
ave- car and got off to cross to Columbus
avenue, shortly after .. AS he crossed to
the sidewalk the automobile was upon him
before he realized his danger. He was hit
squarely by the hood of the car and became
entangled in the gearing in such a way-that
the movement of the machinery tore and
racked his body. The chauffeur immedi-
ately reversed his engine, but he could not
stop the big car until it had almost reached
Eightieth street. There Cunningham, still
unconscious, but able only to moan feebly,
was released. On the way to the hospital
Cunningham was so weak that he could
only moan. half under his breath: "My
poor wife and my children, they will starve
without me-" Even if he lives both legs
will have to be amputated, the doctors say.
The two men on the auto were arraigned
on charge of assault, and both We're held
i'll $4,000 bail. Cunningham has d wife and
three children. lie is a son of the late
William Cunningham of this city, and a
nephew of Cornelius c. and James II. Gun
ningham.
SHIPPING ITEMS. The steamer Pathfnd-
folk to New York, picked up at sea and
towed into the latter port the abandoned
British schooner Theta, 400 tons She was
built only three years ago. Capt. James b.
Parse is native of Searsport and has the
following Searsport officers with him: Har-
ry L. Dow, first officer; Frank Dow, 2nd Of
ficer; David \. Kane, quartermaster .....A
says: ship Henry b. Hyde, which was
recently tioated from the beach near Dam
Neck station, after being ashore for several
months, broke her hawser and came ashore
again during the heavy blow early this
morning. The crew of eight men was res
cued by the life savers This ship was
built at Bath in 1884 by Flint & Co. of New
York for Capt. Phineas Pendleton, Jr. of
Searsport Her first passage from San Fran
cisco to Liverpool was made in 90 days, the
run from the Equator to port being made in
20 days. The following captains command
ed her While she was managed in New York
Capt. p. Pendleton, Jr., John G. Pendleton
James P. Butman, Joshua b. Nichols, Theo-
dore p. Colcord of Searsport and Capt Da-
vid Scrbner of Thomaston. While in COM
mand of Capt. John G. Pendeton she sailed
from San Francisco April %, 1885, and ar
rived at New York July %, making the
passage in IS days. The run from Cape
Horn to the Equator was made in 70 days
and 10 days from the Equator to the Sandy
Hook lightShip She was sold to the Cali
fornia Shipping Co. a few years ago for
$4,000, and has since been in hard luek....
The three-maSted schooner Ella G. Eells of
Rockport, Me-, has been sold to Captain
Breen of Brooklyn, n. Y, who will use her
in the general coasting trade, The schoon-
er is go tons net and was built at her home
port in 1891. Sch. Sadie Willcutt discharg-
ed cargo of coal last week at the Tillson
wharf, Rockland, for the Eastern S. S. Co.
....Of the ship Henry B. Hyde above re-
ported as ashore again after she was float
ed from the Virginia coast, the Marine
Journal, New York, says: ''She will in all
probability be converted into coal barge
by her owners, and will ply between Lam
bert's Point and northern and eastern coal
ports. 1t is understood that the Hyde's
counterpart as schooner could not be built
for $l75,O0O, or as a barge for $4,000. In
fact the Hyde is one of the staunchest
wooden vessels OIL the Atlantic coast, and
with the expenditure of about $4,000 she
will be made as good as new. The bark
Willard Midget, Capt. f. r. Blanchard,
Newport News for Bangor with coal, is
overdue. The Mudgett is chartered to load
lumber at Bangor for Rio Janeiro. A bark
was seen on Nantucket shoals during the
great gale, with loss of sails and some of
her spars, and it may have been the Mud