The Republican journal., 1904-02-11
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.

There are seven prisoners in Waldo
County Jail, including two tramps. This is
very small number for this season of the
year.
George Herrck of Beech Hill, Northport,
has bought 1O-horse power engine and
boiler for use in woOd-sawing, ETC., on his
farm.
Ice cutting on Goose River was finished
Monday, the houses having been filled. Men
who worked on the ice say it was the hard
est winter for the business they have ever
known.
The many friends in this city of Rev. W.
H. Williams will read with interest his Let
ter from Missouri on the Sd page. He closes
with a fine tribute to the late Charles F.
CHM.
An old-fashioned spelling school will be
held at the shore road schoolhouse, Sears
port avenue, Friday evening, Feb. 18th.
There will be prize for the best speller.
Admission cents. Homemade candy will
be on sale.
A Jacksonville, Florida, subscriber
writes: | cannot do without The Journal.
If it fails to come Saturday, | cannot wait
for the carrier Monday morning, but go to
the post office Sunday for it, A Mime
apolis, Mimi, subscriber says: 81 cannot
keep house without it,
Conductor Sullivan and engi neer Shaw
took an extra train with 100 passengers to
Brooks Wednesday evening, Feb 3d. The
lou Hall in that village. Rigbys Orchestra,
consisting of Messrs. Rigby, Reyes, Crock
EFT, Drnkwater, Crosby and Parker fur
nished music for the ball and gave con-
cert The train arrived back in Belfast at
a. H., Thursday. y
Have you called on Dinsmore?" If you
have not you are very much in the minority
as they report the largest sale in the his
cory of their tifty-two years of shoe retail
ing. They have another large announce
lnent III this weeks issue which is brim-
ming over with special inducements in sea-
sonabIe footwear. Anticipate your wants
and save third on your shoe bill this year,
by buying now at this sale.
We print on the I'd page ga Belfast Pie
rure' from Maine Woods, and the accompa-
nying article, through the courtesy of the
publisher, J. W. Brack EFT. The picture
shows two young Belfast sportsmen with
their dog and game. The Maine Woods is
rightly named, and those who want news
OF hunting and fishing will enjoy its weekly
visits. 1t is published i'll Phillips, Me-, and
the subscription price is 81 year.
The town hall at Stamford, Conn, in
Office, etc, was burned last Thursday night
The post office was on the street floor and
the clerks got out the first class mail and
the records, taking them to the rooms of
Hobbie Post, q. A. r., opposite, which will
serve as post office until new quarters can
be secured. The postmaster at Stamford is
Capt. j. A. Fessenden, who is we'll known
in this city and vicinity.
The first ten persons giving the correct
solution of the c. O. d. puzzle (Call on Dins-
more were Mrs. W. L. West Mrs. Ezra L..
Talbot, Mrs. W. S. Edminster, Mrs. Cassius
Dickey, Miss Florence Wilband, Miss Hat
tie Linnekin, Miss Abbie Roberts, Miss
IShmael Patterson. There were many
others who guessed right, but the above
were the first ten, and SO received ten dol
lars of trading stamps free.
Ten Maine towns will become centenar-
ans in 1904, including two Waldo county
towns. June 22nd is the Tooth birthday of
Embden, Unity and Mercer, and the next
day that of Gilead, Andover, Hope and Pa
lermo. The Kennebec Journal in write
mp of these towns says:
Unity is a thriving farming town, noted
for It's big crop of hay and its large pond,
sometimes known as the Twenty-fve-Mile
Pond. 1t is situated in Waldo county,
about % miles inland from Belfast bay. 1t
was originally a part of Plymouth patent
IL was named, it is said, for the political
harmony OF Its early settlers.
A Belfast business man, who spends con-
siderable time on the road, had some excit-
ing experiences last week. He was in six
dtferent railroad accidents inside of 4s
hours and one train he was on was obliged
~ go around on another road on account
of derailed train. His principal troubles
were on narrow guage road, on which the
ears were derailed twice in one day and
four times in another. Nobody was hurt
and the delays were not of long duration.
To add to his troubles he learned that the
only way to reach one place on his list was
tWo-mile trip on snow shoes, and return
in the same manner. He cut that appoint
ment out of his trip.
STEAMER NOTE s. The engine of the
SebascOdegan was found to be in 30 bad
condition that she could not be depended
on and she was returned to her owners last
Thursday. The boat was chartered by the
Bucksport, Belfast and Camden Steamboat
Co. from the Harpswel Steamboat Co. to
run in connection with the Merryconeag,
but that arrangement is necessarily given
up for the present. The Harpswell Steam
boat Co. say they supposed she was in per-
feet condition, as her engine was new and
they had relied on the machinists who set
It up. The Portland papers think there
could not have been much the matter with
the machinery of the Sebascodegan as she
made good time between BoOthbay and that
city. The Argus says: "The steamer left
Boothbay about o'clock Friday morning
and arrived shortly after two in the after
noon. And the speed was considerably