The Republican journal., 1904-10-13
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.

Reports of the Kimball family reunion
and the Gay family reunion will be pub
lished next week.
Willis E. Hamilton is erecting an office
and salesroom at the corner of Franklin
and Cedar streets. 1t is 3Ox3O feet, and the
street front will be of glass.
Mr.. Tisdale, the new foreman of the cut.
ting room in Leonard & Barrows shoe fac.
tory, has rented one of the tenements in the
j. NJ. Fletcher house on Main street.
W. Fl. Arnold shipped during the past
week 5000 pounds of pork to the Libby
Brothers at Brighton. The pork was in
live weight and it was necessary to carry
them in double decker from this city.
This shipment is one of the largest of the
season.
Richard Merriam, formerly of Morrill,, but
who has been living in Massachusetts, has
bought the farm of James F. Sheldon and
will take possession in few weeks. Mr..
Sheldon has bought of Airline P. Cooper, ct
al, the Simmons place at Poor's Mills and
will occupy it.
Carle & Jones are building an extension
on the rear roof of their store, which will
be used as storage room for wall papers,
65x20 and Is feet high, and will sell from
samples on the first floor. This will facli-
tate the handling of this line and keep the
stock in a better condition.
Frank L. and Fl. L. Whitten of Union
have bought the grocery business of Thos.
Cannon & Son on Church street and will
| take possession in about week. Lewis F.
Cannon. the junior member of the firm, will
| go on the road for Milliken, Tomlinson Co.,
wholesale grocers of Portland
The Belfast Free Library has quantity
of old papers, The Belfast Age, The Pro
gressive Age, The Republican journal, and
others which it cannot use, as it has bound
volumes of all. If any one can make use of
them, or any portion of them, they may be
had by applying at the library building.
Harry Lutz, president of trustees.
Mrs. NJ. E. Handy of Camden has bought
the Fred Rackliff farm on the Belmont road
and will take possession in about three
weeks. Her daughter, Mrs. Harriet Coombs
of Camden, will have home with her, and
her son, Henry Handy of Hope, will carry
on the farm. Mr.. Rackliff intends to buy a
larger farm nearer the city and will increase
and improve his present line of business,
dairying.
| CONCERT IN SEARsMoNT. Under the
management of Miss Knight and Miss Nc
Corrison a concert will be given in Dirigo
Hall, Searsmont, Tuesday, Oct. 18th, in
which will appear: Mrs. E. P. Frost, So
prano; Miss Helen Dunton, soloist and ac-
companist; Miss Anna Kittridge, reader
Mrs. E. S. Pitcher, cOntralto; Mr.. F. S.
Pitcher, baritone. The doors will open at I
and the concert begin at s. Admission, %
cents; children under - years, Is cents. If
the night is stormy the concert will be given
Wednesday night.
| The new black smith shop of the Duplex
Roller flushing Co. has been completed and
is being got ready for business. The
machine shop, moved from across the
street to the basement of what was the
Dana building, is in full operation, and
F. f. Wiley, the engineer, is getting the
engine and boiler rooms into fine order
He ran the engine in the Dana days and
takes pride in the appearance of the machin,
cry in his charge. The company has just
received 100 tons of moulding sand for the
foundry. They have splendid plant, fully
equipped for their different lines of work.
The New England Telephone and Tele-
graph Co. received Oct. 7th car load of
telephone material for the Belfast Ex-
change. 1t consisted of about 1900 feet of
aerial cable, with the guard wires, cable
boxes, seats, etc, for installing the same.
This new cable will do away with many of
| the open wires now in use. 1t is the inten-
tion Of the company to lay out a system
which will take care of the probable growth
of the exchange for at least five years.
The company has few men in town at
work on the new poles, which are to be set
on streets not equipped with pole lines at
present. This will accommodate many sub
scribers who have been waiting for service
since early summer.
New ADVERTISEMENTS. James H.
Howes, Odd Fellows Block, has a new and
complete line of dry and fancy goods for
the fall of 1904. Friday, Oct. 18th, a member
of one of the best coat, suit and garment
houses in New York will be at his store to
show the seasons latest models, and special
orders will be taken. You are invited to
call whether you wish to buy or not. Fred
A. johnson, Masonic Temple, offers for the
next ten days discount of 10 per cent on the
regular cost of all furs. Special price on
Cony neck furs, just received. New fall
styles of the McGee adjustable yoke under
skirts, and 800 new tiannelette wrappers,
just received. Private carriage sent with
out charge for intending buyers. IA D.
Chase & Son, Chase's Corner, have just re-
ceived their new fall and winter shirtwaists
Their new stock of ladies' and misses gar.
ments will arrive the coming week. During
the millinery opening Oct. 18th, they will
have display of rugs in hearth size, hall
runners and carpet sze....F. L. & Ii. B
Toothaker, Belmont Avenue, will grind ap
pies if brought to their mill and will furnish
new cider to order. earle & Jones an
nounce pitcher sale this week, and also 6
sale of cooking nappies and mixing bowls
all at about one-half the regular price,.
See report of the condition of the SearSpor1