The Republican journal., 1904-02-18
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.

Mrs. F. w. Pote, Church street, Monday
Feb. 22nd, at $50 p. m.
The W. c. T. U. will hold Willard
memorial service at the home of Mrs A. E
E. Clark tomorrow, Friday, afternoon, a
.. 80 O'Clock.
Civil service examinations for post offic
clerks and carriers were held in the Belfas
post Office Saturday afternoon, Feb. 18th
Percy J. Poor, Elijah Howard and Waite
}. Clifford were examined for carriers an,
Maurice W. Lord for clerk.
A carriage house on Front street, owned
by Edward Il. Knowlton, collapsed las
Friday night from the weight of snow OF
the roof Eighteen carriages were in thu
building and all we're more or less broker
and some entirely ruined. All except on
were owned by Mr.. Knowlton.
William II. Beckwith has, among othe
old books and papers, a Pronouncing Die
tionary of the English Language, published
in 1904, by E. Merriam & Co., Boston. TIL,
work was compiled by William Perry; tn,
pages are inches square and the book
inches thick. He also has the Hancock
Gazette and Patriot published in Belfast by
Fellows & Simpson, March II, 1924.
William H. Wight and Policeman Frisbee
went to China, in Kennebec county, last
week to bring home one Andrew Robbins
who was reported as being in distress il
that town. When they arrived they found
that Robbins had received help from the
town but had gone into the woods to work
The Belfast men made dillgent inquiry and
search but failed to find the man.
The force at the Belfast post office has
been reduced by sickness the past week
P. S. Staples, carrier on R. F. D. No. /, was
off and his son, VIM. IL. Staples, carried
the mail. City letter carrier Carroll W.
Thompson was off last week aud H. Fl
Carter is off this week. Substitute carrier
Percy j. Poor is on duty. Money order
clerk Augustus Perry is the only man in
the office who has wholly escaped the pre-
valing colds.
ACCIDENT. Oscar Gould of Lincolnville
is suffering from an unusually severe cut.
He was chopping wood February 10th, and
his companion slipped and fell while strik-
ing a swinging blow at a tree. The axe
struck Mr.. Gould on the right hip, back of
the joint, and the blade imbedded itself the
whole size in the flesh. The wound was
Just the width of the axe blade and went in
to the bone. 1t was clean cut froma sharp
axe and the patient is doing we'll.
The New England Telephone & Telegraph
Cos patrol team No. 6, in charge of Fred
Scribner of Searsport, was in Belfast last
week on its regular trip. These teams are
kept constantly on the road, each with a
crew OF men equipped for making perma-
nent repairs and alteration in poles and
wiring. Five new instruments have been
added to the Belfast exchange recently
The Custom House, l. NJ. Cottrell's resi-
dence and boat shop, W. f. Jones & Co.'S
bakery and A. j. Stevens residence.
The annual meeting of the tockhoIdars
OF the Eastern Steamship company was
held Feb 10Th in Portland About 2O,O0O
OF the 10000 shares of the company were
represented The annual report of the
company shows the gross earnings for the
year just ended to have been 81 ,435. S74 O6.
The gross expenses for the year were ST.
1Sl,0l5 So. This includes repairs on the
steamships and on the property of the COM
pany for the year, which were shown to
have been S254. SIS. 20 The directors elected
include Gov. Till and Hon. W. r. Cobb of
Rockland. Officers will be elected later.
SNOW BLOCKADE. The snow storm
ct Monday was worse for travel than any
Of the previous storms this winter, although
The snowfall was much less. There was
about two feet of snow on the ground on an
average, and in places where cuts had been
made through drifts and the snow piled up
IN each side, some high banks were found
snow was light and Tuesdays
wind blew it into the cuts SO badly that
travel was stopped on some of the roads.
The school team for the Perkins district
was unable to make its trip Wednesday.
SHIPPING ITEMS Sch Sarah Lunt sailed
rom Brunswick, Ca, February 10th for
Belfast, with hard pine for G. A. Gilchrest
or use on the dredging steamer. .Schs.
Annie Bliss from Eizabethport and Eugene
Borda from Hoboken with phosphate for
Belfast are at Vineyard Haven. Sch.
John |. Snow, on her way to Halls Quarry
% load granite for New York, is frozen in
1t Somes Sound. ...One of the vessels at
Baltimore during the recent fire was the
Dark Auburndale, which arrived there two
weeks ago from O.chilla, and was dscharg-
ng cargo of guano. AS the fire approach |
d the water front the vessel was moved to
place of safety in the harbor Some of !
Ter sails were burned and her hawser |
haired. The warehouse where the YES
els cargo was discharged was totally de-
troyed.
A VALENTINE PARTY. A delightful val
milne party was given the members of the
literature Class Friday, Feb. 10Th, by Miss
tellie H. Hopkins at the cosy home of her
lister, Mrs. c. I. Richards. The rooms
7ere thrown together and bright with gas
ght and flowers, while the special decora-
ions were exceedingly pretty and unique,
arrying out the idea of the season as close
y as possible. Upon all the window and
Their draperes scores of blood red hearts
Of paper) were~artistically arranged, and
attributed over the snowy covers of the
efreshment tables were the same bright
mblems. At each plate was placed a heart
haped card in white, pierced by a beautiful |