The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-02-04
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.

The regular term of Probate Court will be
held next Tuesday
Fred S. johnson brought to Nadsworth's
market last week chickens that weighed
II pounds
Mrs Mary Whitmore has a cyclamen
plant with Is blossoms at her home on
Main street. The plant grows in the Holy
Land.
4 shipment of cream from +. j. Gerry d
60. s Belfast creamery was frozen in transit
10 Boston by railroad express during the
cold spell last week.
The statement of the old and reliable
Springfield Fire & Marine ms. Co., repre-
sented by Fred Atwood, Winterport, Maine,
will be found upon another page, showing
gross assets of Sc, 2S2, 402.15.
The municipal officers held a hearing last
Thursday evening on the petition OF the
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.
for permission to erect poles and maintain
wires on Front street. The petition was
granted.
The ladies on much travelled avenue in
Belfast turned out in force the morning
after the big storm and shoveled about
quarter of a mile of sidewalk. They used
the regulation size snow shovels and did
good job.
A large number of young people from
Belfast attended the dance at j. E. Mar
den's hall in North Searsport last Thursday
night. The travelling was bad and most of
The party remained until daylight before
starting to return home.
The mail to and from Islesboro was car
red via Saturday Cove while the steamer
Silver Star was off on account of ice in the
bay Mr. Dodge carried it between the
STAND and the cove on the ice and Captain
Ewen by team between the cove and Bel
last.
The report of the commissioners to deter
mine the boundary line between Washing
in Knox county and Liberty in Waldo
was liled in the S. J. court at Rockland last
week, and the expense apportioned-each
Gown to pay $1,000 Staples for Washing
Ion. Richie for Liberty.
The Board of Registration in session last
week struck from the voting lists 81 names
If men who have died or moved away since
he last revision, one year ago. This does
not give an idea of the actual number of
voters, as the new names are not added
until the final revision the week before
election.
The county commissioners held an ad-
i0urned meeting Saturday and received
inOut The petitioner claims that the high
way in question in the north part of the
town is not passable on account of snow.
The commissioners will meet and view the
premises to-day, Thursday.
A banjo is making a roundabout trip to
the St Louis fair by express. 1t was start
sd from Winsted, Conn, in September and
IS being dead-headed through the offices al
over the Northern States. 1t arrived in
Belfast last Friday so covered with tags of
the different express and railroad crews
hat have handled il that the instrument
was hidden.
The third entertainment in the Peoples
Popular Course will be given at the Belfast
Opera House Wednesday, Feb oath, by
Marc, the celebrated magician. The press
notices of this "prnce of magic" leave no
room to doubt that the exhibition will be
the attraction of the season. Marc carries
IN his company SaXophone quartette and
also includes the grand musical novelty, the
iavoua. The several performances given
by Marc this season in our own State have
drawn crowded houses. Single tickets will
10 ,,t ba
There were two narrow escapes from
drowning in Belfast Saturday. A number
of bows were crossing the harbor on the ice
above the lower bridge, when Warren Fahy,
who was ahead, suddenly broke in. H had
On large ulster which kept him up until
the other boys took off their coats and push
ed them within his reach, when he was
pulled out. After the accident the bows went
over to the East Side and recrossed from
the eastern end of the bridge to the railroad
wharf The same day Peter Olson, who
was at work on the ice at Goose River. fell
ia and was rescued with some difficulty by
his fellow workmen
STEAMER NOTES. 1t is reported that the
Eastern Steamship Company will run three
boats on the Bangor & Boston division next
season. One boat will be for freight, giving
TWO boats expressly for the passenger SER
vice. Another innovation which it is said
will be introduced will be the employment
of an extra captain for the Rockand and
Bangor line. Up to the present time the
captains of these two steamers have been
IN almost continuous service during the
busy part of the summer and have had
little or no opportunity to leave their boats
The company says that this strain is alto
gether too much for their men and it has
plan under consideration whereby, with the
addition of another master, each will run
twenty days each month and then have
ten days lay off. The Penobscot, which
left Monday, Jan. 25th, for Boston arrived
back Sunday, the 3lst, being delayed by
rough weather. She left at her usual time
Monday, for Boston. ...T The Bucksport
Belfast and Camden steamers began on
their new time table Monday, Feb 1st AS
Eggemoggn Reach was frozen over the
Merryconeag started from Castine, from
thence came to Belfast and to Camden, re-