The Republican journal., 1905-05-25
NEWS OF BELFAST.

NEWS OF BELFAST.
Show your interest in the new railroad
by attending the public meeting in the
court room this, Thursday, evening at 1880
O'Clock.
U. of NJ. Notes on the End page report of
the annual meeting of the Children's Aid
Society of Maine on the 18th page; decision
of the Law Court in the McTaggart case on
the 9th page Local matters of interest on
every page.
The drama, 'Aunt Dinah's Quilting
Party given with great success here last
fall, will be repeated at Grange Hall, Nor
rll, Friday evening, May 26th, for the bene-
fit of the new church in East Belfast.
Home made candy will be on sale. If
stormy, postponed one week.
The articles which appeared in The Re-
publican journal of May 18th, viz: EN-
forcement in Waldo county," by One Inter
ested, (Rev j. W. Hatch) ''The Liquor Sit
uation IL Waldo County" by Rev. Eugene
S. Phiibrook, and an editorial together with
the disposition of the liquor cases at the
April term, published by the clerk Of
courts as the law requires, all printed on
one page can be obtained from Rev. j. W.
Hatch, Belfast, at So cents per hundred.
SUDDEN DEATH OF D. W. BILLINGS.
News was received here Tuesday of the
sudden death of Daniel w. Billings of
Swanville. Mr.. Billings was i'll Belfast
Monday and although apparently in the
best of health we are told that he com
planned while here of a pain in the region
of the heart He left for home in the after
noon and while embarrassing his horse in
the barn dropped dead Mr.. Billings had
for many years been the painstaking secre-
lary of the 26th Maine Regimental ASsocia-
ton and will be sadly missed at its future
meetings, and by large circle of friends in
this city and county. We have not the
material at hand for an appropriate obitu-
airy, but will print one later.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Two of our od-time
ships, but long since transformed into coal
bargeS, the William II. Conner and Frank
Pendleton, left Providence May Goth for
Norfolk. Sch. Omaha is coming here to
Sch. d. D. Haskell, which went ashore be-
tween Point Lookout and Cape Hatteras,
and is reported total loss, was built at
Belfast in 1881, and was owned principally
by A. c. Gross and others of Deer Isle.
She was bound from New York for Fer
nandina, light. Sch. Waterman, Welch,
is to load stone at Stoning:on for New
Tbn cahn A
| snow has been chartered to load spruce at
| Bangor for New York on private terms....
S. W. Gott of Stonington has bought the
three-master Samuel b. Hubbard of New
York, $50 tons, and will hail her from
StoDington. Capt. S. II. Rogers of Rock
land will be her master. From Fort Point
to Philadelphia, loaded and back in II days,
is the record the fonr-master George E.
Walcott, Capt. Bunker, chalked up when
she came into Fort Point cove Monday......
The prevailing rates for lumber from BAN
gor are now about the same as is customary
to pay at this sea son Of the year. Vessels
are getting $2.25 per Nj. to Boston, $50 to
Sound ports, and $50 to New York. These
rates have been paid right along, but the
for higher rates by % cents per Nj. Bangor
dealers don't reckon on paying $500 per NJ.
on lumber to New York until we'll along in
july. Among recent charters are the fol-
lowing: Bark Mabel l. Meyers, Boston to
Rosario, coal, SIS 90; SCH ID. H. Rivers, Fer
nandina, Brunswick or Savannah to Phia-
delphia, p. t.; sch. Edward Stewart, Moss
Point to range of ports north of Hatteras,
p. t.; sch. Augusta M. Snow, Bangor to
New York, spruce, p. t.; sch. Woodbury. Nj.
Snow, Somes Sound to Baltimore, stone,
s.. 90; sch. Abbie S. Walker, Stonngton to
New York, stone, S1.OO, loaded, discharged
and free wharfage. 80. Sch. George V. Jor-
dan, one of the Pendleton fleet, arrived Sun
day from Boston, light, to undergo repairs.
.... Sch Senator is discharging lumber from
Bangor at Cooper's. ...Sch. W. E. Il W. /.
Tuck, with coal for Swan & Sibley Co., ar
rived Sunday from New York. She an
chored below the steamboat wharf and was
towed to her dock Monday by steamer Cas-
tine.