The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02
The regular meeting of the probate court
will be held Tuesday, Feb 14th.

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The Charming League will meet with
Mrs. Joseph Tyler this afternoon and all
the ladies of the parish are invited.
The special announcement by the Dins-
more store in the next issue of The Journal
will be mighty good reading. One whole
page will be devoted to an exceptional
business proposition, the key note of which
is prosperity to all who heed.
Unclaimed letters remaining in the Bel
fast post office for the week ending Jan. %,
1905: Mrs. John Howe, Jr., Philip Curtis
c. N. Dicker, John G. Heal, Dennis NJ
Higgings, A. S. Merrill, A. T. Murdoch,
Herman Robbins.
Frank B. Strout and son Llewellyn are get
ting out a barn frame, 35x4O, to be erected
in the early spring on Searsport avenue
There will be shed at the rear where the
stock can be comfortably watered in cold
weather and it will be modern barn in
every respect.
A correspondent wrote Saturday that the
narrow guage road from Wiscasset to China
had been showed up since Wednesday
morning Rev. E. j. Hatch of Montville
was showed in for three nights in New
castle.
| "BUILDING OF THE SHIP" Since the
first of the school year the High school has
been working, with the help of Mr.. E. S.
Pitcher, on a cantata, ''The Building of the
Ship" by Longfellow, to be given the oath
| of Fol bo
taken by the school and four local artists
will have the solos. The proceeds are for
the benefit of the school, and although it
has not been decided just what will be done
with the money, whether it will go for
adornment, books or apparatus, all are
needed, and it is hoped that everybody will
at least buy ticket, as his or her share
| towards furtherng good cause.
Roy Young's little daughter Margaret
| celebrated her ninth birthday at her aunt's,
Mrs. G. ID. Martens in West Winterport.
There were nine little boys and girls pres
ent who enjoyed themselves greatly for an
hour or more by trying to pin on the DON
keys tail while blindfolded. Then they
were ushered into the dining room, where
there was bountiful supply of fruit and
cake. But the greatest attraction of all
was the birthday cake, with nine little wax
candles on it, and it created lots of fun
when each one tried to blow out lust one
candle and no more. After playing for
several hours they returned to their re-
spective homes with bright and happy
faces.
The Congregational Club of Belfast was
recently organized in the vestry of the
North church. The object of the club is to
stimulate the intellectual and social life of
the men of the congregation of the North
church, and to promote the spread of Con-
gregational ideas in the community. Among
its other plans the club purposes to meet at
supper the second Wednesday of each
month, and to listen to an address from
some distinguished speaker from out of
town. 1t is also planned to arrange other
meetings of social and intellectual nature
that will be of interest to the public. The
following officers were elected for the en-
suing year: President, David L. Wilson;
Vice President, r. F. Dunton, Esq Secre-
tary, Mr.. Clifford j. Pattee; Treasurer, Mr..
Fred A. johnson.
WoMAN's HOSPITAL AID. The annual
meeting of the Woman's Aid to the Waldo
County General Hospital Association was
held in the common council room, Memorial
building, Friday afternoon, Jan 9th. Of
ficerS were elected as follows: President,
Mrs. Charles A. Pisbury, vice presidents,
Mrs VIM. B. Swan, Mrs. c. O. Poor, Mrs.
George E. Bracket, Mrs. II. H. johnson,
Mrs. Joseph Tyler; secretary, Mrs. E. l..
Stevens; treasurer, Mrs. James F. McKeen.
A board OF managers consisting of two from
each church was elected: Unitarian, Mrs
r. H. Howes, Mrs. George A. Gilchrest;
Universalist, Miss Edith Southworth, Mrs
John Stevens; Baptist, Mrs George r. Car
ter, Mrs. Carrie Black Methodist, Mrs w
A. Mckenzie, Miss Nettle Follett; Congre-
gational, Mrs. A. 2. Mansfield, Mrs. Alfred
A. Small; Catholic, Mrs. John Owen, Mrs
L. H. Colcord 1t was left to the executive
committee to name the standing committees
The reports of the secretary and treasurer
were read and accepted. There is some
thing over $500 in the treasury
CIFAMER NOIES. lie M6TTyCOnoag,
whose sale to Portland parties was report
ed last week, left Bucksport Wednesday
morning for Portland in command of one
of the captains of the Casco Bay Steam
boat Co., but proceeded no farther than
ROckland on account of the storm. Daniel
W. Kerst, one of her former owners, went
as engineer for the trip. The Merryconeag
originally hailed from Portland when the
property of the Harpwell Steamboat Co.
Mr.. Cooling bought the Merryconeag for the
Casc0 Bay Steamboat Co., and says she
will be thoroughly overhauled and put in
first class shape inside and out, and in the
spring will be put on the route between
Portland and Long Island. The Penob-
scot which left Boston Jan. oath and put
back on account of the storm, remained at
her wharf there until p. IN. Friday. She
arrived here about noon Saturday and left
on the return trip Monday afternoon. Her
freight from here included 300 barrels of
apples. THE Gov. Bodwell had hard
time of it on her early trip from Rockland
to Vinahaven Jan. 25th. Some of the
freight was washed Off the deck, and on the
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