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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-01-05
EXCURSIONS.

There was marked increase in the
excursion business the past year, caused
principally by the work of Orrin J..
Dickey, who managed numerous per-
sonally conducted excursions both by
rail and steamers. He made several
railroad excursions to the Soldiers
Home at Togus, with visits to the State
House and other points of interest in
Augusta; one each to the Good Will
Farm in East Fairfield, the White
Mountains and Rangeley Lakes, Moose
head Lake and Kineo; and steamboat
trips to Bangor, Verona, Castine, Isle
boro, Northport, Camden, Crescent
Beach and other points. The steamers
Silver Star, Golden Rod, Merryconeag
and Castine made frequent excursions
to the various points of interest on the
bay and river. The knights Of
Pythias and their friends had two
excursions to Isleboro, where dinner
was served by Messers. Knowlton &
R ,se, proprietors of the Seaside House.
Capt. Bennett of the Golden Rod gave
the children of the Girls Home a free
excursion to Camden June 2Sth. The
Castine took the Belfast and Searsport
delegates to the Republican State con-
vention in Bangor, and had her full
complement of passengers. The Cas-
tine also took the teachers to their
State convention in Bangor Nov. list.
The Sunday schools had their annual
outings as usual, some going by boat,
some by rail, and some by buckboards
and hayracks.
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FIRES,

Belfast had another fortunate wear
as regards fires. The first fire of the
year, Jan. 4th, started in the boot and
shoe store of G. C. Coombs in the
Howes block on Main street. The dam
age by fire was very slight but all the
occupants of the building had their
stocks more or less damaged by smoke
and water. The cause of the fire is un-
known. The store at Poor's Mills own
ed by A. s. Jackson and occupied by r.
F. Russ as general store and post Office,
was burned March 3Oth. The building
was valued at $500 on the Assessors
books and there was no insurance on
it. Mr.. Russ estimated the loss on his
stock at 500, and had an insurance of
$3.50. The Henry II. Hayes house on
upper High street was damaged about
5000 May 31st, by fire on the outside
caused by children playing with brush
fire. Insured. An attempt was made
Aug: 9Th to burn the buildings of James
p. Wight on the Lincolnville road, by
setting fire to lumber pile behind the
barn. Mrs. Picnic Moore is serving
time in the State prison for the offense.
Lewis Smiths house, on private way
leading west from the south end of
Cedar street, was badly damaged Aug.
10th, together with its contents. The
fire originated in a woOdbox beside the
Kitchen stove, when the family were
out. The loss was estimated at $500;
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THE WEATHER.

The winter of 1904 was one of the
most severe on record. From Dec
p to Jan. 81 the mercury was at or
below zero Is days and was very low all
the time Jan. I'd and Sd there was a
snow storm and gale with the mercury
below zero, and the roads were badly
drifted. In two subsequent storms
snow fell when the mercury was below
zero. January and February were
both record breakers for cold weather
The mean temperatures were not only
below the average for those months
for As years, but the lowest in that
time. Snow came Nov. 80, 1908, and
and runners were used continuously
until Mar. 2lst, although the shedding
was light for time in December. The
snow went off gradually, without
heavy rains or freshets, but SNOW
storms continued through April, which
month gave us IL inches, against an
average for April for 25 years of II
inches. The total snowfall for the
winter of 1904 was 81 inches. large
| amount but not record breaker.
The bay was frozen over and naviga-
ton entirely suspended from Feb. 18th
to March 10th, and most of the time
| loaded teams crossed on the ice between
sides. Men crossed from Islesboro on
foot from Feb. 18th to March 9th, and
with teams from Feb. q to Mar. 5th.
Ice boating was given great impetus;
most of the boats were brought in from
the nearby ponds and many new ones
were built.
| A marked earthquake shock was felt
i the morning OF March 21.
Continued dry weather in early sum-
mer seriously curtailed the crop of cul-
| tivated berries. The weather in July
was very favorable for haying and the
weather generally was favorable for
harvesting the later crops
| A shower the afternoon of July 10th
was peculiar. Up to p. m. the weather
was fair; rain began falling, slightly, at
l O'Clock, and LIS there was a heavy
crash of thunder accompanied simulta-
neously by sharp lightning. The thun-
der seemed to be everywhere, and wa
not located in any particular direction.
A severe storm prevailed Aug. goth,
with total rainfall of PSI inches in II
hours and wind that did considerable
| damage both on sea and land
In a thunder shower Sept. 4th, the
house on Bridge street owned by E, P.
Frost and occupied by the family of the
| late Andrew johnson was struck by
| lightning and somewhat damaged. The
rainfall was 1856 inches in hours.
There was a frost Sept 1st, and very
| heavy frosts Sept. Goth and 21st
| A squall passed over this section
Sept. 30th, doing much damage to trees,
buildings, telegraph wires, etc.
The first snow of the winter of 19O4-5
! fell Oct 10Th, and although there were
frequent light falls, and a combined rain
and snow storm Nov. 18th which gave
days sleighing, runners were not gen
| orally used in the city until Dec. 23d.
+ The mercury lowered near zero the
| week before Christmas, was 20 be-
T, low Dec. oath and 12o below Christ
mas morning. Ten above was the high
est point reached during the day.
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RAILROADS,

The Maine Central R. r. Co. is i'm
proving its facilities here by rebuilding
its wharf, ETC. The station buildings
all along the line have been repaired
and reprinted, and heavier steel rails
were laid or the branch. Charles F.
Files of Brooks succeeded L. w. George
as station agent. He subsequently re-
turned to Brooks and Lewis Sanborn,
who had been transferred from
Thomaston to Brooks, came to Belfast.
Jerry Sullivan retired as conductor on
the passenger train on account of i'll
health and Ambrose j. Morrison had
charge of the train until the change of
time in June, when Owen w. Clement
of Waterville was assigned to the train.
c. W. Atkins of Gardiner succeeded
Emery Cook as conductor on the freight
train.
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STEAMER NOTES,

The Eastern Steamship Co.'s boats
were hauled off during the ice embargo
in February and March and ran as
usual until July 26th, when the City of
Rockland ran ashore in dense fog on
the Gangway ledge in Mussel Ridge
Channel. She was bound east and had
400 passengers and full cargo of
freight. There was no loss of life. The
steamer was got off and taken to Rock
land, where temporary repairs were
made and she was lowed to Boston.
where she will be thoroughly over
hauled and made ready to go into com.
mission again next season. The steam
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IN 1904
,.p FROM PAGE 81

Tim fl'
il, ~. changes in teachers, caused
.uas feg' '' Of Mr.. Ellis and the
y sV'tbs pr 9, ''.' i5l1ie :, Hall.
"a II ,Mi,,ITia1lD meeting under the
" ID fd',ee nm, state Superlntendent
,a.o,e , ~ f1, rniversalist church
~, y. se' fine speakers were Prof:
.'5 ,.,'.l It the University of
and >operintendent Of the
lness' '.m.- et the South, and Dr.
.s ~. 9.e 81 fFs sss;S s%Es''".
IN. sG, rom that of former
llis-. 5ae IS now from to p
rls. t02. The census conse-
sssd .,, decrease from 114s in
p ' .,.sg summation for State t,
liz e.rt.,iea.es was held in Bel
%. Afl
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or Ransom b. Fuller of the Kennebec
Division was put on in place of the
ROckland, and continued until Nov.
9th, when the Penobscot came on for
the winter. The City of Bangor ran as
usual during the season. The company
made extensive repairs and improve
ments to its property in Belfast during
the year, including new slip and
hoisting gear, general repairs and re-
painting the buildings and wiring the
premises for electric lights.
The "Penobscot steamboat war; con-
tinued through the season, but at its
close the Merryconeag was tied up at
Bucksport, having been libelled for
fuel bills and wharfage, and is to be
sold at auction by the U. S. Marshal
Jan. "a, 1905. Capt Bennett ran the
MineOla for time and then put the
Golden Rod on the route again. He
reduced the fare to rs cents to all land
ings. There were several collisions be-
tween the rival boats, calling for inves-
tigatiOn by the local U. s. inspectors,
and for the collision in Belfast harbor
Nov. 9th Capt. Shute of the Merry
coneag and Capt. Bennett of the Nine
ola were suspended for four months
from Dec. 14th, ending April IA, 1905.
NUN. ZOu Vic MdIuO CCutIdl put SU0Stl1l-
er Sappho on a route from Bucksport
via Castine, Belfast and Camden to
Rockland. After running short time
it was found she could not make the
time and the Pemaquid took her place
and is still running. The railroad wharf
at Belfast has been put in condition for
steamboat purposes and the steamboat
wharf and approaches at Bucksport,
now owned by the Maine Central, have
also been adapted for freight and pas
senger traffic by rail and steamer.
The Silver Star did large business,
both in passengers and freight, on the
Castine, Islesboro and Belfast route.
She made two trips per day during the
summer and one trip per day the re-
mainder of the year.
The Florence. which has been in the
Dyer dock since 1902, was sold to |. M.
Cottrell. who is stripping her.
The Castine made headquarters at
Camden, but did excursion and towing
business at this port.
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Opera House Aag. 26, by Miss Katherine
Bickf0rd.
Rev. G. E. Edgett twice presented his
lecture on "A Trip to Detroit and the
Thousand Islands," at the Methodist
church. 1t was illustrated by stereopti-
con.
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FISH FACTS.

The markets were we'll supplied with
fresh cod and haddock, and E. II. Colby,
Arthur Gray and others brought numer-
Gus cargoes in their fishing boats from
down the bay. Large cod were caught
as far up the Bay as Northport Camp
ground The first Penobscot river
salmon was cut May 5th, at IS cents
per pound. The price got down to 25
and 80 cents before the season closed.
Fresh mackerel were large and plenti-
full. They ranged in weight from to
l-2 pounds and in price from 20 to 40
cents apiece. CLANS were much larger
than formerly on account of being
allowed to grow during the ice embargo
last winter. Smells were scarce, COM
paratively few being caught in the
river. Mr.. Matthews, who bought the
Bradman place in East Belfast. built a
fish weir on his shore. A large school
of silver hake was in the upper harbo r
during the early fall. No thinkers were
caught in the harbor this season, ex-
cept few stray ones in the herring
nets. A few deep sea fishing excur-
siOns were made in steamer Golden
Rod and sch. Maria Webster, with fair
success.
The anglers for fresh water fish had
'6shermen's luck" sometimes getting
large hauls and at others little or
nothing. Trout and salmon fry have
been received at different times for the
nearby lakes and ponds, and fishermen
are taking measures to protect the fish
ing in the streams so that the sport
may not be entirely killed.
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THE ORANGES.

Sunday, June 18th, was memorial day of
the Patrons of Husbandry, and was appro-
priately observed by Equity and Seaside
Oranges.
About 70 members of Seaside Grange Wis
tied Comet Grange of Swanville June 18th,
by invitation, land were royalty entertained.
Seaside Grange had strawberry festival
in connection with its regular meeting July
9th. The annual grange fair was held Oct.
Goth.
The regular meeting of Waldo Pomona
Grange was held with Seaside Grange Sept.
Goth, and officers for the ensuing year were
elected. Seaside Oranges annual fair was
held Oct goth.
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IHARY AND MUSICAL.

land, which had been
a'- time, was re-organ-
nh f. J. Rigby, who
fDm the first, as sole
1and had numerous
rts during the year,
yeral public occasions,
prlal Day parade, the
and numerous eXcur-
zee, supper and ball of
So Co. No. / was held
"a House Jan. ed. A
At down to an ample
IA The music was by
atre Orchestra.
ode ball of Tarratine
au Order of Red Men, was
pera House, Feb. 18th.
srge attendance of both
rGlators. The music was
Quintet.
entertainments under
# the Belfast Improve
osed March 18th. The
were May Parker's
The Metropolitan Grand
any, Marc, the Prince of
concert by the Boston
my Orchestra.
}arty was given in Me-
~. I'D by Mrs. Charles H.
fifty couples were pres
IS invited their partners
'oft duty to and from the
sic was by Rigby's Or
'lreshments were served.
u Memorial Hall, May
py Jeff. Alexander and
ks, was a novelty in it's
lratiye effects were Jap.
was by Rigby's full Or
'ectacular entertainment
resented four evenings
loon, June 21st to 25th,
he Belfast Opera House
Of the Belfast Band, by
1uder the direction of
Eddy of Boston. More
9cters appeared in the
Va duplication of parts,
ms.
The Changers Daugh-
by Robert P. Chase of
resented by local talent
pera House, Aug. 10th,
The author was engaged
u three years preparing
music and had the mem
It III rehearsal six months
the opera on the stage.
lily justified the efforts,
ser and all concerned in
4 scored a success. The
d In Lincolnville and a
Inc as a summer resort
production. Mr.. Chase
y compliments from our
nd from visitors, on his
Hose Co. had a dance at
opera House Sept. 7th,
the Belfast Quintette.
k and Ladder Co.. had its
n Belfast Opera House
18th music by Keyes'
musicals and readings
ring the year by local
them a song recital at
urch July 10th by Emery
'oncert in Belfast Opera
18th by Jerome F. Han
RS; a musical in Belfast
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A4 SOCIETIES.

,omuandery, Knights TEN
Fsesi n.Y m Belfast Opera House
al. al . j" .nsle by Brigham's Or
D y "W.r.boro. The hall was hand
stFa ."r,led. emblems of the Ma
p-l' Dc, r ,'I Templar orders being
bt a4' y decorations. The ball
oail.s'' n every particular. The
ssdt 4de an excursion to
.2lls. e. A Iune oath, st. Johns
esaeI' 1., Nastine. twenty-five
: 81 ,'. .tr, cipated. A call was
/. h1't' W ra TO take on an ad-
.s a ufupany. A fish dinner
d2 ludlord Smith at his
is 'f' os#nt Beach.
1N u...u updies except Phoenix
Ill during June, July
j f'.. .i Fellow bodies each
.' '' members during the
Val rs observed the S5th
a order by attending
0'' myersalist church
-." sermon by the pas
\. Smith. Waldo
ekah Lodge and Pc
ny Int united in ami
Se r l odd Fellows Hall
''l tprll 26th, with mu-
-'' addresses and dane
UT g.. II. p, and Reuel
y ". were present.
9.''o Uru Fellows and Re
l ..m Belfast to Bucks
ai' N steamer Merry.
! q celebration of the
.tt vf Riverview Re
legree staff of Au-
.fge of Belfast con-
a Waldo Lodge held
m June 10Th at the
~ with an address by
W. Hatch, and at
canton Pallas held
.5y. eth at Odd Eel.
INJECTION with the
during the winter
-''' -. the first of a course
..N q 10th. The annual
nv successful. The
j. ,5ham's Orchestra OF
S so.
' '. - ,lpe X. of p, had an
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THE VETERANS AND THEIR HELPERS.

THE VETERANS AND THEIR HELPERS.
The annual Memorial Sunday services of
the Grand Army of the Republic were held
at the Baptist church May 10Th. The pas.
tor, Rev. E. S. Philbrook, took for his text,
"Greater love hath no man than this, th#t
man lay down his life for his friends !"
Memorial day was observed as usual, with
procession to Grove Cemetery in the after
noon, decoration of graves, and evening
services in Belfast Opera House. The
music was by the Belfast Band, and the
address by Rev. VIM. Vaughan, was on
"Patriotic Sacrifice"
George s. Cobb Relief Corps of Camden
made fraternal visit to Thomas Ii. Mar
shall Corps June 10th.
The Waldo County Veteran Association
held two meetings in Belfast in 1904: in
East Belfast Aug. 4th, and at the Head of
the Tide Nov. Sd.
The 10Th annual meeting of the Goth
Maine Regimental Association was held in
Memorial Hall, Sept. 18th.
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1l q, gII|I(]| NJ

Onand after Oct. 10, 1904, trains connecting
at Burnham and Waterville with through trains
for and from Bangor, Waterville, Portland and
Boston, will as follows:
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flag station.
Limited tickets for Boston now sold al
$500 from Belfast and all stations on Branch.
Through tickets to all points West and North
west, via all routes, for sale by L. w GEORGE
Agent, Belfast. GEO. f. EVANS
Vice President and General Manager,
f. E. BooTHBY. Genr Pass and Ticket Agent.
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HORSES.


The horses of the Pearl Brook Farm,
N. B. Smith proprietor, won money and
fame in the races this year, as did also
those of Horace Chenery and the Gent
ners. Smiths stallion Brown Braden
lowered his record to 2.13 IA and Mas
conomo to 2.16 IA, both at Waterville
in July. The Pearl Brook stables won
two and third in one. making net earn.
ings of 5000 for the weeks racing.
Manzanita, a 4-year-old filly from this
farm, sold at the "Old Glory" sale in
New York Thanksgiving week for ST.
225. Other horses from the farm won
money in races on numerous tracks.
Mr.. Chenery's Stilleto was an easy
winner in the 2.27 class in Camden,
July 4th, making 2.21 IA. Gent
ner's Bobby Wilkes won the 2.35 and
$50 classes at Bar Harbor in August
and Henry liter added to his laurels
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insurance $500. The house on the John
Carr place on the back road to Sears.
port was burned Nov. 9th, with much
of its contents. The loss was estimated
at 5000 and was covered by insurance.
Dec. 25th the house of Collins McCarty
on Bay View street was Quilted by fire.
The alarm was sounded for fires which
were put out by the chemicals or other.
wise without turning on the hydrant
water. Feb. 10th there were two alarms,
one at Chas. Woods house on Charles
street and the other at Heal & Woods
granite works on Bridge street. July
both there was a slight fire on the roof
of the Walter M. Cottrell house on
Congress street. Nov. 18th chimney
burned out in the Fitz w. Gilbert house
on Spring street. Dec. oath there was
false alarm from Mrs. F. H. Blacks
house on Union street.
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WALDO COUNTY FAIR.

The Waldo County Agricultural So
ciety made great Improvements at the
fair grounds in Belfast the past season.
A new covered grand stand. 125x35 feet,
and capable of seating 1000 people,
with an exhibition hall underneath,
was built on the western side of the
track to take the place of the former
open one on the east side. The track was
changed and regarded to suit the
changed conditions, new cattle sheds
and horse stalls were built and many
other improvements made. Liberal
purses and premiums were offered, and
the Society did all in their power to
make the fair a success. They were
amply rewarded by a large attendance
at each of the three days of the fair,
and by giving general satisfaction to
horsemen, exhibitors and spectators.
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POSTAL.

By the REIMBURSEMENT of postmas-
ters' salaries July 1st Belfast got a
raise from $1,000 to $1,000. Edwin
Mitchell, postmaster at Waldo, Head
of the Tide Belfast) died May oath, and
was succeeded by Capt. Jonas B. Fer
guson. Capt. Ferguson died Dec. 4th,
and Geo. W. Ryder was appointed.
The store in which the Poor's Mills
post office was located was burned
March Both, and the post office was
kept in dwelling house until June
30th, when the office was abolished by
order of the Department.. The Belfast
and Freedom star route, on which the
Poors Mills office was located, was dis
continued Nov. LIST, and the territory
will soon be covered by r. F. d. routes.
A new R. F. d. route, (No. p was es-
tablished April 1st, with II. A. Applin
as carrier. 1t goes north from Belfast
into Swanville, is 20 ga miles long, and
serves 100 houses with APO persons.
Belfast r. F. d. No. 3, d. H. Strout car
rler, was established Nov. 1st. 1t goes
via Poor's Mills, Morrill,, and into Bel
mont, taking and leaving closed pouches
at NJ DRILL.
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TELE PHONE.

TELEPHONE.
The increase of patronage of the New
England Telephone & Telegraph Co.
for time ontstripped the ability of the
available crews to set poles, string
wires and install new instruments.
Several farmers lines" extending
from the central about miles into the
country, were established, new and
larger switch board for 8 operators was
p%t up These Cables fake take the ti piae @e Of
the open wires, and are of 8 sizes, hold
ing 80, go and 1870 wires respectively.
The Belfast exchange is open at all
hours, day and night, including Sun
days. There now 400 subscribers on
the Belfast exchange.
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wherever he started. w. 8. Edminster
added to the work horse stock Of this
vicinity by buying two large stations,
the improved French coach stallion
Vermillion, which stands IS 4 hands
high and weighs 1850 pounds, and the
full-blooded coal black Percheron stall
lion Tongleur, Jr., 16 1-2 hands high,
weight 1900. He also bought two large
young brood mares of Percheron blood.
COURTS AND CRIMINAL MATTERS
The terms of the Supreme Judicial
court were short and few important
cases were heard.
At the January term Judge White
house presided; II indictments were
found by the grand jury; 2 civil and 5
criminal cases were tried by jury and 6
divorces decreed. The docket was re-
duced at this term by striking off all
cases in which there was no prospect of
settlement or trial, and all libels for
divorce in which the parties have be-
come reunited since suit was begun.
At the April term Judge S. C. Strout
presided; the grand jury found indict-
ments, all for violation of the liquor
laws; II divorces were decreed.
At the September term Judge A. R.
Savage presided; the grand jury found
~ indictments, 10 of which were for
violations of the liquor laws; 6 divorces
were decreed. One State prison SEN
tence was given-Mrs. Picnic Moore
for attempting to burn a building, IS
months.