The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-10-11
Henry Gentner has returned home with

ably successful season. The horses have
taken first or second money in every race
entered. Bobby Wilkes started in seven
races, winning first money in four and
second in three. Nick Freeman, green 4
year-od, started in eight races and won
first money in all, coming out with record
of 215t Dorcas H., 2G9f, started in four
races and won ALL
THE STORM The long looked for and
much needed rain arrived Tuesday evening.
During the night the wind blew a gale and
the rain came down in torrents, accompa-
MED by thunder and lightning. The wind
was from the southland and no damage was
done on the water front. On shore the
damage, so far as heard from. was confined
to breaking limbs from trees and shaking
down apples. The storm also prevailed to
the westward and the Boston boat due here
Yesterday morning had not left Boston at
noon
\ STEAMER NoTEs. The Maine Central
steamers Sebanoa and Sieur DIES Monts are
hauled up at Rockland for the winter The
Sappho is on the Mt. Desert Ferry route.
1.-The Winter IIarbor Transportation Co.
will place an order for new steamer to re-
place the Ruth sold to Capt. B. W. Arey,
to be ready for the route next season. 1t
is reported that parties are negotiating
with Capt. Keene of Manset for the
steamer Bismarck, to be placed on the
ferry at Stockton. The steamer Penob-
scot, which has been running in the Bath
division of the Eastern Steamship Com
pany, all summer, will run between Port
land and Machiasport for four weeks. The
steamer Monhegan, which is regularly en-
plOyed in that service, has hauled off at
Bath for repairs. The steamers of the
Eastern Steamship Co. entered upon their
new schedule of four trips per week Mon
day. Yesterday, Oct 10th, the annual
autumn excursion tickets went on sale and
will be sold up to Oct. 3lst, good for II days
from date of issue. The rate from Belfast
to Boston and return is only $50. The
steamer Ruth called here last week on her
way up river from Winter Harbor and
Monday she went on the Bangor and
Brooksville route, taking the place of the
fremont The fremont arrived here Sun
day and is at the railroad wharf. She will
goes off and have her main deck raised to
give her more freeboard and be built up
forward like the Castine and Rockland. 80.
The directors of the Eastern Steamship co.
have declared an annual dividend of 81
share, payable Oct. list to stockholders on
record Sept. Goth. Last year 81 per share
was paid, and So in 1904. Saturdays storm
was very severe on the coast The steamer
City of Rockla after making the Rockland
landing anchored in the harbor and did not
leave for Boston until 240 a. N. Sunday
The City of Bangor bound east laid over in
Gloucester during the worst of the storm
and did not arrive here until nearly noon
, Sunday.
SHIPPING ITEMS. The good schooner
Polly, built at Amesbury, Mass, in 1905, ar
rived at Thomaston last week from Bangor
with cargo of $4,000 feet of spruce lumber
Her commander, Capt Barstow, says she is
still fit as fiddle and as sound as the rock
of, Gibralter. 80. The Thomaston sch. Still
man F. Kelley was loading lumber at Mo-
bile at the time of the recent hurricane and
escaped with slight chatting and the part
ing of few lines. las reported last week
the schooner Pendleton Bros. is ashore at
Mobile and a later report says that she lies
in four feet of water up in the marsh. An
exchange sapiently remarks that the vessel
) is sin a very bad position for service until
, she can be launched again" Well, rather !
-. The barge Volunteer, which loaded ice
the past week On the east side for Bridge
port, Ct, was built at Portland, Ct, in 1887
and is 1886 tons net Sch. Ira b. Elems,
which discharged phosphate here last week,
sailed Monday for Stonington to load stone
for New York. The brgantine Jennie
Hubert, lost in the recent hurricane when
on the voyage from Pascagoula to Havana,
was owned by Pendleton Bros and was
one of the few remaining vessels of that
rig owned in the United States. She was
41S tons net and was built at Richmond, Me-,
in $780,. Last Saturday night and Sunday
, the wind blew half gale from the north
and Sunday five schooners were anchored
{ in different parts of the bay. They includ-
| ed the Ira b. EllemS for StoningtOn, and
J the Mary Bradford Pierce, Frankfort, for
New York with stone. Saturdays storm
, was severe at Boston and on the Massachu-
= | ScCtS COdSt, Dul uO SeIlouS ulSdStoIS dl q IT,
{ ported. In large fleet of outward bound
, vessels anchored off Chatham was the
, schooner Helen j. Seitz, Capt. Alzo M.
Carter, Portland for Baltimore. -. The new
t schooner Pendleton Sisters is still at anchor
in the stream. She was to have been lowed
, to Bangor yesterday to load for New York,
| but Capt. Small was called to Islesboro by
| the illness of his wife. contract has
been made to float sch. Pendleton Brothers,
ashore at Mobile, for $4,000. She had 800
tons of sand in her hold and but for that
would have been driven for miles into the
i, country. The Scotia at PascagOula was
driven up into the town, but was got out
. and anchore in the bay uninjured. Cap
, tain E. s. Mcdonald is at home while his
vessel, sch. Annie B. Mitchell, is loading
paving at Long Cove for Philadelphia.