The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-03-29
The nianola concert at Fred A. Johnson's

store last SATURDAY cSchiu6 uio" " VIVA
which filled the store The program, which
was varied one, was much enjoyed by the
many who listened to it.
The eleventh annual ball of Seaside Hose
Co., No. ., given in Seaside Grange hall last
Friday evening, scored another success for
this organization. Reyes Orchestra tui-
nished the best of music and everybody
had good time.
SUGGESTION TO r. F. d. PATRONS. Post
master Field has received the following let
ter from the off ce of the Fourth Assistant
POSTMASTER eneral. which explains ITSELF
In order that the location of merchants
and others on rural delivery routes, whose
post offices have been discontinued as re-
suit of the establishment of the rural de-
livery service, may be accurately ldentlhed,
and the delivery of mai facilitated, post
masters at rural distributing offices should
urge patrons of the rural service VINO Ior-
merly received their mail at post offices now
discontinued, to include Internationally
in their addresses, on their letter head, and
in return cards printed on envelopes, the
names of the villages or hamlets at when
their mail was formerly delivered. fatrons
should also request their correspondents To
address them in the same manner; TOR ex-
John Doe,
Rural Route No. /,
Central College) Westerville,
Ohio"
Unless this course is followed. cores
pOndents may assume that rural patrons
are located at or near the post OfnceS 10
which their mail is addressed.
STEAMER NOTES. Steamer Sleur de
Monts has been launched from the South
marine railway, Rockland, and will go on
the new route between Wiscasset and
Boothbay April 10. The other boats OF the
Maine Central will go in commission with
the change of time in June. Steamer
Monhegan left Rockland last Thur sday for
Portland on her first trip on the Portland,
Rockland and Machias division of the East
ern Steamship company since she was re-
paired in Boston. The Mineola of this line
has gone to Boston for similar REPAIRS.
Steamer City of Bangor arrived last Friday
from Boston, her first trip for the season
and the beginning of the four trips week
schedule. The Penobscot and City OF Ban
COR will make the runs until the ice is out
of the river when the City of Rockland
will take the place of the Pen0bScot. The
steamers at present are running to Winter
port only.
\ SILVER WEDDING. Monday, March
26th, MI. and Mrs. Henry c. Burgess quiet
" observed their silver wedding anniver-
sary at their home in East Belfast. No In
vtatons were sent out and no outside dem
onstrations were expected; but faithful
+l,p 70 md Hnr
day several callers and several packages of
sterling silver arrived attesting to the sig
nticance of the occasion. Mr.. and Mrs.
Burgess have lived in Belfast during most
of their married life, twelve years being
spent at the old Burgess homestead. fast be-
coming sacred by reason OF family assocla
tons. The following verses accompanied
one of the gifts:
Twenty-Five years! Overriding with dream
like shadows, silver lined,
! We dream the old dreams over in memory
divine,
| Till, from out her mystic mantle, Time pro-
jectS an actual ray,
| And ushers in the brightness of the Silver
| Wedding day.
Beautiful years. They have sheltered
through a pure and happy life,
! A just ana loyal nus Diilu, du uitel otdhuAh5
wife,
They deserve the appreciation for which
money cannot pay;
They deserve our recognition OF TINS Silver
Wedding day.
| We, who've shared your home and bounty,
shared your oyand shared your pain,
Shared the effort that, persistent, finds re-
ward in honest gain,
Join in wishing mid the blessings that per
/ chance may gid your way,
! Life and health and and strength to bring
| YOU to the Golden Wedding day
/ shipping ITEMS. The report that the
! seven masted schooner Thomas W. Lawson
! had been chartered by the government to
! transport a cargo OF coal from Newport
/ News to San Francisco is denied by Capt.
/ John G. Crowley. Negotiations had been
/ in progress, but the governments bid WI
/ lower than Captain Crowley would accept,
and consequently the charter was not closed.
/ Tie Lawson is now at Newport News load
. ing cargo of 5000 tons of coal for Boston.
She receives about 10 cents per ton under
! her present charter. Ship Bangalore has
been chartered to bring 1,560 tons OF sugar
| from Honolulu to Delaware Break water.
/ Other recent charters ar DIS lolluNs' FOui-
maSted ship Shenandoah, 1854 tons, Puget
Sound to New York, lumber, $3.50; ship
/ W. F. Babcock, 1908 tons, Baltimore to
Portland, Oregon, coal, $50; brig Havilah,
Fernandina to New York, lumber; schoon-
er Pendleton Satisfaction, Jack sOnville to
New York, lumber, S5....The steamer Pen
sacola sailed from Port Eads, Miss, March
23d, for Stockton with sulphur. The Pen
sacoa was formerly the British tramp
steamer New Borough and is a steel craft
of LOGS tonS... Sch. Abbie G.. Cole, Capt.
Flynn, arrived March 23d from New York
with coal for Swan IL Sibley Co... Sch
Donna T. Briggs arrived March oath from
Barren Island with fertilizer for Fred s,
Jack son, and sch. Annie NJ. Mitchell arrived
from New York with coal for the Belfast
Gas and Electric Light Co... Capt. Wallat G
W. Turner and Capt Shubael c. Rich ex-
changed vessels Monday, Capt. Turner tax
ing the Mary j. Elliott and Capt. Rich, the
Maria Webster, both well known bay
coasters. 80. 1t was quite lively on the water
front the first of the week. Two schooners
were discharging coal and another fertil'
izer the packet Sunnyside was in port
from Deer Isle, two fishing boats, the