The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-06-14


delegates to attend the Republican District
convention to be held at Waterville, Ju'
| % 1906 Also to transact any other buSl-
ness which may properly come before sad
| caucus.
Per Order Republican City Committee,
CHARLES f. KNowLToN, Chairman
GEO. E. JOHNSON, Secretary.
Belfast, June s, 1906.
The SpiritualstS of North Searsport and
| Belfast will hold an ail-day meeting in the
| Grange hall, North Sear>port, next Sunday,
| June 18th.
The North Knox 4 West Waldo Veteran
| Association will hold its annual reunion at
McLain's Mills, Appleton. June Goth, II
pleasant; if not the first fair day. Picnic
dinner at G. A. R. hall at II 30 Entertain
| ment at Union church at / 80 Every one
! is iGvited.-A. A. simmons, Sec'y.
| A. H. Rockwell, a member of the A. 0. U
| w. died in Washington, Me, June 4th,
and the Master Workman of Washington
Lodge, L. NJ. Staples, received from the
Grand Lodge office, Wednesday, June 9th,
following bis death, "a check for $1,000.
| It is claimed that this record was never
| beaten by any company in the world.
| The directors of the Home for the Aged
Women Association will have public
| lawn party at the Home on Cedar street in
the near future. 1t will be in charge of a
| special committee. with Mr.. Charles
| Coombs chairman. The spacious grounds
| around the home and the worthy object for
which il is given should insure a large at
tendance. The date will be given later.
| Frank Wellman of Belmont, who has
made many valuable inventions, has patent
/ ed a moving machine which is said to be a
great improvement on any existing machine,
| 1t is simpler in construction, more easily
controlled. and will cut where nothing can
be done with the other machines No doubt
arrangements win soon be made for manu-
featuring and placing this machine Oh the
market.
1t is understood that the Duplex Roller
! Bushing Co Will add a boat building de
pa1tment to their already extensive bust
ness. and will build launches and boats.
and perhaps sasOleue engines. Leroy \.
Coombs, an experienced boat builder, has
been engaged Tor one year and shop and
boat landing will be established at what
was formerly Lanes wharf at the foot Of
Main street. an excellent location.
TIE Lightning STRIKES. The frequent
thunder storms are another feature of this
recurt-breakiug back ward spring, and the
damage by lightning is an unpleasant fac
tor. Last sunday was intensely hot and
i'm The afternoon the usual thunder storm
!. -,
rainfall, made its appearance juniper
tee near the stable Of y. {. Matthews on
| Northport avenue was struck and destroy
ed, and Il tree was struck near the residence
of l. l. Perry in East Belfast. Leslie Deans
house in Northport, on the Pitchers Pond
road, was struck and considerable damage
resulted The loss was covered by insur-
ance. The electricity travelled along the
! telephone wire from the Dean house to the
residence of P. g. Hurd, where the tele-
phone instrument was put out of commits
sion, and the room filled with smoke, Quite
d number OF telephones were thus disabled.
Our county correspondents tell OF other
damage done by the lightning.
COMING 10 BELFAST june 18th. Walter
l. Main, the well known circus manager,
who is heavily interested financially in the
! Cummins' Greater Wild Vest Exposition
Co., has assumed the management OF that
aggregation, and in the future it will be per
sonally directed and managed b. him. Mr..
Main has added to the Cummins' Wild West
all of the great Main circus features, IN
ending all of his large Wild beast collection
4 alb h. fpat ~
the. fIippodrome, New Ork city, including,
incidentally, the famous Power Elephants
which were such i sensation IN Ne" ON
for the past twelve months. and which were
only recently released to accompany the
Cummins' Greater Wild West Besides
these rare and novel features. MI Main has
combined with Cummin>' Greater Wild
West the Great Fire and Flame Spectacle,
including the entire equipment FROM Luna
Park, Coney Island. which is the most ex-
tensive apparatus connected with any tire
and flame exhibit in the world. These two
great shows-the Walter l.. Main circus
and the Cummins Great Wild WeSt-will
appear in Belfast, Monday, June 18th.
Grand street parade in the morning Of
show day.
SHIPPING ITEMS The Rockland schoon-
er John |. Snow was reported June 5th
anchored outside the bar at Brunswick. Ga,
dsmasted. She was bound from Tarpun
Bay to Baltimore with pineapples, and will
be towed to destination. Sch Helvetla
sailed from Pamnnky river, Va, June LIST,
with ship timber for H. NJ. & K. L. Bean,
Camden. In recalling the record passages
of the old-time clipper ships the Bath Enter
prise recalls some good sailing in more re-
cent years About eight years ago the
Bath built ship Henry X. Hyde sailed from
| New York to San Francisco in 102 days.
Another particularly good bit of going was
that the S. d. Carleton of Rockport, Me-,
in 1892, on passage from New York to
California; She arrived off the Platte in 10
days, the Horn in IS, and reached her des-
tination in 106, after spending Is days
rolling around in a winter gale between the
gulf stream and Hatteras. Sch Vim. B..
Herrick, which discharged soft Goa here last
week for the Belfast Fuel & Hay Co., sailed
Sunday morning, light for llllsboro, \. b =.
to load plaster for New York.
CITY GOVERNMENT. There was no quorum
a.. ell,