The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-12-06
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.


The w. c. T. U. will meet tomorrow
Friday, afternoon with Mrs. E. L. Little
field, Main street.
Clarence Wyman, reported last week a'
seriously injured, is on the road to recoV
cry, and Willie Estes is improving.
The Thanksgiving exercises in the unlo1
school, taught by Miss Charlotte Staples
were very interesting. Much credit is due
both teacher and pupils.
The announcement is made that Inc
steamer Bay State will be the winter Doa'
on the Bangor division of the Eastern .. .
Co.. in place OF the Penobscot
There is no better Christmas. gilt tnan
me of Sanborn's water colors OF local views,
which may be had with or without frames
Call at his studio in Phoenix Row ana see
them.
The board of State assessors have com
mitted the semi-annual tax on the savings
banks and trusts and banking companies
The local institutions are taxed as follows
Belfast Savings bank, $3S26O1; Searsport
Savings bank, $475.63; Waldo Trust Co..
SHOTS.
Next Sunday evening Rev. j. w. Hatch
will begin series of stereOpticon lectures
at the Methodist church on the he ol
Christ. The series will extend thlougn
the month of December. Free to all.
The journal has received two handsome
calendars from the management of the Ban
gor & Aroostook railroad company. AS
usual in former seasons the calendars nave
colored pictures of typical Maine scenes
and are both artistic and useful.
A snow storm prevailed at Boston Mon
day, with a 4O-mile-an-hour gale in the Day.
and steamer City of ROckland did not leave
for Bangor. The City of Bangor, bound
west, laid over at Rockland. The Rockland
arrived from Boston about l p. m. yester-
day. The trips of the island boats were In
terfered with the first of the week.
Canton Pallas, Patriarchs Militant, elec-
ted the following officers at the annuai
meeting, Dec. 3rd. Commander, Edwin l..
Littlefeld, lieutenant, Austin j. Fernald
ensign, Austin G. Jewett; clerk, Orrln
j. Dickey; accountant, John S. David
son. Lieutenant Colonel G. l.. Blaisdell OF
Portland, assisted by Chevalier w. ii. Drys-
dale, held an official inspection of the Can
ton.
Fred j. Stephenson at his machine shop
on Phenix Row is building three cylinder
auto boat engine for Charles H. Monroe OF
Searsport, which will be taken to the Char
lestown navy yard, where it will be used in
a boat, Mr.. Monroe sold the first engine
which he patented, and which was built in
the machine shop of George T. Read in this
city, and has had number of orders fol-
the three cylinder engine, which is of a
later pattern.
Governor Cobb will today nominate d
treasurer for Waldo County to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Alfred A
Small of this city. 1t is customary in such
cases to appoint the County treasurer-elect
but Mr.. Freeman NJ. Wood did not care te
assume the duties of the office until Jan.1s
and the Governor will appoint Nathan F
Houston, Esq, who has had charge of the
office since Mr.. Small's confinement to the
house by illness.
Thomas II. Marshall Post, G. A. r., at {
meeting last Tuesday evening elected
officers as follows Commander, A. 0
Stoddard; senior vice, G. r. Carter Junior
vice, A. D. Smaley; quartermaster, E. X
Thomas; chaplain, Adelbert Knight; sur
eeon, j. W. Nash 0. d., G. W. Boulter 0
G., r. F. Russ; Patriotic Instructor. Anse
Wadsworth; Delegate to State Encamp
ment, CIV. Boulter alternate, G. r. Carter
trustees, Henry Staples, |. A. Conant, E. K
Thomas
New TRAIN ARRANGEME The new
winter timetable on the Maine Central will
90 into effect on Monday morning, Decem
her 10th, and will make some decided
changes in the running of trains on the Bel
fast branch Passengers trains will leave
Belfast at T.15 a. m., II 80 and 800 p. m. anG
will arrive at 10 05 a. m. and 1905 and Coz
D. m Freight trains will leave at 7.20
m., and arrive at 4 35 p. m. The first after
noon passenger train will leave one houl
earlier than now and the second train q
minutes later The freight will arrive one
hour earlier.
The Belfast High school basket ball team
went to Brooks Wednesday night, Nov
2sth, and were defeated by the local team
by score of 36 to IS The line up was az
follows:
BROOKS LOCALS. BELFAST HIGH
Cock. rf..................... lib, Richard!
Ellis, If. Observation-Disclosures. ...rb, W. Dickey
SJlmpSOn, c...... .c, CoU v!
AmeS, r b. b..................f IL, Cunningham
Reynolds, lE........ ..rl,H. Dlche.
Goals from floor, Cook 6, Ellis 10, Rey
nolds, Simpson, H. Dickey, Colby 3, w
Dickey. Goals from fouls, Colby 5. Ref
cree, Hayford. Umpire, Clements. Time
keeper, Shales. Scorer, Shales.
The Parlor Musical Society had very in
teresting meeting in Odd Fellows Hall las
Tuesday evening, when a Mozart program
was carried out under the direction OF Mis-
Isabel Ginn. The program was as publish
ed last week in The Journal, with the ex
;<,1> tns