The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-11-21

played the first game OF the season with the
Rockport Y. NJ. c. A. at Rocky port, Friday
night. The score was 50 to 9 in favor of the
Rockports. The latter team will play the
Belfasts in this city tomorrow, Friday, even
ing. Game called at O'Clock.
The New England Order of Protection is
growing rapidly, locally as elsewhere. Bel
fast Lodge, No. 40, has taken in many new
members recently and has now fully one
hundred members. At the regular meeting
next Monday evening there will be an in
itiation of is members and the presence of
all the members is specially desired. Re-
freshments will be served and there will be
an entertainment
M. NJ. Brown of Worcester, Mass, will
open dancing class for adults in Odd
Fellows Hall, Monday Nov. 18th. The price
for the series of II lessons will be: gentle
men 81 and ladies So; one half at the be-
ginning and the remainder at the 9th les
son. A juvenile class will be started later.
Mr.. Brown will be remembered as success
fully conducting three classes here about
two years ago. Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Wheel
er will furnish the music.
AT the regular meeting of the Belfast I'M
provement Society held Monday Nov Is, a
unanimous vote of thanks was rendered the
following committee of young misses who
so faithfully solicited for the recent food
sale. Frances Jones, Clara Heating,
Marion Head, Edith Atkins, Louise Read,
Belle Heating, Marjorie Shaw, Della Will
band, Abbie Doak and Cecil Littlefeld :;
also to Southworth & Co. for free use of
teams for collecting, to the firms Ben. d.
Field and A. A. Howes & Co for favors,
and to all who furnished food or who in
anyway assisted in making the sale sue
cess The Society realized little more
than $50 which will be used for the general
work.
WALDO TRUST COMPANY. The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Waldo
Trust Co was held at the banking rooms in
this city Tuesday Nov. 10Th Charles f.
Knowlton of this city, who had been the
president Of the company since il succeeded
the Peoples National Bank, gave notice
Sept. 18th that as he expected to be out of
the State the coming winter he would not
be candidate for reelection and James II.
Howes was elected president. Mr.. Howes
is trustee OF the Belfast Savings Bank and
one of our most active and progressive
young business men. VIM. A. Mason of the
hardware firm of Mason & Hall, Belfast,
was elected vice president. The following
trustees were elected: James II. Howes,
Vim. A. Mason, &. 0. Poor, r. P Chase,
Tileston Wadln, j. G. Durham, Arthur l.
Brown, Charles E. Knowlton, all of Bel
fast; ChaS. II. Hooper of Castine; Albert
Pierce of Frankfort; Oscar j. Farwel of
Thorndike; Fields S. Pendleton of Isles
boro, George f. Macomber, Edwin C. Bur-
leigh, Byron Boyd, Jas. Williamson, all of
Augusta.
Work has been completed on the receiv-
ing tomb in Grove cemetery for this season,
and while not entirely finished it is in con-
dition for use. The ceiling will be plas-
tered and the catacombs put in next season
The structure occupies the site of the old
receiving tomb and is 81 feet long by % feet
wide and feet inches posted. The exte-
riorcis of rough granite from Mt. Waldo,
with finish and interior of hammered gran
lite. The walls are laid in two-feet courses
Hutchins Bros. did the granite work, and
it does the firm credit. The roof was slated
by Alvin Blodgett. The floor is of cement.
The tomb will accommodate sixty bodies.
The old tomb, also of granite, is for safe.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Among recent local
charters are the following; Sch. F c.
Pendleton, WebbS Cove, Stonington to New
York, cut granite. Sch. Harold c. Beecher,
High Island to Philadelphia, random stone
Sch. Ada j. Campbell, Pleasant River,
Vinalhayen to New York, random stone
Sch. Fannie v Sawyer new Frank fort to
New York, cut granite. Sch. Annie Aims
lee, Frankfort to New York, cut stone
Sch. EVE B. Hall, Stonington to New York,
random stone. Sch. Penobscot, Hoboken
to Belfast, coal, 81 %. 1t is expected that
the new revenue cutter Androscoggin will
begin service on the Maine coast this win
ter, relieving the old cutter Woodbury.
The Woodbury. was built at Philadelphia in
1864 and has done good service on this coast
Tor many years aud was d familiar object in
every port. She has to her credit a fine
record for property-saving and ice-break-
Ing, but now gives way to more modern
sraft....Of the arrival at Portland last
week of the auxiliary schooner NOrthland
the Evening Express says: "The schooner
arrived off Portland Head Light late
Wednesday and Immediately furled her sail.
Those who watched her were surprised to
see her continue to travel along at good
rate of speed under bare poles and directly
against the wind. Up the ship channel she
came and when she arrived in sight of the
inner harbor those ON the wharves were as
tonished to see big four masted schooner
blowing along through the water without
stitch of canvas spread to the wind"....
Sch. Julia p. Cole lowed to Bangor Satur-
day to load lumber for New Haven. Sch.
Robert Pettis loaded lumber from Dustan's
mill the past week for Chelsea, Mass, and
sailed Monday. - The Belfast Fuel & Hay
Co. has loaded sch Mary j. Elliott with
hay for Swans Island; sch. Mary Eliza
with hay for Dark Harbor, land SCH Puritan
with hay for Seal Harbor. Sch. Charlie
A. Sproul has landed deck load of pig iron
here for the Duplex Roller Bushing Co.
She had general freight for Bangor. Sch.