The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-11-07
Inc W. G. 7. U. will meet with Mrs.
Emma Littlefeld. Cedar street, tomorrow,
Friday, at go O'Clock.

Emma Littlefeld. Cedar street. tomorrow
Friday. at go O'Clock.
The headless body of beautiful blacl
coon cat lying beside the railroad tract
near the Upper Bridge Tuesday morniu,
was tragic reminder of how relentl less ar,
the wheels of progress
The next meeting of Seaside Chautauou;
Circle will be with Mrs. M. E. Hubbard, No
4 Park street, On Monday afternoon. No
vember 18th. The topic for study from TIL,
Chautauquan Magazine is an article emit
tied "As Others See U.s." pages 1se-2Os
and from the c. L. S. c. book, Races ant
Immigrants in America" chapter five
Roll call, paragraphs in "Highways ap(
Byways" of the October magazine.
RETURN OF THE HUNTERS. Norman A
Read, Charles E. Brown and :Chester {
Worthing arrived home Saturday nigh
from Cedar Lake Camp, West Seboeis
where they had spent two weeks. Wilbu,
R. Blodgett, who spent the first week with
them, had returned previously, and the two
other members of the party, Arthur Read
and Arthur Farwell of Portland, went on
to their home. The Belfast boys brought
home bear and deer out of the nine
which they shot. Three deer went to
Portland and one was given to the camp.
The fair and curio sale by the Woman S
Christian Temperance Union in the Bap-
fist vestry Wednesday evening, Oct. Both,
was well attended and the food, aprons,
fancy articles, etc., offered for sale found
ready buyers. The curios exhibited were
from all parts of the globe and there were
many interesting relics of early days Miss
Harriet \. Millett, who was for several
years missionary in India, was dressed as
Burmese priest, and exhibited Indian
relics. Mrs. Sarah E. Blake operated wool
cards and Mrs. John A. Patterson, a spin
ming wheel. The receipts were $1265.
GET CAT. We clip the following blood
curdling, hair-raising item from the Belfast
correspondence Of the Bangor Commercial
The large rats are becoming a public
nuisance. They are getting into the houses
more than ever this fall. At one of the
houses on Church street, where the owner
has horse in the barn that he has been
c. Il
one morning recently that a large rat had
eaten the save off the hoof and had also
bitten the horses foot The next morning
the rat was found under the horse, having
evidently been stepped upon and killed.
Since the case of the Mendall child being
bitten by large rat, the people are hecom-
ing little mite alarmed over their appear
ance and fer0city.
List Of unclaimed letters remaining in the
Belfast post Office for the week ending Nov.
9Th; Miss NJ. S. Bassick, Miss Florence
Brown, Miss Alice Croker, Mrs. D. A.
Carpenter, Mrs. Eva NJ. Klotzbach, Mrs.
Rosie E. Robbins, Emma L. Wadlin, Miss
Bernice Woodbury., James Black & Co.,
Geo. II. Drake, Greasy Dockham & Co.,
John T, Franklin, Charles F. French, A.
w Gladding, I. H. Gray, W. J. Howard,
George Asher Johnson. VIM. Lddel & Co.,
konstandino Luzo. Geo. A. Lamaront, Geo.
Notion, Chester F. Pike, Solyms Rogers, F.
E. Rosendorf, E. II. Stetson. Henry C.
Seamans, A. D. Shedman, Elmer E.
Thompson, Mr.. L. Weinfeld, DR.. c. c.
Williams, A. A. Winshep, W. A. White.
CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT. The Dexter
correspondent OF the Bangor Commercial
reports change III the management of the
electric light plant in that town, and it is
understood that the change also applies to
the Belfast Gas & Electric Co. The Com
mercial correspondent. says;
Richard P jerks of Providence, r. l.,
has assumed charge of the plant of the
Dexter Electric Co and is also now at the
head of the various other electric lighting
+ r 40 Ntata Inai-
is an experienced engineer and it is the in
tention to make every Improvement possible
under the new management. He is now in
town and on Wednesday and Thursday
was busily engaged in making an inspection
of the local plant. This change in the man.
agement of the Fletcher plants was what
gave rise to the report that Mr.. Fletcher
had disposed of his interest i'll the Dexter
company, A new local manager will soon
be selected TO succeed W. E. Haseltine,
who has accepted a good position in Raj
eigh, S. C. One of the changes that the
company intends to make is to shift the
Main street wires from the street poles to
poles in the rear of the business blocks.
This will relieve the congestion of wires on
the street and it is thought will improve
things generally.
Two CONCERTS. The second entertain
ment in the Bradbury concert course was
given in the Opera House Wednesday even
ing, Oct Both, by the Hawthorne Musical
Club to a we'll filled house. The four club
members were adopts in the use of large
number OF musical instruments and the
varied program was well received. Willis
Ray was specially versatile, and one num-
Der of the program was made up of selec-
tions played by him on mandolin, xylo-
phone, banjo, and single ard double o.
carunas. The two descriptive selections
were amusing and the Swiss bell ringing
skillful. The last in the series of concerts
was given Tues ay evening by the Honolulu
Students and was undoubtedly the most
successful of the course from an artistic
and material standpoint. The orchestral
instrumental and vocal selections by the
seven members of the company were large
ly characteristic native music, and were
greatly enjoyed both for their beauty and
novelty. The colored views shown were
beautiful in the extreme and were managed
most cleverly to give dissoving effect
The two scenes where the sunset and moon
rise were introduced were especially fine
and in all the pictures the tropical colorine
was portrayed to perfection. The house
was large one, and everyone was enthusi
astic over the evenings novel entertain
ment, which completes the course for which