The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-08-29


require considerable blasting.
"Ralph " - said an antelope jun ped
out of that bunch of bananas this mornn g.,
is what a boy who had been anXiously
scanning bunch of bananas in a neighbor
ing grocery store gave to the proprietor as
the reason of his interest in the fruit.
The strike of the Western Union.opera-
tors has not materially affected business in
the Belfast Office. No serious delays have
been caused, as the wires in the Boston
Office have been we'll covered and business
to and from offices west of Boston has
moved with very nearly the usual prompt
ness A call has been issued by the Union
to the managers and telegraphers lin the
smaller offices to join in the strike, but lit is
doubtful if many of the non-union operators
respond to the call.
The steamer Castine has been kept busy
this week. Yesterday she took af.big
crowd to the Bangor fair. Next Satur day
she will make an excursion to Stockton
Springs, leaving Northport Campground at
/. D. NJ, Belfast at 1.3O p. m. Fare for
the round trip 10 cents. No doubt there
are many who have not seen the big piers
and the big warehouses at Cape JellisOn
and Kidder's Point, and this is fine
opport unity.
| The Ruth has added another chapter to
the series of steamboat accidents. She
| brought an excursion party from Bangor to
| Northport Campground Tuesday and when
out in the bay lost one of the blades OF her
propeller She came to Belfast and was
| taken out on Gilchrest's marine railway,
and new blade having been received it
| was expected to make a short job of it. But
| it was found that the bolts which held the
blade in place had broken off in the shaft
and would have to be drilled out, and she
was not launched until yesterday forenoon.
| PooR's MILLS. Mrs. Linda Gray of
Massachusetts is visiting her sister, Mrs. j..
F. Sheldon. -. Mrs. George Daggett has just
returned from visit with her mother in
| Searsmont.. Quite number from here at
tended the auction of the Bachelor estate
in Northport.. An automobile owned by
Mr.. Nickerson of Searsport met with an
| dCClu6ul ldSG Wcoh cppooitO thC lOoioChSS
! of Mrs. Mckinley and was detained about
three hours.... Mrs. II. B. Toothaker and
Miss Jennie Wentworth were the guests of
Mrs. 0. A Wade last Sunday....Mr. and
| Mrs. S. A. Payson visited friends in Thorn
dixie last week go. Mr.. and Mrs. F. I. Went
worth spent Sunday with friends at Linda
| Vista cottage, Temple Heights.
| THE MAINE REGISTER. The one volume
of all others invaluable to every We lin
formed business or professional man-the
Maine Register, State Year Book and Legis-
lative Manuals out This is the thirty
eighth annual issue, and the publisher is
| Grenville NJ DOMAIN of 800 Congress street,
Portland. AS usual, ''.he little black book"
thoroughly covers the business and political
affairs of Maine. This year it is fatter than
| ever-a reliable indication of the increased
prosperity and Importance of the State. Its
information is of great variety and its
quality is of the highest and most reliable.
| SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch. Circle from
Bucksport with salt for Lane & Libby,
| Vinalhaven, took on a deckload of hoop
| poles and headings for the same parties at
Lewis wharf last Thursday. They were
short of salt at Vinalhaven and had to call
on Capt. T. NJ. Nicholson of Bucksport for
supply. Sch. Mertie B. Crowley, launch
ed from the yard of Cobb, Butler & Co.
! Rock]and, Saturday, Aug. oath, has several
| claims to distinction. She is the seventh
six-master in existence, the fifth largest
I sail craft in the world, and the largest YES
| sci ever built at Rockland. She is but
slightly smaller than the six-masted schoOn-
| er George w. Wells, built at Camden, is
1865 feet long, 1924 tons gross, and
| has three decks. The lower masts OF Ore
gon pine measure 122 feet and the topmasts
| IS feet. Her commander will be Capt
| Emmons W. Babbitt of Taunton, Mass,
who formerly commanded the only seven
masted schooner in the world, the Thomas
| w. Lawson, and who also sailed the six
masted George W. Wells. ...Sch. Flora
Condor was launched from the marine rail-
way last Thursday and was towed to Stock
ton to load lumber for New York. Sch.
Robert A. Sydner finished discharging coal
| for the Swan & Sibley Co. last week and
towed to Bangor Friday. ...Sch. Harriet
Rogers, Capt WEIGH, arrived from Bucks
port last Saturday with ship timber from
the Peary yard for Gilchrest. She cleaned
up what was left in the yard with the ex-
| ception of one big oak stick -. Sch. John
| J. Hanson, which has undergone extensive
| repairs at this port including new lower
deck, rudder posts, refastening, etc., went
to Camden Tuesday to 60 on the railway.
| Cobb, Butler & Co., Rockland, have signed
a contract with the Benedict Manson Ma
rine Company of New Haven for the con-
| struction of four-ma sted schooner to be
commanded by Capt. Jasper Haskell OF
Deer Isle. The vessel will be 175 feet long,
SO feet wide, IA feet deep and with acapacity
| of 1900 tons and will be used in the lumber
| trade. The company now has fOur-master
| on the stocks for the same firm, the Dean
| E. Brown, which will be launched in Sep
| TENDER. Sch. Horace P. Shares from Perth
| AmbOy with coal for the Belfast Fuel and
Hay Co. arrived Monday and was locked
Tuesday by steamer Castine. Sch. Lulu
w. Eppes arrived Tuesday from Weymouth
with fertilizer for Fred S. jackson and is
discharging at Lewis wharf.