The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-11-28

Inc schools will be In session tomo--o,.
rriday' contrary to the usual custom
The Improvement Society will meet with
MRS r. W. Pote Monday, Dec End. at Or
pm. ' az 4 o
The sewing school, carried on evarv VIZ,
by the Non-Partisan W. G. T. Au;an.a 'I y
having an unusually successful season
i Mrs. Freeman Cook, who taught last wear
with gratifying results, again has charge
and every Saturday afternoon from thirtr ~
nifty little girls take advantage of her il,
struotion. Beside the teaching. thew 70
eeive the garments they make, which arc
in most cases, acceptable.
SHIPPING ITEMS. The three masted sch
Melissa Trask. which dragged and went
! ashore on the beach at Eggemoggin- Daor
Isle, in the blow of Nov. 9th, was towad 70
this port last Friday to go on the railway
Tor repairs. The schooner was bound from
Fort Johnson to Ellsworth with coal. Her
cargo was lightered and the hold filled with
barrels and the tug Ralph Ross hauled her
Off and towed her to Belfast She was deck
to the water and was hauled on to the flats
south of the railway for examination Sba
was drawing too much water to get on tho
railway. The Trask is 1893 tons net. was
built at Brewer in 1880, and now halls from
Ellsworth. She was at one time in tho
cksonville trade. 1t is dull times in the
coasting trade. Sch. Alice Holbrook, Cant
Ellis, went to New York from Bangor in
ballast. Sch. Atlanta, Capt. Smith has re-
turned to this port from Bangor, where he
was unable to get freight, and has tied up
Tor the winter. Sch. Willis & Guy, which
discharged cargo of fertilizer from Wev
mouth last week, will lay up. Local
charters: Sch. Morrill, c. Hart, hurricane
Island to Boston, cut stone; SCH Maurice
Saunders, Stonington to New York, cut
granite; sch Margaret NJ. Ford, Frankfort
to New York, paving at $1.25 per ton; Sch
Silver Heels, Stonington to Boston, cut
granite; sch. Kineo, 1867 tons, Newport
News to Boston Or Searsport, coal, D. t. {;
bark Mamie Swan, New York to Porto
Rico, general cargo, p. ...Shipping men
down this way will be interested in the
following item from the Portland Evening
Express of last Saturday: "W. H. Reed
told the Express today that work on the
new four masted schooner Victory was
proceeding favorably and that all that re-
/ manned to be done to finish rigging her was
/ to bend on her sails. Sch. S. NJ. Bird,
Charleston, S. c., for New York with lum-
Der, parted both chains off Cape Henlopen
in the northeast storm Nov. "a, and went on
the beach at Lewes, Del. The captain and
crew remained by the vessel. The Bird
W as built at Belfast in 1874 and is $50 tons
| net, She halls from New York Sch. NJ.
b. StetSon, one of Capt I. NJ Nichoson's
| fleet of Grand Bankers, arrived at Bucks
sport Monday with nearly full fare of cod.
Another of this heet,the Elizabeth n s., ar
rived at Port Hawks bury, n. S, Friday to
repair steering gear. She is bound home
with $500 Quintals of cod. The I. NJ.
Nicholson, which is on her second trip, is
also homeward bound. -. The steamer Hec-
tor with the schooner Fannie Palmer in
tow sailed from Sabine Pass, Texas, Satur-
day for Stockton, with sulphur for Maine
pulp mills.