The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-04-11

non No. 48 Congress street, Monday after
noon, April 18th. The lesson will be from
chapter twenty of the Literary Leaders
AID chapter six page rs to end of chapter,
of the c. l.. S. C. book s'R ational Living.
The magazine topic "Burne Jones and the
Pre-Raphaelites." Roll-call, select quota.
tions.
Orrin J. Dickey, tn local excursion man.
ager, announces one of the first excursions
of the season to be run ont of this city, or
April so, when he will take an excursion
from this city to Bangor to attend the Dem.
ocratic gathering there when William j,
Bryan lectures in City Hall. This party
should be a very large one as there will be
many who will 60 up to hear the famous
Nebraskan.
PooRs MILLS. Henry Wentworth has
had his large chimney and arch taken down
and a new one built. He is also having
quite a lot of other repairs made. -. Leslie
PaysOn has gone to Boston. Horace Grant
spent few days last week with Freeman
Wentworth. Jacob Page is quite sick
with the grip. Harry Emmons and family
have moved into the Robert Russ house,.
The Benevolent Club will meet with Mrs
Freeman Sheldon Thursday afternoon
April 18th. AS it is a business meeting al
members are invited to attend.
THE SCHOOL BUILDING. By request of
the Mayor, the Inspectors Department of
Boston sent Mr.. E.D.Kelley, Supervisor,an and
J. J. Dunnigan, Inspector of Buildings, to
Belfast, to inspect and report on the city's
school buildings. The gentlemen arrived
Tuesday and made an inspection OF the
High school building Tuesday afternoon.
While they would say nothing official
ly, as the report will come from the Depart
ment in Boston, it was understood that they
considered the building safe. The gentle
men came through the courtesy of the City
of Boston, and the only expense to the city
of Belfast will be their travelling expenses.
The attendance at the High school and in
the lower grades in that building has been,
and still is, seriously affected.
Mrs. j. Y. McClintock, in her will filed
this week, made the following public be-
quests: to the Unitarian church, $4,000, the
choir; to the City of Belfast, $1,000, the in
come to be used for the care of the Nc.
Clintock family lot in Grove cemetery tc
the City of Belfast $4,000 to be held in trust
and to be known as the McClintock Trust
Fund, the income of one-half of that amount
to be given to the support of the Girls
Home on Northport Avenue, and the in.
pf ha1 tn no criu TO ha I'd
of the Old Ladies' Home. In case of the
failure of either of the TWO institutions men.
toned, or of their removal from the city
the income of their share is to be paid an.
nually to the Belfast Free Library for the
purchase of books. The other requests
were all private.
LIQUOR SEIZURES. Jesse E. Staples
was arragned before Judge R. W. Rogers
in the Belfast Police Court April 4th, on a
search and seizure process. Staples was
found guilty and sentenced to pay fine OF
800 and costs and 60 days in Jail and in de.
fault of payment of fine 60 days additional
from which he appealed to the Supreme
Judicial Court with Chas. Lancaster and F.
Nj. Staples sureties. The above case was
the result of a seizure by Sheriff Carleton
of several bottles of whiskey from the
premises occupied by Staples on Main
street. 1t has long been suspected by the
officers that Chas. II. Chamberlain has
been hauling liquors from the depot and
other places for liquor dealers in this city
This suspicion led Sheriff Carleton to take
warrant and search the stable occupied
by Mr.. Chamberlain on Pearl Street, on
Saturday afternoon. The officers were re-
warded by finding barrel which contained
120 bottles of lager beer; and another bar
rel containing 4S quart bottles full OF
whiskey. Mr.. Chamberlain was taken be-
fore Judge Rogers the same day and found
guilty of keeping Intoxicating liquors on
his premises intended for sale, and given
the usual sentence as above stated in the
Staples case from which he appealed, CIV
ing bond in the sum of $500 with L. l..
Gentner and Frank L. Coombs, sureteS.
Deputy Cuddy searched the Common
wealth Hotel Saturday night after ten
O'clock, finding men on the premises drink
ing. A small quantity of liquor was seized,
and the proprietor, Homer Carter, was
given the usual sentence by Judge Rogers
Monday forenoon, from which he appealed
with Jesse E. Staples, and Fred NJ. Staples,
sureties.
STEAMER NOTES. Captain Charles A.
Blair of the Ransom b. Fuller received or
ders from headquarters of the Eastern
Steamship Co. to get the steamer ready to
leave Bath for Boston April 9Th. On ar
rival in Boston she will go on the railway
to clean and paint 1t is expected that the
season ON the Kennebec and Boston route
will be opened not later than the 18th of
this month. ...U. S. lighthouse steamer
Myrtle sailed from Portland for Rockland
and other places along the coast April 9th.
THE U. S. Naval Board of Changes COM
posed of Commander John p Parker of the
bureau of equipment office at Portsmouth,
naval constructors, John Fl. Hanscom of
Philadelphia, A. W. Stahl of Portsmouth,
R. M. Watts of Quincy and Lieut.. Com. H.
G. Gilmore of Bath, made an official in
spectiOn of the scout cruiser Chester now
in the course Of construction at the Bath
Iron Works, last week. The members of
the Board left the same day for Ports
mouth, N. H., on the tour of similar duty.
While there they witnessed very success
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