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

I'LL IlVC VI Ulu NOus
The Northport W. C. T. U. will meet witt
Mrs. Helen Bird Wednesday afternoon
Dec. 4th.
Miss Abbie Caldwell has gone to Water
vile to spend the winter with her sister
Mrs. l. B. Mower.
The Universalist Social Aid will NEE
with Mrs. l. L. Perry tomorrow, Friday
afternoon at O'Clock.
There is new substitute mail clerk on
the Belfast branch, and II. NJ. Prentss
who has been running continuously for tel
weeks, is having his long deferred weel
off.
The Bangor Commercial says that
woman who resides in the northern part ol
Waldo County has made "a pies each weel
Tor family of six-just nine pies week
for each member of the family. They must
regard her as a pie-us woman.
The local markets have been well sup
plled with Thanksgiving poultry, but tur
Keys have not been in such demand as in
former years. Vermont turkeys sold at 3s
cents, native turkeys "a cents, chickens, q
cents, fowls, II cents, ducks % cents, geese
% cents.
DR.. and Mrs. W. E. Brande of Reading
were thrown from their automobile in a
collision with machine belonging to F.
I'll. GosS of Melrose in Stoneham, Mass,
Nv.
wound and sprained WI st andMrs Brande
suffered number of cuts on the face and
hands, Mrs. Brande was formerly Miss
Clara Griffin of this city,
The next meeting of Seaside Chautauqua
Circle will be with Mrs. W. B. Fletcher,
No. q High street, Monday afternoon,
December 2ud The Chautauquan Maga-
zine topic will be GAS Others See U.s."
chapter five, and from the c. L. S. C. book,
"Races and Immigrants in America" Z"
chapter eight. Roll-call, quotations on
Government
BELFAsT's OLDEST MERCHANT. Mr..
Frank NJ. Lancaster celebrated his Goth
birthday, Wednesday Nov. 9th, and is still
in active business in the store at the corner
of Main and Washington Streets He has
been in trade for about IS years aud about
45 in the same store. He attends strictly to
business at the store and runs the affairs at
his home, boarding his daughter and her
husband, Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Sleeper. The
Journal joins many friends in cordial con-
gratulations and best wishes.
A rally and ladies'night will be held with
Silver Cross Lodge No. IS Knights of
Pythias, Wednesday evening, December
4th, at O'Clock. Pattersons' Saxophone
Quartette will furnish music There Nill
also be several vocal solos. During the
evening Rev. A. E. Luce and Hon. E. F
Hanson will speak on the principles of the
order. An invitation has been extended to
D. D, G, c., F. H, Bartlett of Burnham
All Knights and their ladies are requested
to be present. A picnic supper will be
served
The Bowdoin Dramatic Club will pre-
sent the popular play "Halr Back Sandy
at the Belfast Opera House, 81 Friday
evening, December 18th, under the aus
pices of the Young Mems Association of
Belfast. The company comprises twenty
men, who fill both male and female charac-
ters. The club this year is said to be the
best Bowdoin has presented the public, and
they are sure to be received with much ell
thusiasm in this city. Large photos of the
company are displayed in the store win
GowS about town this week,
Eight barges of HOO to 1900 tons, and one
steamer, have been transferred by the Bou-
tell Steel Barge Co. to the White Oak Trans
portation Co., Maine corporation of which
II. c. BuZZell, Esq, of Searsport is clerk,
and are now registered at the Belfast Gus
tom house and hail from Searsport The
steamer is the Bay View, and the barges
are the Baravia, Baroness, Britannia, Bonn
bay, Badger, Bay State and Buckskip. The
barges and steamer will no doubt be en-
ployed in bringing coal to Mack's Point.
They make quite an addition to the tonnage
of our local shipping.
FooT BALL The Belfast High school
foot ball team defeated local eleven last
Saturday afternoon in two 20 minute halves
by score of 6 to 0. The feature of the
game was Cunnngham's 80 yards run for a
touchdown. The lineup was as follows
B. II. s., Fahy, r. e., Collins, r. t.; Miller, r.
g.; W. Dickey, c.; Noyes, |. g.; W. John
son, !. t.; Ii. Dickey,l !. e. Robinson, q. b.
Lothrop, r. h. b.; Cunningham, |. h. b. /;
Richards, I. b. Locals A. johnson, r. e.
Frost, r. t. F. Nickerson, r. g.; l. Nicker-
son, C. Curtis, l. g.; Chamberlain, l. t.; R.
Darby, |. e. Murch, OBJ; Hayford, h.t. b. !;
c. Elwell, |. h. b.. A. Elwell, f. b.
CONCERT AND Hop. Don't forget
the concert and hop in the Opera
House, tomorrow, Friday, evening, by
the basket ball team of the Y. NJ. A.
The concert will begin at 8 O'Clock, sharp.
and will include solos by Mrs. G. W. Wes-
colt, Miss Marian Wells and Mr.. Arthur
johnson; the Saxophone quartette; whis-
tlng solo by Miss Clara Marsh; trombone
solo, Mr.. Herbert Drink water; the Quin-
tette and the Hammond quartette The
concert will be followed by hop, with
Orrin j. Dickey as floor manager and G.
Osborne Lord and Faunce WOodcock as aids
Healey will serve ice cream at the usual
prices. Tickets to concert and hop so cents
per couple; lady's single tickets, % cents
Give the boys a benefit
W.