The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-02-06
Sth air varie, clarinet solo, Bress
MIR. COSmey.
Selection from The Time, Place and
BreSant

| Selection from The lime, Place and
The Girl, Howard
The concert was followed by the grand
march of 125 couples, led by Chief Engineer
Ira T. CI0ugh and Mrs. Luville j. POttle
The order had IS dances and there we're
many extras. All voted the affair success
from start to finish.
| SHIPPING ITEMS. The barkentne Good
News, recently sold to the Pacific coast and
for many years the property of c. Morton
Stewart & Co., Baltimore, left the latter
port recently and is now on her way to
| Tacoma, Wash. The Good News was built
at Baltimore in 1889 for the Rio coffee trade
The Marine Journal says that she will prob
ably be converted into barge after she
reaches her destination. -. The San Fran.
cisco Examiner of Jan. 18th says that the
old steamship City of Peking, from 1874
until a year or two ago one of the best
known of the Pacific Mail steamers, is at
last dismanted, pending sale or conversion
into hulk. Since being taken off the Pan
anna route some time ago the vessel has
lain at anchor in Mission Bay. The City of
Peking was built at Chester, Pa, in 1874 by
John Roach, and was 500 tons net. She
was built to run, with sister ship of the
same size, between San Francisco and
Japan, and was considered mammoth
craft i'll her day. Washington officials and
| Congressman were invited to the launching
and d special train took them to and from
| Chester The writer was one of a number
of newspaper men who accompanied the
party and enjoyed the hospitality of Mr.
| Roach. Sch. Harriet Rogers brought some
plank from Rock land last week for Gllchrest
and is now laid up alongside sch. Melissa
Trask, off the marine railway. Sch. Mary
Bradford Peirce has chartered to carry ice
from Rockport, Me-. to Suffolk, Va, at 81
per ton.
A MARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.
What came near being drowning accident
occurred on the river near Citypolnt Friday
forenoon, and was prevented from having
a tragic ending only by the presence OF
mind and prompt action of Mrs. Joseph
| Robertson, her son Roscoe and Martin ThOm-
as, the latter two of whom were fishing in
tents on the ice.. In severe cold weather
such as at present, the ice, falling with the
tide, freezes to the flats in places, and does
not rise again, leaving holes which skim
over with thin ice, making treacherous
surface. Basil Newell, wearing a heavy
ulster and rubber bouts, with bag OF
wood over his shoulder, was crossing from
the shore to the fishing tent which he owns
in company with Roscoe Robertson, when
he stepped upon one of these thin places,
and broke through into the deep, icy water
He was some distance from the tent, but
shouted once for help, then realizing that
Roscoe would pas no attention even II he
heard him, as they were always scouting
back and forth, he decided not TO waste his
strength in shouting or struggling unless
soma one saw him. He thought of the bag
of wood, and by palring it under his arm
! and threading water" managed to keep
, from sinking. In the meantime Mrs. Ro-
| lerson, from her home on the bank, sa" ills
plight and rushed out, shouting loudly 10
! Roscoe who heard her voice and came out
| OF his tent, although he says he should not
have noticed B SIPS shouts. With much
difficulty, aud with the assistance OF MI
| Thomas, Basil was pulled from the water
| AN exhausted CDhuiIitii 'tlh GO eeehSii
TO the koiersun home, Where be was so
! kindly cared for tha. thus far he has 1elt
no i'll effects from his icy bath IN the Pas
/ sagassa waukeas. Ii is hoped that other
fishermen may profit by his experience and
that there may be no repetition ot the
drowning accident which stddened the
community several years ago.
The LAW AND THE LOTTERY. There
was Consideration among the tiremen last
| Thursday when 1t was known that Rev. I'll.
y. Pringle Of Matervitie, secretary OF the
| Christian Civic League of Maine, was IN
town and had put u veto ON the ''lOttery "
which was to have been a feature Of their
annual concert and ball that evening. 1t
appears that Mr.. Pringie Came to Belfast by
request of some person unknoWn-and as 10
| whose identity there is much speculation
and OH arrival called upon Chief Engineer
Ira T. Clough, aud said he had been intorm-
! ed that there was a gilt scheme IN coniiec-
ton with the concert and ball OF Washing
ton Hose Company, to be given that night,
and its it was clearly IL lottery it must be
stopped, as prosecution would follow if a
| drawing LOOK pidCe. SHlei Y iouSu Iepileu
| that there was no intention to violate the
! law and that ii the proposed drawing was
| Illegal it certainly would not take place.
| Upou consultation of authorities it was de-
clt:ed that the drawing did come within the
law and it was consequently abandoned
| The Jaw is very clear on the subject.
Section 20, chapter 1919 reads: "Every lottery,
policy, policy lottery, policy shop, scheme
or device of chance, of whatever name
| or des criptior, whether at fairs or pubic
gatherings, OF elsewhere, and whether in
the interests OF chul ches, benevolent OBJ
iects or otherw wise, is prohibited" etc. OF
course that settles it, Still the proposed
drawing was not looked upon by those in
augurating it, OF by those who bought tick
cts OF donated przas,as lottery OF game of
chance; but rather as an interesting and
amusing feature Of the evenings entertain
| ment. The shaves and hair cuts, cigars and
pants, generally fall to lady ticket holders,
| while tie men come in for ladies' n+ ok wear
prizes, such as coal aid flour, have usually
gone where they would do the most good,
| and the drawers of blanks did not lose any
| sleep on that account. as il large majority Of