The Republican journal., 1908-11-26


Morrill, died very suddenly in this city Monday
from heart failure, aged Is years. She was
apparently in good health and came to Belfast
to do some shopping. While in the dry goods
department of earle & Jones about p. M she
complained of being faint and asked the young
lady who was waiting on her to fan her for
moment, and then dropped to the floor. A
travelling man who was in the store at the time
raised her head and a physician was summoned
at once, but death must have been instantane-
ous Mrs Hoffses was daughter of the late
Elezer and Mehitable Whitcomb and widow of
Adoniram Hoffses, who died in 1901. She is
survived by one daughter and two sons-Mrs
Cora Phinney of Haverhil, Mass, Hiram Hoffses
of Belfast and Charles Hoffses of Morrill, The
funeral services were held yesterday in Nor
rill, Rev. David Bracket officiating.
MRS HYAMs' GIFT TO THE HOSPITAL Mrs
William Hyams of New York city, who spent
the summer in Belfast as usual with her faith
err Arnold Harris, Esq, manifested much in
terest while here in the Waldo County Hospital
and expressed her intention of doing some
thing in aid of this deserving institution. Be-
fore leaving she had selected room which she
wished to furnish and for which she soon after
bought the furniture The room however, was
heating it. On being so advised, Mrs. Hyams
replied as follows
New YORK, Nov. q, 1908.
Mr. C. O. Poor,
Dear Sir: You will please have radiator
and its connections with the main pipe put in
at once, and by whom you please, and send me
the bill | am sending the furniture up at once
from H. E. McDonads. Some few things l am
leaving out at the present as l may ship from
here SO as to get nearer what might be more
useful. Anything that is necessary please
write list of latter have sent what think)
and it will be supplied.
Respectfully,
MRS VIM. HYAMs,
By L. H.
SHIPPING ITEMS The cutter Woodbury. is on
the marine railway, South Portland, for re-
pairs. Sch. Wawenock has sailed from
Frankfort for New York with cargo of cut
stone for the Blackwell's Island bridge. -.
Schs Carrie Bucknam, Annie Ainslie and Mar
garet M. Ford are loading paving at Mosquito
Mountain wharf for New York. - The Boston
fishing schooner Mary C. Santos, which has
been hauled off for the winter, stocked about
$4,000 during the season. This allowed
profit of nearly $1,000 to each man. :. When
the northeast snow-storm set N November
18th it found a fleet of so storm bound vessels
at anchor in Rockland harbor-the largest
number in port there at one time since the
lime fleet was replaced by barges. Most OF the
vessels were loaded with granite or lumber
The -masted schooner Edward B. Wins
low, launched at Bath November 24th is the
largest wooden schooner in the world She is
31S3 feet long, so feet beam and % feet deep
her gross tonnage being 1924. Her gross ton
mage exceeds that of the Eleanor A. Percy by
% TONS rd1egating the Percy to second position
as to size.... Sch. M. V. B. Chase, before re
ported as chartered to load stone at High
Island for Philadelphia is loading part cargo of
lumber at Stems mills and will finish cargo at
Lowell & Engel's mill, Bangor. Sch. Hiram
Lowell of Capt. I. M. Nicholson's fleet, is
being reftted at Bucksport with wire rigging
Gardner of Castine is doing the work. AS
soon as completed she will clear for Newfound-
and after cargo of herring. The work of
the mouths of the rivers, and in the rivers
themselves, is well under way and will soon be
completed $3.50 The Boston Globe of Monday
says: 1T is reported that the George Nc
Questen company of this city, owners OF the
schooner Frank Barnet which was burned a
sea recently while on a passage from this port
to Brunswick, will place a contract with Bel
tod
schooner to replace the lost craft" If this
schooner is built it will be built by George A
Gilchrest, builder of the Frank Barnet and
other vessels in the McQuesten fleet. Mr.
Gilchrest is in Boston this week, and is ex-
pected to return with the contract in his
pocket 49, Capt E. S. Mcdonald of schooner
Annie B. Mitchell was at home the first of the
week while his vessel was receiving new jib-
boom at Rockland. In towing out of Long
Cove with a cargo of stone for Philadelphia
the hawser fouled the bobstay, carrying away
the jibboom, and Capt. Mcdonald put into
Rockand for repairs.
/ COMING EVENT AT THE NORTH CHURCH
No trouble has been spared by the members of
. the North Congregational Church Guild to
make their sale, supper and entertainment to
be held at the church tomorrow, Friday, after
noon and evening. unique and successful
affair. The sale will open at 3 o'clock, and
beside the candy table, many dainty handmade
articles suitable for Christmas gifts will be
displayed for sale. Prices will be reasonable,
and special effort has been made to have
variety of articles selling for so and Is cents.
At $50 the chatting dish supper will begin.
Creamed chicken, creamed peas, welsh rarebit,
sandwiches, cake and coffee will be served on
the European plan by corps of walters gown
ed in white. The walters will be prepared to
give checks and the cashier will be on hand to
transact business in regular restaurant fashion.
Little tables, seating four are to De arranged
about the room, where the patrons orders will
be served from $50 to o'clock. At eight
o'clock unique entertainment, "The Reveries
of Bachelor" will be given. The Bachelor,
coming home from ball where he mas been ac-
copied, sits down for quiet smoke, and while
he is so engaged all the girls he has ever loved
appear before him. As he is college man.
who has travelled around the world. they are
many in number and variety. A number of
the costumes, which will be the real thing"
are to be loaned to the Guild by Mrs. H. P.