The Republican journal., 1908-07-09


Fancy articles of many kinds will be for
| sale, also cooling drinks and cake. A fur
| Their description will be given next week.
| The report, generally credited. that little
Herman, son of A. J. Hall of East Belfast
| had lost the use of his eyes from fire
cracker which he had lighted in a stove, is
not true. The only injury sustained was
ashes in his eyes; painful for time but
nothing permanent
| The July meeting of John Cochran chap
ter. D. A. R., will be held Monday evening,
| July 18th, at O'Clock with the Misses Bird,
| Congress street. There will be paper on
the Early Settlers of Belfast. board
meeting at O'Clock will precede the chap
ter meeting. The members are to respond
to the chapter roll-call by giving the name
of one of Belfast's early settlers, the date of
his arrival and the place from which he
came.
STEAMER NOTES. The Bangor CONNER
cial SAYS "An unusual sight in the river
Thursday afternoon was that of five tugs
tied up alongside of each other. The Britain
mia, Bismarck, Ralph Ross, Delta and
Stella, all of the Knickerbocker Steam Tow
age Co. were tied up outside the big coal
barge Knickerbocker at the Stickney &
| Babcock coal wharf. The big tugs took up
lots of room and had the steamer fremont
boxed in rather tight place, but there are
| few men on the river who can handle a
steamers wheel with Capt. Ben Arey and
| he got his steamer out into the channel in a
way that made the longshoremen and
wharf rats stand and take notice" 80. Both
| the steamers City of Rockland and City of
Bangor made extra trips out OF Bangor and
Boston last Sunday to clear up the freight
| Such rush of freight at this time of year
has never been known before. Passenger
traffic is just as heavy and it is a constant
question how to care for it.
| PooR's MILLS. The fair and sale June
3Oth was we'll patronized and quite sue
cess. Quite party went to Quantabacook
| Pond on picnic July 4th.....Mr. and Mrs.
| Clarence Smith and Mrs. J. Mckinley of
| Waldo were guests of Mr. and Mrs. 0. A.
Wade July 4th.....Miss Gray of Arlington,
| Mass, is visiting Mrs. Grace Wood. =. Mrs.
| Sophia HartShorn spent the day with her
daughter, Mrs. Fred Carter, last Saturday.
J James Wentworth and son Of Burnham
are visiting friends here. Ethel Wilson is
at home for a visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs Lester Wilson. Margaret Jack
son is at home. She has been teaching
| school in Lincolnville. .....MrS. Grace Pat
terson and daughter of Los Angeles, Calf. ;
| joseph jackson of Colorado, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank jackson of New Hampshire, Her
bert Jackson and Two sons. ". r. jackson,
wife and children, were all guests of their
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Jackson, last
week. -. The sick people are all on the gain.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Capt. Henry Phil
brook of Matinicus was in Rochland recent
| " on business and calling on friends. He
has sold his schooner, the Julia Fairbanks,
| which Tor 26 years he ran as a passenger
and freight packet between Rockland and
| Matincus, to Capt. Bryant of Cutler, who
will make fisherman of her In all, Capt.
| Philbrook ran the ROckland- Matinicus
packet line 81 years, starting with a small
vessel He carried the mails twice a week
until a steamer was put on that made daily
| trips, and made occasional trips for several
wears after, carrying freight and some pas
sengers. He went in all kinds of weather
and never met disaster He estimates that,
in this service, he crossed the bay over 5000
times, sailing more than 10000 miles,.
The barge, Suffolk from Philadelphia with
coal for the Swan & Sibley Co. arrived at
Fort Point last Friday and was towed here
Sunday by the Ralph Ross. She began
discharging Monday. Sch. Willis and
| Guy arrived last week from Swans Island,
where she discharged a cargo of coal from
South Amboy.
THE FOURTH IN BELFAST. Some weeks
ago it was decided by the leading business
men to close their stores all day on the
Fourth, and in some instances their en-
ployees had demanded the full holiday. So
most people had made their arrangements
for spending the day out of town-at the
campgrounds, on the shore of the bay, at
the ponds, or with relatives in the country
when at the eleventh hour a movement was
made for celebration and an appropriation
of $50 was secured from the city, to be sup.
plemented by private subscriptions The
affair was apparently intended to be some
what exclusive, and so did not enlist the
interest of citizens generally. The "before
the Fourth" demonstrations were much less
noisy than usual. Instead of beginning q
fusilade of fire-crackers the night of the 2nG
and continuing it until after the Fourth
the racket did not begin until Friday even
ing, and at night only one bell-that on the
High school building-was rung, and thai
for but a short time. The stores did rush
ing business Friday, the grocery stores il
particular, and one grocer remarked that hi
believed more goods had been sold that day
than if they had kept open the two days
About $50 p. M, when all the stores wert
thronged with shoppers, the electric light
went out and it looked as if many wht
had no other means of lighting would hav'
to go out of business, but the lights sool
came on again and trade was resumed. Thu
weather report indicated showers for Fri
day and Saturday, but no rain fell on eithe
day. The sky was overcast on the 4th bu
it was an ideal day for outings, though il
| lot ba in