The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-10-15

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The Ladies' Aid of Trinity Reformed Church
will meet with Mrs. VIM Vaughan this, Thursday,
afternoon at two o'clock. There will be an
election of officers for the ensuing year.
LEROY Coombs expects to have the auxiliary
! Yacht Maard in commission next Saturday and
to make trial trip down the bay. An 1S-horse
mower engine has been installed, but her masts
will probably not be stepped before next sea-
| son.
! Among the many recent movers are Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Auspland and Miss Lillian Spinney,
who have moved from the Salmond house, So
called, to the upper rent in the house at the
corner of Court and Miller streets owned by
Charles P. Hazeltine. The Salmond house is
being repaired by its present owner, Selden
Quincy, and will later be occupied by e. L..
Wright and E. R. Hall ....... Mrs. Georgia
Pendleton recently moved from the Pierce
house, High street, to Mrs. Helen Carter's
house, High street.
Monday, Oct. 18th, was the birthday of four
Belfast people-probably there are others
Int onlv one observed it, William H. Quimby
giving dinner to party of gentlemen friends
at his summer home, the Alhambra at Pitcher
pond. The principal DISH made notable by one
of Charles Lambs dainty essays, was roast
mig. and it is a dish fit to set before king.
The place cards were handkerchief and are
priced by their possessors as souvenirs of this
notable birthday observance The guests were
Charles Edwards of Boston, James H. Howes,
Horace Chenery, Ralph H. Howes, DR.. William
C. Libbev, George A. Quimby, Wilmer J. Dor
| man and Fred T. Chase of Belfast.
A MUSICALE. There will be musicale at
the home of Miss Amy Stoddard, GO Church
street. Wednesday evening, Oct. 21st, at 8
O'Clock. the proceeds to purchase new music
for the North church choir. The public is
cordially invited Admission 25 cents. The
following program will be given
| /. Trio,
Misses Katherine Qumby Caroline Hatch and
Mr.. John Parker.
2. Serenata, Iostl
Miss Katherine Quimby
| g. Cavatina from Faust, Gounod
Mr. John Parker
L. Minuet from Suite in E minor, Kat
Miss Amy Stoddard
s. The shoogy-shoo, Mayhem
| Miss Caroline Hatch
G. Selected
| Mr.. John Parker
T. Valse Brliante in fiat, Chopin
Miss Amy Stoddard
| s. When Life is Brightest, Insult
Misses Katherine Quimby and Caroline Hatch
g. Goodnight, branms
| Master Ben Parker
If stormy it will be postponed to Friday
evening.
| ACCIDENTS. Fair Holmes met with pecu-
liar and very painful accident last Saturday.
| He was moving hive of bees from Gardner
| Havener's to his home when the bee box
| slipped out from under the hive letting the
bees out. He was severely stung about the
face, and his horse was so badly hurt that it
was feared the animal would not recover; but
both horse and driver are improving Bert
Wood had narrow escape from being buried
alive Thursday. He was at work at the Roller
| Bushing Co.'S plant in trench nearly hve
| feet deep when bystander noticed that the
| earth was commencing to cave in. Wood was
| bending over and in a fraction of second
| would have been buried, but he heard the
| shout of warning. Strengthened up and thew
| up his arms The earth buried him nearly to
his shoulders and packed in around him so
solidly that it took the crew some time to Dig
| him out. John Ward, who was one of a crew
| employed in rebuilding the dam at the mouth
| of Goose River had a finger severely cut last
week by heavy chisel which slipped from the
hands of man working above him. He was
at once brought to the city and had the wound
dressed.
| Manager o. E. Frost of the Mathews Bros.
Woodworking plant recently returned from
Salem Mass, where he contracted to furnish
the inside finish. bookcases and doors, for new
| High school building, 1873 by 1875 feet, with
three stories and basement The finish is all
to be of CHARTERED oak, and running on full
time it will take until January to complete the
contract The blue prints of this building are
of interest as showing the advance made in
educational and sanitary Ines since the days
of the little red schoolhouse. The power
plant occupies space of l28 by 100 feet in the
basement and there is a lunch room, 40 by 80
feet, where lunches will be served to pupils, a
| forge room. lathe room, physical training
room, etc On the first floor is an assembly
room 100 by 100 feet, which extends up through
the second and third stories, with a gallery at
one end 30 by 100 feet. There are thirteen class
and recitation rooms on each floor and lee
ture hall on the third floor. There are two
laboratories and the heating, ventilating and
sanitary arrangements are of the latest and
most improved designs. Mathews Bros. re-
Gently completed and shipped to Bath a lot of
large window frames for the Bath Iron Works,
and to Chelsea, Mass windows and frames
for one of the churches of that city. The
church was burned but the walls remained
| standing.
| NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Fred A. Johnson,
| Masonic Temple, announces special sale of
| fall silks. If you want good silks for small
sums you should attend this sale. The silks
! offered comprise special purchases of new fall
| silks secured at about one-third below their
real worth, and they are offered at sweeping
reductions from regular values. 500. The cam
paign of education The City National Bank of
Belfast is carrying is bringing it rapid
! increase of business and illustrating to many
customers the advantages of having bank
account . .Llewellyn Wood offers for rent his
house, So Cedar street. 1t has all the modern