The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-06-25
The Democrats of Belfast held a caucus
at the court house last evening to elect dele
oatos To .bo State and county conventions.

The DemocratS of Belfast nelu caucus
at the court house last evening to elect dele
gates to the State and county conventions.
The Hayford house, so-called' at the cor
ner of Miller and Cedar streets looks most
attractive in its new coat OF cream coiorea
paint with green trimmings.
telegram was received in this city yes
terday announcing the death at his home in
Stamford. Conn, of Major Joshua A. Fes-
sender, e. S. A., retired. The funeral Will
take place at his late home tomorrow, Fri
day, afternoon.
Palestine Commandery. Knights Temp
lar, started on the pilgrimage to Rockland
on steamer Castine Yesterday morning in
rain storm that promised to Interfere with
the program arranged for the observance OF
St. Johns day. The rain, however, would
not interfere with the social festivities at
The Samoset.
Saturday morning James W. Roberts, ac-
companed by John a. and Willard 5. Rob-
erts and Dr. Henderson, lett IN his new
Mitchell car for Northport, Me. They
dined at Portland, supped at Rockland, and
reached their summer home at N0rthport az
IL midnight The run was little over wv
miles and was made in is hours actual run
ming time without mishap OF any kind
Reading, Mass, Chronicle, June 10th.
Melvin Crosby, aged 10, Charles Robertson,
aged 49, and Ira Pomeroy, aged y, were be-
fore the police court Tuesday charged with
stealing an S-pound box of tobacco, consgn-
ed to f. B. Elwell, Northport, from box
car at the Maine Central station in this city.
The Crosby boy pleaded guilty and was
fined SIS without costs. The others pleaded
not guilty, but were convicted and sentenc-
ed to the State school for boys, Portland,
and were taken there yesterday by City
Marshal Hammons
A LIQUOR SEIZURE. Sheriff Carleton
and deputies arrived at the back entrance
of the Phoenix house between II and II
O'Clock last saturday night in time to seize
full barrel, 43 gallons, of whiskey and a
barrel containing 100 bottles of lager beer.
A team drove off quickly as the officers az
rived, and it was too dark for them to rec
ognize the people. True G. Trundy, the
proprietor OF the Phoenix House, was ar
raigned in the police court Monday after
noon and given the usual sentence of 500
and costs and 60 days in jail and in default
of payment of fine and costs to 80 days ad-
ditonal in Jail. He appealed.
/ Mrs. Charles Il. Crosby, Mrs. Charles f.
johnson and Mrs. George E. johnson of
! the UniversaliSt Ladies' Circle have been
made committee to manage a series of
bridge whist parties for the benefit of the
society, and the first of the series was given
at the llOdgdon homestead on Cedar street
| last Friday afternoon. Some eight or ten
tables were made up and bridge was played
| from 3 to $50 Mrs. A. A. Smith had the
highest and Mrs j. G. Paul the lowest
score. Mrs. Charles f. johnson, Mrs.
! c. Il. Crosby and the Misses Hodgdon serv-
! ed lunch after the game.
! ESCAPE OF A PRISONER. Jerry Staples
/ who had served 10 days in Waldo county
| jail on 60 days sentence, made his eSca pc
from that institution last Saturday after.
noon. He had been an exemplary prisoner
and begged so hard to be allowed to work
outside the jail, giving his word of honor
that he would not run away, that Sheriff
Carleton finally consented. Staples was at
work about the barn when Mr.. Carleton
was called to the house by a visitor and on
his return found that Staples had departed
He is supposed to have gone across the back
| field into the woods, but at this writing
Tuesday, had not been seen or heard from
and Sheriff Carleton has offered rev ard OF
$50 for his capture. He is about ., has
| blue eyes, light hair and wore. when last
seen pair of black trousers, a light cotton
| shirt and soft brown felt hat. He is about
feet 3 inches and weighs 100 pounds. There
is no suspicion that he has had outside help
and his father when consulted by Sheriff
Carleton said he would do all he could to
have the boy return and serve out his SEN
tence Staples was indicted at the January
term for selling rum and took his case TO
the law court. The case came back the hrst
of this month and he was committed to the
Waldo county Jail June 10th. to serve 60
days sentence,
SWANyILLE.
At the largest Republican caucus held at
the Town House for many years the fol
lowing business was transacted: Chose
VIM. Clements, chairman, w. E. Damn,