The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-03-19
PERSONAL.

Miss f. b. Greenlaw and Hattie NJ.
Black left Monday to spend week in Bos-
ton buying spring and summer goods
They will be joined by Miss Jennie Trull,.
Miss Greenlaw's milliner, who has returned
from the New York openings.
Rev. Albert E. Luce returned Tuesday
evening from Boston, where he had been
under examination and medical treatment
for week at the New England Deaconess
Hospital. Acting OH the advice of three
special sts he did not have an operation for
appendicitis.
Roscoe Staples, one of the Democratic
candidates for councilmen in Ward was
credited in the newspaper returns with re-
ceiving 1913 votes. The official vote was 1876,
which landed Mr.. Staples within one vote
of his well beloved opponent, Myrick II.
Nash. The championship of Spring street
was bound to be held by good man in
either event.-Rockland Courier. Gazette.
Frank L. Holmes of Ward 7 announces
his candidacy for the position of street
commissioner. Mr.. Holmes is a graduate
OF the engineering department of the Uni
versity of Maine and has followed his pro-
fession for the past ten years. the most of
construction department of the Bangor Il
Aroostook Railroad company.-Bangor
Commercial.
MIR. Holmes is son of F. S. Holmes of
this city, and recently resided here.
Farmers Week at the Uni versity of
Maine was an unqualified success, the
registration reaching the 800 mark. This
year Miss Anna Barrows of Columbia gave
some very instructive and interesting lee
lures on Domestic Science and Household
Economies The following Waldo County
people were registered Rev. William
Vaughan, Belfast; Mr.. and Mrs. Alvah
Treat, Stockton Springs; Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles G. Clements, Wintprport.
A warrant has been issued for the arrest
| of Charles F. King, the financial agent The
warrant was issued late Tuesday afternoon
by Chief Justice Bolster of the Municipal
Criminal Court on complaint of John u. Nc
Carthy. King is technically charged with
| larceny of stock valued at $4O7513. Other
charges have been made that bring the
| amount up to about $4,000.
VIM. b. Snow, formerly of this city, re-
signed his position as a U. S. postal in
spector, in which service he had made
fine record, to enter the employ of King.
His friends here trust that he is not a loser
7 by the collapse of King.
Hardly day passes but some careless
person temptS fate at the Union station by
trying to board an outgoing train. The
Maine Central officials do all in their power
to stop the practice but it is no use We'd
nesday afternoon a woman with little
girl attempted to board the 1.4O express
as it was moving out of the station and
narrowly escaped getting run over. Had it
not been for Conductor Mace and railroad
employe the woman would doubtless have
been seriously hurt.-Bansor Commercial.
This is John A. Mace, chip of the Old
block, and one of the most efficient, courte-
Gus and popular conductors in the whole
country He radiates sunshine as he passes
through the cars punching and collecting
tickets, and has pleasant word for every
one.
An alumni advisory council is being form
ed for the University of Maine by the votes
of the alumni There are three candidates
each from the Colleges of Agriculture, Arts
and Sciences, Law, Pharmacy and ! ech-
noogy, and q for representatives at large.
Each alumnus will vote for one of the rep
resentatives of the college from which he
was graduated, and for at large. W. L.
Howard, 'S2, formerly of Belfast, now
principal of the Pennington, n. H., High
school is one of the candidates from the
college of Arts and Sciences. Among the
candidates for representation at large are
Charles S. Bickford, S2, of Belfast, secretary
of the Swan Il Sibley Co, DR.. j. S. Fergu-
son, 80, of New York City, physician,
Edward II. Kelley, 80, Brewer, managing
editor Bangor Daily Commercial.