Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-01
BELFAST HAPPENINGS
Local Polities-New Hotel for Temple
Heights-PersonaI Chat.

! be!1dSt, Me, january Jl-tSpecld!J
Miss Isaphene and Charles Patterson
are at home from Boston called here by
| The Illness of their mother, Mrs. Eta
Patterson who was severely burned
about tile right arm on Monday evening.
by spillng some grease on hot Goals
| while working over the stove.
| The Gardiner High school basketball
| team was entirely outclasscd in the
game Of basketball played here on
Wednesday evening with the Belfast
| High school basket ball team. The
| score stood &c to 4 in favor Of the home
| team at the end OF the game and while
the visitors put UP n good contest and
| the game was enjoyed by all, ii was 4
score in favor of the speedy team. Bel
fast is running well toward the goal of
claiming the championship of the State.
The Waldo County Agricultural So
ciety trustees will hold Il meeting on
Wednesday evening Mt the court horse.
for the purpose of completing plans for
the coming fair in the fall and to make
some arrangements for the premium
lists which will soon be placed in the
hands of the printer.
Hiram HoffSes who has been en-
ployed in the Acme Clothing Company
plant on Front street has purchased the
business of Milo NJ. Colson on High
street and assumed charge of the bust
ness. Mr.. ColsOn retiring owing 10 i'll
health.
The Republican city committee have
called a caucus for the nomination of
the candidates for mayor and aldermen
in the city election, the date of which is
Tuesday evening of February 18th.
This caucus is rather earlier than has
been the custom and it is not known
that any aspirants yet in the field
for the mayoralityship. Among the
possible nominees are James II. Howes.
William y. Mason, Tileston Wadlin and
Freeman NJ. Wood. Nominations in
wards four and five will be made on
AIenday evening ut the respective eau
cuses.
NJ. bradbury Of Fairfield has been
in this city this week making arrange
mentS with A. II. BlackinGtOn of Rock
land who is numbering at Northport this
winter. for the building of the founda-
ton and the carpenter work on the new
Heights in the coming spring. The
hotel will be three stories in height be-
side the basement which will be fitted
for astore. 1t will he about sixty feet
in length and the foundation will be ce-
mcnt laid Work viii he commenced on
the foundation us soon as the weather
and ground will permit in the early
spring.
Fred G. White of this city. manager
of the Belfast Fuel and Hay Company
has gone to Albion. Florida. with a
friend where he intends spending some
weeks in hunting and fishing.
Mrs. J. p. Richardson of South Paris,
is visiting in this city as the guest of
Mrs. Mary L. Iaugh and Miss Georgia
Sheldon for the coming week.
Tarratne Tribe of Red Men of this
city are making prerar" tons for hold
ing a pow WOW in this city on the 2Ith
of February to which the Great Saclem
and his staff have been invited and
number of other Tribes. several Tribes
taking part in the degree work which
will be conferred.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas r. Dinsmore Of
this city left this week for a several
weeks trip TO California. where they
will arrive in late February visiting in
Washington, D. G.. New Orleans and
other places enroute. They expect to
return TO this city about the first of
April via Salt Lake City.
Orman A. Hopkins of this city has re-
Gently purchased the Marshall Block on
Main street which was formerly owned
by the late William &. Marshall and for
years was occupied by him as q grain
store. This store has been vacant of
late but will be refitted and the halls
above will be revampcd and arranged
for some society.
The steamer Gardiner, which was re-
Gently purchased for the Belfast and
1slesboro route has arrived here from
Boothbay and has been placed in winter
quarters with the steamers Ruth, Ire
mont and Ca,tlne at the Maine Central
pier. As soon as the railway is clear
the steamer will be hauled out and given
general repairs and her deck housed in.
She is claimed to be the fastest steam
er on the bay at the present time.
French doctors are prohibited from re-