The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-02-13

POOR's MILLS. The Benevolent Club
win meet Thursday afternoon and evening
with Mrs. j. F. Sheldon. .Orrin L. Went
worth has taken the job to cut ice on
Dyer's pond for the people in this vicinity.
There are some still sick with the pre-
vailing colds.
A statement of the financial condition of
the County of Waldo for the year 1907 has
been issued from the press of G. E. Bur-
CESS in the usual pamphlet form. The
report of the county treasurer, F. NJ. Wood,
shows total sresOurces of $5,O09.S5, Of
which $685. IL is cash in the treasury, and
excess of resources over liabilities of 3d.
O63 II. Received of Clerk of Courts for
fines and costs $l,591.OO The bills allowed
by the Supreme Judicial Court show
total of $6,4S3O1, and the salaries of the
county officers amount to $4,000.
There was a bad break in the main water
pipe leading from the pumping station at
Little River last Saturday, and about p. m.
it was located on Murphy's hill. A repair
crew worked all night with the temperature
below zero and the wind blowing gale,
and continued until Sunday afternoon,
when the repairs were completed and
pumping began. The standpipe was full at
the time of the break and in the lower parts
of the city the water supply was not cut off,
although there was naturally but little
pressure. On Court street the water stop
ped running about 10 a. M, Sunday, and
was on again about 4 p. m. After the first
break was repaired there was another
break, which was quickly repaired.
Tomorrow is St. Valentines Day, and
for some time the windows of the respect
tive dealers have been gay with the latest
offerings. The styles are many and attrac-
| tive, ranging from the elaborate structure
of cleverly combined cardboard, tissue
| paper and celluloid to the ever-popular
post card The children in the lower
grades of the school will enjoy their usual
boxes The attractions for the older folks
| for the day and evening are varied, and
| include supper and entertainment at the
| Universalist church, a Leap Year Ball
which has been arranged by some of the
young ladies, and which will be one of the
events of the season, in Memorial Hall, q
basket ball game between the B. FL. S. ant
University of Maine second teams ano
several private parties.
A MIDNIGHT ALARM. Saturday night
was a wild night, with the mercury many
degrees below zero and q gale blowing from
the north, SO that when the fire alarm wa!
sounded at midnight from box % it strucl
terror into the hearts of all who heard it
The fire was in a small wooden building OF
Main street, next above the Stewart house
occupied by r. J. Ellingwood as boot
shoe and harness repair shop, and how i
originated is mystery. The fire was con
fined to the attic or loft over the shop ant
beyond burning an old husk mattress die
little damage there. The roof was covered
with snow and the fire did not break through
The fire was first attacked with buck cts
and Washington Hose Company, on arrival
found the hydrant by the post office frozel
and had to run their hose to the court hous,
to get water. They soon extinguished thu
fire, but everything In the shop was we
down and practically all the damage was b.
water The ''all out" signal was givel
about - 80.