The Republican journal., 1908-01-30

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PooR's MILLS. The dramatic company
residing near the upper bridge gave a fine
entertainment at the schoolhouse last Satur-
day evening. 1t was well attended and a
success financially. The Benevolent Club
will meet this, Thursday, afternoon, with
Mrs. Ella Brown. Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie
Payson, who have been visiting Mr.. Fay
sons father, S. A. Payson, returned to Fall
River, Mass, last week. The sick ones
are all better at this writing.
LIQUOR LICENSES. Five hundred and
forty-seven persons in this State have this
year paid United States liquor tax, accord
ing , the records in the office of the inter-
nal revenue department for this district at
Portsmouth, N. II. OF this number 10 are
designated as retail liquor dealers, 2S as
wholesale dealers in malt liquor, two as
wholesale liquor dealers, and four brewers.
There are 10 licenses in Waldo county, as
follows: Belfast 6, Cape Jellison l, Mon
roe 2, Islesborc l, Prospect / Searsport l.,
Stockton Springs /.
Since the few days early in December
when sleigh bells made emusic on the
frosty air. there has been a layer of ice
through the Citypoint woods, covered at
times with thin sprnkling of snow, so
that one driving over the road could at
least recall the good old days and remember
what New England winter ought t" lock
like The heavy rain of Monday, however,
has removed even this reminder, and with
the exception of a few feet the road is as
bare as those of the surrounding county
which are bare indeed.
The journal has received from W. F..
Black two post cards showing the weather
conditions in Minneapolis One has an il
lustration of Rev. Francis jaeger and his
bees, eight swarms having buzzed out Jan.
Dist, and another of a dog tooth violet bud
that showed color, on the same day. The
other post card had photograph taken on
the streets of Minneapolis Jan. Goth, show
ing street crew at work in light clothing
and straw hats and wiping the perspiration
from their brews. On the face of the post
card appear these words: Post card from
the Minnesota banana belt, showing indu-
bitable proof of IA ''shrt sleeve January"
Issued by the Minneapolis Journal, "The
paper that does things'' Jan. %, 1908.
But little ice cutting has been done as yet
in Maine Last week it was reported that
the ice on the Kennebec at Richmond was
to inches thick, but at other points
there were stretches of open water and the
ice generally seemed to be thin. At South
Gardiner last Friday a crew was at work
scraping and using ice plows. The agent
of the American Ice Co. said that when
the ice was 10 inches thick he should put
on a crew of $500 men. Mondays rain
has given ice cutting a setback. The ice
in Swan Lake and on the Meadow, Goose
River, is said to be Is inches thick and in
good condition, and cutting for local con-
sumption has begun. According to news
paper reports ice is making more rapidly to
the westward.than in Maine and harvesting
ha, begun.
A subscriber, who is cribbage enthusiast
writes of an interesting hand he recently
hand and crib, and he would like to know,
through the columns of The journal,
whether that is record peg. In explapa-
tioT he says: Il dealt and held three skies
and nine. A three was turned. My
opponent played king. Iplayed the nine,
he followed with another king and ] said
"go," whereupon he played two spot
leaving him but one card. l then Played
a six, which he paired, thus giving NE an
opportunity to peg nineteen. On the count
| had eighteen points il my hand and the
crib contained fifteen, making a total of
fifty-two." We should be glad to hear if
this hand has ever been beaten or eQualed.
If not, another Belfaster will go on record
as achieving the "best yet"
THE TRAMP QUESTION:. At this time
Elijah Walker of Unity having arrested
two on Saturday and one on Monday last.
MIR. Walker is town constable and states
that he commits these men on the order of
W. II. j. Moulton, chairman of the select
men of Unity. During the past 10 months
% different tramps have been committed to
Jail and Mr.. Walker holds the banner, hav-
ing brought in 10 of them. His nearest COM
petitor is town cOnsta BILE in Brooks, who
has committed T. These men have all been
committed from three places viz: Unity,
16; Brooks, 8; and Belfast, T. When we
consider that it costs the county about $25
APIECE to arrest and keep these men, which
averages about dollar cost for each and
every town in the county, we fail to see
wherein the town which commits them
makes any saving. 1t is no doubt q good
business for the constables.
BUSINESS CHANGE. Mr.. George c.
Trussell has bought the interest of his
partner, Mr.. Martin L. Mitchell, in the firm
of Mitchell & Trussell, Mr.. Mitchell retir-
ing, the change to go into effect Feb. 1st
Mr.. Mitchell retires because of i'll health
and is undecided as to his future move
! ments, but says he will take years rest
He sold his house, 10 Franklin street, tC
DR.. W. L. West some time ago. Belfast