The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-10

Leon Leach, clerk at Swift & Paurs, slipped
and fell on the granilithic walk at the post
office Monday, striking on the back of his
head. He has since been confined to the
house, but will be about again in few days.
James E. Hall Post, G. A. R., Bucksport, has
elected the following officers for the ensuing
year: Commander, Frederick Wood; S. V. Com,
Isaac Richardson; j. v. c., Charles Hartman;
surgeon Henry Snow; Chaplain, E. H. Goodale;
Quarter Master, w. E. Townsend; o. D., Thorn
as BULLDOG; O. G., Brennan Craig.
Cleveland, Ohio, subscriber has sent The
journal post card having colored picture of
the lake steamship City of Cleveland, 444 feet
long, and writes: 1--WE have just been reading
the description of the new steamer City of
Belfast in The Journal of November 18th. We
have steamers out here, as you will see by this
card, even if we don't have any salt water for
them to sail on. The City of Cleveland was
new this last season and plies between Cleve-
land and Detroit"
WINTERPoRT TO CAMDEN BY TROLLEY. The
kennebec Journal recently published map Of
Central Names trolley system, showing the
lines of the Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville
street railway system, with the connecting
lines and the proposed lines which are likely
to be built in the near future One of these
proposed lines is from Winterport via Belfast
to Camden. In this connection the Kennebec
Journal says:
| Years ago there was proposition, acted up
on favorably by the Maine Legislature, for the
/ PenobScot Shore Line Railroad which was to
be an extension of the old Knox and Lincoln
steam railroad from Rockland to Belfast and
| Bangor The plan was never carried out. Inc
Knox and Lincoln, after bearing the name OF
| "PenObscot Shore Line for a short time, be-
came merged in the Maine Central Railroad
The trolley has changed all this, and it is a loo
! to 1 bet that the steam railroad from Rockland
to Bangor will never be built. An electric
| road, however, connecting Camden, the north
ern terminus of the thrifty Rockland Thomas
ton and Camden system with Winterport and
Bangor is proposition which is being enter
tanned by hard-headed business men.
The waste paper cans set up in the streets is
good move in the right direction. This is
done by the city In response to the request
made by the Civic Improvement Association,
! and is the first definite point scored by that
organization. We hope the purpose OF the
cans gets achieved. Some fun is poked at
them, but this is usually the case with lnnoVa-
tons and does no particular harm Inc thlhg
is to get people to use thenl-not 10 lhroW
waste paper and such things on the sidewalk
! or in the street. but to see that the can is
made the receptacle There is room for good
| to be accomplished in this direction and Inc
Courier Gazette heartily applauds every effort
towards it-Rockland Courier-Gazette
/ In this city the Improvement Society bought
/ barrels for this purpose had them painted anu
labeled and paid man to empty them for one
or two seasons. Then street commissioner
! Bennett, who kept the streets cleaner than
| they had ever been before or have been
since, attended to the placing of the barrels
and emptying them, and was found fault with
/ by some publc-spirited (?) citizens for so
doing Since he went out of Office the barrels
have not been put out, but have been stored IN
one of the city buildings on the Congress
/ street lot.
| A SILVER WEDDING. Wednesday, Deem
/ Der End, was the 18th anniversary of the mar
rage of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Littlefeld of this
city, and it was fittingly observed at their
home on Cedar street. Mr.. Lttlefeld is fore
man of the stitching room of Leonard & Bar
! rows shoe factory and the women employed in
that room planned and carried out what is
usually termed surprise party, and if not al
together surprise it was certainly a very
pleasant affair, not only to Mr.. and Mrs Lit
tlefeld, but to all the participants. The party
arrived at the home at $50 p. m. and first in or
der was bounteous picnic supper during which
the Entire Nous orchestra, of which Misses
Grace and Cecil Littlefeld, daughters OF the
/ host and hostess, are members furnished music.
After supper the hours were pleasantly passed
with music, dancing and games, while punch
was served by Mrs. Littlefeld and her sister,
Miss Alta Huff. Mrs. Lydia Hatch in behalf
of the party presented Mrs. Littlefield with a
very handsome cut glass berry dish and Mrs.
Littlefeld gracefully responded. The guests
were Mrs. Elvie Jewett Mrs E. M. Hall, Mrs.
Russell Brier, Miss Emma Skay, Mrs. Frank
! Brewster, Misses Lou and Ella Smalley, Mrs.
William Staples, Mrs. George Darby, Mrs.
Lydia Hatch Mrs. Flora Heath Mrs. eagle
Frost Miss Eleanor Bartlett, Mrs. Emma Wal
ton, Mrs. Fannie Simpson, Mrs. Charles Sher-
man, Mrs. Lucy Hall, Mrs. Ada Pierce. Mrs.
Thomas Robinson, Mrs Harriet Godfrey, Mrs.
Emma Gray, Miss Alta Huff
SHIPPING ITEMS Capt Shubael c. Rich has
bought the schooner Charleston of Capt Ftz
W. Patterson, Jr., who bought her about a
year ago of Castine parties. She is 70 tons
net and was built in Richmond, Me-, in 1S43. :.
Schooners Helena and Edith W. Mcintyre ar
rived December 4th from Weymouth, Mass,
with fertilizer for Jackson & Hall -. The
Jacksonville, Florida, Evening Metropolis has
added very complete ship news department
to its many excellent features. Sch. Georgia
Gilkey discharged cargo of hard pine at Cam
den last week to be used in the construction of
the schooner building in the Bean yard. AT
the South Railway in Rockland l. L. Snow &
Co.'S three-masted schooner, now in course of
construction, is nearly ceied up to the clamp
streaks. The vessel is to be named Tarratine,
and will be used in the coasting trade g. Capt.
H. P. Gray and R. E. Gray of Castine have
bought the schooner Clara and Mabel of Capt.