The Republican journal., 1908-11-19

n QulHCy, NAoSS., SuOoC1ADCA WAAtSS' \ SoAA
not get along without The Journal, although l
have been away from Maine twenty five years."
Very few deer have been reported shot in
Waldo county to date, and open time ends with
the month. P. G. Hurd of Northport was one
of the lucky ones and secured fine one near
his house.
w Manson, Esq., of Pittsfield, trustee for
the bankrupt firm of Bryant & Co., Pittsfield,
will sell at public auction at Winnecook on Sat
urday, November 21st, at o'clock in the fore
noon, the mill privilege and property of the
firm.
Capt. John W. Jones has on exhibition in
the window of his hardware store, Main street,
two turnips weighing respectively IA pounds
and 10 pounds 10 ounces. They were raised by
Charles Marden of Swanville from seed plant
ed July sth.
| At a directors meeting of the Liberty and
Belfast Tel. & Tel. Co., at the central office in
North Searsmont November 18th Mr.. John c.
Carey was elected business manager and
James H. Cilley was appointed lineman and
collector.
B. S., O9, gave very successful supper
and dance in Memorial Hall last Friday even
ing the proceeds to be used to help defray the
expenses of the class trip to Washington, D.
c., in the spring, which is to take the place of
the usual graduation exercises. The bounti
fully laden tables were spread second time to
accommodate their patrons. The tables were
presided over by the young ladies' of the class
as follows: Miss Abbie Doak, Clara Kurdish
Cecil Littlefeld, Frances Murch, Laphemie
Robbins, Barbara Crockett, 1neZ Chaples and
Bertha Written and they had the valuable
assistance of the young of the class.
After supper the tables were removed and
dancing was enjoyed from eight to twelve.
The High School orchestra furnished the
music assisted by Mr.. John Parker at the
drum. The orchestra is composed of the
following young people: Miss Cecil Littletield,
cornetst; Miss Marian Heal pianist; George
Hart, violinist, and Otis Ellis, clarnetist.
About $50 were cleared by the class.
Three fine specimens of Maine built boats
were at Lewis wharf the first of the week,
coming here from down the bay for supplies.
The big slooop Ethel, built and owned by the
Bridges brothers of Swans Island, has been
frequent visitor and is one of the staunchest
and ablest boats ever seen in these waters.
About year ago she was given auxiliary
power. The other two sloops, Of about the
same size were centerboard craft, painted
white and yacht-like in appearance. Many of
these boats are now fitted for taking out
cruising sailing parties in the summer
months and are used at other times for fishing.
STEAMER NOTES. A new steamer line was
started November 10th under the management
of Capt David L. Haskell. Steamer Cornna
will leave Rockland every Tuesday and Satur-
day morning at o'clock for Dark Harbor, Cas-
tine West Brooksville and South Brooksvlie
and returning will leave South Brooks
vile every Monday and Friday morning for
Rockland at o'clock The Corinna is a
staunch little steamer with a passenger capaci-
ty of 100 and Capt. Haskell has been assured
of good freight business steamer W. G.
Butman, Capt w. G. Butman, has entered on
her winter arrangement of two trips per week,
leaving Tilson's wharf Rockland, at $50 a. m.
Tuesdays and Fridays of each week; returning
leaves Matinicus at o'clock P. M. 1t is gen.
orally understood in steamship circles, al
though without official confirmation, that Will
liam H. Hill of Brookne, Mass, until 1901
president of the Boston & Bangor Steamship
Co, has taken advantage of the present mud
died conditions of the things in the Eastern
Steamship Co., and has purchased very large
block of stock His return to activity in con-
1oool 200 lines will he greet
ed with great satisfaction by steamboat men,
both a1oat and ashore as he was held in at
fectionate esteem by everyone who was ever
in any way connected with the old Boston and
Bangor line. The Castine took an excursion
party to Rockland last Thursday leaving at
a. M, and arriving the return at midnight.
Friday morning she loaded hay and coal for
Dark Harbor and Saturday took another load
of hay to Deer Isle. Monday she went to
Dark Harbor again with coal, hay and fertll-
izer Last Saturday afternoon the steamer
fremont broke her shaft soon after leaving
Bucksport and the steamer Stockton picked
her up at Verona and towed her back to Bucks
port, and Sunday noon the Bismarck towed
her to Bangor where she will be taken out and
new shaft put in.
| SHIPPING ITEMS. The Coast & Geodetlc
Survey party which has been operating IN
Penobscot bay for six months left Saturday
for New Bedford, Mass, where they will be
employed until the beginning of winter when
they will go to Key West. In the spring they
will probably resume the surveying in Name
Two fleets of boats were employed in the work,
one stationed at Dark Harbor and the other at
Rockland Beginning at Owls Head the Mus
selridge channel as far south as White Head
was carefully surveyed and a record taken OF
the shoals hitherto undiscovered. Ali told
about 200 were found either mischarted or
not charted at ALL Thirty of these were To-
Gated between Garden and Ash Islands direct
w in the boat channel. In the course of the
steamer ]. T. Morse an immense rock, measur-
ing about 30 feet around its base, was found
rising from deep water This dangerous ledge
is covered by only seven feet of water at low
tide and it is greatly wondered at that the
Morse did not sometime become wrecked upon
it :. A fleet of IS vessels, mostly lumber laden
schooners from up-river and eastern points,
sailed from Rockland harbor last Thursday
morning, bound westward. Many of them had
been windbound for several days and some OF