The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-12-23

A. R., at their regular meeting last Tuesday
presented their secretary, Mrs. Clarence N.
Knowlton, with a fine fountain pen. Mrs.
Julia A. McKeen made the presentation speech
and Mrs. Knowlton. who was delighted with
the gift, made an appropriate response.
Diphtheria has appeared in different sections
of the city. At first it was in mild form, but
| recent cases are in form to be dreaded. In
one family five children have had serious
attacks and the physician in charge says that
the greatest precautions should be taken to
control it during the school vacation, both in
quarantine and professionally.
At the meeting of the Board of Aldermen
Monday evening the following were drawn as
traverse jurors for the January term of the S
]. court: George R. Doak, Thomas L. Shute,
Guy L. Peavey and Edward E. E. Babcock.
The inquest over the recent fire in Masonic
Temple was to have been held, but the princi-
pal witness, Robert P. Chase, was absent and
the inquest was postponed.
The fire alarm box placed yesterday in the
central Office of the New England Telephone
and Telegraph Company will prove great
convenience in giving alarm from all parts of
the city with the least possible delay. The
party ringing in the alarm must give their
name and telephone number and it would IA
cilitate matters if they gave the box number if
the fire is in the city proper, and if in the
suburbs, the central number, which is 5, will
be used
THE ELITE CHANGES HANDS. William
Bray has bought the Elite moving picture
theater and will run it as first-c class picture
theater. Repairs will be made and the interior
renovated with paint and paper and a fire.
proof booth and an up to-date picture machine
will be installed. Mr.. Bray was for many
years connected with the Belfast Opera House
is an expert electrician and under his manage
ment the Elite will merit, and no doubt re-
ceve, liberal patronage.
The Penobscot Bay Electric Company illus
trated last Monday evening the superiority of
street lighting with the SO candle-power
Tungsten burners over the same amount of
power in arc lights. Five incandescent lights
equal to one arc light, We're spaced between
the Windsor Hotel and the Baptist church and
the current turned on. People passing in that
vicinity were enthusiastic i'll regard to the
Improvement in the lighting of the street. The
matter of street lighting is to come before the
city government at the January meeting.
Two barges of the Rockland- Rockport Lime
Co. Nos 2 and 6, arrived last Friday morning
with 1900 tons each of acid phosphate for
the Coe- Mortimer Co. and were taken through
A.
wharf. The work of discharging was begun at
once, but some trouble was had with the hoist
ing gear and Saturday some of the phosphate
went overheard to feed the founders. The
work was continued Sunday and will be kept
up day and night, as after seven days the
barges have a demurrage of S75 a day. George
D. Leavens of New York here for short
time last week looking after the interests of
the company.
SALE OF THE DUPLEX ROLLER BUSTING Co.
Only one bid was received for the property of
the Duplex Roller Bushing Co. last Saturday,
that of H. Holton Wood of Boston, vice presi-
dent of the company. whose bid was $4,000.
This was accepted by the receivers subject to
the approval of the court, which is merely
formality When the company went into re-
cevers hands last September, petition of
Mr.. Wood, the only creditor, the assets were
scheduled at $685. 800. Mr.. Wood had advanced
s104 900 to keep the business moving. This
sale OF course winds up the present company
and leaves Mr. Wood the sole possessor of the
property. His intentions regarding it are not
known, but it is hoped he may continue the
business.
SALE OF RAM ISLAND. Emily Whitney Reed
and Frederick P. Reed of New Rochelle NY,
have sold Ram island to Frederick R. Hoising
ton of Greenwich, Conn. This island is Hog is
land on the charts and is just above Isola Bella,
the summer home of the Fowells. 1t was form
ery owned by Joseph E. and Rose Head. Mr..
Hoisington married daughter of the late Will
liam H. Folwell,is an ardent yachtsman, and has
spent many seasons at lsola Bella. Mr.. and Mrs.
Reed have been summer visitors to Saturday
Cove for many seasons and Mr.. Reed formerly
owned the sloop yacht Startling At the time
he bought this island his brother bought Flat
island, Just below Isola Bella, but old it, some
time ago. 1t is not known whether MIR. Hois-
ington intends to build on the island, but pro-
badly he has bought it as an annex to Isoa
The CITY SCHOOLS The city schools closed
Friday for the holiday vacation. All the
schools in the lower grades had Christmas ex-
ercises, treats and Christmas trees. Four
pupils in Miss Kmballs room in Grade Four
were not absent for the term: Ralph Holt
Wilson knowlton, Martin Randall and Lydia
White Miss Isabelle Towle, who has been
substituting in Grade Seven, has resigned, and
Miss E. Aldana Coleman from the Brick school
in East Belfast will take the position for the
winter term. Miss Anne l.. Farnsworth of
Islesboro will be transferred from the Union
school to Miss Coleman's position in the Brick
school, The vacancy in the Union school is
not vet filled. The teachers in all the schools
have finished the tests of the pupils eyes and
ears as required by the new State law. The
next term Of school will begin Monday, January
Bird.
CATCHING SMELLS. Smelt fishing on the
Passagassawaukeag near Citypoint has been
in order since October, and we have daily
noticed the patient fishermen in boats or
standing on the river banks and the bridges.
We do not know what success has attended
their fishing, but we learn that the tents are
being put in readiness for the usual fishing
campaign on the beated ice; and from an es-
thetic standpoint grateful to the fisher
men for the finishing touch which their pres