The Republican journal., 1909-11-18

Walter H. Richards As Main street, has
fine display of Thanksgiving postcards. Civ
him call.
This is Donation Week at the Waldo Count,
General Hospital. For further particulars Sc,
the End page.
question having been raised as to the time
of payment-we can state that the taxes on thu
Waldo County Herald Publishing Co. were paie
about 7.30 p m. Wednesday, November 10th
Last Monday Miss Bertha bird began teach.
ing % pupils of Grade in the common Coun.
Gil room of the city building. This leaves 81
in the regular room and every seat is occupied.
Edward M. Banding of Bangor, in behalf Of
the executive council of the State board OF
trade has forwarded to Charles S. Hichborn
of Augusta, retiring president, handsome
gavel of mahogany mounted and lettered in
silver
The W. c. T. U. will meet tomorrow, Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock with Mrs. John Water
man on Congress street. All are requested to
bring thimble and some calico to work with
service entitled "The Saving of Daddy"
Unclaimed letters remaining in the Belfast
post office for the week ending November 18th
Miss Mary Bigsbee, Mrs. Lena Esty, Miss A.
ton H. G. Morse, W. F. Peacock, Ciras Roben,
c. W. Wheeler, R. W. Wording, Ralph Word
ing, Frank Herrick e letters).
Orders for handmade infants wear. embroid-
cred baby sacques bootees, etc., also hemming,
hem stitching, marking on towels and napkins,
and other fancy work, will be received at 80
High street and 81 Pearl street, for the North
church Guild. Crocheted baby sacques, en-
broidered guest towels, Laundry bags and fas-
cinators are now being made. Prices reason
able
The Belfast friends of E. G. Norton, a
brother Of ex-sheriff S. G. Norton of this city,
will be sorry to hear that his entire buildings
including fine residence, stable and other
buildings, in Liberty were a total loss by fire
Wednesday, November 10th. The place was
valued at $4,000 and was only partially insur
ed. Most of the household furniture was
saved
j. Linwood, the little son of Mr. and Mrs
James H. James, had narrow escape last
Monday. In an unaccountable way he ran in
front Of span of horses driven by DR.. P. E.
Luce. The horses struck him with their fore
feet and knocked him under the pole He was
slightly bruised and Tuesday morning was re-
ported as all right Those who saw the acct
dent said no blame could be attached to either
party.
THE DITCH CASE. Quite a delegation from
Belfast went to Bangor last Friday to appear
before Judge Whitehouse in the Waldo avenue
ditch case. Messrs. E. S. Shuman and P H. D.
Carter, the compliments, went up river ON the
Boston boat. Messrs. A. S. Littlefield of Rock
land, R. f. Dunton and Ralph |. Morse of this
city, made the trip in Mr.. Littlefeld's auto,
and Mr.. Elmer Sherman took the mayor, street
commissioner Cunningham, city clerk Littlefeld
Arthur Richie and alderman Rogers in his auto.
Mr.. Dunton had with Drawn from the case and
went as witness, and Mr.. Littlefed went as
counsel for Messrs. Carter and Shuman, who
had applied for a writ to compel the street
commissioner to cover the ditch in compliance
with an order passed by the city government
At the October meeting of the city govern
ment. according to the mayors organ: "Alder-
man Wood moved that a vote be passed in
structing the street commissioner to build a
covered drain large enough to carry the flow
of water and recovered the entire length
This order was passed. Then, to quote again
soner, who was present, said that he "w;shed
to serve notice that rather than waste the tax
payers money on an unnecessary job like this
he Cunningham would resign as street COM
missioner" Others present say that no men
ton was made of the tax payers money in this
connection, but that is not material now. At
the hearing in Bangor Mr.. Carter told of the
Inconvenience to which he had been subjected
by the removal of the drain in front of his res
idence, and no further evidence was submit
ted. Judge Whitehouse refused the writ
asked for, and this refusal is thought to
be based on the ground that the records of
the city government did not show that the
order passed instructed the street commissioner
to do the work; but the report of the proceed
ings in the mayors organ shows that this
should have appeared in the records, and that
it was so understood at the time is indicated by
the threat of the street commissioner to resign
rather than do the work. 1t is not likely that
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