The Republican journal., 1909-07-29
Herbert L. Seekins of this city marketed
new cabbages last week. They retailed at ten

The Seaside Spiritual church will have SER
vices in their rooms on High street, Sunday,
August LIST, at 2 p M, to which the public is
cordially invited.
Unclaimed letters remaining in the Belfast
post Office for the week ending July 9th: Mrs.
Minnie Cooper, Miss Ella Field, Miss Ellen
Griffin, Mrs. G. R. Merriam, Mrs. w. E. Mars
ton, F. W. Dunbar, George A. Penny, Joseph
Gallagher, D. w. Jones, Samuel G. Treat, Rob-
ert R. Morey.
The endless chain club organized by the
Womans Hospital Aid is progressing success
fully and is widening each week. 1t is not
necessarily confined to members of the society,
as each one is at liberty to extend invitations
to any interested person. Many of the after
moons are spent in sewing for the hospital,
while others are made an opportunity to enter
tain friends at bridge. Out of town parties
are also in the circle. Mrs. H. H. johnson is
treasurer of the club and all money collected
after each meeting.
THE CITY SCHOOLS Supt. A. J. Knowlton
is busy looking after the repairs on the school
buildings which include painting and papering
where absolutely necessary. The Pitcher
school has new steel ceiling, and the last of
the old plank desks have been replaced with
single adjustable seats and new blackboards
added. A steel ceiling will be put into the
/ Brick school. The new State law has been
complied with in placing fire escapes in the
Head of the Tide, South Primary and Grammar
buildings The roof of the High school build
ing has been repaired and the Hayford school
house clapboarded and painted. Miss Mary c.
Cole of the 7th grade has resigned to take
position in Brewer with more salary, and Miss
Annette Robinson of the Brick school will take
her place. Miss Esther Evans of Waldo has
been engaged for the Poor's Mills school and
Miss Grace Newhall of Liberty for the Pitcher
school.
STEAMER NOTES July 22nd completed an
even month of work the Bangor division
for the turbine steamers Belfast and Camden,
and they have established new records all
around. They haven't been late a single day
at either end of the route. There have been
no delays or breakdowns. They have given
complete satisfaction to all patrons, both pas
sengers and shippers. They have been handled
at river landings with as much ease as the
side-wheelers, and they have made faster time
between landings. They are economical to
run as the City of Rockland and City of Ban
gor notwithstanding reports to the contrary.
Considering the fact that their going into
service on the Penobscot was considered
very grave risk, their successful demonstra-
ton is all the more gratifying to the company.
Last Sunday the Boston boats began the seven
trips week schedule, the Camden leaving
Bangor at p. M, for Boston and the Belfast
leaving Boston at 8 p. m. for Bangor, this
giving a Monday mornings boat up river.
Special excursion rates are offered Sundays
from all river landings to. Bangor and return.
Sunday service will be continued until Sunday,
September 5th, inclusive.
| THE BENEFIT LAWN PARTY The fourth an
nual lawn party for the benefit of the Home
| for Aged Women will be given on the grounds
at No. "a Cedar street this, Thursday, after
noon and evening The admission in the after
noon will be free, and Is cents for the evening
Miss j. A. Wiggin chairman of large COM
mittee has everything well carried out and the
popularity of this most worthy cause should
receive the hearty support of all. There will
be on sale in the afternoon large lines of fancy
articles, food, ice cream and home made candy
In the evening the following program will be
| given:
March, La Sorella, Borel-Clerk
| Oriental Overture, M. BIGGER
Belfast Band
| Violin Solo, Serenade, Tittl
Miss Daggett
Male Quartette, Selected,
Mr.. Titherington, Mr.. Morse,
Mr.. Parker, Mr.. Pitcher.
Piano Solo, improvisation, Mcdowell
Miss Ethoa Frost
Venus Reigen (Waltz), ]. Cungel
Band
Reading, From Far Country,
Miss Alice Simmons.
Solo, Should He Upbraid, Bishop
Miss Marian Wells.
| Cello Solo. La Clnquantaine, Gabriel Marie
Miss Gladys Pitcher
Solo, My Sweet Repose, Schubert
Mr.. jerome Hanshue
March, Selected
Band
| Accompanies, Misses Louise bennett Edith
| Davidson, Mildred Holloway
SHIPPING ITEMS. During the year ended
June 80, 1909, ship, bark, barkentine,
brigantine and SO schooners over 300 tons
gross register, owned on the Atlantic coast
were either lost condemned and only 8
schooners were built to take the place of those
gone Besides these total losses, ships
Benz F. Packard and Kenilworth-were sold
to Pacific coast owners, and INTERCHANGEABLE
lanwilde, Arlington, John Swan and Josephine
were cut down to schooners. No steamers,
ships, barks, barkentines, briggs brigantines
were built or denationalized for the Atlantic
coast during the year. Boston shipping peo-
pie have been aroused by the number of big
marine repair contracts taken from that port
and last week it was reported that Richard T.
Green had decided to add either floating dry
dock or side haul railway to his yard at Chel-
sea large enough to accommodate all but the
transatlantic liners. If drydock is decided
upon it will be capable of taking vessels 400
feet long. The side-haul railway, which NAV
be constructed, moves vessel out of the water
sideways instead of bow first. It's construction
would be possible in much smaller space than
the old kind. "A large number of schooners
are waiting to be loaded with coal at Newport
News, but owing to the intense heat little
progress was made the past week. Several
times the stevedores were compelled to aban-