The Republican journal., 1909-02-04


at o'clock.
The Universalist Social Aid will meet with
Mrs. Charles H. Crosby this, Thursday, after
noon at o'clock
The Ladies' Aid of East Northpo will have
supper at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. M. B.
Whiting on Friday evening.
The Alliance of the First Parish church
(Untarian) will meet at the parsonage this
tons from George Elliot
Unclaimed letters remaining in the Belfast
post Office for the week ending January Both
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, M. v. Blake, Rev. L.
burlington, DR.. John Chelis Ham, R. w. Wor-
den, H. NJ Jewett.
The steam yacht Monoloa has been sold by
Mrs. ]. J. Borland to Boston parties. The yacht
is hauled out at Camden and will fit out there
in the spring. Mrs. Borland will probably have
a new yacht built for the coming season.
Two natives of Brooks contribute to this is
sue of The Journal Mrs. Charles F. Shaw
writes entertainingly of Miami, Florida, the
Magic City, and Mrs Higgins continues her in
teresting sketches of provincial life in the
Philippines.
We are indebted to Representative A. H.
Miller of Lincolnvlle for copy of the Regis
ter of the House of Representatives, and an
invitation to attend the Lincoln Memorial ex-
ercises in the Hall of the House of Representa-
tives February 18th.
A fine specimen of the modern fishing sloop
is the Cleopatra, which has made two trips to
this port recently with fresh fish. She was
built at Friendship, has an auxiliary engine,
and in model and rig is as handsome a craft as
au Haut Thoroughfare
A corporation was recently organized at the
office of Maurice W. Lord, called Paul Broth
ers Medicine Company. The purposes of the
corporation are to purchase drugs and chemi
Gals, manufacture medicines and remedies,
manufacture, buy, sell, etc, at wholesale or
retail, drugs, medicines, paints, chemicals,
fancy goods, druggists sundries, soaps, etc,
physicians and hospital supplies, and all other
goods and articles pertaining to the drug and
medicine business. Also to buy and sell the
necessary real estate, etc. The capital stock
par value of the shares is 81. Maurice w.
Lord is president, Charles H. Sargent is treas
urer and Maurice W. Lord is clerk. The
directors are Arthur W. Paul and Edward c.
Paul of Alton, H., Maurice W. Lord Charles
H. Sargent and Walter j. Clifford of Belfast.
Daughters of the American Revolution will be
interested to know that already the members
of Colonel Drummer Sewel Chapter of Bath
are making active preparations for the enter
tainment of the Daughters who will be in at
tendance at the State Council, which is to be
held in the "City of Ships March Bird and
4th. About 200 delegates will be present and
one of the pleasures of their visit will be the
reception which will be held on the evening of
March 3rd, with the regent of the local chap
ter, Mrs. Ernest A. Allan, at Longview her
home The regular meeting of John Cochran
with Miss Mitchell, 20 Church street The
subject will be New York, and the roll-call
will be answered by names of personages of
New York's early history The paper of the
evening will be on "New York-Its Colonial
History" and the readings will include Stead
mans "Nieuw Amsterdam" 1.-The Indian
Mound and selections from Irving's Knicker-
booker Tales
BASKET BALL. The game at the Belfast
Opera House Wednesday evening, January 27,
was largely attended but rather one-sided
affair. Belfast won from Rockland by score
of 6s to 49,. The Winterport basket ball team
defeated Newport A. A., II to IA, in well
played game in the Newport town hall We'd
nesday evening, January 9th The game was
won in the last period by excellent work by
Shaw, the center of the visiting team. Reed
played an excellent game for the home team.
Between the periods Newport High defeated
the Sebasticook club of Pittsfed 81 to 12.....
The Oak Grove basket ball team defeated the
Coburn team at the new gymnasium at Vassal-
boro last Friday evening. One of the Oak
Grove five Hayford of Belfast In an
account of the same he has the following
complimentary mention: AT the end of the first
half through the fast playing of Hayford and
Groves favor In the second half Coburn tied
the score but the final result was l6 to 13 in
favor of the Seminary" An account of the
Belfast-Dexter game from Dexter says: "Loth-
rop was a strong man for Belfast as also
W. Dickey in the last period when he replaced
Richards. The work of the officials was en-
tirey satisfactory, their decisions being just in
every instance. =. Belfast is to play the Maine
Central Institute tomorrow, Friday evening. in
the Opera House and the following interesting
games have been arranged for: February &c.
Rockport Y. M. c. A.; February 26, Oak Grove
Seminary; March 5, Rockland High; March IT,
Dexter High; March &C. Guilford High.
THE STORM. What is generally conceded to
have been the worst snow storm for years
rived in this vicinity early Saturday morning
as per schedule announced by the weather
bureau. Friday nights papers said that Chi
cago was in the grip of fierce blizzard, and
that four western trains were lost in the snow
On Saturday we got ours. Many of those who
attended the fremen's ball, and some who
didn't, were surprised when they awoke Sat
urday morning to find irregular "old fashion
ed" snow storm in progress. 1t was showing
as if it meant business, and it evidently did,
for the fall kept up steadily all day, and was
accompanied by a disagreeable wind Only