The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-09-16
Remember the sociable and bundle sale At
Poor's Mills hall, this, Thursday, evening.

Friday following. The fare for the round trim
is only $12. and many will no doubt avail them
selves of this opportunity to visit Names
most famous and most beautiful inland resort.
October 9Th, Mr. Dickey will start on his annual
excursion to Moosehead and Quebec, a most
attractive trip, as many Of our Belfast people
know from former experience. Ask Mr.. Dickev
for further information concerning these ex-
cursions.
At the meeting of the trustees of the Waldo
County Agricultural Society last Tuesday even
ing it was voted to hold the fair of this society
in 1910 on the dates of August 18th, 18th and
18th, which will be one week prior to the
Eastern Maine State Fair at Bangor. While
the trustees are not prepared to make public
statement just yet as to the financial condition
of the society as the outcome of the fair, it is
sufficient to say at this writing that it was far
in advance of previous years and there is every
reason to believe that the fair is soon to be
on more than a paying basis and that there will
be good reason to look for success in the future.
Premiums will be paid at once, and the treas
urer has already begun the payment of amounts
due exhibitors in the various departments
The M1LLINERs. The local milliners are
Mrs. H. B. Cunningham will leave Saturday to
join her milliner, Miss Clara W. johnson, in
Boston. Mrs. B. F. Wells is in Boston and New
York with Mrs. F. G. Spinney, her milliner, and
will return next week. Miss Eva B. Greenlaw
leaves Saturday and will return next week,
accompanied by her millner, Miss Jennie
Trull Miss Louisa H. Ferguson has been in
New York and Boston several weeks in the in
terest of her business and will return next
from Boston, where they went for goods for
the fall and winter opening.
SHIPPING ITEMS. The four-masted schooner
Mount Hope arrived at this port, light, last
week from Mack's Point for repairs She was
built by H. NJ Bean in Camden in 1887 for the
Crowley fleet but is now owned by the Pen
dleton Bros :. Two of Capt. 7. M. Nicholsons
fishing fleet the schooners T. M. Nicholson
and the Elizabeth n, sailed from Bucksport
September 9th on their second trip of the sea-
son to the Grand Banks, and were anchored in
Fort Point Cove that afternoon. They brought
home full fares. The schooner Hiram Lowell
of the Nicholson fleet arrived at Bucksport
September 9Th from the Grand Banks with
full fare after an absence of exactly three
months . Sch James Slater was launched
from Gilchrest's marine railway yesterday and
steamer fremont was taken on for repairs to
her stem.
FIRE AT THE UPPER BRIDGE. The buildings
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place, were totally destroyed by fire last Fri
day morning The place was occupied by John
Mellen, who was at Holmes mills at the time
the fire broke out, and as there is no telephone
on that side of the river by the time the alarm
was sounded from box Sc the fire had made
such Roadway the fire department were unable
to do anything but keep the fire from spread
ing. 1t is thought the fire originated in the
kitchen, where Mrs Mellen was preserving
fruit over hot fire. She stepped out for
short time and returning found the house in
flames. A portion of the furniture was saved
but the greater part was burned, and as there
was only about 5000 insurance on the buildings
and contents the loss was quite heavy.
STEAMER NOTES. For the first time in SIS
nights-since July 18th-the turbine steamers
Belfast and Camden were tied up at their berths
Sunday night, the Belfast in Bangor and the
Camden in Boston. Six trips week will be
run until October 4th when the fall schedule
goes into effect. Over on the Kennebec the
City of Bangor has been withdrawn and
three-trip schedule put into operation, which
will continue for the remainder Of the season,
the City of Rockland doing the work. On the
Bangor division there is some prospect of three
trip service being kept up by either the Cam
den or the Belfast from October 4th until the
river Closes instead of the four-trip schedule
drawal of one boat, with great saving of
expense. However, there is question wheth-
err or not three trips week would handle the
business.
The sloop yacht Marietta of Boston, with
her owner, Mr. Alfred Johnson on board, was
in port for several days the past week, and
sailed Sunday for the westward. She is "a tons
net was built at Gloucester in 1901, and is a
very able craft, one fit to cross the Atlantic,
and in all her fittings and appointments an
ideal cruiser. She has commodous cabin,
with two staterooms, and is steam heated
throughout, a luxury that can be appreciated
by those who have experienced rainy and foggy
weather when cruising in a sailing yacht Well
filled bookshelves at one end of the cabin
contain Stevenson's works, w. w. Jacobs in
| imitable stories of seafarers, and other litera-
ture pertaining to sailors and the sea. Mr..
johnson has been devoted to yachting from
boyhood, is competent to navigate or command
any kind of sailing craft, and during the
yachting season his home is mainly on the
Marietta.
TROLLEY TIDINGs. While there is nothing
definite to be given out officially concerning
the electric road to Camden it may be said that
the situation has materially improved of late.
The trustees of Northport campground have
accepted the offer of the promoters of $500 for
land damages in passing through their prop
erty, number of other cases which at first
looked hopeless have been satisfactorily adj
justed, and slight changes in the survey may
be made that will solve some heretofore diff
cult problems. While it is expected that titles
for right of way from Camden to Belfast may
be secured at an early day it is not probable
that the work of construction will be begun