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

TnursoAy, evening on account OF the MONDAY
season.
Roland E. Stevens has been elected captain
of the Belfast High school basket ball team in
place of Raymond B. Dyer.
There are 40 horses at M. B. Smiths Pearl
Brook farm and about 80 at the stables of
Horace Chenery in this city.
The committee in charge of the charity ball
are completing arrangements and full particu-
lars will be given in our next issue.
Last Friday every department of the Leonard
& Barrows shoe factory turned out 1000 pairs
Of shoes-some more, but none less.
Don't forget that the dry goods stores, gro
ceres and markets will be closed all day next
neutrality-suspicious. day. Do your shopping
and marketing beforehand. The stores are all
open evenings this week.
In a personal note DR.. W. H. Winslow says
of The Journal of November 18th: 1.-The bank
story dedication of The City National Bank)
was very interesting, and Our Georges eff
fusion has been passed around among my
friends and much approved"
The second story of the new Knowlton build
ing on Phoenix Row is being fitted up for a
photograph gallery A large window has been
put in the end and there will be skylight in
the roof. Herbert s. Morey and Joseph G.
Patterson are doing the work
Chief Justice Emery has made the assignment
Of justices for the ensuing year. The assign
lnents for Waldo county as follows: First
Tuesday of January Justice Cornish; third
tuesday of April, Justice Peabody; third Tues
lay of September, Justice Spear.
The Northern Christian Advocate of SYRIA
cuse, n. Y, says of DIR. S. P. Claimants lecture:
DR. Cadman lectured here on The Puritans.'
lie was at his best and everybody was thrilled.
Some of the most thoughtful of his hearers
Pronounced it the best lecture they ever
heard DIR. Cadman will lecture in this city
January 5th. Single tickets, so cents.
The blacksmiths of the city met last week in
he shop of Joseph Tyler and organized the
Waldo County Horseshoers association, electing
officers as follows: President, Levi Rogers; vice
PRESIDENT, Joseph Tyler; secretary, Henry Sta
pies; financial secretary, Harry Furbush;
treasurer Bert Smith, In January or Febru
ary it is proposed to join the New England or
the National association. The object is to
promote good workmanship and to benefit all
the members by keeping prices up.
CALENDARS From the Searsport National
Bank of Searsport have received one of
their large Office calendars for 1910. The
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad haveissued hand
some 1910 calendars illustrative of out of door
life in the Aroostook region. Mounted on card
BOARD of pale olive green, 11x14, the upper por-
lion being a hand painted water color scene
representing a camp in the woods and the
dinner being served Another calendar
scene on the lake near the shore, represents
the landing of trout from canoe.
The strike at the jail lasted just three days,
the tramps going to work last Thursday morn
ing They were given their choice of manu-
facting wood in the building erected for that
purpose or remaining in their cells diet of
bread and water and chose the latter. Wednes
Gay afternoon they sent word to the sheriff
that they would like to see him, but Mr. Garlic
ton replied that they had better sleep on it.
Thursday morning he found them quite ready
to 90 to work and after good meal they at
Charles Baker was sheriff he had similar ex-
perience with a much larger number of
tranps He was at loss what course to take,
when friend advised him to try limited
diet of crackers and water, which he did and
he hobos soon came to terms.
THE COUNTY ATTORNEYS REPORT. The an
n ual report of Hodgdon c. Buzzell of Sears
port, county attorney of Waldo county, filed at
the office of the attorney general, December
18th, shows that during the past year In this
county 1874 prosecutions were instituted, of which
s3 we're for violation of the liquor law. Other
offences were as follows: larceny, nine; rape,
one; assault with felonious intent, one; assault
and battery SIX cheating and conspiracles,
one; nuisance two; other offences, 80. Cases
were disposed of during the year as follows
Quashed, three; mol pressed on payment of
COSTS FIVE mol pressed or dismissed, SIS; con-
tinued for sentence, 25; acquitted, three; placed
on fe 10; continued open, II; continued for
sentence, 81; sentenced to States prison, two;
sentenced to county jail and house of correc-
ton, nine; fined, 21 The costs and expenses
of prosecution during the year amounted to
S2,0SfUl, 1neS anu coSlS lHlpoSeu, Pl,lNo.Oo,
fines and costs collected, $560.88.
SHIPPING ITEMS. The good schooner Polly
has grounds for libel suit in the caricature
of her printed here last week. 1t bears no
more resemblance to the Polly than it does to
the schooner Wyoming launched at Bath last
week Sch James Slater, Capt. Batchelder,
is hauled up at Bicknels wharf, Rockland, for
the winter. -. During last weeks southeaster
the forward house of the schooner Alice T..
Clark on Coombs ledge in the eastern bay was
washed out and other damage done, and it is
evident that she will never be fioated. 1t is
said that the last attempt to raise her cost the
Pendletons s25, 900, including the large amount
of wrecking gear they now have stored in this
city,. Schooner Hattie H. Barbour, Stockton
Springs for New York, was reported to have
dragged ashore in Portsmouth lower harbor
December 18th, but Capt. Ulmer denies the
report. He says the schooner dragged her
anchors but she did not touch bottom. With
the assistance of tug and the life-savers the
schooner was anchored in safe position...
The Jacksonville Metropolis of December 18th
says: "The schooner Independent, Capt. Far
row, has now passed to and sailed for des-
tination The Independent was anchored at