The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-03-10


/ The ladies' Of the Methodist Social Aid will
have public food sale at the store of James B
Waterman. Journal building, March 10th.
An unusually heavy rain storm set in earl,
last Monday morning and continued until thu
afternoon. In the forenoon the shower wa,
accompanied by thunder and lightning. There
were no sessions Of the public schools Monday
vs.. Lord 4 CO., in addition to their rerula,
business OF sail and awning making are manu-.
featuring the cotton gloves which have come
into such general use in recent wears and the
other day shipped 100 dozen to parties in Pc.
nobscot county.
John Cochran chapter, D. A. R., will NEE,
with Miss Bertha l. Bird on Congress street
Monday evening. March 14th. The subject
will be Literature and Art; roll-call, Early
Writings. A brief report of the State council
held in Skowhegan March 10th and 18th will be
given by Mrs. Edward sibley.
PooR's MILLS. The Club will plav the
drama "Out in the Street" at Morrill, Tuesday
March 18TH. Garlic Cole, who has been Wis.
iting his mother, has returned to Fort Han
cock, N. j.. Will Conant is stopping with W
A. Banks for few days.. Mrs. Arthur Hig-
gins little baby is quite sick. Mrs. Charles
Mitchell is still on the sick list.
The tags" designed for use on W. C.T.U
Gift Day, March 18th, bear the head of beau-
tiful child, and the motto-"The Home VS. The
Saloon" Every friend of the home, and who
is not? will like to wear, for just one day this
little souvenir, and SO help on the day when
child and home shall be safe from the menace
of the saloon, legal or otherwise.
There will be darby jubilee, followed bv a
hop, in Memorial Hall, March 10th under the
auspices of the Universalist Social Aid The
solosts will include Mrs. E. P. Frost, Miss
Katherine E. Brier, Marion Heal, Frances
Jones, Messrs. Arthur johnson and Charles
Hammons assisted by large chorus. The
song program will include the old and new ia
vorites. The specialties and jokes will be new
and applicable to old and young.
Business continues brisk on the Belfast
branch The Coe- Mortimer Co. is making
daily shipments of fertilizer, and having only
two boats from Boston each week diverts
much freight to the railroads. Freight trains
have been run every Sunday for some time and
there was a special train to Burnham last
Thursday evening. The volume of business is
greater than at any time since the road was
built
The music-lovers of Belfast hardly need to
be reminded that the Langendorff concert will
be given tonight in the Opera House. The in
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tested last Thursday morning when the first
conner to exchange certificates for reserved
seats arrived at m. at E. S. Pitchers store,
and at o'clock, when the door was opened,
nearly one hundred were in line. Their names
were taken down and they were served in
turn. The advance sale was very large and
there will be a crowded house tonight.
GOOD ROADS FOR BELMONT. In December
last Horace Chenery made novel and inter-
esting proposition to the selectmen of Belmont
He offered to pay his taxes in that town for ten
years in advance and to expend two thirds of
the amount on the roads in Belmont the COM
ing season, the work to be done under compe-
tent superintendent. The matter was brought
up in the Belmont town meeting March 7th
and it was voted to accept Mr.. Chenery's offer.
We think the town has done wisely. Good
roads enhance the value of real estate and add
to the convenience and comfort of commune
ty.
ONE OF THE EIGHT. Colby college dramatic
Club presented the successful comedy drama
"One of the Eight" in the Belfast Opera
House last Tuesday evening to an apprecia-
tive audience. The play deals with college
life, and was written by the author of Half
back-Sandy," which made hit when present.
ed here two years ago by the Bowdoin stu
dents. The parts were all well taken and the
four ladies' parts were excellently impersona-
ted. A social Dance in which large number
of young people participated, followed the
drama.
FIRE AT THE GAS HOUSE. An alarm of fire
from box 25 called out the fire department at
1880 a. m. March 9Th. The fire was in the gas
house of the Penobscot Bay Electric Company
on Washington street. Officers Arthur Beach
and Alfred Shute heard an explosion and tried
to get into the building but could not and at
once gave the alarm. The fire department re-
sponded promptly and outsiders say that work
was most effective and deserving of high praise.
The fire is supposed to have caught from high
voltage wire. Some old arc lights of little
value and quite quantity of supplies were
destroyed. There was no insurance.
Miss Amy Stoddard entertained the follow
ing guests at a Thmble party Wednesday af-
ternoon, March End: Mrs. C. w. Proctor Mrs
Elon B. Gichrist, Mrs. D. L. Wilson, Mrs j. C.
Pillsbury, Mrs. Leslie Follett, Mrs. H. L. Whit
ten, Mrs. Fred R. Poor, Mrs. Alfred W. Fergu-
son, Mrs. Herbert Seekins, Miss Grace Hall,
Miss Florence Hill, Miss Katherine C. Quimby,
Miss Frances Howes, Miss Alice Poor, Miss
Caro- Hatch, Miss Margaret Hazeltine, Miss
Florence Dunton and Miss Evelyn Morrison.
Five o'clock tea was served, Miss Quimby
pouring and Miss Morrison and Miss Howes
serving.
THE HOLY CITY. Clarence Benefits 1.-THE
Holy City, will be presented in the Belfast
Opera House Tuesday evening, March 18th for
the first time in our city, and judging from
the advance press notices and our newspaper
exchanges we may expect something extraor-
binary. This play was produced in New
York city some Eve years ago, and enjoyed a
long, successful run. Mr.. Benefits work
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