The Republican journal., 1910-01-06

sted the funeral servi{ which took
v Friday afternoon at d k, Mr.. John
iston, a student of HarvI college, Off
: 3. The bearers were kssrs. Albert
! lDelbert Whitmore, Cl Is Thompson
! 'harles E. Drinkwater. g interment
the family lot in thl turday Cove
cry.
tlREE FIRES WITHn HOURS.
f,dward Sibley House house on the
side and the Whittea bthers' Store
:, Opera House Block.
u fire alarm was rung in box IA about
tpck last Friday for f the residence
S ward Sibley on High 81 and the three
ompanies responded. h the firemen
j yed the fire was break BIZ through the
|of OF the L., and it wa essary to cut
veral holes in the roof streams were
rned on and quickly |inguished the
INES The origin of the fl mystery. At
80 the night before tn, was no fire or
tloke and Miss Georgia 81 IN was up dur
ing the night to open thet 1t in her stove
and everything appeared al hit then. When
she got up before o'cloch| smelled smoke
and opening the door oil room found a
wood box that stood in theh all ablaze. She
called to Mr.. Sibley, who then attending
to the furnace, and two I'D Its of water ex-
tiDguished the fire in the bd box, but it had
made its way into the partI ns and could not
be got at The telephone used to call up
Central, but through mid Understanding, or
other cause, it was some tint before the alarm
was sounded. The L. was practically ruined
One room was completely bJ Jtned out. Some of
the furniture in Miss Sheld3 IS room was saved,
but in more or less damake condition, and
Miss Sheldon was SO overco5be with the smoke
she had inhaled in the effort to save her effects
that she has since been cdfned to her bed
Mr.. and Mrs Sibley were tie guests of neigh
bors for the day, but are again in their home.
The roof of the l.. from the chimney to rear
will have to be entirely rebuilt. But little
damage was done to the main house or its con-
tents except by smoke. Only temporary re-
pairs will be made on the L. now, and J. G..
the fire.
There is general rejoicing that the fire did
no greater damage. The architect of the
house was Sir Christopher Wren and it is one
Of the fir est specin ems of Colonial architect, re
in New England and is greatly admired by all
visitors. 1t stands back from the street with
a sloping lawn in front and is surrounded by
stately elm trees. The interior is no less at
tractive, and all who shared Mrs. Sibleys hos
pitality last week at the Gentlemen's Night
meeting of the Travellers Club came home
over this beautiful home, and are
grieved that it has been invaded even by
smoke.
Alarm box, No 5, in the Central Telephone
office was used for the first time Friday even
ing at $50, when an alarm was rung in for a
ire on the back road to Searsport near the
Jottrell mill in the house recently occupied by
Frank E. Peirce. The family had just moved
nto house owned by John Sanborn near the
bridge on the East side and Mr.. Pierce had re-
- d Are TO plotect his vegetables
until he could move them. The fire is suppos-
ed to have caught from defective chimney.
The main house was destroyed, but the fire
men saved the L and barn, doing excellent
work with snow and the two wells of water on
the premises The benefit of the telephone
was illustrated in this case. A neighbor gave
the alarm and also sent word in regard to the
two full wells of water near the house.
At 80 a. m. Sunday morning, the night
watch discovered fire in the grocery store of
Whitten Brothers in Opera House block on
Church street. The alarm was rung from box
25 and one pane of glass was broken from each
The fire had started from pile of sacks be-
tween The office and main counter. These
We're thrown out and in about 25 minutes the
all out alarm sounded. Mr.. Frank Whitten S
family we're not aware of the fire until notified
by phone Just as the all-out alarm sounded
The wind was blowing gale at the time and
but for the timely discovery of this fire Belfast
might have had one of the worst confagra-
tions in its history, The damage was by
smoke,as the fire had made little headway
The losses in all three fires We're covered by
insurance.
THE CHARITY BALL. The charity ball unde,
the auspices OF the Ladies' Hospital Aid took
place in the Opera House last Friday evening
and merry party danced the old year out ane
the new year in. The hallwas elaborately dec
Grated under the direction of Roy Webber
Four flags were hunE on the drop curtain, two
large ones at the cknter and the smaller one!
at either side; whit bunting, was festooned a
the top and Japanese lanterns were strung
from the center of Ene proscenium arch to eacl
balcony Evergreen trees were used to banl
the stage in front of The orcbe.rstssrS hairs
large trees at the 7 SIDE and smaller ones at Il
center Trees "eipe also used on either side
'he haii ehtrahce which was curtained vii
nags' crossed ma ss were placed over the wi,
COWS ana on the he front of the balcony raj
wiich was also 1Nestooned with red buntin,
o'reaihers OF blue hi yellow and white led fro,
'he center OF tne il ceiling to points on the bal
hy'aho strings Il Japanese lanterns from tb
center CHANDELIER: to the balcony lioh+s
single lanterns de epended from the balcony rail
oio"" ofehesti furnished excellent mus;,
for the dance, vi lylich consisted of 1e numbsr ,
with two extras. Ice cream and oa,..
'efsea at interim Sslon to all holding floor tick.
s's oy 'he Misses Jeanetta Rogers, Belle Kea+.
ne' luna efa"iPf ru Hazel Doak, Marjorie Shaw
anu Florence fefi rln DR.. D. P. Flanders kind,,,
gave the use Of his Office for c1oa,. 'y