The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-05-12

wet weather.
The Belfast Band has received its new uni
forms and may make their first appearance in
them on Memorial day.
| H. P. Farrow is making the plans for bar
rel house with capacity of 10000 barrels to
be erected by the Coe- Mortimer Co. at their
plant in this city.
The regular business meeting of the Belfast
Musical Society will be held Tuesday evening,
May 18th, at 7.30. They will have rehearsal
OF the festival music.
Unclaimed letters remaining in the Belfast
post office for the week ending May 10th: Mrs.
Abbie. Carter, Mrs. Josiah Chase Lillian Dick
erson, Frank King, J. F. Sawyer.
! The w. C. T. U. will meet with Miss ErP.
rockingham next Friday afternoon at 2.3O
o'clock. The subject will be Sunday school
work; leader, Mrs. Mary Whitmore.
The seniors of the Belfast High school will
hold a dance in Odd Fellows hall Wednes-
day evening. May 18th, to raise funds for the
graduation expenses. The music will be by
Reyes orchestra
The Read Garage & Machine Co. received
six autos the first of the week. Four of them
were ordered some time ago for Howard Che
ney, George E. johnson, W. M. Thayer and
Harry W. Clark.
The initials an P. S." were omitted from
the letter from Bozeman, Montana, printed on
the Sd page, but the author will be readily
recognized by The Journal readers. And by
the way they will find this very interesting
number.
crew OF men has been getting the Con-
gress street ball grounds in condition and the
diamond is now in first class shape Practice
will begin as as the weather permits. The
| team will go to Freedom May 2sth to play the
Academy nine, and on the afternoon of Memo
rial day return game will be played on the
Congress street grounds.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch. Chase discharged
granite from Spruce Head last week for the
post office extension. Sch. Willis & GUY ar
rived at Bangor May 5th, from Belfast, light,
to load lumber for Boston :. The new scboon
er on the stocks at l. L. Snow & Co.'s ward,
Rockland, is nearly completed and will prob
ably launch in June. She is named the Tara
tine, for the tribe of Indians that was the ORR
ginal, or aboriginal, owners of Nockland.
THE QUEEN OF THE KENNEBEC" After
receiving from Mr.. Gowen his announcement,
printed on the Sd page, that through pressure of
business he would be unable to finish his inter
esting story, wrote to him that this would be
a great disappointment to his readers and asked
him to make effort to write the concluding
chapters. In reply he says that he is at work
on the 18th article and will have it ready for
our issue of May 18th, and will close the series
with two or three more articles. This will be
good news to many readers.
New CABLE TO IsLEsBoRo A new "a ton
submarine cable was laid last Sunday between
Saturday Cove, Northport, and Crow Cove.
Islesboro. The cable arrived Friday night
from Chicago and was in two sections. Satur-
day the cablemen spliced it together and it was
put on board the Snow lighter from Rockand
and taken to Saturday Cove. The cable was
laid in just SIS minutes from Saturday Cove to
Grow Cove. District Plant Chief James Mac
donald, District Foreman Fred Scribner, Gable
Chief Tom Mcguire, Cable Man Steve Libby
and some 20 cablemen did the job. The COM
pany had considerable trouble with the old
cable last summer at times when it was most
needed. The new cable is much larger than
the old one, containing ten pairs of wires,
while the old one carried only six.
THE OPERA HOUSE. Manager Clifford an
nounces three coming attractions at the Bel
fast Opera House. This, Thursday, evening
Bates & Sheling will present Miss Avis
Page in 1.-THE Farmers Daughter This
play was given in the jefferson Theater, Port
land, April 10TH and received some very
pleasing notices. -. Tomorrow, Friday, even |
ing the Russell Comedy Company will present
a comedy that has been arranged for laughing
purposes. 1t is full of catchy music, the latest
songs, pretty girls, clever dances, etc. In adj
dition to the comedy there will be seven big
vaudeville acts, selected from the best in the
profession The attraction on Tuesday even
ing, May 18th, will be "Dave Holcomb, rural
drama that not only relates captivating story
of New England life, but presents highly
moral lesson. Just when matters appear dark
est, everything is set Alright and the play ends
with an old fashioned ''barn dance that sends
the audience from the theatre delighted. Will
will be remembered by many as 'Unce Josh"
in "The Old Homestead part which he
played for five seasons. Price, 35 50-75. Tick
cts on sale at the Box Office Monday afternoon.
THE CAMDEN DISABLED. The blowing out
of condenser in the engine room of the
steamship Camden while lying at her Bangor
wharf about o'clock Sunday evening has laid
her off for a week or ten days, but the acct
dent was not allowed to interfere with the
regular schedule of six trips week. AS soon
as the extent of the damage ascertained
the Belfast was ordered from Boston to Ban
gor to take the Camden's place on the outward
trip Monday. This was about o'clock Sunday
night. Capt. Sawyer of the Belfast was ashore
visiting relatives and could not be reached by
telephone, and several other of the officers and
crew were enjoying a night ashore. 1t was
about 1l3O, therefore, when the boat was
ready to swing off from her wharf, with Chas.
Crockett, second pilot, in command. The Bel
fast made a record run to Thatcher's Island,
but almost Immediately ran into dense fog
which lasted her all the way to Bucksport.
The only stop was at Camden, where Capt.