The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-05-12
o,,r NEWS OF BELFAST.

~ WARDS
S" .r " Brown of the Belfast post
fre'sl ,bs comet last Friday morning and
Office 'I,osed about as big as gray squirrel.
sa' = men under the direction of Super
A w. walker of the Belfast Water Com
intern engaged Saturday in flushing the
bydraats. ., =. ,.o,,, ..;, ,,o..,
oes an Bay View street, at the corner
% III. ..,ercial and Bay View streets, and on
o. erect They should be destroyed.
p' nsyis Of Bath, for whom the late
po,ye was carrying on junk business
''''s' .itv Is shipping the old iron and other
ID '',- that had accumulated here.
H. Colby and his son. Miller Colby.
'ep~ arrived last Saturday in the sloop
o. 1. .sl, II with fare of haddock,-which
Day lady sale. They left for home Mon
da
...s Duhamel has bought the Follett
~ Park street and will occupy it as a
D'', ,.o,s MI and Mrs. Duhamel conduct a
hon an Phoenix Row, next the Poor
drug s:a'e -
-, s-,..et Printery is to move from No. 10
..r-sst upstairs, to the store on Main
.o,ostl the post office recently vacated
'"'( ...l.s the ieweller. 1t will occupy the
!" 4aar in its new location.
i .+.os,f the municipal officers of Au-
najd last evening in the case of
g1s'a "',. NJ Searsmont, alleged to be insane,
|MsI] ~. ~ ts nature of the evidence submitted
sna -.' He'd to commit the women to the In
n We. -.+af for acknowledgements jour-
"a Va. 5.h
,.,+l,,r sale of the farming implements
.-...sss' i goods of the late sylvanus Nick
s3sgyille will be held on the prem
... .. 3. H.. Monday, May 10th, A. G. Cas-
A. --seer. If stormy,th sale will be on
1. ...- fair jay. The sale includes number
l.-.-. r7. .ni some interesting relics.
MT. ...s-,sr Castine had few days off the
....... md the time was devoted to giving
s.. paint and varnish so that she is
.-... ME order for the excursion and
-...-..+s The hull and machinery had
Il f oeen overhauled and are In the
~. al .5a non. There is no better boat OF
-s,a sat water anywhere.
,.... asst meeting of Washington Hose
--s, -vev H. Gray resigned as a men,
.'4qes. and Loring H. Colcord was trans
|.--..5 +,a7- look and Ladder to Hose l to I'LL
1. -,.,n,, Colcords place will be filled by
|F-rs DOME. Two men in the fire department
h. s~p.eai by the Penobscot Bay Electric
hannah, and know the position and location
Liol .a .ehes and wires, =
r.rs-vsra' years past pair of doves have
-.,- trer leadquarters at Lewis wharf and
Eas been the pets of Capt. Henry D. Gilman,
he uAarrnger. who says they knew every
AN, IL said to them Recently the male dove
hal. -re trip to Ryder's Cove on the steamer
|arrs R4a,. went ashore there and remained
|tFo 6sgs It then went on board the steamer
|sYrr End was a passenger to Hewes Point,
|ez s.1 re- there and has not been seen since.
h. wiar, ~ is about the wharf as usual.
IL "A Young showed US this week an inter-
nne cd aper, The Age" published in 1852,
Ew7s9 ,hrce a week. 1t was largely devoted
The SESSIONS of the Maine Legislature.
snolg other items, we noticed that Belfast
ta list voted to accept its city charter. One
h tie acts passed was the incorporation Of the
gakard flank Road company-Camden Her.
This was no doubt the legislative edition of
he 4uguata Age, then and later, when he
Ias1e tbe proprietor, edited by Daniel 7.
FGs ot the ablest and wittiest of the old
lin, editors
| S@e tie completion of census taking in
srs the wards in this city parties have
a.r-aa that they had not been included in
and heir names had not been reported.
M-ne.ators have made every effort to
Fisso etc list of all the residents of the
.ase there are any who were over
le- aa-t the census Of their ward was
lrtu' -ney would confer favor on the
ur. by calling upon Orrin j. Dickey
1s -.r u by phone and giving their name
red information, that every resi-
E city may be enrolled 1t is the
the enumerators to omit no one,
j -ar= nave been overlooked it was not
aat...n.
uFer NOTES. Calvin Austin, President
ta.e rn Steamship company made an
1al VISIT to the river landings last week.
B4lT9r he was asked by commercial re-
ag aagther or not the turbiners Camden
Belfast are proving as satisfactory as had
expected when they were placed on the
hgor DIVISION. 1.-THE Camden and Belfast
as nearly perfect as any two boats ever
.t sand he. "They are by no means too
We Tor ne river run, and, in fact, so far as
1ally goes they are taxed to the limit in
alAlg he business of the division. There
* they are not too large on that account.
he other hand neither of these steamships
Ae'er experienced any trouble in the river
aaount of being too long or drawing too
"1 water put the Belfast and Camden on
VIZ and gave them a schedule. All last
'oher they kept the pace and rarely did one
-e0 vary 10 minutes from her scheduled
FG arriving at any landing. The Belfast
4-.aiaed an average speed of lO.1 miles an
Wy and The Camden made an average of 1914.
,reJ Of the steamships touched bottom
ave never dreamed of taking them
Bangor division. They are almost ideal
Ne pQte.' President Austin said that
8nca and Belfast are to be equipped
.a=s. but not until wireless station
.,d at Rockland. . This year finds
1Eat yhanges in the service of the
7r amship Co, excepting that on the