The Republican journal., 1911-05-04

| A dance and Whist party will be given by
the Rebekahs in Odd Fellows Monday evening,
May 9Th.
Three will be dance at Mystic Grange Hall,
Center Belmont, Tuesday evening, May 9th.
Music by Overlock's orchestra.
FIR ed L. Mitchell of Boston, formerly of this
city, will return next week and go into bust
ness with his old partner, Elisha Sherman.
There will be no drill of the Boys Scouts to-
morrow, Friday, on account of the absence of
Rev D. L. Wilson and Mr. Walter ]. Clifford
The drill will be given next Monday.
The North Church Guild will meet with Mrs
David L. Wilson next Monday evening 1t
will be the last house meeting for the season
and full attendance is desired
There will be social, entertainment and
supper, in the vestry of the church at the Head
of the Tide. Wednesday, Nav 10th. A catchy
farce, "a Mothers Meeting" music and read
ings, will compose the entertainment. Admis-
The City Bakery teams will make daily trips
in the city. Monday they will 60 to Monroe,
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday to Searsport
and Stockton Springs, Wednesday to Sears
mont and Morrill,, and Friday to Brooks. This
schedule will continue during the spring and
summer.
There is unusual interest in corn planting
this year, many prizes are offered and corn
is to be feature at the fairs and exhibitions.
To raise corn successfully, for exhibition or
for profit, you should use the E. Frank Coe
fertilizers, standard since 1857 and manufac
tured only by the Coe- Mortimer Company.
The fishing season has opened auspiciously.
Some good catches were made at Swan Lake
the first of the week-no large fish, but num-
Der of fair size and old fishermen say the pros
poets are good. Monday, R. F. Dunton, ESQ.,,
got 12-pound salmon in Georges Lake, Lib
erty, which maintains its reputation for big
fish
The steamer Castine will make an excursion
to Bangor Sunday, May 9Th, leaving Lewis
wharf at $50 a. M, and arriving at Bangor at
II m. Returning will leave Bangor at p M
This will afford an opportunity to see the
ruins left by the great fire which destroyed
about one-third of the city, causing loss es-
timated at from 100000 to $6,000,G00.
We have received the May number of The
Dawn, published monthly at the Connecticut
School for Boys, in Meriden, Conn. The Off
GERS of the school include two well known Bel
fast people. Mrs. R. C. Leonard is the super
visor of the sewing room and Miss Harriet
Furnish supervisor of the boys kitchen. H.
C. Marden is superintendent and Mrs. Marden
matron of Cottage A.
The work of filling in at the sardine plant
was begun last week. 1t is understood that
the contractors for the building insisted on
this being done, to support the concrete piers,
many of which have been completed. Joseph
A. McKeen has the contract for the filling and
is hauling the material from the gravel bank
at the east end of the lower bridge, short
and easy haul. Capt Babbidge has the wharf
completed so that cement gravel. etc, is dis
charged on it, and has driven piles for wharf
at the south end of the plant
PooR's MILLS A fire started Sunday in Mr.
Stephenson's wood lot and might have ended
quite seriously but for the timely assistance of
the neighbors with a large number of men
from the city, including the fire company and
engine. .. Mrs Elsie Banks has been quite i'll,
but is better at this writing Mr.. Henry
Wentworth, Mrs. Eta Brown and Mrs. 0. A.
Wade have each had their buildings newly
painted . Mr.. Jefferds has moved his family
to the city -. Mr.. Ernest Marsh is working
at the farm and his family will go there this
week for the summer.
WANTED IN WILTON. Owen A. Grant of Will
ton, Franklin County arrested last Satur-
day evening by Sheriff Edwin jenkins on de-
scription sent by the Sheriff of Franklin Coun-
ty. Grant had been travelling under the name
of Albert Savage and was wanted for passing
worthless checks the Wilton Branch of
the Livermore Falls Trust and Banking Com
pany, using his sons name. The checks were
drawn for small amounts, S. or $40, but there
were many of them. Grant had been in Bel
fast several days and had been employed in
Leonard & Barrows shoe factory, taking his
meals at the Melin restaurant where he was
arrested. He admitted his identity, but re-
fused to discuss the case. Deputy Sheriff W..
B. Small of Kingfeld arrived Monday after
noon, identified the man, and left with him on
the 7.05 train Tuesday morning.
/ STEAMER NOTES. The steamers of the
Eastern Steamship company began their daily
trips between Boston and Bangor Monday,
May LIST. The time of arriving and sailing is
as follows: Leave Boston p. M, daily except
Sunday; due at Rockland a. M; leave Rock
land, SIS a. M; leave Camden o'clock; North
port, a. M, Belfast 730 a. M; Searsport
s.15 a. M; Bucksport, $50 M; Winterport
10 a. M; and due at Bangor II a. m. Return
ing leave Bangor; 2 p. m. Winterport, 2.45 p
M; Bucksport, $50 p. M; Searsport, 30 p. m;
Belfast, p. M; Northport, $50 p. M; Cam
den, 6.15 p. M; Rockland, p. M; and due at
Boston, 7 a. m. From July 23rd to September
10th, inclusive, there will be a Sunday trip
each way also IA report is current on the
water front that the Pendletcns have bought
the steamer Golden Rod which has been run
ming as an opposition boat on the Belfast and
Castine route.
THE B. H. S. MUSICALE. Last winter
through the courtesy of the Belfast Musical