The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-01-05

William Fl Snow has new horse for his
trucking business which he bough1 IN benton.
Much county correspondence and other mat
ter was received too late for puoicae'on IN
this issue.
The Universalst Social Aid will meet with
Mrs. John A. Fogg, High street, tnis' Ihurs-
day, afternoon.
The Male Voice Club of the Belfast Musical
Society will meet at the rooms on Hign street,
next Tuesday evening.
The Journal is indebted to Mr.. and Mrs. G.
E. Evans of Stamford, CT, for handsome
postcard with the greetings of the season.
The next dance bv the Belfast Band will be
given in Odd Fellows hall Saturday evening,
January 14th The band will be stationed in
the anteroom.
The W. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs. Minnie
Coombs, High street tomorrow, Friday after
noon at 2.30 o'clock. The topic Will be Rescue
Work, led by Mrs. Belle Fletcher.
William X. Mcneil, the farm manager at the
Girls Home, who came here recently from
Nova Scotia was admitted to citizenship in the
Supreme Judicial Court January 4th.
The fourth whist party in the series at the
Home for Aged Women, will be given Tues
day January 10th at 7.S0 p. m. The ladies will
again have charge of the tables The arrange
ments are not fully made yet.
Charles R. Coombs, who was quite severely
injured by bel thrown from his carriage
while exercising a colt, came up town last
Thursday and is attending to business as usual,
but has to clutches in walking.
DR.. W. L. West will give an address on Mu-
nicipal Meat Inspection before the meeting of
the Maine Veterinary Medical Association at
the Augusta House, Thursday evening, Janu-
airy 12th. His remarks will follow Governor
Paisted's
The annual supper and entertainment of the
Belfast fire department will take place this
Thursday, evening in Knights of Pythias hail.
the Pythian Sisters serving the supper. Mem
bers of the department requested to be at
the city council room at 6.45 o'clock this
ing.
There was joint installation of Thomas H.
Marshall Post and Circle in Memorial Hall
Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. Dexter T. Guptill in
for the Circle. A banquet followed the work.
The Sons of Veterans will install their officers
next Tuesday, at 73O p. m. Edgar Harding
will be the installing officer, All Sons are in
vited to attend.
DIR: E. A. Wilson of Belfast, chairman of the
Waldo county Democratic committee, has adj
dressed an open letter to the members of the
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Gardner U. S. Senator. He says that 1.-The
people of Waldo county believe that Mr.. Gard
ner is entitled to the position of United States
Senator, that it rightfully belongs to him. etc.
The Journal made call Monday on the new
firm at the foot of Main street and found
Messrs. Norton & Pillsbury, with the late pro-
prietor, f. R. Conner, engaged in taking an in
ventory Among the assets taken over by the
new firm is black cat of the John Sanborn
strain, an importation via the Maine Central,
that has a great reputation as ratter. We
noticed that Norton & Pillsbury have big
stock Of sleighs, and as we are sure to have
seighing before long you should bear this fact
in mind.
The K. B. club celebrated the New Year by
having picnic supper at the home of Mrs. w
F. Weshee on High street last Monday even
ing at o'clock 1t was their regular meeting
night The menu consisted of roast chicken,
mashed potato, squash, turnip, celery, cold
meats, shrimp and cabbage salads, fancy pies
and cake, coffee, and fruit punch. The dining
room was decorated with laurel wreaths and
holly, with streamers of red and green sus-
pended from the ceiling to the table and
around the room. :, he napkins were appropri-
ately folded shoe s. a7'e, as most of the guests
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candle sticks and candles. Vocal and instru-
mental music with social talk made up de-
lightful evening. The guests departed with
the expression, "the best time yet" and with
loud praise for the hostess.
New OFFICIALS. All the court officials at
the January term, which opened in this city
Tuesday, new. Judge Bird is holding his
first term here; George l. Heating takes the
place as clerk of Tileston Wadlin, who had
served rs years in that capacity; Edwin Jen-
kins succeeds Amos F. Carleton, who had
served six years as sheriff, and the deputies
are all new men. Other changes Hiram P.
Farrow of Belmont as Register of Deeds, sue
ceeding Elery Bowden, Esq., of Winterport;
Frank G. Mixer of Belfast succeeds John S.
Davidson of Belfast as county treasurer, and
Peter Harmon of Thorndke succeeds William
A. Bragg of Lincolnvile as a member of the
board of county commissioners. The board
organized with George E. Bryant of Burnham
chairman. The members are George E. Bry-
ant, Burnham; Edward Evans, Waldo, and
Peter Harmon, Thorndike They adjourned
to next Saturday.
AN ANNOUNCEMENT PARTY. A very enjoy
able party was given last Saturday evening by
Mr.. end Mrs E. F. Littlefeld at their residence
on Cedar street, lat which eight of the daughter
| Cecile's girl friends were present. The occa-
sion was the announcement of the latter's en-
gagement to DR.. E. S. Weber of Hartland,
Maine, to whom her marriage will take place
in the spring. The rooms were tastetully
decorated. novel feature being an immense
spider web over three of the rooms, from the
centre of which was suspended huge black
spider. The significance of this was greatly
enjoyed by the young people, was also that
of the daintily executed place cards, which
bore the symbol of two hearts pierced by
cupids dart and having in one corner spider
and in the other mosquito, thus telling the
old, old story of Spider" and "Skeete" The
evening passed very happily with music,
games and conversation, dainty refreshments
were served and after watching the old year
out and the new year in, the guests took their
leave with many hearty and sincere good
wishes for their young friends future happi-
ness.
STEAMER NOTES. Upon her arrival at Win
terport New Years eve the turbine steamer
Belfast completed the most remarkable years