The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-10-05

There were 40 couples at the dance at Silver
Harvest Grange hall last Saturday evening.
Another dance will be given there next Satur-
dav evening with music by Townsend's or
chestra. Shiro's ice cream will be served at
intermission.
Dr. DODGE OF TROY. Last weeks issue of
the Pittsfeld Advertiser contained report of
the annual meeting of the Pittsfeld Trust Co.,
with views of the bank building and portraits
and sketches of the officers and trustees. OF
Dr. Mark T. Dodge of Troy, trustee, it says:
Dr. Dodge is one of the oldest, and most
prominent physicians in Waldo county, and for
many years has been located in the town of
Troy, where he has built up an exceedingly
enviable practice He is a representative
citizen of this section of Maine and has held
numerous positions of public trust He repre-
sented his class towns in the Legislature during
Governor Cobb's administration and was
member of some of the most important COM
mittees. He is graduate from Maine Cen
trail Institute, later taking course at medi-
cal college. He has always been interested in
the welfare of this growing institution, and at
the present time he is member of the Board
of Trustees. Everyone who has had business
dealings with DR.. Dodge can testify that he
has always adhered to Shakespeare's maxim:
mo legacy is SO rich as honesty
PARDoNs REFUSED. The governor and
council Thursday voted to give leave to with
draw to John E. Hackett of Etna, George E.
Benson of Belfast and DIR. Paul Castor of Port
land, convicts in the State prison, asking for
pardons. Benson is serving a seven-year SEN
tence for assault with intent to kill. Arthur
Richie, Esq, of this city appeared for him and
| argued that Benson always bore good repu-
tation in the city of Belfast where he lived
| and the town of Sedgwick where he was born.
He alleged that Benson became infatuated
with Belfast woman Of unsavory reputation
| and in a shooting ARRAY which occurred at her
house Benson shot the woman in the back in
| self defence. He pointed out that Benson in
| the gun play seriously wounded in the lip.
| Attorney Richie said that Benson had become
| ill since being in prison and called attention to
i petition of 700 residents of Belfast and Sedg-
wick for his pardon. He said that the petit
toner had an aged mother in Castine, with
whom he would live if granted pardon. Ben
| son has served two years and nine months of
| his sentence and is now 80 years old. The
sentiment in Belfast at the time of his trial
was that the sentence was unduly severe.
STEAMER NOTES. Beginning Monday, octo-
Der End, the Eastern Steamship Co.'S steamers
went upon a schedule of four trips a week.
They will leave Boston at p M, Mondays,
| Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays for Rock
land, Camden, Belfast, Searsport, Bucksport,
Winterport and Bangor, connecting at Rock
land on Wednesdays and Saturdays for Dark
Harbor, South Brooksville, Sargentville, Deer
Isle, Sedgwick, Brooklin, South Bluehill. Blue
hill, North Haven, Stonington, Southwest Har-
Dor, Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor and Bar
Harbor. Returning, the steamers will leave
Bangor at II a. M, on Mondays. Wednesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays for Boston, via in
termediate landings. Steamers will leave Bar
Harbor at 10 a. M, and Bluehill at the same
hour, Mondays and Thursdays, touching at in
termediate landings and connecting at Rock
land with steamers for Boston. =. The boats
of the Vinalhaven and Rockland Steamboat Co
entered on their fall schedule October End,
making trips daily, Sundays excepted, as fol-
lows: Steamer Governor Bodwell leaves Vinal-
haven at a. m. and p. m, and Rockland at
$50 a. m. and $50 p. m touching at Hurricane
each trip. Steamer Vinalhaven leaves Swans
! Island at $50 a. m. and Rockland at 1870 p.
M, touching at Stonington and North Haven
each trip; and, until further notice, will make
landings at Isle au Haut, weather permitting,
on Tuesdays and Fridays -. The fall time
table of the Bangor and Manset steamboat
! line went into effect October 4th. The Ire
mont will leave Bangor Wednesdays and Sat-
urdays for Manset, and returning leave that
port Mondays and Thursdays.