The Republican journal., 1912-10-31


sidewalk on Miller street hill ana fractured
both bones of the right leg below the knee.
Dr. Elmer Small was called to reduce the frac-
ture. 1t was an unfortunate accident Tor Mr..
Collins and will keen him at home for some
time.
BUICK SHOW. The second annual auto show
of the Buick Boston Company was held last
week at the Massachusetts avenue salesrooms
of the company, and the display of cars and
| the decorations attracted large numbers of
visitors daily. As Bernes O. Norton of this
city is local agent for the Buick cars, and has
sold number of them the past season, what
the Boston Transcript said of this exhibition
is of local interest:
The show is an introduction of the entire
1913 Buick line, every model oelng displayed.
The floral and electrical decorations are elabo-
rate and artistic. The decorative scheme is of
green and gold, which is greatly enhanced by
the floral decorations. In one of the display
windows is handsome runabout. mounted
| upon an electric turntabe, which revolves
twice minute, enabling the car to be seen
from all angles; in another window is touring
car, finished in dark blue and nickel, and in the
| Newbury street window are two handsome
machines. At the rear of the store, against a
lattice filled background of smilax and autumn
leaves. the closed cars, black and gray
| tWo-r assenger coupe and seven passenger
| three quarter limousine.
LAST WEEKS STORM. After several days of
very pleasant weather drizzlng rain and fog
set in Wednesday afternoon, Oct 23rd, and
continued through the next day. Thursday
night the rain came down in torrents accom-
panied by an easterly gale which kicked up
quite a sea in the lower harbor and caused
some damage to small boats. new motor
boat, built and owned by Norman Cottrell, broke
from her moorings, went ashore and was bad
ly damaged. The bridge connecting the two
floats at the Belfast Yacht Club landing was
washed away and Rad several small boats and
skiffs hitched to it. The tender of Capt. T. D.
Bars sloop yacht Fiona damaged about
the STEM The bridge and boats were all re-
covered. The wind was so far to the eastward
that it did little or no damage in the upper
harbor. Friday was rough day on the water,
but the steamer Stockton on the Bucksport
and Camden route and the Golden Rod and
Anna Belle on the Belfast and Castine route
made their regular trips, and the boat arrived
from Boston Friday morning on schedule time.
The rain continued intermittingly until Satur-
day night and five inches is reported to have
fallen This will fill the ponds, streams
swamps, csterns and wells, so that there is no
immediate danger ola water famine 1t will
be setback to farmers who had not finished
digging their potatoes and gathering their APP
pies.
THREE "BAD MEN" Jack Bailey, the bad
man who led the officers a lively chase Oct
10Th. is probably still running and is not likely
to be seen in this vicinity again. Another bad
man has since been heard from as headed this
way, one of a gang of three who robbed a
clothing store in Caribou Oct. Goth. Two of
the gang were captured in Bangor, but the one
in question evaded the officers. City Marshall
kuowlton received from the chief of police of
Caribou the following description: "He is
man about 26 years old, 5 feet inches, dark
complexion, has weighed 100 but now weighs
about l65 pounds. He has a gold tooth and
lisps little. He has relatives in your town
and when lastseen was making in the direction
for Belfast. He goes by the name of Gypsy
Mike" or Mike Brennan, but his real name is
Mike Phillips, Jr. A man answering this de-
scription is said to have been seen in Belfast
before this notice was received from Caribou
Still another The Rockland Opinion reported
boat thief headed for Belfast. He first stole a
16. foot sloop boat and went to Stonington,
where he sold the tender for $1.5O and painted
the sloop green. He was located, but when
the owner Of the boat went to Stonington the
fellow had departed,a and returning to Rockland
he exchanged boats, setting the first one adrift
and taking one "a feet long and handsomely
appointed, owned by John H. Robinson of
Rockland. The thief is supposed to be young
man who broke out of Knox County Jail a few
weeks ago.
CHURCH NOTICES, ETC. For many years
perhaps from Its first issue in 1s29-t has been
the policy of The Journal to give publicity
through its advertising and local columns,
without charge, to such announcements as the
churches. the firemen or the band wished to
make. All the churches and their allied So
cieties were invited to send in such notices as
they wished to appear, and have done so, and
If The Journal has in this way aided them in
their work it has been amply repaid In the
early days the firemen were not paid by the
city and depended for remuneration on their
benefit suppers and balls. Now that they are
paid, does any one consider that the amount
they receive yearly is adequate recompense
for the work they perform, to say nothing of
the fact that they risk their lives in the per-
Torrance of duty? 1t was only the other day
! that member of the fire department lost his
life in responding to an alarm-a loss to his
family not to be expressed in words, and a loss
to the community of good citizen. A local
band is good thing. We have had several
but we doubt if any one of them has been self
sustaining, as an organization. With aid in
various forms and the playing of the members
IN orchestras. or the taking of pupils, they
have been kept up and have been credit to
the city and have afforded pleasure to our cit
liens. The Journal has been glad to contrib.
, ute whatever advertising the bands needed
In the natural course of events there must be
a change in the management of The Journal a,
; no distant day, and with new management 8
different policy may prevail, but until that
day comes our columns will be open as hereto.
fore to the churches, the fireman and the band
This may not be in accord with modern bust.