The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-06-06


The outdoor military whist party tor the
Kirby lake fund has been postponed to June
goth on account of the change of date of the
High school graduation from June 14th to the
18th.
BUZZ WAGONS. The following automobiles
from Waldo county were registered at the
Office of the Secretary of State during the
past week:
No. 4,299-Walter F. Jones, Unity; touring
car; gasolene power; horse power, 80; predomi-
/ mating color, blue.
No 4,3os-Guy M. Twombley, Monroe; rum
about; gasolene power; horse power. IL; pre-
dominating color, red.
No. 4,3s7-Henry B. Wescott, Belfast; tour
ing car; gasolene power; horse power, %; pre-
dominating color, green.
No. 4,4O0-C. F. Thompson & Company, Bel
fast; touring car; gasolene power; horse power,
%; predominating color, blue.
| No 44S4-W. W. Turner, Palermo; runabout;
glsalene power; horse power, 22a; predominant
ing 10. gray.
THe NEW STREET. 1t has been suggested
that he ne. street to the westerly end of the
! 10 yer bride might be called Water street.
| iHiiliamsonS History says: water street was
accepted in 1903, being a continuation of Green
street on southeasterly corner, lying wester-
ly of and running by the bank of the river to
the Common; said street being three rods WIDE"
1t was never opened. And of Common street
Williamson says: mo location appears of rec
ord 1t extends from the foot of Main street
to the foot of Market street, on the westerly
side of the old Common The name was for
mally given in 1874" The same authority
says that Front street ends at the railway
station. Water street would therefore seem to
be the proper and an appropriate name for the
new street.
SEARCH AND SEIZURE Deputy Sheriffs
Percy S. Edgecomb and Charles o. Dickey
searched the Commercial House last Saturday
afternoon. The proprietor, Elvin Hanson,
saw the officers coming and locked the door,
but they broke it open and on entering
found Hanson throwing bottled liquor out of a
back window The bottles were broken, but
the deputies succeeded in getting three that
were partly filled with whiskey and number
OF bottles that had recently contained whiskeY.
Hanson was placed under arrest and Monday
morning was tried before Judge knowton in
the Municipal court, found guilty, and SEN
fenced to pay fine of 500 and costs and 60
days in Jail, and in default of payment 60 days
additional He appealed to the Supreme Ju-
dicial Court under $500 bonds with Herbert f.
Bradman and Andy Knowlton sureties.
STEAMER NOTES. The Bangor Chamber of
Commerce and Bangor bus ness houses having
made satisfactory arrangements with Capt, l.
J 81 tba eto fba
went on the Bangor and Brooksvlle route last
Monday, succeeding the Rockland. The Cas-
line is fast and able boat, with most cap
able master, and can be run at half the ex-
pense of the steamer Rockland. Belfast is
sorry to lose her as an excursion boat out of
this port. The Castine will leave West Brooks
vile in the morning touching at Castine and
the river landings, arriving at Bangor about 10
a. n ', and will leave on the return trip at p.
m... The steamer Stockton on her trip up
river Wednesday afternoon, May 29th broke
her ma in shaft just after leaving the pier at
this port and the steamer Castine was char
tered and completed the trip to Bucksport,
the Stockton remaining here for repairs.
Thursday, the steamer Anna Belle made the
trip to Camden with passengers and freight
from this port, returning in the afternoon.
Friday new shaft was received from Rock
land and was quickly installed and the Stock
ton resumed her trip s. The bay steamers
are complying with the new regulations for
the safety of boats, which among other things
cal! for two stairways to the hurricane deck.
w. A. Macomber has made and set up these
stairs on the steamers Castine and Anna Belle
and each steamer will have an additional
boat.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Capt A. L. Kent of Brew
er has resigned command of the schooper
Governor Powers and left the vessel at Balti-
more to go to Newport News, where 5000
ton freight steamer is under construction for
Crowell & Thurlow of Boston, of which he is
to take command. :. About ten days ago a
schooner was seen making signals of distress
off the southern coast, but the sea was SO
rough that no assistance could be rendered
her and she foundered The schooner was
supposed to be the Addison E. Billiard, four
master, of ,485 tons, built at Rockport, Me-,
in 1904, and owned in Boston, and bound from
Norfolk for Tampa with a cargo of coal
There has been no later news of the disaster
in the newspapers. Henry Gray of this city
was the cook on board of the Billiard and his
relatives here are naturally anxious to know
whether that was the schooner that founder
ed. The four-masted schooner William l.
Douglas has been sold to Sun Oil Co. and will
engage in oil carrying trade between Port
Arthur and New York. Her late owners will
build feet of steamers for the coal trade.
A tow of barges arrived at Stonington las
week to begin the transportation of granite
from toe Goss quarry to Rockport, Mass.
where it is to be cut for the Museum of Fin
Arts, Boston. Sch. Brina P. Pendleton wa
towed to this port last Saturday from Stock
ton Springs, to receive a crew from Boston
and has sailed for Brunswick. Ca. to load har'
pine for North Of Hatteras Sch. Nelson
Mcfarland arrived Sunday from Boston with
general cargo, part of which was discharges
here and the remainder will be discharged q
Castine.