The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-04-11

DIR. E. S. Weber will install new electrical
engine for use in his dental work.
A Republican caucus was held in the Court
House Monday evening at 7.30 o'clock to elect
delegates to the Sd district congressional con-
vention, to be held in Bangor April 10th.
Charles S. Bickford was chairman and DR.. W.
C. Libby secretary. The following delegates
were elected. Messrs. Charles E. Knowlton
Charles F. Thompson, Amos F. Carleton, W. j.
Dorman, Elmer Small, Edward R. Estabrooks
H. C. Buell. Arthur Richie, Carleton Doak,
W. G. Preston.
PooRs MILLS. A terrific thunder shower
passed over here last Saturday evening. 1t
put most of the telephones out of commission
and struck in several places. Mrs. Hattie
Payson has gone to Thorndike to visit her
brother, Mr.. Styles wv. A. Monroe is gain
ing slowly. He gets out door some now.
Mrs. o. A. Wade expects to go to Hartford,
Conn, this week t, join her husband on his
barge. Mrs. Elsie Banks is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Adelbert Milet, in the city,.
Miss Melvie Wentworth returned to Stockton
last Saturday -. Miss Jackson, the school
teacher, is boarding with Mrs. H. H. Went
worth this term. -. Carl Cole is here from
Camden to attend shipping C. A. McKinley's
hay. He has several teams hauling to City,
point to load car. :. Mrs. Margaret Brock,
who has been quite sick, is not able to set up
yet.
MUNICIPAL COURT. Eben Holmes. who
lives on the Patterson road in East Belfast,
was before Judge Knowlton of the Municipal
Court Wednesday afternoon, April 3d. on COM
plant of Joseph A. McKeen, for the larceny
of wood from the shed on the Frank Patter-
son estate, near the Holmes house. MIR.
Holmes is one of the heirs of the estate,
which is in litigation. The evidence showed
that Mckeen sent two men to the shed to re-
move the wood, which he had bought, and that
the men found beaten path from the shed to
the Holmes house, and sailors canvas bag
partly filled with the wood. There was a
broken window in the shed and nails had been
drawn from the window casing. The men
heard noises in the shed and saw the Defend
ant leaving it. Judge Knowlton found probable
cause and bound Holmes over to the April
term of the Supreme Judicial Court in the
sum of $1OO, with Walter Dutch and Mrs.
Holmes sureties. Thursday Holmes brought
action against McKeen for removing one ton
of hay from the Patterson barn, which it was
claimed belonged to Holmes from a trade
made with the late Frank M. Patterson by
which Holmes was to have ton over the half
for cutting and storing the hay what was
known as the level field. McKeen removed
half of the hay. Judge Knowlton found for
Holmes in the sum of $40. Robert F. Dunton
appeared for McKeen and Arthur Richie for
Holmes.
A SWIFT TRIP. Messrs. Charles F. and Sher-
man G. Swift returned April Sd from trip to
Jacksonville, Florida They were absent 16
days and did not go to New Orleans as origi-
nally intended. Two days and half were
spent in Washington, D. c., going about the
city in automobiles. They visited the Con-
gressional library in the day time and in the
evening, and on the second visit they met Miss
Maude Barker, who was returning from So
journ in Florida and is now in Massachusetts.
They also went to Arlington and Mt. Vernon.
Their next stopping place was Richmond, Va,
where they spent two days visiting points of
interest, including Libby prison and some of
the battlefelds. Charleston came next, and
they say that this Southern city is in decadence
On returning to the hotel one day Mr. Charles
Swift was told at the Office to call up certain
telephone number. He did so and found it
was Mrs. A. W. Stewart, formerly Miss Ethel
Colby of Belfast. She gave her address and
Mr.. Swift had very pleasant CALL Mrs
Stewart said she was reading The Republican
Journal, in which his southern trip was men.
toned and happening to look out of the window
saw him passing in an automobile, and on tele.
phoning to the leading hotel found he was
registered and left word to have her numbe,
called. 1t was a happy meeting. Mr.. Swift
spoke very enthusiastically of Savannah, its
parks, its miles of asphalt Streets its live oaks
and its business activity. It is now the second
cotton shipping port in the United States
Galveston leading with New Orleans once the
PAASiPoi PoTe, Ihiro. Inc oWlItS witnessed
the handling Of cotton on the water front anc
saw the cotton presses put three bales Of
cotton into the size of one as it comes from the
plantation. They found it warm in jackson
vile. Occupying corner room in the hote
with windows on two Sides a sheet was tn,
only covering at night. They report tina
Jacksonville is booming. new buildings goinf
up and every indication of business activity
Among other handsome residences pointed ou
in their sightseeing was the home of Hon
James P. Taliaferro, who has summer HON,
in Belfast. They came home by rail direct
spending day in Warrington and day il
Boston On route.