The Republican journal., 1912-12-05
The News of Belfast.

J. A. McKeen is handling high grade truck
wagons. He received carload this week and
a number of the wagons had been sold to ar
rive.
The annual concert and ball of Belfast Hook
& Ladder Co, will take place tomorrow. Fri
day. night in the Opera House and good
time and good attendance may safely be pre-
dicted.
The Women's Alliance of the First Parish
(Unitarian) church will meet at the home of
MISS Charlotte W. Colburn, Church street this,
Thursday, afternoon at 2.30 o'clock, The SUBJ
ject will be "The Manual of 1912"
Leonard & Barrows' shoe factory. which had
been shut down since Thanksgiving, started
up Monday morning on full time. For several
weeks the factory has been running on a
hours time, but will now run the full 10 hours.
Master Carleton Read, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence E. Read, who was to have sung
character song between acts at the presenta-
tion of "The Elopement of Ellen" was unable
to do SO because of the critical illness of his
grandmother, Mrs. George T. Read.
tist church will have their annual sale in the
church vestry Saturday afternoon, December
14th, h,beginning at o'clock. The sale will con-
sist of fancy articles, aprons, food and home
made candy. The patronage of the public is
solicited
While the schooner yacht Speranza was
moored above the railroad wharf she dropped
part of her lead keel, but the loss was not dis
covered until she was taken out on the marine
railway at Rockland Yesterday lighter was
here from Rockland 70 recover the missing
keel, which had been located and buoyed.
brief cablegram from Fort de France,
Martinique, received at Boston Monday, an
nounced that French tribunal had acquitted
the Spanish cook on the schooner Margaret
Thomas, who was charged with killing Capt.
mander of the vessel. 1t was great surprise
to shipping men, who thought there would be
a conviction.
Hiram P. Farrow, register of deeds, has a
copy of commission which bears the sigma
ture of President James Madison. The COM
mission was issued to Aaron Lewis, second
lieutenant of the Ninth Regiment of Infantry,
under date of July %. 1872, was registered at
the war office and bears the government seal
of that year. The commission is on sheep
skin, has been folded all these years, and re-
mains unbroken in the folds.
The steamer Marjorie, which had taken the
place of the Stockton on the B Bucksport and
Camden route, left Bucksport for Cam
den last Monday morning at the usual
hour, but when within miles of Belfast found
it SO rough that she had to put back. Her pas
sengers were seasick and had an uncomfort-
able time of it. The Boston boat brought the
passengers down river in the afternoon. The
Marjorie only made two trips while the Stock
ton was on the railway at Camden for repairs
and the latter has resumed her route.
THANKSGIVING GUESTS. Mrs. Salie Hanshue
and little son, and Miss Louise Mullen were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Durham. Miss
Clara Maddocks of Waverly, Mass, was the
guest of Miss Lou Thompson, Congress street.
James Washburn of Foxcroft was the guest of
James Wallace. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Emery
of Bucksport we're guests of Mrs. Calvin
Hervey, and daughters, High street. Miss
Margaret Owen of Bangor was the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Owen. Misses Annie
L. and Leila Farnsworth of Islesboro were
guests of Mrs. Jennie Carrow in East Belfast.
DEATH BY Academia L SHOOTING. Herman
H., son of Frank and Laura Nickerson Her
rick. lost his life last Sunday about O'Clock
by the accidental discharge of his rifle. He
had been on a short cunning trip and called at
the home of Walter Small a neighbor. He
was sitting in the kitchen with his rifle rest
ing on the floor and was leaning on it. His
dog jumped on him in play and in pushing him
away the rifle was discharged, the ball enter.
ing the left side below the lower rib, probably
passing through the heart and lungs, and came
out under the shoulder blade. After the riffs
was discharged the boy got up from the chair
walked few steps, and fell to the floor dead
physician was called, but nothing could be
done as death was almost instantaneous. Cor.
onor C. R. Coombs was summoned but deemed
an inquest unnecessary. Young Herrick was
one of five children and his age was Is years
and months. The funeral was held at p
m. Tuesday from his late home near Maple
Grove campground.
| SHIPPING ITEMS. After laying at anchor
| ten days in Boston harbor the six-masteC
schooner Ruth E. Merrill was chartered te
carry 500 tons of coal from Sewall's Point tx
| Portland. Three five masters remained un
chartered-the Prescott Palmer, Elizabeth Pal
mer and Singleton Palmer. They had beer
idle for ceveral days. Owners of sailing yes.
sells complain that preference is shown steam
ers at coal-loading ports, and that consequent
ly schooners are frequently forced to wait two
or three weeks for chance to get to loading
berths. =. The Bangor schooner Elsie A. Bayle,
was towed into Boston last Saturday in dam
aged condition after narrowly escaping de
struction during the bowling northeaster O.
Thanksgiving night. She was bound from
Bridgeport to Bangor and when the gal,
struck her off Boon island her rudder heat
was carried away and the vessel became un
manageable. She drove before the gale to
ward Minot's light and after both anchors hat
been dropped one carried away and tul
came along just in time to prevent her goins
onto the beach. She will repair at Boston. :.
George A. Gilchrest sold the sch. James Slate
in Boston and she cleared from that port Nov
3Oth, for Shulee, N. S.