The Republican journal., 1912-01-18
TuE NEWS OF BELFAST.
PUBLISHERS NOTICE.

PUBLISHERS NOTICE.
o.,gle copies of The Journal are on sale at
.,s Glowing places:
,,.RsPoRT. At the post office.
s~,cKroN SPRINGS. At the post office.
0lyrHRPoRT At the store of I. H. ".
| Wharf.
Fl. Sullivan, Searsport and NJ. J. Dow,
oro,.s. are authorized agents to receive sub
!,r-t,ous and advertisements.
gFpUBLICAN JOURNAL PUBLISHING Co.
Me- John Parker has been elected agent and
..,,r,r Of the Odd Fellows building Main
stree.
-fFraim O. Shaw and Harvey H. Gray, both
,f,tis city, have been discharged from bank
nptcy
The niversalist Social Aid will meet with
Airs rank G. Mixer, Commercial street, this,
thursday evening.
Il IS easy to locate the man who is not good
,;tjzsn now by absence of sand, or sawdust, or
sshez on his icy walks.-Boston Globe.
The members of the Fire Department are
manning to have supper and dance for the
members and their wives sometime in March.
sr and Mrs John B. Darling are furnishing
me # the modern tenements in the Dunton
block on Spring street and will soon go to
tousskeeping.
Mrs. katherine ]. Hills, of Boston, formerly
Of Ibis city, has bought the Roxanna Gardner
house Miller street and plans to use it for a
sumaar home for the family.
The travellers Club will meet with Mrs. E.
P,-ner, Tuesday, Jan. 2srd. Program: paper,
Nor,syideo, by Miss Nellie Hopkins; readings,
IL -usuay and the Uruguayans," by Mrs. Amos
rIeusnt Certain South American Traits" by
Mrs co. E. Bracket.
Remember the progressive whist party this,
Thursday evening in the vestry of st. Francis
Church. under the auspices of the St. Francis
GuM Admission Is cents, including refresh
nerts Of coffee, doughnuts and cheese. The
oro. eeds will be for the benefit of the church.
A0rERTIsED LETTERS. The following letters
renamed uncalled for in the Belfast post Office
Tar me week ending Jan. 10th: Ladies-Mrs.
Fracs Bennett, Mrs John Bradbury, Laura A.
Blown Mrs. Chas. Brewster, Mrs. Belle Nicker-
SOL Mss Ada Russell, Ala Sanborn, Mrs.
Water Simpson, Mrs. c. 0. Sawyer, Mrs.
Annie Sheldon. Gentlemen-Will Bean, Cora
Buffers William Billiard, Bt., Joseph Crowley,
Fendleton, Edward Sawyer.
FRA MEMS SUPPER AND BALL. The annual
supper and ball of Washington Hose Company
gi. 5e given in Belfast Opera House Friday
evening. Jan. 26th, and the preparations are
u1v u progress in charge of the following
commjttees: Loren J. Colcord, John Dow and
Fred Robbins, committee printing; Henry
Brown and H. Patterson, committee on music.
The eatire company has charge of the supper
rrra- gements This will be the first supper in
.raection with the dance the Fire Depart
rer- mas had for four years, and it will be
served from until o'clock, with the grand
march at o'clock Chief Engineer Shute will
have barge of the floor, and Keyes' orchestra
" urnish the music. The chief engineers
o. Rangor, Old Town, Brooks, Searsport, Pitts
field Waterville, Rockland, Camden and Rock
po-r will be invited to attend. The tickets, in
sl g supper and dance, are so cents, and are
Sc we'll.
~raAMER NOTES. Attorneys for the Eastern
St-amship corporation January 18th had re-
corded at the office of the Kennebec register
Of Ids mortgage to the Old Colony Trust
Con 3any of Boston to the amount Of $780,
O6n presenting bonds secured by the steam
ers .ormerly owned by the Metropolitan, Maine
am Eastern Steamship Companies, wharves
am her properties, found in Maine in Knox,
L1c.tn, Cumberland, Waldo, Penobscot, Ken
rs.g. Hancock and Washington counties.
Ir.s we're also recorded deeds transferring
la tgharf p -operties of the Eastern Steam
81 lompany in Augusta, Hailowell, Gardiner
sl- south Gardiner in Kennebec county, to
t5 Jew Eastern Steamship corporation. The
s--aaa r Belfast laid over at Boston one trip
s- Eek. She was to have left that port at
the sual hour Friday afternoon but was de-
%, Tor part of her freight and it was nearly
.a .l Saturday before she sailed. She was
5lg down the harbor under slow speed be-
.g IF the mist, and when off Deer Island a
large suddenly doomed up directly ahead. The
R t is turbner and it takes minute or
tg. - reverse her engines, SO that she rammed
Die rye and keeled her over so that she soon
-aa. Her skipper and engineer managed to
-.r, IN board the steamer, but one of the
l-r.a nds was caught in the cabin and went
d."1 with the vessel. The barge was at an
anchor and the accident was due to the thick
ya5r caused by the cold. The barge was the
Nayne, owned by the Susquehanna Coal Co.,
and built at Bath in 1895. The steamer struck
the oarge amidships, cutting her almost in two.
The plot of the Belfast held the bow of his
vessel in the hole so that the barge would not
sins Immediately. Charles H. Johnson, deck
hand on the steamer, was responsible for saw
ing the lives of Capt Carlson of the Wayne
and mis- engineer. johnson jumped from the
steamer to the barge and helped the crew of
he Wayne to get into their clothing. Capt.
Carlson and the engineer followed johnson
fack TO the steamer. Nelson said he would be
along in minute. Two minutes later the
Wayne settled and sank, carrying down Nell
scr. There were about 100 passengers aboard
The 8eifast when the collision occurred. For
few minutes there was some excitement but
dey we're quoted without difficulty. The
belt st made fresh start Saturday afternoon,
arriving here Sunday morning. :. "A mortgage
lnr s. 10000 given to the Old Colony Trust
g. by the Eastern Steamship Corporation to
Secure a bond issue of like amount has been
f.eI at the Penobscot county registry of deeds.