The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-11-13

I 80 w AuV" tnAt Two yosIo eBo AneO00f
, Roosevelt personally interested himself an,
obtained for the Rev. J. W. Vaughan some in
crease in the customary allowance made b.
, the church to its retired ministers. Col
, Roosevelt is a member of the Dutch Reformed
church.
r The Ladies Aid of West Northport will
serve Public supper at the home of Mr. anG
Mrs. L. E. Pitcher Tuesday evening, Nov
18th. Home made candy will be on SALE The
supper will be Is cents; children IL cents. A
cordial invitation is extended to the public to
attend the supper, which is for the benefit of
the chapel fund. If stormy it will be held the
next pleasant night.
The Old Corner Drug Store had the con.
tract for supplying the new operating room at
the Waldo County General hospital, the bill
amounting to $500. The goods were ordered
from the Hospital Supply Company of New
York, which has supplied the large hospitals
IN that city, and the new operating room of
the Waldo County hospital is now as well
equipped as any in the country.
The Women's Alliance of the First Parish
/ (Unitarian) church will meet at the home of
Miss Frances Chase, Church street, Tuesday
afternoon Nov 18Th. at 8 o'clock. Dr. Edwin
A. Starbuck of Boston will give an address,
and it is hoped large number will be present.
Dr. Starbuck is connected with the Depart
ment OF Religious Education of the American
Unitarian Association and is a most interest.
ing speaker. Please notice the change of
date. The meeting will open promptly at the
hour named
Miss Sue Winchell, cellist, and Miss Isabel
Forsalth, pianist, of Brunswick, musicians of
wide reputation, will be in Belfast November
10th, and give concert at the home of DR..
and Mrs. Eugene L. Stevens, Church street.
I The program will begin at $50. All music
lovers and others interested will be cordially
welcomed, and may secure tickets from Mrs
Stevens. Those who heard Miss Winchell at
the Chapman concert last January, or else
where, are looking forward with pleasure to
this event. The program will be given in next
weeks Journal.
Invitations have been issued by Mr. and
Mrs. George Randolph Dnak for the marriage
of their daughter Helen to MIR. Marshall Burn
ham Martin on Tuesday evening, November
25th. at 73O o'clock at the First Unitarian
church. Miss Doak will be attended by her
sister, Miss Abbie Doak, as maid of honor.
and by Miss Dorothy Brown of Providence,
and her sister Miss Hazel Doak as brides
maids. The brides brothers. Carleton and
Marthon Doak. will usher, and three of Mr..
Martins Providence friends will come to act
as best man and as ushers.
Miss Cora Stanwood Cobb of West Newton,
Mass. gave an illustrated lecture on Rome in
the Universahst church last Friday night I'M
der the auspices of the Arts and Crafts Society,"
The pictures were shown by E lward r. Pierce,
assisted by H. NJ. Prentiss,and the photographs
were some Miss Cobb herself had taken in
Rome. She very pleasing speaker and
held the closest attention of all present She
was entertained at dinner while here by Mr..
and Mrs. Edward R, PIERCE and after the ect-
ure returned to Searsport, where she is the
guest of her cousin, Mrs. G. M. Barnard Miss
Cobb's brother was classmate of the Rev.
Charles B. Ames. pastor of the Unitarian
church of this city.
HOSPITAL NOTES Miss Helen M Sander.
son of Waterford, Maine, graduate of the
Central Maine General Hospital in Lewiston,
arrived Tuesday and will succeed Miss Helen
F. Dunn Superintendent of the Waldo
County General Hospital. Miss Sanderson
comes from Rutland, Mass, where she had
position at the Sanitarium. .... Miss Lena
Bailey of Knox, who was operated on for
appendicitis last week, is gaining satisfac-
torily. Albert Lowe of Brooks and Henry
Sweetser of Belfast. both of whom were
operated on last week, are progressing nicely.
go. Mrs. Effie Cram of Liberty and Mrs. Ruby
Berry of Searsmont are at the hospital for
operations.
NORTH BELFAST. John H. Gilmore of Chel-
sea. Mass, is visiting his sisters, Mrs c. W.
Aver and Mrs. Ellen C. Gay :. Mrs. Ned
Mason went to Sabattus last week to visit ner
son, Edward Mason -. Mrs. Annie B. Pitcher
has closed her house and gene to Palatka,
Florida, for the winter. Mr.. H. C. Bailey
has gone to Lowell, Mass. to spend the winter
-. e A Wiley and Walter Fish have been. in
North Arson the past two weeks engaged in
saving lumber. They returned home last
Monday with a portable MILL which they are to
establish at Sargents Crossing where they
have lumber lot. The Ladies' Aid Society
is making preparations to hold its Christmas
sale and er tertainment some time next month.
program and date to be announced later,
Mrs. W. S Hatch is substituting for H. B
Ladd as teacher in the village school.
A SEIZURE, FooT RACE AND FIGHT. For
some time past there have been decided indi-
cations that although the regular sources for
supplying fire water were closed the drouth
had been broken in Belfast and suspicion fell
upon negro who has visited Belfast of late
with more or less frequency, accompanied by a
trunk, and there seemed good reason to be-
lieve that this trunk contained liquor. Last
Friday Sheriff Cushman was advised that the
trunk had arrived, and it was found in the
Maine Central freight house and seized and
was found to contain 80 pint bottles filled with
whiskey. 1t had been shipped by Moses
Magee of Salem, Mass, and consigned to
Frank King. local colored man. The officers
then began watching the trains and boats for
the arrival of Moses Magee, who they rightly
concluded was the mysterious negro visitor.
When the steamer Camden arrived here from
! Boston last Saturday morning one of her pas
sengers was young colored man, and Deputy