The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-12-04

and that our town is no longer the
"Sleepy Hollow" which sordid avarice
once made it.
Lieut.. Amos H. Billings, who left this
place as sergeant in Capt. A. 7. Palmer's
company, died at the Bite Tavern in Bos-
ton. on his way home from Mexico, on
the first day of September. His body
was brought here and buried on the third;
on which occasion a very impressive fu-
neral discourse was preached by Rev. N.
C. Fletcher. .
At the annual fall meeting, September
18th, the whole number of votes thrown
for Governor was 762; 419 for Dana,
Demo-. BOG for Hamlin. Wing, 81 for
Fessenden, Abol. Daniel Putnam, Wing,
was elected Representative to the legis-
lature.
Vests celebrated painting, "Christ
healing the sick," was on exhibition this
month at the Unitarian Church.
The second annual session of the Teach
ers Institute for this county was held at
the North Church. commencing on the
oath of this month and closing on the
third of November. The members of
the Board of Instruction were Rev. Will
liam Warren of Windham, Hon. E. M.
Thurston of Charleston, Mr.. J. E. Little
field of Bangor, and DR.. George S. Raw
son of Feltonville, Mass. The lecturers
were Rev. Messrs. Palfrey, Cutter and
Fletcher of this place, Rev. Stephen
Thurston of Searsport, and Messrs. War
rem and Littlefeld of the Board of In
struction. The School Committees Eeld
their annual Convention on the Both of
October and elected Hon. Hugh ]. An
derson member of the Board of Educa-
ton for this county. The second annual
Fair and Cattle show of the Waldo
County Agricultural Society was held in
this place, commencing on the 26th of
October
On the second of November the Estate
Signal and New Planet" obliterated the
last part of its title from the planetary
system, and was thenceforward known
as the State Signal. On the 26th of the
month previous its office was removed to
the building now occupied by NJ. E. Dodge.
At the Presidential election, Novem-
Der 7th, the votes thrown were for Cass,
Demo-, 366, for Taylor, Wing, 800, for
Van Buren,. Freesoil, ". The Wings
were very naturally elated by the sue
cess OF their candidate and held a jubilee
at Washington Hall on the evening of
the sixteenth, which was to them in
twofold sense Thanksgiving Day.. The
Hall and several buildings in it's vicinity
were brilliantly illuminated; also the
street in front by burning tar-barrels;
lanterns were suspended around the ship
on the top of the flag staff. The Hall was
filled to repletion with happy as we'll as
thankful hearts. Addresses were made
by several gentlemen and the tables
spread under the supervision of Mr..
Robert W Quimby were beautifully laden
with viands of the trough and ready
order. During the afternoon and even
ing salute of hundred guns was fired.
One solitary incident occurred to mar the
festivities of the evening. Some evil
disposed and reckless person fired at the
lanterns or The flagstaff with rifle and
succeeded in breaking one or two of
them. AS an indication of party hos
tilties it was contemplate; as an act
putting in jeopardy life or limb it was,
at the best, ineXcusable.
During the month a theatrical corps
under the management of Mr. George
Goodnow gave several exhibitions at
Washington Hall.
Among the buildings erected this year
were the following. The brick store on
Main street now occupied by Thomas W.
Pitcher, built by James Y. McClintock;
its first occupant was Sherburne Sleeper.
The building next northerly from it. now
occupied by M. E. Dodge. built by Hiram
E. Pierce; its first occupants were Thur
low Is. g. and Pierce Oh. E.) and the
Signal and Planet.F The brick block on
Church street built by Hon. Joseph Will
hanson, now owned by W. H. Simpson
and occupied in the second story as the
office of the Journal Its first occupants
were Frye Hall and Son, elisha H.),
grocers, and John Haraden and Son,
Daniel, dealers in general merchan-
disc; the latter occupied only while they
were erecting their brick building on the
corner opposite. The second story was
occupied as dwelling by different ten
ants.
Among the noticeable local events of
this year were the opening of the mag
netic telegraph office, the deaths of Ma
nassau Sleeper, ESQ.,, and Hon. John
Wilson, two of orr Oldest inhabitants,
all which are entitled to fuller notice
than the limits of this chapter will ad-
nit and must be deferred until our next,
More. In our last chapter the "Old Set
tier is made to say that his old friend Samuel
Locke was "Horatio's" brother instead of IA
Their. The only apology the type-setter has to
make is that the word father was written so
legibiy that he thought 1t must be mistake!
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