The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-07-03

several weeks.
| A. U. S. Navy Recruiting Station will open
in the post Office building, Belfast, July 9TH,
and continue until July 18th. No one under
II can be enlisted and those under Is must
have their parents or guardians consent in
writing
In celebrating the 4th do not NEEDLE with
doing will be arrested and punished. Please
report attempts of this kind, if any. to the
chief of the fire department, Stephen S. L.
Shute.
The Bramhall market had mackerel last
Tuesday from the Mason weir at the mouth of
Goose river. A Portland despatch reports
large schools of tinker mackerel off the Maine
coast for the first time since 1882. May they
| "strike in"
The regular meeting of Thomas H. Marshall
| Circles, Ladies of the G. A. R., have been post
poned until the first Tuesday in August. Mr..
and Mrs Rackliff of Boston, formerly of Knox
the former grandson Of veteran, and Mr..
and Mrs. George Maker of Lawrence. the for
mer veteran, were guests of the Circle last
Tuesday afternoon.
MUNICIPAL COURT. DR.. Prince E. Luce
was before Judge Knowlton June Both on a
charge of breaking and entering and was held
for the Supreme court, furnishing bail. The
complainant Mrs. Evelyn A. Mudgett,
/ owner of cottage at Northport Campground,
who said that she leased cottage for the sea-
son of 1912 to DR.. Luce and to another party
for 1913; that Dr. Luce broke tie lock on the
cottage this spring and took possession. refus-
| ing other tenants admission. DR.. Luce cor
| tended that his lease extended to this year.
He is still in possession of the cottage.
AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. Last Saturday
forenoon a touring owned by James Z.
| Perry of Rockland, with Mr.. Perry, his son
and four guests, went over embankment on
the shore road between Temple Heights and
| Northport campground, pinning the occupants
under it, but all miracuously escaping injury.
! The party was coming towards Belfast AT
| one of the narroNest points in the road they
met car owned by Percy r. Todd of Bangor,
with a party. The roadway at this point is I'M
! protected and the growth of underbrush gives
| no indication of anything hut solid ground
| outside, and turning out bit too far the
/ Perry car went over the embankment. The
people in the Todd and others went to the
rescue, and later the Perry towed to
| Belfast for repairs.
WEST BELFAST. Katherine Newcomb has
! been sick with dipthera, but is doing nnely
now Dr. Small attends her, -. Harry Sanker
| of Altoona, Penn, is visiting his bro her,
James Sanker. -. Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Wood
have gone to Northport for the summer Mr.
| Wood is doing mason work on the CODE cot
tage They are living on Broadway. A deer
was seen Monday crossing the field of Whit
man Newcomb and in the afternoon one
was seen in the orchard of Leslie Miller on
the Miller road /. Winnie Morris has gone
to Isle au Haul for the summer, where she
mas EMPLOYMENT . . Hattie Newcomb and her
brother Howard are stopping at F. L. Tooth
aker's during their sisters illness with dipthe-
ria Mr.. Simpsons mare. Nan, has very
| handsome colt.
Miss Florence Nj. Hill retired from the mon
ey order department of the Belfast post office
at the close of business June 30th, having ten
dered her resignation some weeks before be-
cause of her approaching marriage. She had
served efficiently in this position for nearly
eight years. Miss Hills successor is Fred
erick W. Brown, the oldest employee in the
Belfast post Office and who for many years
has been faithful and painstaking in the dis
charge of his duties and has well earned this
promotion. Frank B. Luce succeeds Mr..
| o11 apS hos
Temporarily transferred from R. F. D. 2 to
clerk in place of Luce. Postmaster Carleton
has been notified by telegram from Washing
ton of his appointment custodian of the
building.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Capt. C. G. Hurd Of Win
terport. formerly owner of the schooner
Emily A. Staples and later of the Willis &
Guy. has bought of George SWEET of Cam
pello, Mass, the schooner 1taska, and will
take command of her when she has discharged
cargo of lumber at Boston, relieving Capt.
Nutter. The Itaska is II tons net and was
built at Cherryfield, Me-, in 1879. 1t has
been found impossible to repair the schooner
Chase owned by Charles E. Bicknell of Rock
land and recently towed into Portsmouth. N.
H., and grounded on beach after being in
collision. She had big hole in her bow and
after she had been hauled up the beach slid
off into deep water and when again raised it
was decided she was not worth repairing
BANK AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION TAX. The
board of State assessors, June 26th, committed
the semi-annual taxes on the savings banks,
the trust and banking companies and the loan
and building associations of the State. The
total tax ON the savings banks is $238, as
against $685. "a at the last commitment, an
increase of 81, 1885, "a; the total tax the trust
and banking companies is 1864 Ito against
s63 $3.50 as at the last commitment, an increase
of So, 613 Ga; the total tax on the loan and
building associations is s31451 against $326.47
at the last commitment. decrease of $1l &C.
The tax of the Belfast Savings bank is $4.928 81
and of the Searsport Savings bank. $617.32
The tax of the Waldo Trust Co. is $S60.60 and
of the Stockton Springs Trust Co. $s6C1. The
Belfast Loan and Building association pays a
tax of $214.