The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-02-27

All members of A. E. Clark Camp, Sons of
Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary are requested
to be present next Monday when there will
be banquet and social time
The Bath Iron Works will launch the new
steamer Rangeley for the Maine Central Rail.
road about the last of March, and she will he
ready for commission on the first of july.
Capt. J. o. Hayes will have the sch. Fred.
erick Roessner ready for sea early in the
spring. She has received coat of paint that
makes her look like new vessel, and N. S.
Lord 4 Co. making full set of sails.
Among the recent bankruptcy petitions is
that of Arthur J. Dolloff, Kingfeld, laborer.
| Unsecured claims, s198 60; assets, $40. Listed
creditors of Keadield, Mt Vernon. Belfast
North Wayne and Winthrop, Frank W. Butler
of Pennington, attorney.
The Northport town meeting will be held
Monday. March Sd, and the warrants calls for
the consideration of several important mat
tiers, among others the question of granting
the Penobscot Bay Electric Co. the privilege
of maintaining poles along the highways for
their wiring.
! In The Journal of March ID, 1912, we found
mention of snow four feet deep lust outside
the dining room windows" That. of course.
did not mean that there was four feet of snow
on the level, much of it coming from the roof.
but it shows that we had quite lot of snow
! the middle of last March,
! In window of the bookstore of NJ. P. WOOD
cock & Son this week was a copy of The Re-
publican Journal of 1884 and beside it COPY of
the current issue-and the contrast in size
make up and contents was striking The Jour-
nal was established in February, 1929 five
years before the date of the copy shown, and
is now in its s5th year and volume
Leroy Coombs is building a 49, foot speed
cruiser at his boat shop near the steamboat
wharf. She is nearly panked and will be both
an able and a speedy craft. The 44-foot
cruiser Helen, owned by Fred A Porter
of Bangor. and recently sold to mem
Der of the Boston Yacht Club, was built
by Mr.. Coombs. and he has her twin sister,
built at the same time, in his yard, and fer
sale. She is a fine craft and up-to-date in all
her fittings end furnishings
Mr.. and Mrs. E R. Conner will go to their
summer home On Northport pground early
III the coming month. Mr. Conner owns a
large number of cottages the grounds, con-
ducts general store there, and the extension
of the service of the Penobscot Bay Electric
Co. will enable him to carry out his plan for
having moving picture show under canvass
on lot just this side of the campground
which he has leased of the Hills Bros. Assoc
lated with Mr.. Conner in this business will be
j. j. Pray, proprietor of the Silver Theater,
Waterville.
Ralph Hay ford, who has been local agent
for the International Harvester Machinery Co.
tor some years, has entered the employ of the
company as travelling salesman and has
placed his farm in this city in charge OF Mr.
and Mrs. Harrison B. Toothaker, who have al
ready moved there. Mr.. Toothaker, who is a
deputy sheriff, has been duty at Stockton
Springs during the E. strike, but has
turned to Belfast to take charge of the Hay
ford farm and of the city poor, who are in Mr..
Hay ford's care under contract with the city.
INSURANCE. See statements of insurance
companies and their agents, as follows Hart
ford Fire ms. Co., Hartford, Conn, Wifred H :.
Lord, Winterport; Saint Paul Fire and Marine
ms Co., st. Paul, MINI, James Pattee & Son,
Belfast; Massachusetts Accident Co, Boston,
Mass Wilfred H. LORD, Winterport; New
hampshire Fire Ins. Co, Manchester, N. H.,
James H. kneeland, Searsport; Atlas Assurance
Co., Ltd, London, England, Field & Quimby,
Belfast; Scottish Union & National ms. Co..
Edinburg, scotland, Field & Quimby. Belfast;
New York Plate Glass ms. Co, New YORK.
James Pattee & Son. Belfast; Traders and NJ
chanlcs ms Co., Lowell, Mass, Charles H
Sargent, Belfast; Ph9nix ms. Co. of Hartford
Conn Albert NJ. Ames Stockton Springs
AN OLD-TIME BALL TEAM. A copy of The
Illust-a Sporting and Dramatic journal of
Sept. 1884, recently brought to light in an attic
/ exploration. has one page of local interest. 1t
includes group picture of the Belfast Base
ball Club, which had just closed a victorious
season, winning IL Of the II g4mes played
with teams of Maine and Massachusetts, cities
the total score standing l79 to their opponents
80. The club composed of NJ 7 Marshall
manager George l. Keating, scorer; Will r.
Howard, LIST base; Fred " CottreiI also LIST
base A. G. Colburn, End base; F. Z CottreH.
3rd base; A. j. Mckeen, aenterfield; Willis
Thompson, left field; l. M Cottrell, right field;
VIM. E. Dilworth, pitcher an H. E. Knowlton,
catcher. The photograph taken by " B.
Washburn. Messrs. Colburn, McKeen, Thonp-
son and Heating are still living in Belfast, and
DR.. Knowtor is spending the winter here.
THE CANTON BALL. The annual concert
military ball and exhibition drill under the
auspices of Canton Pallas, No. 4, P. M, 100.
F., took place in the Opera House, Monday
evening. Feb. oath, and was a great success.
The attendance was not SO large as usual, but
all present report delightful evening. The
hall was beautifully decorated The lanterns
and umbrellas used by the Food Fair were left.
and the additional use of bunting and flags
was executed with the best of taste yellow
and white predominating. Two strings of
small pennants, meeting at right angles under
whirl of small American flags beneath the
center chandelier, very attractive fea-
ture. The posts beneath the haicory were
wound in red and the same color was used
with flags the lower walls The curtain
was covered with alternate stripes of yellow
and white, while over it were double arches of