The Republican journal., 1913-01-23

The tiremen were called to the Revere House
last Friday by still alarm for a chimney fire
caused by SCOT in the chimney taking fire 1t
was soon extinguished. The house is under
going repairs, having been recently Quilted by
| fire.
Otis Colson, who was injured few weeks
ago by falling from a staging at the Coe-
Mortimer plant. has returned to his home in
Searsport and is able to be out on crutches
He had been at the home of Stillman d. Flood
on High street since the accident
Representative Dunton of Belfast presented
in the House Jan. 18th resolves in favor of the
Chidrens Aid Society of Maine (Girls Home)
and the Waldo County General hospital. and
they referred to the committee on appro-
priations and financial affairs
| The Belfast Musical society will have So
cial at their rooms on High street Tuesday
evening, Jan 26th. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all. interested in music and the sue
cess of the society. musical program will
be rendered and refreshments served.
Ten divorces were decreed at the January
term of court in this city; IL cases were con-
tinued and 9 dismiss ed. We publish in other
columns from the court records the disposition
of cases at the January term that did not come
up for trial.
Last Saturday Mr.. Ralph D. Southworth,
proprietor of 1.-The Home of Good Values"
gave to the superintendent of schools. Mr.. w.
B. Woodbury., for the use of needy children Z
sets of heavy underwear, additional winter
undershirts. cotton flannel night shirts, 6
heavy and light weight shirts, 9 pairs of
mlttens and IL sweaters-ail new goods, never
worn. at is more blessed to give than to re-
ceve"
The Board of Trade public supper in the in
terest of the Food Fair will take place in Me-
mortal hall Tuesday evening, Jan. 28th. 1t was
postponed from Jan. 23d that it might not con-
fict with the firemen's banquet and ball on the
oath. The ladies of the Methodist church will
furnish the supper and the tickets are only so
cents. Roy Haines of Ellsworth and L. N
Littlehale of Rockland who have been identiti-
ed with food fairs in their respective cities,
will he the speakers
SNOW AND Ice WANTED. The generally
mid weather which has prevailed during the
past few weeks, and the absence of snow, have
materially retarded business Ice cutting be-
gan with the ice ten inches thick, but tn e
January thaw" reduced it to inches and
storing for summer use is necessarily deferred.
Advices from New York last week were that
the Hudson was still open to navigation
Aroostook had sleighing for time, but the
snow has disappeared and this retards the
shipments of fertilizer to that ccunty,a las farm
ers want which to haul the fertilizer
from the railway stations to their FARMS Last
year we advertised for snow in our local col
umns and it came in larger measure than was
needed, and no doubt shall have snow and
ice in sufficient quantity before the winter is
over
The STRIKE ON THE B. & A. Under orders
received from New York the engineers and
tiremen on the Bangor & Aroostook railroad
went out on strike Jan. 18TH The men de-
mand an increase of pay amounting to $4,000
year for the engineers and $4,000 year
for the firemen, which the road is not dis
left Searsport Friday morning and freights
were also tied up, but late in the afternoon
train pulled out carrying the mail. Searsport
will suffer materially if the strike is continued
as the Penobscot Coal pocket and the two big
fertilizer plants depend on the road for trans
portation. 1t will also affect the big paper
business at Millnocket, as the pulp mills there
depend on this road for their coal supply and
for tt ansporting the paper to Cape Jellison for
shipment. The road was in measure pre-
pared and had men ready to fill the places of
the striking employees and President Todd
says that if these men are protected all the
trains will be run as usual
THE Food FAIR. The management of the
Belfast food fair has decided to present the
first SO women buying admission tickets with
large and useful present. if they pass through
the doors after 10 o'clock on the first day of
the fair. The first evening will be known as
"Grand Army Night" and there will be an in
teresting program prepared for the veterans
and they will be given free admission as guests
OF the Belfast hoard of trade The John Bird
Co. of Rockland has donated several cases of
their celebrated Three Grow Brand products
to be given away to the patrons of the fair. A
similar gift has been made by Swift & Co., of
5000 samples of Maxine Elliot's toilet soap
and the management of the fair has bought
for free gifts 2ss fancy decorated china plates
as souvenir. There will also be gifts of
aluminium dishes, and Wednesday, Feb. 18th
the first 100 women who visit the fair will re-
ceive as free gift a loaf Of bread A dolls
congress, at which there will be dolls of all
nations, will be the feature Saturday after
noon, Feb. 18th. Thursday afternoon occurs
the baby show and it is expected that it will
be one of the events of the week, as excep.
tional prizes will be offered. The color scheme
OF the opera house decorations is to be gold
and black and the house is to be made very
attractive. W. E. Hamilton. the local florist,
is to have Japanese garden. The Town Talk
flour people expect to give away about q car
| load Of flour.