The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-02-06

E. R. Thomas has succesdedJA w. Hassan
as janitor of Memorial hail.
Discharges in bankru otcy have been allowed
on the petitions of W. E. Jones & Co.. Morrill,.
Amos r. Lord and Thomas W. Lothrop. Bel
fast, and Timothy G. Fellows. Winter port.
PooR's MILLS. J. F. Sheldon and daughter.
Mrs Carrie Wood, went to Thomaston last
Friday. returning Monday. .. Mrs j. A. Harts-
horn of Belmont recently visited her daughter.
Mrs Hattie Robertson Mr. Charles Rice of
lhomaston has been visiting friends here .
Beth jackson of Liberty is visiting at Geo.
Daggetts Mrs. Lottie Ham and two chill
dren are stopping with her aunt, Mrs Lucy
Jackson, for while. The entertainment Jan
18th was quite success in every way . Anna
| Brown is at home on visit.
Charles E. Stevens was before Judge Knowi-
ton of the Municipal Court last Tuesday after
noon on a charge of fraud sworn out.,by Mr..
Sanford Howard. Several months ago Mr..
Stevens obtained $5o0...at the Waldo Trust Co.
on note endorsed by Sanford Howard and
nine others. who were given to understand
Stew goods in his harness shop. This he
failed to do. and his goods having been seized
by creditors the criminal action was brought
AT the January term of the s. j. court civil
suit was brought by DR.. Adelbert Mlett and
other endorsers of the note. Judge Knowlton
found Stevens guilty and bound him over t.
the April term of S. j. court under 500 bonds,
with John Cox and Isaiah Cross as sureties.
SEARCHES, BUT NO SEIZURES Sheriff f. A
Cushman and Deputies P G. Hurd and F E
Webster visited the Phoenix House last Satur-
day evening. The landlord Thomas B. Berry
was absent and boy in charge said he was at
Swan Lake The bar room was locked up, but
the officers entered and found no liquor They
searched the house and in the cellar behind the
furnace found bottle of whiskey. Berry
before Judge knowlton Tuesday morning ano
testified that he had surrendered his lease and
was out of the business and that the liquor
found did not belong TO him. Saturday even.
ing Deputies Frank Little6eld and Arthur
Beach searched the saloon of Andy knowtor
on Main street, finding empty bottles and
other evidences of illegal traffic but nc
| liquor. Sheriff Cushman is not discouraged by
/ the failure of his first attempt but will .try
try again!' Four places where liquor was solo
have been closed recently from various causes
one by process of the law and another in antci-
patton of trouble to come. an
THE FooD FAIR. The Belfast Food Fair will
open nexc Tuesday morning in the Opera
House, and continue through the week. Roy
c. Haynes, manager of the Ellsworth Food
Fairs. will come to Belfast and assist the dec
Grating committee. The work of building the
booths and decorating will be begun next Sat
urday. While in Ellsworth last week Messrs
West and Dickey secured the Use of the Jap
anese decorations used for the fair there and
these with the electrical display will be used
with good effect. The ceiling will be draped
with bunting to represent a huge are h . the
balconies will be trimmed with evergreen, in
which there will be dash Of color, and hun
dreds Of Japanese lanterns with electric light
fixtures will be distributed over the whole in
terror. All the floor space has been taken for
booths. in which local and outside concerns
will be represented. and there will be amuse-
ment booths and luncheon booth, the latter
in charge of ladies of the NJ E Church The
Penobscot Bay Electric Co. will have as an ex-
hibit the House Palatial," completely furnish
ed, with all appliances for housekeeping run
by electricity. The electric company will give
absolutely free all the electric current furnish
ed for the food fair, besides making all the
outside and side electrical decorations free
The Frenchboro Land and Fishe les Co., new
local industry, will demonstrate the method of
sanitary packing of fish and fish products at
its booth at this fair. In the windows Of many
of the leading stores in town may be seen the
gifts which to be given away at the fair.
Other details are given IN Food Fair Facts.