The Republican journal., 1913-12-18
The News of Belfast.

The News of Belfast.
According to proposed plan for dividing
the State highway funds Waldo County will
receive $ss,O00
Inc young people of the Universalist parish
are preparing to give at later date the bright
little operetta, 1.-The Enchanted Apple"
B. o. Norton has sold 80 horse power Chey-
rolet touring car to Mr.: Otis Robbins Of
Searsmont. and has Mr.. Robbins Winton tour
ing car for sale
The Arts and Crafts room will be open from
now until after Christmas with special sales in
the various lines. The fancy work this season
is especially attractive.
The annual ball of Belfast Hook and Ladde.
Co., will take place in the Opera House tomor-
row, Friday, night. with music by Keyes or
chestra. good time is assured to all who at
tend.
There will be no dance at Seaside Grange
hall tonight; postponed on account of the
y Hook & Ladder ball in the Oper. House to-
morrow, Friday night. The next dance at
OSo9AoS Will VIC liie HlSHt VI Oec- l)Ln.
Charles McAuiffe, who had sutfe1ed for some
time with trouble with his eyes. and who re-
Gently went to the Eye and Ear nfirmary in
Portland, for surgical treatment, is i'm proving
and hopes to join his wife and three little
children for the holi lays.
Only three venires have been returned to
Clerk of Court Keating for traverse jures for
the January term of the Supreme Judicial
Court. Belfast has drawn ] f. Sheldon, C. c.
Hamilton, W. W. Bazo and William Haugh;
! Northport, F. l. Beach, and Frankfort. Leo
True
The Women's Alliance of the First Parish
(Unitarian) church will meet at the home of
MIS-. Edward R. Pierce, Church street, this,
Thursday, afternoon at 8 o'clock Industrial
| Work in the Cumberland Mount.ns" is the
subject of the paper to be given by Mrs.
Pierce.
If those interested in the Girls Home
Christmas tree who have gifts Of toys. etc..
for the children. will notify any member of
the committee the articles will be called for.
The committee is F. l. Wilson chairman,
! Misses Florence Lbbey, Frances Abbott and
Mildred Randall.
Prof. Wight's singing school will meet in the
! Baptist vestry tomorrow, Friday, evenng, and
cordial invitation is extended to all who may
wish to join. Prof. Chapman in lis remarks
at the concert last Friday evening commended
the work of Prof. Wight and said lie was glad
Belfast could have the benefit of his teaching
The fourth annual ball of the Belfast Gun
Club in Seaside Grange hall last Thursday
night largely attended and very enjoy
able affair. keyes orchestra furnished music.
Elijah Ritchie was floor manager, and at inter-
mission members of the Grange served ice
cream and cake.
The organization of the Jewish church was
completed Saturday evening, Dec 18th. The
church is called Agud4th Achim, or the
Knights of Brotherhood Lewis Goldman
elected clerk Louis Goldburg LIST deacon;
Samuel Smith. End deacon: Samuel Cohen,
treasurer; Israel Wyman, Max Ruzansky, and'
Lewis Oblisky, trustees.
The alarm from box 25 about 1890 p. m.
Dec. 10th, was Tor fire in the Mudgett store
1t proved to he more smoke than five, though
but for the prompt action of the FIRE depart
nent it might have been a serious fire, A
family living over an adjoining store noticed
the smoke and at once gave the ALARM The
fire had started in pile OF rubbish III the eel
lar in about the same place the fire of last
January. The store was occupied jointly by
Mrs. Midget and the Manufacturers Outlet
Co. of Portland and their principal loss was
by smoke. Both were insured The insurance
On the stock Of the Manufacturers Outlet Co
has beer adjusted, the adjuster of the insur-
ance on the building was here yesterday and
the adjuster of the insurance on the Mudgett
stock will arrive today. The store could not
1e rcopened until these matters were settled
AN ELECTRIC LIGHT DEAL. Negotiations
for the purchase of the Searsport Electric
L ght Co. by the Penobscot Bay Electric Co
have been pending for some time and Dec. 1lth
NJ. NJ. H. Blackwell of Brunswick, treasurer
of the latter company. closed a deal by which
all the rights, titles and appurtenances of the
Searsport Electric Light Company were sold
to the Penobscot Bay Electric Company, which
took immediate possession. The Searsport
plant was owned by Searsport people, has a
list o. l30 subscribers contract to light the
village streets, furnished power to local plants
and operated by steam. The Searsport
plant will be operated as at present until it
can be connected with the trunk line which
transmits the power from the power station
at Today Pond to Belfast. which line runs
about half mile back from Searsrort village,
the Penobscot company having had nothing
more han pole rights giIhin the town limits
1t is expected that the change can be made
within five or six weeks. Mr. A. C. Hopkins
of this city, the local manager, was in Sears
port last Friday business connected with
the transfer.
! STEAMER NOTES. The contract for repair
ing the steamer Belfast which was damaged
by collision with in the lower harbor.
Boston, recently while inward bound from
Bangor, has been awarded to William Cramp
& Sons of Philadelphia, whose bid Of about
$4,000 was the lowest received. After tempo-
rary repairs made the Belfast proceeded
to Philadelphia Dec 10th under her own steam
The reports in the daily papers last week of
the accident to he steamer Castine were in
correct. The Castine did not call for assist
ance or need any. When Capt Coombs found
his steamer was leaking he beached her at the
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