The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-02-20
THE REPUBLICAN JOURNAL. THURSDAY FEBRUARY TO- 1918
The Hospital Aid Sewing Circle will meet at
the hospital tomorrow. Friday. afternoon at
23O o'clock.

The Hospital Aid Sewing Circle will meet at
the hospital tomorrow. Friday. afternoon at
230 o'clock.
Some Of our county correspondence was not
received this week until Wednesday noon and
could not be put in type for this issue.
Fred Horne is seriously ill and threatened
with pneumonia at his home. He took cold
while attending the recent fire at Citypoint.
Some of the milkmen reported last Thurs
day morning, that it was IS below in the out
lying districts and in the city it was 10 below
at a. m.
Last Saturday was the 23rd anniversary OF
the marriage of DIR. and Mrs. W. L. est and
they were the recipients of beautiful flowers
and several gifts.
Bartlett Handy of Cnerryfeld, employee
of the Windsor Hotel. was operated on last
Sunday at the Tapley hospital for gangrene of
the appendix and is doing we'll.
The strike on the B. & A. has so curtailed
shipping facilities that the work of manufac-
turing fertilizer at the Coe- Mortimer in this
city has been suspended for the present
AAe SoAAhoi AdS ISCSiNSu q SoPy VI Inc Dig
Timber (Montana) Pioneer containing notice
of the death in Spokane of Charles E. Sever
ance. and will give further particulars next
week.
| The funeral of Mrs. Electa Stone was held
last Friday afternoon, at 80 o'clock. from the
home of her daughter Mrs. Charles H. Walden,
the Rev. Charles B. Ames of the Unitarian
| church, officiating. Mrs. Stones nephews,
Ralph Pitcher of Caribou and George Pitcher
of Boston, were present at the services.
An entertainment will be given Friday even
/ ing, Feb. 18th, at knowlton's hall by the spir-
itualist society. A camp fire by the Indians in
costume, music, and ceremonies by the Indian
guides, will be part of the program. Sunday,
Feb2 3rd, Ella NJ. Staples will be the speaker
and message bearer at 230 and 73O p. NJ
Secretary
The Daughters of Pocahontas gave another
OF their popular whist parties in their hall
Tuesday evening. There were six tables Miss
Evelyn Thompson won the first ladies' prize. a
Japanese spoon tray; Frank O.Wniting the first
gentleman's prize fancy mug, and May Scott
1 anu 'eoieS boNeJoy, TIE CoHSoldLloHSs d uoH
and top. Coffee and doughnuts were served.
/ DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. The call is out for a
Democratic caucus, to be held at the Court
House at 7.30 p. M, March 3d. to nominate a
candidate for mayor. Wards l, and 8 will
mold their caucauses at the same place after
the general caucus. Wards and 5 will hold
their caucuses at their respective polling
places at 7.30 p. m, March LIST. The call is
signed by G. C kilgore. chairman, and George
l. Heating. clerk
CASES AT THE WALDO COUNTY Hos PIrAL
Operations were performed last week in the
Waldo County Hospital on Mrs. Daniel Dono-
van of Stockton Springs, Mrs. Charles Dickey
of Brooks and Mrs. Joseph Tyler of this city
! Mrs. Tyler returned to her home Friday
Geo ee A. Thorndike who was accidentally shot
! Feb 9th. and who with his brother Elmer j.
! had been in the hospital for treatment, was
taken to the Eastern Maine hospital in Bangor
Friday. His arm shattered by bird shot
His physician, DR.. E. D. Tapley, has received
word from Bangor that he is suffering from
infection of the wounds, but they hope to
less seriously injured, was taken to his home.
Mrs. Dickey of Brooks and Mrs. Donovan of
Stockton Springs, who were operated upon as
reported above, are gaining daily. Sunday
Herbert Kane of Swanville was brought
to the hospital suffering from self-infict-
ed wounds by which he attempted to take
his life Saturday at II a. m. The wound
in his throat, by which he made his first
attempt, is small and it is thought will
he j quickly. The left hand is more serious,
Although not entirely amputated the wrist is
badly cut each side, he having attempted
with an axe to sever it first on the back and
then on the pain side. Mr.. Kane has been
feeble for some time and was respondent His
wife is helpless invalid, resulting from a
shock some time ago. A sister, Miss Alice
Kane, and one son living in New York, are his
nearest relatives. 1t is thought that he will
completely recover.