The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-06-18

Inc universalist Ladies Sewing Circle have
discontinued their regular meetings for the
summer.
Fred A. Nealley of Winterport has litter
OF eight little foxes, six weeks old, that he q
caring for at his home He has been offered
500 for the lot.
The Legislative Com nittee on Salaries and
Fees will give public hearing at the Court
House at 10 a.. m. June 10Th, when all county
officials may be heard.
The Trinity Reformed and Mason Mills
churches will have picnic on the Vaughan
shore July 4th. There will be general cele.
bration including races, etc.
w. Franklin Burnham of Reading. Mass
has arrived at Northport and is putting the
Northport Inn in first class condition for the
seasons business. He expects to be ready to
open about July LIST.
The Board of Registration, Charles O'Con.
nell, Augustine Colburn and Arthur Ri,chie
finished their duties Friday at u. m.. having
added IL new names to the voting list and
erased few, all deceased
The following High school girls are occupy
ing one of E. R. Corners cottages, Northport
campground, this week, chaperoned by Miss
Anne NJ. Kittridge: Misses Marian HAYES.
Martha Knowlton, Annette Holt, Lillian Knowl-
ton. Louise Weber and Helen H. Kittridge.
Two automobiles arrived at 8 o'clock Mon
day morning on the way to Belfast, their own
ers thinking that the ferry boat ran all night
One of the cars turned back and went by Way
OF Augusta. while the second driver campei
out on Arch street until the first morning trip
of the Hockomock.-Bath Independent
The dancing pavilion at Temple Heights
will be opened next Saturday evening with
music by McKeen's orchestra of this CITY. The
dances will be under the management of Orrin
J. Dickey and special plans have been made to
name them very popular.
John H. Gunner has rented his residence, g.
Grove street, through the agency of Orrin J.
Dlckey, to Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Stiles of Kansas
City, Mo-, for the summer season and they are
already occupying it. Mr.. and Mrs Gunner
and family will spend the summer in North
port
George Havener, express messenger on the
Belfast Durham branch of the M. C. R. r.
started on a l0-days' vacation last Monday
His place will be taken during that time by
Allen e. Knowlton, who has been substituting
for B. P. Sawyer on the Dover-Foxcroft
branch
George A. Gilchrest has leased the plant of
the Frenchboro Land & Fisheries Co at French
boro, and Mrs. Gilchrest will spend the summer
with him there. They have leased house for
house eeeping John McIntire and wife will
also spend the summer at Frenchboro, where
| the former is employed by Mr.. Gilchrest.
| Raymond R. Sherman is in the Eastern Maine
General Hospital, Bangor, convalescent from
typical case of typhoid fever. In company
with his uncle, Mr.. R. T. Rankin, he was en-
joying a fishing trip in Enfield when taken il
and went directly to the hospital. as he was
unable to reach his home in this CITY,
Under recent special acts of Congress
United States pensions have been granted te
the following: Chandler Swift of Belfast, $4t
per month; Michael Andrews, Jr., of Searsport
$40 per month; Israel A. Gardner of Belfast
$50 per month; Sewall B. Hartman of Swan
Belfast, $36 per month; Levi Walker of Bel
fast, $50 per month; Charles H. Bailey of New
port, $50 per month; Edward Herin of Knox
$50 per month; Lucy E. Payson. $12 per month
The petitions and evidence were filed through
the Franklin A. Greer pension agency of Bel
fast.
Lewis Auspland, who for number of years
has been wire chief of the local telephone
company, has resigned and the vacancy will be
filled by Hal Howard of New York, formerly OF
Camden. Mr.. Howard was for some time wire
chief at Camden, leaving there about six
He was married last winter to Miss Mae
Murphy of Camden.
Hon. B. G. McIntire of Waterford, candi-
date for the Democratic nomination for COVER.
nor in the primaries. addressed small audi
ence in post Office square last Thursday after
noon. Although his coming had been adver'
tised the circus grounds proved q greater at.
traction than political address. Mr.. McIn.
tires remarks were free from personalities
and made good impression on his Democratic
hearers.
The announcement that Mr.. and Mrs. Ira M
Cobe are to make the beautiful residence they
are building in Northport their permanent
home will be welcome news to their many
friends in this city and section. They will
have the furniture and fittings in their home
in Chicago brought here and give up their res
idence there. If business calls them to Chi
cago they will live at a hotel or club. The
interior decorators are now at work in the new
house at Northport and it is expected to be
ready for occupancy the last of July. Warner
Manning, famous landscape gardner, is look.
| ing after the grounds and adding to their nat.
ural attractiveness.
l. A. Conant, Civil War veteran and mem
Der of Thomas H. l-arshall Post, has in his
possession two letters written during the wal
by William H. Gardner of Belfast, who died in
Andersonville prison. One letter was writer
in 1862 at Lawson's Hill, and the writing is
beautiful and wonderfully clear. Another
letter, write in the same year, is in fine
state of preser walton, but executed in differ
ent style and slant from the first, SO that il
would hardly seem possible that both were
written by the same man. Mr.. Gardner is vel
remembered by many Belfast people, and te
them the letters are especially interesting
although they are of interest to anyone on &C.
| count of their age and as samples of penman-