The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-01-15

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The pupils of grades six and seven were ex-
cused Wednesday morning on account of the
failure to heat the rooms.
regular meeting Tuesday. January Goth All
are requested to be present and bring thimble,
darning- needle and scissors as there is special
work to be done.
The Women's Alliance of the First Parish
(Unitarian) church will meet at the home of
Mrs. William B. Swan, High street. this, Thurs
day. afternoon at 8 o'clock. The subject of
paper by Rev. Charles B. Ames will be "Sidney
Lanier and Selections from his Poetry"
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. G. Preston, who have
son Harold. whose name was connected with a
recent accident in which employees of the
Grand Trunk Pacific Telegraph Company in
British Columbia were drowned, received
letter from Harold last Monday night, dated
Jan. LIST, in which he said that he was with the
lnemen of the company at 1913 miles. an ex-
preston familiar to linemen, which would in
dictate that the linemen were As miles or more
back of the men who were in the accident.
SHIPPING ITEMS. The mystery of the Mary
Celeste continues to occupy the attention of
the newspapers. and the following item con-
corning her early history will be of interest.
The Parrsboro, N. s., Leader says: "The
h,;, k,,;Ik
Island, N. S., in the year 1860 and was regis
tered at the Port of Parrsboro. She was 1913
tons register and the original owners were
George Reed, Joshua Devils, Isaac and Jacob
Spicer. Robert Mcclellan, VIM. Thompson, VIM.
Henry Bigelow. Daniel Cox and VIM. Henry
Payzant. The Amazon was wrecked in the
year 1867 at what was then called Big Glace
Bay. C. B. (now Port Morien) was rebuilt and
registered at the Port of Sydney. She was
later wrecked on the coast of Maine, sold to
American parties, who changed the name of
the vessel to the Mary Celeste" We find
the Mary Celeste in the U. S. list of mer-
chant sailing vessels as a brigantine of
2s2.2s tons. hailing from New York Z. The
American Hawaiian liner Washingtonian
which was launched by the Maryland Steel
Co. in October. is nearing completion. This is
the sixth ship to be completed against the
order for eight from the American Hawaiian
Co., and the other two are on the ways, one of
which, the Iowan, will be launched this month.
:. The Bangor schooner Kit Carson is hauled up
at Bridgeport. Conn.,, for the winter. -. Mon
days northwest gale was very severe all along
the coast but many vessels made harbor and at
this writing few marine disasters are reported.
In the fleet caught off Highland Light and
driven back were the schooners William E
Litchfield, from Darlen for Portland; Irene E
Meservey, from St. George for Calais; STAN
ley M. Seaman, from Port Arthur for Boston;
Northland, from Norfolk for Searsport. and
Wawenock. from cations Neck for Boston.
The three-masted schooner John Paul of Ellis
worth, Me-, sank in Nantucket Sound early
Tuesday while in tow of the revenue cutter
Acushnet.
THE ENTERTAINMENT COURSE The next
number to be given in the Entertainment
Course, January e. will be the Cathedral
Choir, which consists of a male quartette, q
female quartette, and an accompanist, nine
people in all. As this is to be the best number,
by far, to be given in the course, it is antici-
pated that very large number of people will
avail themselves Of this splendid opportunity
to hear concert such as very rarely, if ever,
given in q town of this size. The audiences
SO far have been good, the last two numbers
nearly filling the church. and the management
anticipate that for this next entertainment it
will be quite impossible to seat all the people
who will desire to be present Their desire is
to protect to the fullest extent all those who
are now holding course tickets, and no tickets
will be sold for this evening beyond the COM
Portable seating capacity of the church. Now
to guard against any discomfort the manage
ment will have limited number of tickets
printed and left on sale at E. S. Pitchers store
on Main street. These tickets will represent,
in addition to the course tickets, the full seat
ing capacity of the church, and when these
tickets are exhausted no further admissions
can be bought and if these tickets are all sold
tickets will be made at the door of the church !.
We want the public. to fully understand this
SO that there will be no occasion to criticise
the management later on. This is the biggest
thing attempted in the course. This one con-
cert 10 well worth the price Of the full course
ticket. 1t is put in here together with the
other numbers to show the people in Belfast
what good things may be brought here by CO.
operation. Augusta and other cities have ad-
vertised this as the greatest attraction ever
brought into the State by an entertainment
course. The opportunity is yours until the
limited number Of tickets is exhausted. It ID
up to you to secure your ticket before they
are oil sold. These tickets will be on sale
Monday, Jan. 10Th, just four days before the
concert IL given.