The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-02-26


Tbs meeting Of The Stats Council Of the D.
A. r. will b held March 18th and 18th in Wa
,terville.
The membership committee Of the Belfast
Board of Trade is making an active canvass
for new members.
Stock-taking has been going ON in the Leon
ard & Barrows shoe factory and as usual the
rooms have been shut down in turn.
Herbert Morey has been confined to the
house and under doctors care for the past
we k from q carbuncle on his neck.
The Ladies Sewing Circle of the Methodist
church will meet with Miss Ethel Frost.
Wednesday afternoon, March 4th.
There was no quorum at the regular meeting
of the School committee last Monday evening
and it was adjourned to Wednesday evening.
Miss Blanche Jenuys resumed her Studies in
the High school Monday after several weeks
absence caused by an operation for appendi-
citis.
Nomination papers for Bertrand G. Nc
Intire and Oakley c. Curtis as Democratic
candidates for governor have been in circula-
ton in Belfast and have received many sigma
lures.
Ansel d. Kelley. substitute letter carrier
has resigned from his duties at the Belfast
post Office and taken an agency for the Peer
less Casualty Co., an insurance company
located at Keene, N. H.
Hnl14 lat
tiers remained uncalled for in the Belfast post
Office for the week ending Feb. oath: Ladies'
Mrs. S. W. Butler, Mrs. D. Pendleton Parker
Ethel Perkins, Mrs. Nettie Philbrook, Mrs
Geo. Wentworth. Gentlemen-Hiram Curtis
Mr.. T. L. Grendell, Ray G. Robertson. Chester
Thompson.
Circular "a from the Montana Agricultural
College Experiment Station, Bozeman. Mon
tana. is devoted to an illustrated article by
Prof VIM. F. Schoppe on Artificial Hatchipe
of Chicks" 1t describes the methods followed
at the Montana station and their results, ano
gives detailed instructions for every branch Of
the work.
Miss Emma Hichborn of Stockton Springs
who has been in the suit department of the
James H. Howes dry goods store for severa
years, will comp lete her work there next Sat
urdav and will be succeeded by Mrs. George M
Hoffses, who will also do the alterations, etc
Mrs Ada L. Wildes, who has been in the store
for some time, will be out next Saturday.
The alarm from box Is at g. 80 a. M, Feb
2lst was for fire in the house Sc Spring street
occupied by Mrs. Mary E. Haugh. The fire
caught from a defective stove pipe in the
kitchen and it was necessary to tear away {
closet in the kitchen to get at the tire in par
tition. But little damage was done to the
house, and although three sections of hose were
laid if was not necessary to turn on the water
Mrs. Haugh lost $50 in money that was in E
pitcher in the closet, probably burned, ane
some of her curtains and furnishings were
damaged The about sounded at 9.45.
THE WEATHER. The cold weather continued
during the past week, with the mercury or
some mornings or 10 below and only on Sun
day rising above freezing. There were hgh'
f1urries of snow and the snow that had pre-
viously fallen was drifted by the high winds
There was blizzard in the west Sunday, tina,
fortunately for US was sent southwark py
northwest wind. Southern California had 6
three days storm, beginning Friday, consider
ed the worst in its history. 1t stopped prac'
tically all trains. crippled telephone and tele'
graph service Ind halted the movement OF the
mails, and railroad tracks, bridges, roads, or
chards and houses were swept away IN places
The damage is estimated at $4.5OO.OOO M
fresh vegetables or meats we're received II
Los Angeles for three days. Locally the Their
mometer indicated about zero yesterday morn
ing but rose rapidly and bright sunshine pre-
vailed. Only two days more of February.
THE SENIOR PLAY. When the Senior elias:
of the High school gave public supper it wa'
understood that it took the place of the pla!
which for some time past had been presented
at the close of the school year. But the pla!
is to be given, as usual, and the bright littl
three-act college play Engaged by Wednes
day' has been selected, and rehearsals arr
underway with the following cast: Lucille hom'
from boarding school, Miss Agnes Coombs
Arthur Watson, home from college, Alton
Johnson; Mrs. Watson, his mother, Mrs. AIRLINE
WadIin; Miss Abigail Parsons Lucile's Aunt
Miss Louise lines; Jane, Maria and Mabel
three school friends of Lucille, Ida Carleton
Margaret Craig, Marian Hayes, Dick, Jaci
and Ted, three college friends of Arthur
Malcolm Vaughan, Myrtle Smith, Frank Water
man; Martin Henry, the LATEST man in the
country. Malcolm Cottrell; first girl. Miss
Esther Wiley; second girl. Miss Evelyn Rich
ards: Gypsies, Miss Myrtle Frost and Clyde
Shorey; Mary, the maid, Miss Ethel Sturte-
want.
THE NORTH CHURCH GUILD. The Guild of
the North Congregational church held meet
ing at the home of Miss Amy E. stoddard last
Monday evening,w with an attendance of twenty
four, including one new member. Mrs. Thomas
E. Bowker. Plans for the baby show. bazaar
and entertainment to be held early in May
were discussed. and the following chairwomen
of committees were appointed by the presi-
dent, Miss Anne M. Kittredge. they to choose
their own assistants: Hall and advertising.
Miss Grace H. Hall; tea room, Mrs. B. o. Nor
ton; food table. Mrs. C. W. Jennys; baby show.
Mrs. W. F. Schoppe; cap table, Mrs. V. L.
Hall; candy table, Miss Florence Shaw; table of
baby things, Miss ENERGY CHM; entertain