The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-12-23
The News of Belfast.

Fifty people came over from Islesboro last
Monday for Christmas shopping.
The stores, offices, and places of business
will be closed all day Christmas. The Wo.
mans Club room will also be closed for the
day.
We have received communication from "a
Reader of The Journal" but the sender does
not give his or her name, as required by all
newspapers, though not necessarily for publ-
cation.
A years subscription to The Republican
Journal-52"letters from home"-makes most
acceptable Christmas gift to an absent friend
or relative. Many have found it SO. and now
is the time to subscribe.
ADVERTISED LETTERS. The following letters
remained uncalled for in the Belfast post
office for the week ending Dec. Goth: Ladies'
Miss Laura E. Foss. Gentlemen-George Oak.
the White Oak Transportation Co.
There will be party in the Baptist vestry
Christmas day from to p. m. for the chill
dren, under the direction of Chas, E. Rhoades,
superintendent of the Sunday school, Games
will be played and refreshments served.
The holiday advertising compelled us to de-
fer contributions from DR.. W. H. Winslow.
who writes of school days at Kent's Hill, Cali
fornia letters from Frank W. Gowen and M. H.
Kiff. and an interesting communication from
c. E. Smith of Thorndike. who is spending the
winter in New Jersey. Our county CORE
spondence has also been crowded out, but after
this week we expect to be able to handle the
news matter as it comes.
An historical society has been organized in
Castine with the following officers: President,
DR.. G. A. Wheeler; vice president, c. W.
Noyes; executive committee. W. A. Walker,
chairman. John Whiting, Amy Witherlee.
Katharine Davenport, E. P Walker; secretary,
G. E. Parsons treasurer. Boyd Bartlett. Cas-
tine has so interesting history and has been
the home of many literary people it is
wonder that such society was not organized
long ago.
A civil service examination will be held in
Belfast Saturday, January Sth, to fill con-
templated vacancy in the position of post
master at Morrill,, Me. The compensation of
the postmaster for the last fiscal year
1868. Applicants must be 81 years and over
# a woman Is years. Application forms and
full information may be had from the post
master at Morrill,. Applications must be filed
with the Commission at Washington at least
days before the date of the examination.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Capt. Joseph F. Nichols
of Bucksport has gone to Baltimore to take
command of the new steamer Florideau of the
American Hawaiian company, which will sail
for France with cargo of horses The
four master O. H. Brown, now at New York,
has been sold to Capt. Theodore Krum of Mel
rose, Mass. Capt. Krum was formerly in the
steamers Philadelphia and Itasca and at one
time attempted to establish an opposition line
from Boston to eastern ports to the Eastern
Steamship corporation, and made one landing
at Belfast. John S. Emery & Co. of Boston
have sold the steamer Pacific to the Union
sulphur Co. of New York for S700, 600 The
Pacific is sister ship to the Atlantic which
was sold by the Emery company several
months ago. The two steamers were built for
the Atlantic and Pacific trade through the
Panama canal. 1t is reported that the Texas
Oil Company has bought the shipbuilding plant
of Arthur Sewall & Co. of Bath and will begin
Immediately the construction of fleet of 20
steel barges for transportatng oil in bulk