The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-05-13
The News of Belfast.

a. camuel G. Norton brought the first
lamb of the season to the Fogg market
last Friday.
. Greenlaw began work last week on the
...cs he is to build on the Peavey shore for
,',I,;sn, C. ietchell. of Augusta.
rh. annual meeting of the Children's Aid
1.tyo of Maine will be held at the home Of
' ~ nresdent. IS Spring street, Tuesday. May
,sn, at 23Op,m.
a.. and Mrs. Frederick w. Brown have
..4 to their cottage. Sea Breeze, on the AL
sbore for the summer. They occupied the
9..aford house in Miller street during the
vuter.
~. Ada Larrabee Wildes returned to
,-yille Mass, last Friday for her hou Sc
.,3 goods preparatory to opening tea room
t5a Robbins homestead. Corner of High and
Miller streets
.,,rRrlsED LETTERS. The following let
rsmained uncalled for in the Belfast post
Ace for the week ending May 18th: Ladies'
MIS- Lucy ROBBINS. Gentlemen-C R. Bart
~, george A. Burbank, Capt. W. H. Dermer,
~. .anee e. Moore, Carl Nielsen.
,u+,ority to issue receivers certificates,
-,8rtlng to s129.075, for the payment of in
.-,.s. iue last November on the first of this
r-1 On Eastern Steamship Co., bonds was
.r.sn asst Saturday by Judge Putnam in the
l-ae5 states District court. Portland.
,,ra and Bates split even in the athletic
tbo rJax,
.rsr1.aa, Maine winning the track meet by
-s,-s of 81 to 49, and losing the baseball
ram. by a to l score. Monday. at Bruins
--ss laiue defeated Bowdoin, 10 to 8.
samuel Gilbert, son of the late Fitz W. and
r,,,,a Gilbert of Belfast, and now employed
the First National bank of Boston. called on
---4ads in Belfast Monday. He came to look
sfter tine removal of the remains of his mother,
,bo 5,ed in 1901, from Portland to Grove Gem
etery in his city.
Harry ". Baker, formerly of this city. who
had been in Massachusetts, the past year, after
,ying for a time in Camden and Bucksport, re-
Gently became insane and was committed to
an ssvlum in Worcester, Mass. His case is
,a5sidered hopeless. His wife, formerly Miss
Ale. Tjtcomb, with her four children. Hazel,
sgsi S, Bessie. 7, Harry W and an infant
son Of 5 weeks,i is IN Brewer at the home of her
tr5her Vernon Her brothers Elwood and
Arthur spent Sunday with her and brought
The older boy home with them.
MI George l.. Slipp, who came to Belfast
from Aroostook county and bought and occu-
7f-z what was known as the Boulter place, 43
Belmont avenue, has bought the trotting park
adjoining and leased it for five years to a local
gs-goration, who will hold fair there this
season. The tracks and buildings will be put
70 ldudition at once and horse owners are in
u-sj to bring their horses here for training
N. pans will be spared to make this years
tara success and further announcements will
a. u4ie from time to time as the plans of the
managers are perfected.
earring was opened in the Probate Court
room Thursday before Judge George E. John
sor If Belfast and Harry E. Bangs of Sears
port commi ssioners on an appeal from
bills presented against the estate of Charles
E. Lane of Brooks, by the executors, Kate A.
and Frank H. Lane. The hearing was continu-
ed to saturday and occupied greater part of
I1s lay. The commissioners filed the following
decision Tuesday: Bill of John W. Hobbs for
S455. allowed s38279; bill of W. E. Barker for
Sl422T allowed S1O497; bill of Harmon C.
Slower for SIG; nothing allowed.
Az OLD LETTER. Postmaster Heating re-
Gently received note from Mr.. H. L. Kelley
enclosing letter found in looking over some
I'D Eapers of Silas PIERCE & Co, Ltd 1t bears
1atH # 1880 and the postage was 19a cents
The LEI ter was not in an envelope, but was fold
70 a0l sealed with wafer, was addressed to
Ness las Pierce & Co. merchants, Boston, "
arked Belfast Nov. 25, and endorsed
-s ae Boston firm as follows: "R. Treat & Co
r-r Reaed Nov. 80, $780," The letter is as
follows:
Silas Pierce & Co.
Gentlemen:
The above amount you will
pass to our acct, CIR, when collected
shall lie in want of
p-. If Good OK Bows
@1shels of Yellow Flat Corn new if YOU
ear Estit
201 lis led Nails
os Ground Pepper
~ "lll please ship the above articles by
A latham Treat and say to Mr.. Treat that
ID be disappointed in getting his corn of
''i. James Buck, Respectfully yours
for Robert Treat G. Co
Charles H. Pevin
'iHamson's History makes no mention of
71ra hrm as Robert Treat & Co, dol 1g bust
HESS 10 Belfast, and it may be that they were
long business in Frankfort hu+ re.a;uod
,aet goods here