The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-02-17

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day. at 2.SO p. M. with Miss Lora Maxcy. Pearl
| street.
The Universalist Social Aid will meet this,
Thursday, afternoon with Mrs. Arthur W.
Morse, High street.
The Sons of Veterans Auxiliary will have
whist party and dance in Memorial hall, Mon
day evening. Feb. 21st. Tickets Is cents.
! The Hollis Burgess Yacht Agency has sold
the AZ foot cruiser Jeanette. owned by DR..
Tapley of Belfast, Me, to w. E. Mason of
Boston Boston Herald.
| rummage sale will open in the vestry of
] the Universalist church this, Thursday. morn
ing at 10 o'clock, and continue Friday and Sat-
urday.
The students of the High and Grammar
schools are making posters. to be used
in advertising the coming Festival, which
takes place on Washington's birthday.
The will of the late Hon. William P. Thomp-
son has been filed at the Office of the register
| of probate. All his property. real and person.
| al is bequeathed to his wife. Emma A. Thomp-
son. who was appointed sole executrix without
| bond.-Bangor Commercial
tiers remained uncalled for in the Belfast post
Office for the week ending Feb. 18th: Ladies'
Miss Margaret Quiss. Gentlemen-Ferdinand
o. Butler, William B. Howard, W. W. Mason
! Capt. Sweetsir.
Belfast Commanuery, United Order of the
| Golden Cross, will give public dance this,
Thursday, evening in Red Mems hall after
brief business meeting James C. Dexter,
! Mrs. Wallace Bickford and Harold H. French
| will have charge of the program. Townsend's
, orchestra will furnish music for the dance.
Bessie Allen, one of the inmates of the Girls
| Home. who was promoted to the High school
In the February semi annual promotion, held
highest rank in history in Grade TX and won
the prize offered by John Cochran Chapter, D.
| A. R. Mrs. Amos Clement. Mrs. Frank H
Mayo and Miss ENERGY CHM have been ap
| pointed a committee to select suitable book
for the Chapter to give Miss Allen.
| Mrs. Robert P. Coombs entertained the
Womans Missionary club of the Baptist church
Wednesday evening" Feb 9th, at her home
Franklin street. Sixteen members were pres
The club is studying The Kings Highway this
winter and finds it most instructive and enter
tanning. At the close of the regular meeting
Mrs. Coombs served harlequin ice cream and
! cake.
SOUTH BELFAST. Miss Eulalia Greenlaw. a
student in the E. M. C. S at Bucksport spent
last week with her mother, Mrs. Abbie Green
law, in Northport, to recuperate after a seri-
Gus illness of the grip. Mr.. George Young
| and Mrs. Elva jackson were guests of Mrs
Minnie Holmes at Citypoint Feb. 18th, Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford Jackson of the city spent
last Friday evening with their mother, Mrs.
Elva Jackson. -. Mrs. Bian che (Pitcher) Wes-
colt of Patten is guest of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. l.. E. Pitcher, at Pitchers Pc nd. -.
Mrs Elva jackson called on Mrs. Charles Field
Wednesday afternoon.
The Executive Committee of the Musical
Society, consisting of Mrs. Thomas E. Bovker
Mrs Elbridge S. Pitcher, Mrs. Clement W
Wescott, Mrs Eon B. Gilchrest and Miss
Charlotte w. Colburn, have decided to have
an open night Tuesday evening, Feb 18th, in
the rooms of the Society on Phoenix Row.
This will be similar to the open nights which
were SO popular several years ago. Miss Col
burn was appointed chairman of the evenings
program, which will consist of several num-
bers and will be followed by rehearsal of the
Festival Music. An admission fee of ten
cents will be charged to those who are not
members of the Musical Society.
THE MERRIAM Mill Tho
Merriam lumber mill in Morrill, was DESTROYED
by fire about IL p. m. last Sunday night Mr..
Merriam was i'll at home and George Young
had left the building at about 80 p. H., after
looking after the fire, and 80 far as he knew
! left everything all right. The fire is thought
to have caught around the firebox, and when
discovered was bursting out of the roof The
mill was situated on the Merriam homestead
and is the second building burned within five
years. The loss is estimated at 81, 900: ipsur
ance, S700 There is a large amount of um-
Der in the yard ready for saving. and the mill
will be rebuilt at once
! VALUATION AND POLLS IN WALDO COUNTY.
According to figures compiled by the members
of the board of State assessors the total mum.
Der of polls taxed in Waldo county for the
past year was 1852. Belfast leads the cities
and towns of Waldo county in the number of
polls taxed, with Winterport second; Sears
port third, and Stockton Springs fourth The
total valuation of resident real estat. in WAL
do county is S6.635, S42, Belfast leading, with
Searsport second, Winterport third, and Unity
fourth. OF the cities and towns of Waldo
county, Isesboro is high line in the valuation
of nonresident real estate. with Northport
second. Searsport third, and Stockton Springs
fourth. The total valuation of nonresident
real estate in Waldo County is 1924. 93s.