The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-07-27

The C. C. Raincoat Co. will make about
1000 coats per week, not month, as erroneous
ly stated last week.
| H. Fair Holmes recently had a valuable
/ young sheep shot and killed in his pasture.
Suspicion rests on boy who was seen in that
vicinity with gun.
| There will be no band concert this week on
| school common account of engagements of
members of the band. The next, and 9th, con-
cert will be on August 3rd.
twenty-five of the employees of the &. e.
Raincoat Co. were given ride last Saturday
in the Written, Wescott, Tapey and Cohen
cars to Stockton under the auspices of the
Board of Trade, and shore dinner at p.
N. at Penobscot Park.
The stagings which have been up on the
| High street side of Masonic Temple for a long
time, have been moved to the Main street
side The work of repairing the roof has
been delayed by non-receipt of the red slate
ordered.
The steamer Stockton of the Brooksville
!
Rocklano and West Brooksville Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, calling at Islesboro
and Castine each way. The steamer leaves
TiIlson wharf, Rockland, at 2 p. m. on these
days.
| An item last week reported the sale of the
homestead farm of the late Frank NJ Patter-
son in East Belfast by Charles B. Eaton to AL
onzo H. Applin, but Mr. Eaton informs The
journal that he has sold only 5 acres of the
extreme northerly part of the farm of 60
acres.
Rev. A. E. Wilson went out to Camp Quanta-
bacook, DR.. o. S. Vickery's camp for boys,
Tuesday afternoon and yesterday gave the
boys talk on birds and was to give another
talk this, Thursday, morning. MIR. Wilson has
made study of birds and his talks are both in
teresting and instructive. Prof. Hartford,
who is visiting in Belfast, was guest at the
camp last Monday night and gave the boys a
treat with comic songs and character sketches
THE PRIMARY ELECTION. There was very
little interest here in the primary election last
Monday for Republican and Democratic can
didates for nomination for United States Sena-
tor, and we should judge still less in Searspors,
where only three Democratic votes were cast.
The vote of Belfast was as follows:
Wards l 2 3 Total
Bert M. Fernald, R. ....... 4 II 8 %
Frank E. Guernsey, R.. Is II 8 So
Kenneth C. M. Stills, D.. IL II II l 81
BELFAST OPERA HOUSE. The headline at
traction tonight is the Paramount fve-p part
comedy drama, "Poor Schmaltz." with the ia
nous comedian Sam Bernard in the leading
role. Friday evening only big double bill is
offered, Billie Burke In the second chapter of
"Gloria's Romance" and Klein Edison five
part feature. ''Stop Thief" which is adapted
from the famous Conan & Harris stage farce.
At the Saturday matinee and evening shows
Douglas Fairbanks is offered in one Of the fin
est plays of the year, His Picture in the Pa
per-" also Raymond Hitchcock in two-reel
Kyetone comedy on the same bill. For Mon
day evening, Elsie Janis in 'Caprices of Nit
ty;" Tuesday evening, George Fawcett in 1.-THE
Majesty of the Law Wednesday evening, be-
sides Bessie Barriscale in 1.-THE Last Act. a
Triangle five-part play, Sid Chaplin, Charlie
Chaplin's brother, is offered in the 1.-The Sub
marine Pirate" rp-roaring four reel Key
stone comedy.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A BIG FIRE Belfast
was treated to a spectacular fire last Thursday
evening that luckily was Of short duration and
resulted in little damage. At $40 p. M, while
the band was playing on school common, an
alarm was sounded from box rs, and very
few minutes later red flames shot into the air
for distance of about so feet. 1t was ter
rifying sight, and everybody, men, women and
| children, rushed to the scene. The fire was in
an old barn or shed on Spring street in the
rear of the tenement house, SO High street,
owned by the Frank B. Knowlton estate, and
was occupied by Mr.. Bloom, junk dealer, as
a storehouse. The fire is supposed to have
originated from spontaneous combustion in
the rags. etc. The building, which Mr.. kuowl-
ton had valued at $780, was not insured. Back
of this building, with an entrance from Beaver
street, was building, also owned by the
Knowlton estate, used in connection with the
Read garage. When the fireman arrived the
roof of this building was on fire and sparks
naQ lOGReu on Lne Sneu In Lne rear OF Cne
house, which is occupied by Mrs. Adeline E.
Paige. The garage storehouse had ten cars in it,
including 16-passenger Stanley steamer which
brought the Rumford baseball team here the
day before, and on which the chauffeur was at
work. In less than FIVE minutes every car was
run out, only one under its own power. and none
suffered the least damage. Nearly all the
cars were run out of the garage proper, a
brick building the opposite side of the
street. The fremen, though hampered con.
siderably by the crowd blocking the streets,
soon had the fire under control, and at p. m
all out was sounded, but the heat from the
burning rags, etc., was SO intense that the fire.
men remained for some time longer. The ex-
citement caused Mrs. Paige to have an attack
of heart trouble, requiring the services of
physician. A hen house in which Mrs. Paige
had a number Of hens and ducks was not in.
jured in the least. Trees and shrubs on the
DR.. D. P. Flanders place. which Joins the
Knowlton property. were more or less injured.
Seaside Hose company responded promptly to
to the alarm, but its services we're not needed.
Chief Shute Of the fire department said it was
the largest crowd he had ever seen at q fire in
Belfast and there were SO many automobiles
that it is surprising no accidents resulted.
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