The Republican journal., 1916-05-25
The News of Belfast.

MarQen, Elm street,
Mrs. James H. Howes entertained her Sun.
day school class of little girls Of the Unitar-
ian parish at the Hazeltine cottage at Little
River last Saturday.
Prof. Ralph p Mitchell of the University Of
Maine was in Belfast Tuesday in the interests
of the Boys and Girls Agricultural Clubs. and
went from here to Camden.
Mrs. R. H. Moody, has a tulip bed at the
Logan home on Bridge street with about sz
hundred blossoms. She hopes to dispose OF
them by Memorial Day at the low price Of AZ
cents per dozen.
Memorial Day, Tuesday, May S0th, will be
observed at the Belfast postofice a. follows
The general delivery will open one hour after
the arrival of each train mail. The city car
riers will be excused at IL, noon. and the rural
carriers excused for the day. Austin W. Keat-
ing, postmaster.
Allen Goodwin of Center Montville UNDER
went a very serious and successful operation
at the Tapley Hospital Tuesday. eel Mrs. u b.
Pendleton of Islesboro will be operated on to-
day. Thursday Emery Calderwood OF Cam
den. a surgical patient, will return home TO-
morrow, Friday.
Leslie Dodge, the Unity boy in jail for lar
ceny. attempted to escape in the storm May
18th. Deputy ]. A. G. Beach, who was near
at hand, gave chase but the boy got away
from him in the woods back of Congress
street. The officers hunted the remainder OF
the afternoon but failed to locate him. Sheriff
Cushman notified his deputies, and Thursday
Deputy Charles S. Adams OF Searsmont
brought him in The boy said he had started
for Canada, but his feet had become clustered
ond bleeding in this short trip and he was
somewhat discouraged.
Sheriff Frank A. Cushman has received word
from the State Assayist that the beer selzeo
recentlv at the Commercial House was intoxi-
eating, and Tuesday afternoon George f. Ben
son was before Judge Lord of the Municipal
Court to answer to the charge OF keeping
,ouor with intent for illegal sale and also on
single sale. He was found guilty on both
charges and sentenced in the former to flne
Of 500 and costs and go days in Jail and in de-
fault of payment 60 days additional, and for
the single sale the sentence was $50 and costs
and 20 davis in jail He appealed. with Her.
har+ Smith and Adelbert Bragg as sureties for
5000 each.
Miss Ruth, daughter of William K. Morrison
of Minneapolis, Mimi, who was the guest the
past week of her cousin, Mrs. Clyde B. Holmes,
left Friday for Stamford, Conn, where she
will be one of the bridemaids at the Pendle-
ton-Malloy wedding Mrs. Holmes gave an
auction party in her honor last Thursday af-
ternoon, entertaining members of the Satur-
day Afternoon Club, and an extra table includ-
ing Mrs. Norman A. Read. Misses Florence
Shaw. Belle Heating and Hazel Doak. Miss
Clara B. Heating won the first prize, work
bag. and Miss Doak the second, pot of
daisies Crab and tomato salad. rolls, straw
berry ice cream, cake and coffee were served
in the dining room after the game. The color
scheme was green and yellow and hand-paint-
ed place cards were in those colors.
"THE COUNTRY DOCTOR" The play in four
cts thus entitled was presented in the Colo
NAL Theater Wednesday evening. May 18th,
under the auspices of the Belfast High school
Athletic Association. Byron M. Salter had
the leading part and was sustained by good
cast. coached by Mrs. S. A. Parker. The Sc
we're storm the first part of the evening less
ned the attendance, and near the close of the
third act the fire alarm blew and many in the
audience left, but the players with remarkable
presence of mind kept on to the end of the act
During the intermisson many returned from
the fire and the fourth act passed off uninter-
rupted The play was given as benefit for
the High school Athletic Association and par
ii cularly for the ball teams expenses throug b
June. The play will be repeated Wednesday
evening, NAV 31st, at the Colonial with prices
reduced from so cents to 25 and 35 cents.
LAST WEEKS STORM. Belfast was visited
MAY 18th by the worst storm of the season,
and it ragged throughout the State. 1t began
to rain early in the morning and continued to
rain heavily until well into the night. An east
erIy gale with exceptionally high tides flood
ed some of the wharves and did considerable
damage along the shore. A number of boats
broke from their moorings and were badly
damaged. The steamer Camden for Boston
was held at Bangor and the Belfast remained
in Boston until p. m. Thursday. The steam
er Islesboro of the Bucksport- Camden route
made the trip to Camden and returned to
Bucksport, but did not make the Belfast land
ing. The steamers anna Belle and Golden
Rod came across the bay from Castine but
tied I'D here over night. At Leroy A. Coombs
boat building plant, near the Eastern S. s.
Co.'s pier, big bulkhead was washed away
and two boats on it were damaged. Bert
Gordon's launch, which had been high and dry
on the shore all winter, was foated and became
a total wreck. A launch owned by Sturgis
Dexter went ashore and had two big holes
stove in her. Two sloops owned respectively
by Charles Wright and Charles Wing went
ashore near the old Cottrel shipyard and were
badly damaged. The sea wall at the Dexter
Brown, Leadbetter and Kittredge cottages OF
the harbor front, suffered badly, steps were
DESTROYED and terraces badly damaged. The
weir recently built at Shoreacres by c. N
Smalley was damaged badly, and there was
considerable damage at The Battery to bulk
heads and sea walls
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