The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-01-16

louuu us way 10 Inc JOuInal Omce laS(
Friday and received warm welcome.
Mrs. E. P. Frost has been Informed
that the name of Samuel Harvey in the
list of Belfast men in the service should
be taken out, as he belongs in Swanville
Leo Everett Wade, foster son of Mrs
John A. Hartshorn of Poor's Mills, ar.
rived recently in New York from Soutf
America on a vessel with a cargo O
mahogany.
Hodgdon c. Buzzell, Esq, of this city
was elected member of the executive
committee of the Maine Bar Association
at its annual meeting held in Augusta
last Wednesday.
Mrs. Annie L. Burgess has issued invi-
tations to the marriage of her daughter,
Miss Edith Louise, and Alexander Dun
can Innes at her home, No. 81 Union ST.,
at p. m. Monday, Jan. goth.
Mrs. Austin j. Fernald, formerly Miss
Hazel Ramsdell who has been employed
for several years at the office of Mathews
Mill as stenographer and bookkeeper has
resigne and Monday took like position
with Cooper & Co.
Owing to lack of quorum last Mon
day evening, the North Church Guild
will meet again next Monday evening
with Mrs. c. B. Holmes. The Mime
toska girls have invited the Guild to a
sociable to be held next Friday evening
| at the home of Mrs. c. NJ Craig.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Clay are planning
to give a private dancing party on the
evening of February 14th, either in the
Armory or Odd Fellows Hall. Fish's
orchestra of Camden, with Mrs Bessie
Reyes at the piano, will furnish the
music. 1t is planned to decorate the hall
and to make the dance the principal social
affair of the winter
The engagement of Deputy Sheriff j.
A. G. Beach of this city and Mrs Myrtle
I B. Smith, formerly of Islesboro, has been
announced. The marriage will take place
Jan 28th They will make their home
on the farm in East Belfast owned by
Mr.. Beach. Both are members of Poca-
hontas branch of the Tarratine Tribe of
Red Men and the wedding will be under
its auspices. The bridal party will be in
Indian costume and banquet will follow
/ the ceremony. The groom to-be is also
a member of the Knights of Pythias and
Odd Fellows and these societies will be
represented with other friends
There are number OF Belfast families
who have reasons to be interested in the
/ following special notice from the Boston
Herald January 18th: Seen. Peyton c,
( March, chief of staff, today officially de-
MED reports that the Goth New England
division had been ordered home, in let
ter to Congressman Gallivan of Boston.
Gen March declared that the Goth divis-
ion was not yet even on the priority list
for early return to this country. Ii
writing to Mr.. Gallivan he said, in part
~ regret to inform you that the Goth
return to the United States, but as soor
as so designated by Gen. Pershing, the
information will be made public through
the press"
Vito Mongone, a youth of about II
years hailing from New York, was ar
rested Friday IN Searsport by Consta BILE
Fred Small, on complaint made by Capt
barge at their plant in this city. The
boy had come to Searsport in veSse
and walked to this city. He asked Capt
Monteiro fol a chance to work his pas
sage home on the barge, and the captain
! had agreed to take him and had also
given him food. The boy soon after dis
appeared for Searsport with S110 in cash
and two watches belonging to the cap
tain. He was tried before Judge M. w.
Lord of the Municipal Court and found
guilty and was bound over to the April
term of the Supreme Judicial Court under
$500 bonds, and was committed to the
county Jail on default, He showed little
interest in his trial or in the sentence.
Private Edward Cobb, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Asa Cobb of Belmont and well known
in this city, who has been in France in
Battery E., 103rd Field Artillery of the
famous 10Th Division, writes Belfast
friend: 81 have been sick in hospital
in Paris for some time, but am all right
now. Paris is some city, but l prefer
Belfast any time. l tried to get the Kai-
ser, but the best l could do was to get a
button off a Boche which l will bring
home to you. The Boches are yellow.
have seen enough of them to know that.
They are bunch of yellow men. They
will come running, holding up their
hands and shouting 'Kamerade' and then
shoot our men, but we got so we just
shot them on sight. That is the only
way to treat them, Just shoot them, they
are so yellow"