The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-04-10

MayHowers have appeared. The folia &c
is in good condition and the flowers we'll
developed.
Large numbers of auto license plates
are arriving daily from Augusta. They
have raised white numbers and letters on
reddish brown surface.
There was more skim ice on the shore
and under the docks the past week than
at any time during the winter. Ice cakes
have been an unknown quantity IN the
records of the winter of l9l3-19.
SewalI B. Fletcher has been appointed
assistant ianitor at the Belfast Post Oftic e
building and has entered upon his duties.
Enoch F. Anderson, Civil War veteran,
has been substituting in the position for
several months,
The will of the late Abner G. Gilmore
was probated Tuesday in the Waldo
County Probate Court. After providing
for his burial, etc, a monument on his
family lot in Grove Cemetery, several
beuuests to his nieces and nepheWS, he
gives to the Belfast Home for Aged
Women and the Girls Home $50 each, in
recognition of the good they are doing in
their respective fields of labor,
u. II. VI. M Alitu L. Sul tlo, dCColl-
panied by Walter Lyons, George O. Fris-
bee, Charles Thomas and Frank l. Will
son of Timothy Chase Lodge, Roy E.
Young, E, Hayes, Norman A, Read
Raymond Blazo and John L. Dow OF
Phoenix and Chas. Bruce of Lebanon
Lodge of Norridgewock made the trip tc
> Northport IN the launch Louise last Satur-
5 day night TO inspect Excelsior Lodge, f.
and A. M The third degree was worked
on two candidates A picnic supper fol
owed the inspection, Nessrs. Curtis and
Lyons VIII 90 to Stockton Springs next
day night to inspect Pownal Lodge
/ The seasons work will close with the in
spection of Phoenix Lodge next Monday
, 4 evening.
O. f. Frost received a telegram Mon
day, announcing the arrival IN New York
, Sunday morning of the new fve-mastet
{ schooner Jennie Flood kreger that left
here Monday, March cath, under com
mand of Capt. William t. kreger OF
Fairfield Saturday a telegram was re
ceived from Thurlow &, CrOwell of Boston
her managing owners, stating that she
had been reported at Martha's Vineyard
This was a great relief as much anxiety
had been Occasioned by her delay in reach
ing New \ ork, only about AZ hour rur
under very favorable conditions. She
had months provisions on board. Free
Black, son of MI and Mrs. Martin Black
of Northport, is second mate. James g.
Dexter of Belfast was the guest of Capt
kreger, on the trip to New York. Or
Friday, Vlnalhaven man on the steamer
Lake Pearl which arrived at Searspor
told Leroy A Coombs that he believes he
saw her on March 18th anchored off Hand
!, kerchief shoals although he was moi
near enough to read her name. He stated
that he saw a revenue cutter patrolinl
, near her and believed that if she needed
help would have assisted her.
A GERMAN SHELL AND HELMET
Ralph H. Howes is displaying in his store
window his gift from Corp. Steven Far
) rell of Lewiston, the largest shell case
: carried by mortar trench gun. 1t was
time shell and on its base bears the
word "Berndorf," 1t is engraved with
: ''Verdun, 11-l1-i1, 1918" and embossed
with an ornament taken from the bride
/ of horse that was blown to pieces OF
Verdun. Miss S lie NJ. Partridge received
by mail Tuesday an unwrapped German
helmet with the compliments of Belfast
boy in the service. 1t bore three twelve
cent U. S. stamps, the name of its reel
, pient printed on the outside and on the
inside, also the quotation: "Permissicn i,
hereby granted to send this Boche her
met to the United States. Maj. H.
Bowles 1t had seen wear and was dent
ed scratched and rou2hened in small
sections The two-inch leather sweat
band showed great deal of wear The
r most interesting part of the inscrip tions
was the bit of news that Albert w Stew
ems then in Souilly, France, had beer
promoted from Lieutenant to CAPTAIN
and is still in the service
' The shoe factory team won from the
alley team at the Ward Alley last MONDAY
2 evening in score of 2248 to 2186 The
tally:
WARD ALLEY