The Republican journal., 1881-05-26


dergone another amputaton tn. 'hrl ore by Ne
saw and two by the surgeon.
sEARsPoRr. Sears Lodge No. -, L. o. o. F., in
sttuted here last week, meets at the Grand Army
Hall on every Monday evening After the institr-
ton of the lodge the Grand officers, with forty
members of Waldo Lodge of Belfast, sat down to
a supper at the Searsport House The new body
starts of under very favorable circumstances. The
following are the officers j. W. Black, y. {.
Alonzo \. Nye, '. g.; Chas. Z. Adams, Sec; Chas.
f. Rice. Treas; John Kane, Warden; F. II. Park,
Con-; G. w. Hammons, l. G.; VIM. +. Merrill, 0.
G.; Geo. W. Libby, r. 5. y. G.; f. = Cyphers. L.
;. y g.; c. c. Hamilton r. 5. " G.: Charles A.
Murch, p. G.
CAsTINE. Maj. Greenhalgh the popular land
lord of the Acadian Hotel, is getting in readiness for
the summer business. During the heaviest of the
storm last week. schr. Isola of this place. came in
from Bangor loaded with lumber, and misstaying,
anchored near the monument, and when the tide
turned drifted nearly to the point of Nautilus Island
where at low tide she would have been in a hard
position had not the May Queen happened along on
her trip from Belfast, and lowed her up to one of
the wharves. -. Stmr. May Queen took quite a num-
Der of Normal students on an excursion to Bucks
port on Friday. The examination and graduation
ti tIc NOIllt NtlOot VIII occur on ctl-
nesday and Thursday, june LIST and md We are
glad to hear favorable reports from our young men
in the West. They are doing well and are much
pleased with that part of the country.
CAMDEN. The Mountain st. Intermediate school
is taught by Miss Clara +. Glover. There are thirty
nine scholars registered. Five branches of study
are pursued, with three classes each in geography
and arithmetic two each in grammar reading and
| spelling. The classes in grammar are taught en-
tirely from the blackboard and orally The pupils
seem To comprehend the subject remarkably well
from this style Of instruction. Miss Glover the
teacher Is finely educated lady, Il graduate from
| lIolyoke seminary. The school room is not a very
pleasant one, but teacher and scholars have done
much to relieve its unpleasant features BY hanging
the walls with pictures and appropriate notices
and placing in the windows an abundance of flow
crs... In the drawing of the fruit cake at the bon
ton dining saloon, last Thursday Ford Currier was
the lucl one who guessed nearest its weight. Ii
tipped he scales at II lbs, II ounces DIR. Cowes
has gone To Lewiston to he absent a week. straw
| berries in market.
| WINTERPoRT George II. Hall one of our sub
stantal farmers died May 18th, age, about 90 wears
He leaves wife and one daughter. He was the son
of the late Amos Hall Esq. Mr. Hiram b. Merrill
master on the sanford boats died MAY Goth. He
| leave, wife and two sons. The steamer Cam
bridge had her flags at half mast Saturday in re
spect to the deceased. :. apt. James Downes, a
pensioner of the 1872, quite low and there
but Slight hopes of his recovery. apt Frank
Doty, of the yacht Emily was wrecked at or near
Swans Island in the storm last week. 1t was about
total loss, very little saved. The yacht was nice
| craft and owned by Albert A. LeSan. of this place
lit is intended TO observe elaboration day" Nav
Both, in an appropriate manner. James B. Colson
has sold his homestead on Washington street. south
| side, to Hon Fred Atwood. A. wa, hoped and
| expected, Rev. George Pratt ha- been returned 10
| Winterport for another year
| LIBERTY. Mine eyes have seen the sun on this
92d day of May, for the first time since NAV l4th
| We began to fear that the wrath of Conkling had
cast its shadow over U.S. hut once more the mist has
cleared away Nv. II. Hunt has shipped from his
tannely within the past month 10000 dozen tanned
sheep SKINS valued about so, 600. Mrs. Fowler has
purchased the (li,lden house near the tirst mill
and Briggs must move again. The eN-soaer, and
sailors of this vicinity making effort to organ
ize q post OF the Grand Army of the Republic....
| Freeman Baker, the boy butcher, has shipped to
Boston about - calves this spring There is Ite
| a call for girls TO do house work. We learn that
Will TAYLOR will start for California some time in
June. The Liberty and Montlille consolidated
Conet Band will give an open air concert at the
| and stand in this village on Wednesday evening
May 18th, under the direction of Prof Collins If
Portland. Willie @. Twchcll late clerk ion f 4.
| Lovcjoy, is going on the road to sell boots and
| shoes for Portland firm.
BrcK>roRT. An engineering party under the
| ,I ti,,, ,,fJ ..,l-,,
ytying for railroad TO he built between Milo
and the katahdin Iron Works...A telephone now
connects the store of Cobb brothers with their resi-
| dence about $50 feet distant. 1t works success.
fully. IIarmonica playing can easily be heard a.
well as singing, etc We would recommend th, AS
useful means of bringing out the latent talents Of
| the modest or bashful, who if they cannot be in
duced to sing before company, may shut them
| selves III a dark room at home, and with perfect
compoSule, sing to an audience 80 rods awav....
| An excursion of II Normal students from Castinc
visited this place on Friday of last week Although
| the weather was unfavOrahle it did not dampen
the spirits of the party They visited the Seminary
and in the afternoon crossed the river to Fort Knox
which they explored to their satisfaction leaving
for Casino at O'clock. chorus is being formed
rehearsals are in order, and probably large com
| pany will visit Lake Maranacook.
| JACKSON. Mr.. Joseph Batchelder, aged % wears,
| died on the 10 inst. He has been confined to hi.
bed for long time in an entirely helpless condition.
| his joints having become stif1ened and drawn out
of shape by rheumatism. His suhcrings have been
intense. The funeral took place at his late residence
| on Thursday last; discourse by Rev Albion Foge
of Brooks; text from LIST Cor. Nv. g. 80 and a w.
these passages having been selected by Mr.. T.
ions to his death. I 7 1n1 ,f M
years, who for some Years past has been living
with Joseph Whitman of this town, but has a legal
residence in the town of Thornike, was TAKEN by
the authorities of that town, to the Insane Hospital
at Augusta, having recently exhibited such strong
symptoms of insanity to he considered unsafe to
be at large Much sickness prevails among the rhil
iren of the village district. There are vet Il few
cases Of diphtheria. And now the coolest inlab.
liant scratcheh his head. vainly endcavoring to
recall a week in the month of May in any former
year that will equal last week for moisture. And
the farmer mourneth at the long vacation in his
seed timc.'
THoRNpIKE. The controversy in school district
No 6, seems to be ended \ new school house is to
be built and completed by the first Of September.
Zenas Percival, of China, is to be the builder The
total cost will be not far from 5000. The valua-
ton of the district is about $53 900. Mr.. \. H.
Clark lost four carloads of hay by fire at the Bos-
ton depot. Mr.. C.. has just been to Boston with
some Waldo county horses \. ID. Bumps went
to Lowell Monday, with handsome matched pair
Buyers are plentiful and prices good THE cars
| are bringing farming tools to the Station in great
variety and abundance. Two tons of horns from
the Freedom tanneries, We're among the general
freight last week They to be worked up into
glue. The seven Spanish Merino sheep, ownedby
Fred Patterson, sheared 81 lbs, o., of WOOL a
IL mos. Old, owned by Edward Shibles shcared 20
lbs or, and three yearling ewes averaged 10 lbs.
each This is fully up to the expectations of the
owners. Mrs. VIM. Philbrck, lady 81 years of
age, experienced slight shock of paralysis IL few
days aSo...A young man named Long, Il years of
age, has been taken to the Hospital for the Insane
by the sclectmen. His case is regarded as incura-
ble... The Dramatic Entertainment by Sayward
Lodge, i. o. of G. Il. was very successful affair.