The Republican journal., 1883-09-13

BURNHAM. The town is building new and
Substantial iron bridge over the Sebastcook stream
to replace the one known as the Eel Weir bridge.
The two iron spans so and 60 feet in length with
20 feet of stone work at the approaches The struct
ure is being built by the Connecticut Iron Bridge
Co.
MoNTvILLE. j. w. Plummer, recently cut both
of his feet quite badly in attempting to stick AK in
log. MIR. Burton L. Lamb of Boston who has
been visiting friends here returned home last
Saturday Some of our citizens will attend the
State Fair. The early frost has killed the in
many places. Some have begun to dig their
potatoes, of which there will be good crop.
PENoBsCor. The Ladies in District No. will
hold a fair and levee in the school house Wednes-
day the u inst for the benefit Of the NJ E. church.
....Herbert W Leach of the Jeanette expedition
will lecture in the Town hall Saturday evening the
18th inst. His subject is life iii the Arctic Reg
ions. II. Perkins & Co. are building store
house for flour and corn. Horace Hutchings is
building new barn. Capt. Perkins is putting a
new mainmast in his schr., the st. Leon.
CAMDEN. Capt. Ezra Bramhall arrived with his
steamer Sunday from Bar Harbor, where he has
been with her during the summer. Capt. Z. s.
Hodgman, formerly of Camden, was in town last
week He is to command the bark E. Cushing. =.
Two barns on the Simonton corner road together
with 80 tons of hay, the property of c. Nj. Knights
4 Son, We're burned last week Paul Stevens and
wife left for Washington, Wednesday Errold
Hosman is spending few weeks at home. .Guss
Knights spent last week IN Boston, looking at the
fall fashions ...Horse trot at the West Camden
Park Thursday.
MORRILL,. Village school began last Monday,
taught by Albert Stephenson of Knox. .Dellie
and Oscar Storer are attending school at Bucks
look for employment. ....Mrs. Josiah Cross and
Mrs. f. A. Gray are among our sick ones both
h avns been confined to their homes for a long
tim MAUD Mcars is suffering wit sore eye
paralysis of the lid. Crops quite generally
We're killed dead by the late frosrs, damaging corn
and beans very much. Potatoes are being dug
and promise a fair crop. The drouth is very
sex ere upon pastures; wells and springs dried
up, and cattle are being fed from the barns.
CAsrINE. One of the ablest and most interest,
ing sermons ever heard in this place or any other,
was preached by Prof. Riddle at the Trinitaran
church, on Sunday morning last....A forest fire
has started in new place in Brooksville, on
kench's mountain near Bucks Harbor. Large
columns OF smoke can be seen rising from that
place and it is reported that some buildings have
been burned. The Rev. Str. Manhattan, which
has been running on the Lakes, was here on Fri
day last, and sailed for New York, where she will
he sold or repaired She was cony Dyed from the
Gut of Canso to Cape Cod by the Woodbury.
Schrs. Yankee Blade and Mile Trim arrived on
Thursday with coal for the Castine coal Co....G.
NJ. Warren Esq. and wife started for Burlington,
Vt. on Monday, to attend the marriage of Mr. War
ren's brother to lady of that place.
MONROE. The frost of last week did much
damage to crops. Corn suffered good deal, as
dld late planted potatoes. Frank Bailey is ship
ping his spool timber IA new stand for the
Judges is to be erected on the Park this week. 1t
will be two stories high with all the modern i'm.
MIR. q. r. Gould, the leader of the
Band has received a set of music for fall and
Winter..J. \. Mckinney has gone to sea for his
health. Another of our Old and respected citi-
zens, Rufus Robinson died Sept 9Th, aged about 70
years. ..Joscph Palmer raised an early rose potato
weighing ! a pounds. Rufus Mansur has gone to
the Aroostook county hunting. a large amount of
bear oil is expected when he returns Lots of
building is being done and carpenters are very hard
to get. Two large droves of cattle passed through
here last week. Governor Robbie passed through
this place Monday evening The band with about
one hundred and fifty citizens turned out to meet
him, and he made speech agriculture and the
industries of the State, which was well received
and heartily cheered.. ....A. j. Curtis and b. r.
Moore are building circular swing which they
will take to the fairs this fall.
LIBERTY. Mistakes will happen in the best of
families AT least such was the case in this town
few days ago. One of our solid citizens of some
sixty summers being troubled with rheumatism
and having a firm belief in the power and efficacy
Of the extract of Witch Hazel ponds Extract to
alleviate pain, retired to his bath room in the twi
light hours to battle his corpulent body in that de
coctlon. After giving himself a thorough rubbing.
he discovered Il kind Of sticky feeling which was
out of the usual course. On stepping to the light to
ascertain the cause, he found that he had mistaken
the bottle and had been bathing himself with liquid
shoe diaching. Well, he has resumed his natural
color, but they have had to suspend work in the
tannery for the want of water and there is a nota-
Die scarcity of soap in this market. Mr.. Prince
Nelson, a young man who has been at work for Dr..
ClouSh for the past five years, married sun
day last to Miss Maud yelling, young lady that
has been in the family of Mr.. j. j. Walker OF this
village, for the past two years. They leave for
Portland on Wednesday and will 20 on a wedding
tour to the Province of Nova Scotia. On their re-
turn they will settle in Hudson, Mass Mr.. Nelson
Is very fine young man and we are sorry to lose
him. The best wishes of the entire community 20
with him. Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Lowell will re-
turn to their home in Boston on Wednesday. -.
Mrs i q will Wat 10,
to visit friends in Brooklyn, \. w.. Miss Margie
Morse, daughter of l.. C. Morse, Esq,-who is de
yeloping wonderful talent in music for girl thr-
teen years of age, playing the most difficult lessons
that can be produced, at sight, the piano. will
leave for Boston on Wednesday the 18th for a term
at the \. E. Conservatory of Music
BUCksPoRT. Our Tannery has been obliged to
suspend operations for lack of water. II rain does
not fall soon Mr. BIodgef will sustain quite loss
from unfinished work. In the meantime Mr.. Brit
ton, the superintendent, will be found along the
banks of our ponds anG streams, his companions
the rod and gun. red Moses was home last week
for day. He has been doing a much larger bus
mess in the floral line this year than last. He re
ports that the Bar Harbor people are prepared to
cruelty "Our George" when he makes his appear
ance at that place. Causes Playing rich while
there, and reporting the truth (?)in the Journal.
Capt. Abram Luikin and wife of Galveston, Texas
are visiting this, his native town. We are glad he
still takes an interest IN our village. Capt. l.. has
been very successful as a business man, besides
holding many positions Of honor and responsibility
at the South. Prof. Clifford who obliged to
leave the Seminary last fall account of his health
and go south for the winter, is now here visiting
his brother, our local Methodist minister He Is
much improved since coming north and has gained
lG lbs. Maine air did it....Mr. Charles Skinner
son of our Post master, preached his first sermon
in this place last Sunday. lie IS student of the
Bangor Theological Seminary and one of our ri5
ing young men. The complimentary benefit to
the Bucksport cornet band last Saturday night by
the skaters at Emery Hall was grand success.
The band gave fine out door concert last Friday
night. The new music in place of the old quick
steps is a great Improvement MIR. and Mrs. e. Z
Emerson entertained at Narramissc cottage, Ala
moosook Pond, last Friday, party of intimate
friends. Mrs. Daniel Robinson, formerly of the
Robinson house was one, and her friends will Ge
glad to learn that she has recovered to be
of the number, and also Mrs. n. 7. Hill, who has
just recovered from severe sickness. On Sat
urday and Sunday last, Mr.. and Mrs. J. w Patter
sons latch string was out at Idlewilde cottage
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