The Republican journal., 1883-08-09
Searsport Locals.

| George +. Smith is improving his house by build
| ing four feet on the front.
Mr. j. A. Clement and wife are stopping this
month at the Camp Ground.
F. E. Whitcombs family are spending fortnight
at their cottage at Swan Lake.
The Searsport House is quite full of boar,lers,
but still there is room for more
y schooner of about five hundred tons for Capt.
VIM West, will be started this fall
Mr. David Mosman is making driveway around
his shore at the foot of Water street.
The Methodist sunday school took their annual
excursion Tuesday, in schr John a. George.
Mrs. Emma Huntley, of Boston, gave select read
ings at the Methodist church Saturday evening.
a vocal and instrumental concert by amateurs is
talked of, and will probably take place some time
next week.
Miss Anna Perry Hazard, of New London, c.
will be in town several weeks, and will instruct
small class in vocal music
Ed and Fred Adams, of Bangor are spending
few weeks in town, and are playing some fine solos
from cornet and claironet.
ARRIVALS. Capt. Geo. Small and family from
Liverpool; +. L. Patterson. St Joseph, Mo; Mrs.
" a. DPdi hIlidll, Ibuth5NlHc, = u
\ party of odd Fellows went 10 Belfast Friday
evening, and We're present at the rcopening OF the
elegant han now occupied by Waldo Lodge
ON Tuesday evening, Aug lith, there will be
given at Union Han fine musical concert 10y the
following artists: Mrs. Ella Cleveland Henderson,
of Boston; Miss Anna Perry Hazard, Of New
London, Conn; Miss sadie Simonton, of Camden;
| MIR. Fred r. Sweetser and Master George Harrins-
ton, of Rockland. 1t is hoped that our people will
appreciate good thing and give the sooists Il
large house.
JACKSON. |. +. Grant has the boss On. Iii.
gnt is fl. - inches, length #. ; in. and he
measures across the hips it. 4 in. His weight is
about 1900 ~. H. Gates owns over 80 head Of
horned cattle and some Of them are nice ones. Mr.
Gates has furnished Il large amount of beef 10
Belfast markets in years past and sill continues to
10 so....Owing to thc poor hay weather Of last
week some have not yet finished their having....
Rev. ID. Bracket and family are taking vacation
at Northport.
WALDO. James G. Harding, of this town, was
thrown from his carriage on Thursday of last week
and quite seriously injured. He driving span
from his house to the station, and was accompanied
by his two sons. The horses became frightened
and ran. one fell which overturned the carriage
throwing the occupants out. Mr. Harding was
picked up apparent, litelcs4, and it was some tine
before he recovered consciousness. One rib was
broken and other injuries sustained. The two boys
We're not seriously injured. The team was not
damaged
BUCksPoRr. Clifford Parker found the body OF
man among the eel grass at Bucksport Friday
morning, which apparently had been in the water
10 no Io1 hat ,fo
six inches high, with dark hair. The deceased
was middle aged man. An inquest was held by
Coroner J. W. Patterson, but verdict was rem
dered the body was too far advanced in de-
composition To allow of AN examination. 1t was
Immediately buried at Bucksport Centre The
man was probably a sailor drowned at Eanyor.
Q. p. Cunningham, Esq and family leave this week
for Hancock Neck where they intend to remain two
wceks-.... schr, Ruth Darling came on the rail
way YES terlay@wherc lie re,,iyt, Il new gang OF
rigging, and was remetalled Schr. Eyerglad,.
arrived last sunday with cargo Of coal for s. r.
Hall. Frank Dorr WAS before the local court
one day last week for selling liquor lie was found
guilty and fined $50 and costs...... Schr MARY l.
Rice is receiving new bowsprit at Whites wharf
..-.Nchr. Jennie Bealley that was recently in
collision of Cape Cod with an unknown vessel. is
repairs. 1t was fortunate that no sea prevailed at
the time of the collision, for had il been rough
weather She would certainly have sunk. After
repairs She will go to Wilmington, y C. to load for
Kingston, jamaica.
LIBERTY. The people generally are done having,
having harvested very large crop. 49,. The apple
crop Will be Light in this locality. The wire worms
are at work On the trees Their presence is indi-
Gated by dead leaves 1T the extreme ends Of the
limbs in the tops of the trees. They are working in
towards the trunk. Look on the green leaves near
The dead ones and you Will them. Their name
Is legion ..Dr. j. W. Clough has shown u7 the
products of one kernel Of rye. 1t is forty perfect
spears with the same number of perfect heads
Counting the kernels in one head we found them 10
be iiftyseyen in number At that rate upwards Of
two thousand kernels were produced from one ker-
mel of seed. Mrs. Joseph Pnkham is very Sick
James f. Brown general superintendent of the
lower tannery, has been in the employ of Mr. Hunt
for thirty eight years, deducting the time that he
was in the army during the war of the rebellion
Freeman Linscot very sick last week from the
effects of wrestling with the green apple 49, The
workmen have resumed work on the Fred knowI,
ton store. "A goodlv number of our people will 90
10 Northport to hear the Cantata on the 9Th inst
The season has been remarkably good for nearly
all kinds of crops it is astonishing how many per
sons are awarding themselves the Ist premium II
the various kinds of crops, viz: w. j. knowIton
has the best wheat in Waldo county; David Greeley
has the best oats j. W Clough the best rye; j. O.
johnson the best potatoes and cabbage, Mr.. Skid
more the best corn; J. F. Brown the best tomatoes
while it is conceded by all that Ben Harris, Of
Montyille has the best crop Of weeds, With a few
lao min ol in, t.rift
the county.
SEARsMoNT Geo. b. Dyer is about to put M a
slaughter house at the village, which will h. more
convenient Tor him than his present one . Mr.
James Fuller is about to start up the sash and blind
factory formerly run by Dickey ~ Brown.. Mrs
James Barker and family are spending a few weeks
at the Northport camp-ground. =. Miss Flora Whit
tier, who is in poor health, is fitting up some rooms
in widow Robinson'S house, where she intends to
stay through the fan Mr. Chas Ripley is spend
ing few weeks at home on a vacation from Boston
MIR Chas. CHM returned to y. ii. this week
where he is employed in shoe knife facorv.
| Mr.. Geo. Russell and wife have been in town for Il
few days visiting his family. Mr. Russell is en-
| poyed in Worcester, Mass. in an organ factory
'.N. y. True and \. A. Cushman have gone a
mackereling. ..Haying is about closed up and the
farmers generally are much pleased, As the crop is
unusually good. Quite a number of our citizens
are SICK. They are taken with what would seem
nothing more than Il cold which is followed by Sc
| we're couShlng-Some symptoms of fever and it
lasts from one to two months. The musical en-
tertainmen given here last week by the Hanoyarian
| family was the best ever IN this town.. Mr. Frank
| Googlngs met with an accident IL few DAYS since
while unloading some hay in the barn of Orrin
| Berry. He stepped backwards Of the load and
fell TO the floor, and has been laid up since with II
| lame side. William Meservey lost Il horse a few
days since by the breaking of his eg.... William
Brown, of the firm of Dickey & Brown, who short
time ago left rather suddenly, has returned home
CAMDEN, Capt. Fred A. iiosmer of one Of the
| Boston excursion steamers was in town last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd, of Philadelphia, are visit
| ing her mother, Mrs. W III. Goldman .... Rev. Mr..
! Cross pastor of the Congreg atonalist Church,
preached a very able discourse last Sunday morn
ing, to large audience, from the text Chou shalt
| not bear false witness against thy neghbor"
Mrs. Geo. w Burkett, of Belfast is visiting friends
| in Camden. johnson Knight received a cargo of
| coal last week by sch M. G. Hart. The many
| friends of Andrew Fuller were panied to hear of Il