The Republican journal., 1885-07-09
Searsport Locals.
hit Tourist is on a cruise.


Capt b. F. Pendleton is in town for n few weeks.
Many of our farmers will begin haying next
Monday.
DR.. William Waters, of Lynn, is making short
visit in town.
Capt. Eben Curtis and family left for Boston by
Tuesdays steamer.
Miss Nettie Bunker died Sunday morning after
long and painful sickness.
A large delegation from Searsport attended Bar
NUNS "soak us" Thursday p. NJ.
W. A. Marks and c. A. Cross, of Lynn. Mass,
are visiting pr. p. p Nichols
Mrs. Catherine Sweeney, widow of the late John
Sweeney, died July aged u years.
Work is progressing Capt. Alex II. Nichols
| house. 1t has been raised and boarded.
Prof. Ropes, of the Bangor Theological Seminary
supplied the Congl. church last sunday.
Rev. Mir. Haskell attended the funerals of Mrs.
Sarah Nickels and Ncttic Bunker Tuesday after
noon.
Deer are quite plenty in this vicinity, several
having been seen recently in the outskirts of the
village.
Elmer Arthur Hatch, blind student from
Perkins Institute, Boston, ectured at the Cong.
church Monday evening.
District Deputy, A. g. spencer and z. O.. K. Il.
Dyer of Belfastnstalled the officers OF Sears Lodge
|. o. o. F. Monday evening.
QUICK TRAVELLING. Mrs. Warner Hamilton
| left Portland Saturday afternoon and arrived at
Minneapolis the following Monday.
Prof. c. w. Burr will open his class in elocu-
ton, on Thursday evening at 80 o'clock i'll y NJ.
to attend on that evening. See his advertisement.
Several of our former residents who are in town
for a few weeks this summer say that when the
Journal reaches them everything IS dropped which
they may be doing until the local items perused.
Arrivals this week: James johnson, Eugene
1 Carver, Esq, George Sweeney. Annie Morrow,
Mrs. Cordelia Carver Ella Morrow, Emma Nor
row James y. Fowler Capt. K. W. Fowler and
Fannie +. Smith
cablegram received Monday says the Ship
Frank Pendleton, Capt. +. p. Nichols had arrived
at Hong Kong, l04 DAYS from Car'iin. The ship
had been ashore, but particulars of the damage
could not be given until She had been placed in the
| dry dock.
Mr.. CYRUS Tihhets was in town last week and in
formed us that he had just made his yearly visit to
next November will be one hundred years old
His faculties remarkably good for one of so
great age.
| We received call Tuesday from Edward simon
ton, of st, PAU, MINI. Mr. Simo2ton attended tie
I National Encampment at Portland. and reports
that about two hundred came from st Paul 1t
was the first visit of many of the company to the
sea shore, and the trip was very much enjoyed by
ali.
Charles f. Nichols, formerly master of bark
Herbert Black, has established himself in the
music business at ll6 Dexter Avenue Mongom-
cry, Alabama. 1t Is Il branch of the large estab-
li,hment of Iudden Il Bates, savannah, Ga and
is under the firm name of Minderhout 4 Nichols.
Capt. Llewellyn Alley, who disappeared very
myaterlously about two weeks ago from his schoon.
er, the Oak Grove, lying at Bangor, is reported by
the Wing as having been seen Friday and saturday
in Ellsworth walking about the streets. He would
give reason for leaving so suddenly and was
well dressed and evidently ENJOYING himself in
Ellsworth.
Nothing like advertising in u local paper for any
thing you wish to buy sell, have lost found
just the mere mention of the loss of Mrs. Shutcs
canary bird last week brought it home within two
days after the issue of the Journal Mrs. j c.
Nickels seeing the item Mrs. Shue word that
strange bird had tapped at her window for adj
mittance just week before and calling, Mrs. ).
found her lost bird, which hal been kindly cared
for.
The glorious forth was very quiet day here, AMI
most of the celebrating was done In the early morn
ing hours The seepers throughout the village
We're aroused at about O'Clock by the booming
of cannon and the footing of innumerable horns.
al,
the cannon was directly under their window A
| vast amount of work done in placing old wag-
ons and hay racks top of buildings, and one of
our traders found his door blockaded by a large
yawl boat which had been dragged up from the
wharves. queer looking emblem had been hoist
ed TO the top Of the G. A. K. liberty pole, and field
glasses had to lie brought into use befur the article
could he named. During the evening quite dis
play of fire works made from the band stand,
and the young folks finished the day at the skating
rink.
FRANKFORT. picnic dinner and supper on
the Fourth at the summer residence of L. w. Seayey
was very enjoyable occasion. Among the num-
her present were Daniel Dyer and wife and Geo
Clements wife and family Of Winterport, John F
Ayerill of Frankfort, NJ II. Haley and Capt
Alard Crockett of Prospect, and others. With the
good company the Fourth passed of altogether too
soon
LIBERTY. Most of the people from this town
attended Barnums show at Belfast on the md inst
They went in search of curiosities and came home
curiosities themselves. The "Glorious Fourth"
passed OFF very quietly il. this locality. Mr.. H
the new stage proprietor between here and Belfast,
reports good business thus far. Many people
from the city of Boston visiting in this village.
Mrs. Sophia NJ. Low ell, Mrs. Lucy Hunt, Mrs +.
5. Hunt, Mrs. Henry Hunt Mr.. ami Mrs Joyce,
and Miss Jennie Hill are among The number.....
Miss Oracle Hunt has returned home from Provi-
ience, II. l., where she has been school for the
past year.. Mrs Geo. F. Hunt is visiting at SPUR
rel Island, and Geo +. Hunt is in Boston,. We
are pleased to acknowledge the receipt of fine
mess of brook trout from L. L. Mitchell, who has
caught more than 800 of them this year.
WALDO. laying will be delayed about ten ,ia Y 5
beyond the usual time. The crop will be much
; better than was expected in June. Farmers in
the vicinity of Waldo station have been much
annoyed by foxes carrying off poultry. G. ID.
Davis and j. q. Harding have each lost about fifty
hens and chickens, and several others nave lost
smaller lots ranging from five to twenty. J. &.
Littlefield has lost two Old turkeys and about
twenty young ones. More than two hundred dol
lars worth Of poultry has been destroyed by one
den of foxes and they still at large. We sent
five delegates to the National kncampment at
Portland, and nearly whole population to
Barnums encampment at Belfast. An who visited
Portland intend to go to San Francisco next year,
but we have not seen any one who intends to go to
Europe to visit "Barnum's Greatest Show on
Earth Some of the most laughable side show
. we went back into the country after ex.
I hibiting at Belfast July End.
BROOKS. Barnum has come and gone again the
4th for 1885 is thing of the past, and things are
settling down to the usual monotonous steady bus
mess pertaining to farm life in the country at this
season of the year. The steady dull weather of the
past two weeks, while it has nterfered with the
work of hoeing and has retarded the having season
z aweek ten days, is hailed with pleasure by the
l. farmers who were beginning to fear a serious early
I. drouth. The sturdy husbandman, with countenanct
, bcaming with satisfaction, busies himself with odd
jobs about the premises, of which plenty are al
0 ways to be found, and in preparing to take time by
!. the foreock to be ready to push when old
d 'So' does appear unveiled and radiant in the