The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-08-20
Searsport Locals.

Schooners Avon and Empire have discharged
cargoes of coal this week for Lane.
W. A. Bracket is meeting with good success In
starting his pants manufactcry here
Everett S. Grant and family, of Westboro
Mass, have been making short visit in town.
Quite number of our captains at home.
and are without vessels at the present time.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Hussey, of Lowell Mass, are
now visiting in this town and will go from here to
Skowhegan.
The busiest place in town for the past month has
been the Searsport House. Every room occupied
most of the time.
There was a large crowd of boys, sprlnkled with
some older ones, at the hotel Monday evening to
catch glimpse of John L. Sullivan.
| We have been shown the Arnold Automatic
Steam Cooker by Mr.. f. II. Haskell, who intends
| canvassing Searsport. 1t is really novel inven-
ton.
Manager Purcell made hosts of friends here as
was evidenced by the rousing house given him at
the last performance by his dramatic company
Friday evening.
LATE ARRIVALS. Capt Chas. a. Whittier, Mr..
and Mrs. John Moorhead, Capt. Eben Curtis,
George Carver, Capt. VIM. Myers, J. c. Dutch,
Mrs Benz. Pendleton.
| BY mistake item was omitted in which we
mentioned the beautiful pillow edged with calla
lilies with the letters L. S. g. in white flowers in
the center and the elegant cross made of ferns and
purple clematis, presented by Mrs ID. S. Beas and
placed In the church for the memorial service for
| Gen. Grant
john II. sullivan received telegram Friday
81 Ia of busp hall at Ro
gor Tuesday. 1t puzzled MIN not a little until see
! ing by the journal that John l.. sullivan was at
| searsmont, he found a more careful eXamina-
ton that the dispatch was addressed John l.. and
not John II. Measures were taken to forward it to
John l.. at once. And yet the Bangor people,
cordinis to the Wing, edo not believe In mixing
base ball up with the prize ring" Ed. Journal
Quite an excitement was created here Saturday
night Y of the sailors belonging to sch. Avon
getting away with Miles Sargants horse which was
hitched near Union Hail. Sargent at once procured
a stable team and accompanied by his brother Ed.
was soon on the track and overlook the jolly tar
Just outside The village who after very short in
terviev with the Sargent brothers. who stand
feet and feet respectively, easily persuad-
ed not only to give up the team hut to go with the
brothers anywhere they said Finding him
thoroughly filed and partially unconscious after a
little moral suasion maritime friend per
mitted to 90 hs way.
Farmers in swanve complain that some per
who visit the lake make inroatis In their
and potato patches. and If traveller alights
for any purpose he is at once marked man. The
experience of one of our citizens lately is laugha-
Bile viewed from this distance, but assumed to
him at one time very serious aspect. Seeing a
fine patch of corn the road and wishing some
for roast he aghted from his carriage and start
ed for the nearest house to see If some could be
| bought. He was met hatf ray by the lady Of the
| house accompanied by the family dog which, by
the way is an animal whose appearance pet is
'aSin' him. Our friend skirmished up and tmilly
asked If some of that corn could be bought, buthad
hard work to make the lady believe that his inten
tons were honest, but after long argument
truce established and the purchase made We
assure our Swanville neighbors that people from
Searsport, who sojourn at the lake, are not the
poacher3 in their gardens.
Fatal ACCIDENT The Bangor WING of SatW-
day gives the following particulars of the death of
Ii. S Henderson:
4 very sad accident occurred on board the schoon-
er William Butnam, Capt Laribee, of Searsport,
| as she of Mil Greek, yesterday afternoon,
sailing Up to this city. Mr.. II. S. Henderson, of
Searsport, mate of the vessel and about
/ n1lN 1--WE years OF aye, WAS staining AIT LCnuuS
the main sheet, or in other words the line made
fast to the end Of the boom and holding the main
sail in its position. Henderson had blight made
IN the lire ready when the sail Ubed to slip over
| a staunchion by which he was standing. He was
holding it careessly, when suddenly the sail jibed
and the blight caught him under the chin and around
his neck strcking his head against the side rail of
the vessel killing him instantly. The vessel con
tinuet on her course up the river and when she ar
rived in port, Coroner Whitney was sent for and
he deemed an inquest unnecessary. Undertaken
Hunt took charge of the remains and they will be
carried to searsport to-day. The accident Il
very singular one Henderson had been warned
several times during the day not to handle the
sheet carelessly, but nobody thought such
less handling would result fatally. The unfortu-
nate man had several terrible cuts on his head and
neck, great was the force with which he was car
rled against the rail.
| The Wing of Monday says The Custom House
authorities have taken possession of the remains
on board the schooner William Butnam Friday.
They have telegraphed to the Searspor town all-
thorities to learn whether the deceased had legal
residence there or not. Undertaken Hunt has en-
! bamed the body.
Our seectmen have ascertained that Henderson
! belonged in the State of New Jersey. From time
to time when on shore he has visited Capt, Nj. W.
L Ills with whom he had sailed.
NoRTHHoRr. The house owned by A. e. Bur
CESS, of Belfast, situated on Beach Hill road, and
occupied by John Reeves, totally destroyed
! by fire on Saturday evening last, AT about $50
o'clock fire was discovered in the barn. the family
being absent The furniture, hay, etc, belonging
| to Reeves were destroyed; no insurance. The
! buildings insured for $500
| MoNrvILLE. Rev. C. Purington, of South Mont
vile, has received and accepted unanimous call
tc the Free Baptist church in Hillsboro, Iowa.
The church is in village Of three hundred inhab-
itants surrounded by prosperous farming com
munity. The population contains n number of
families from Maine with their descendants Mr..
P. with his family will leave for Iowa the last of
| September
| FREEDOM. Saturday afternoon, as previously
announced, the Academy re-dedcated, the
exercises taking place in the Congregational church.
Hon. 5. L. Milliken delivered a lecture on the
Crusades of the Middle Ages to large and appre-
clative audience. The lecture is regarded one
of the abest ever delivered here at the benefit |
concert held at Grange Hail. in the evening, Miss
Maud Milliken was present, and rendered several
musical selections In manner that elected much |
| applause.
BUCksPoRT. The three mastcd schooner No |
rembega is on the railway being rccalked and re
coppered... The steamboat wharf is receiving |
much needed repairs in the way of new planks and
piles The Western intermediate school house is
being shnglcd and otherwise repaired and the
Grammar school house is receiving new |
desks, plasterng and paint. Our new school agent
is doing some good work. Thursday night about
| ii O'Clock unknown parties called at the house of
| MIR. Moses Abbott at Orand point and on getting |
him to come to the door demanded his money. AS |
he did not seem to be inclined to give them what
they wanted they struck him blow the head |
which left him senseless the ground and then |
went into the house to get what they after |
When Mr.. Abbott came too they were gone and |
had taken what money they could find. We have |
been unable to find out how much they got or who
the parties We're. Friday afternoon Capt |
Winfield Leach, who has been suffering from |
rheumatic trouble for some time, getting into
MIR n. L. Hills carriage to ride home he broke the
bone of his left arm just above the elbow joint. |
DIR. Emerson was called and the set and |
the unfortunate man carried home. Friday eve
ming DR.. Savage of Bangor assisted by Dr. Emer |
| son of this place performed tracheotomy on the |
| little daughter of Joshua Whitmore OF Verona who
suffering from the formation of a membrane |
| in the throat. The operation performed very
nicely but proved insufficient to the life the
child, who passed away Saturday afternoon. This
their only child and the parents have the heart