The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-12-30

| BROWNSVILLE. X. W. Condon las returned home
| from Mass. There was il sunday school concert
and Christmas tree at the Corner saturday night
| also an entertainment and supper at West Brooks
Vile the same evening ....On account of sickness
and bad weather the '.tue'' at North Brooksyille
was not a decided success. Quite number got
together, the tree" was fairly well loaded with
presents, there was plenty to eat, and the time
would have passed OF very pleasantly, but for a
disordclly crowd of fellows WHO evidently thought
| that it was manly to make as much noise and
disturbance rs possible Homer Blodgett came
home from the Seminary Friday to spend Christ
mas lie returned Monday The heavy rain ON
| Friday night melted all the snow and now are
on wheels again. Those engaged in catching
smelt~ feel quite discouraged. One man declared
that they were 90 light that he could not shake
them on the hook and another aiirins that some
are small that there is room them for
| tail.
! MONROE. The Christmas tree 1T the hall was Il
success The receipts We're 81. The drama was
well rendered and will be repeated Friday night
of this week, to be followed by social dance
Our representative, f. l.. Palmer, will go to Au-
gusta next Monday.. Hon. +. ". Richie is again
appointed of the state auditors. W. Fish
er and Fred a. stevens will go to Augusta for a
job this winter at the state house. The Twom-
bly, brothers started for the woods Tuesday...
| Al. Ncwcomb will stock his mill with head
ing and stuve timber this winter. The following
| is the number of dozens of eggs bought by our
traders the past year, H. II. Nealley q Written,
| l50o0; f. T. Palmer, 5000: A. II. MAYO. 5000 r.
! \. Mansur, 5000. several thousand dozens have
been Sold at other places in this vicinity. Monroe
is quite an egg town. Mr.. Hiram J. Ide, who
has served three years enlistment in the U. s.
navy, returned home last week Henry Conant
has sold his stallion Ben Morris to Charles Con
ant. ...Dr Sewall had splendid violin hung on
the Christmas tree, and we may expect some music
soon from him.
| STOCKTON. The Good Templars have decided
to occupy Denslow hall the first of the year. They
meet Tuesday evenings The object of the change
was to better themselves financially. With good
management they will make the lodge great local
attraction as well as benefit. The little grange hall
they left is very coy place for social dances and
other entertainments, and will probably be much
patronized through the winter, as it has closed
stalls attached to the building where horses can be
stood in, beside having other conyeniences, nclud-
| ing a large dining hall below, with long tables,
Dishes a cook stove and all other useful articles
for dining hall AL Kelley has just bought and
put in splendid shingle He intends to saw
such stuff as may be brought in by the citizens
here either for cash shares and this last pur-
chase completes his outfit to turn customers logs
or butts into whatever he wants, whether boards,
dimension stuff shingles, laths capboartls. AL.
is turning the old mill into peoples local advan-
| tage. Stockton has always needed something of
| l ;,Io and ,bo LOT l..
likely to appreciate it THE late storm left
| about two feet of snow in the woods. The ground
is not frozen, and the swamps are bad for hauling.
-. The stockholders of Masonic block meet We'd
nesday evening Dec. 29th, and will have important
matters under consideration not intended for the
public. Richard, son of the late Capt John
Heagan, has returned from California and great
" surprised his mothers and sisters by his arrival
He has been gone six years and no one knew he
had started for home until he was here ;. May and
Alice Treat have gone to Medfeld to spend the
winter =. Mr. George Clifford died the 10Th ut p.
NJ, aged "A years, and was buried the 2lst inst He
was another of the pillars of the town, warm heart
ed, genial and universally beloved. Capt. and
| Mrs S. Il. Heustis, of New York, and Mrs. S. A.
Shute, of Boston, left for their homes Friday
ming.