The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-08-26
SearSpOrt Locals.

Rev Charles Harbutt of Bangor, has been visit
ing his brother.
Capt J. b. Nichols and family arrived by steam
er Wednesday,
Clement Il Adams want good sewers to learn to
make custom clothing.
John Lancaster has moved into the Wentworth
house, near Lanes store.
Sch. Brunette is being thoroughly Ncrhauled
and repaired in WalTen's dock.
DIR. J. Stephenson is occupying Il cottage at the
South Shore, and is taking much needed rest.
The spool mill has received extra orders and
the boys will have to omit Campmeeting this year
Fourteen persons from here and stockton went
on the Boothbay excursion on steamer Penobscot
Hamilton X Lancaster have bought of Frank
Berry Belfast "A complete livery team to be added
to their stock.
Augustus L. Mosman has begun building cot
tage at swan Lake, near j. ii. Lanes, for Messrs
sheldon and Beals.
There will be no service at the NJ. +. church next
sunday as so many of the parishoners are at
Northport camp ground.
Charles Averil, Frank Fowler, VIM. MEG. Buck
and wife, Jean Nickerson.
News was received here of the loss of Capt
Herbert b. Winters bark the Indcayor, which
was stranded at sagua, Aug. 23d.
Lud Havener made the quickest bicycle time on
record from the camp ground to Seareport, Tues
day, coming l0i4 miles in - minutes.
Mrs Howard Mosman ana two daughters who
have been spending the summer III town leave for
their home at North Reading Mass to-day.
The new mail arrangement gives u a through
Western mail with daily evening Boston papers
some three or four hours earlier than by the old
schedule.
Rev L. L. Haskell informs a. that the ceehra
ton Of Chldren'- sunday at North >carsport Is in
definitely postponed owning to the temperance
rally at Northport.
Itis hoped the repairs ON the Goose River bridge
will he made in less time than required to fix
the old toll bridge. our citizens have not for
gotten the three months they drove around the
upper bridge
+. \. Col-on, our photographer. has on eNhihi-
ton cabinet pictures Of four generations on one
card consisting of W. J Dodge 81 years Old, his
daughter Mrs. Rosenbaum, and her daughter Mrs.
Ellis of Washington, d. C., and her little daughter
Carrie May, year old.
The Boston journal of the oath devotcs two
thirds Of Il column to the Atkinson x Cook drama
tic entertainment at Portsmouth, y. H., in which
Richard +. smith, our talented Young artist APP
pcared a. one of the support in the debut OF Miss
NJ aud Banks, youngest daughter of Gen. y. +.
Banks.
The 18th Maine Battery Association, which held
it, annual reunion at Houlton this year voted to
meet next year at searsport, June 2Sth and 18th,
los7. Col. Freeman Mctilvery commanded this
battery, and >earspoit always has a hearty
ception for the old veterans they will doubt
have a good time.
The crew the artesan we'll struck water at
, 30 =. Nj. Friday depth of ~ feet They
found two veins of water and after Il thorough
trial with force pump the well was pronounced
never falling and the machinery was removed.
The pump is to he set some time this week, with a
granite trough. The estimated cost is about $l5n
special examiner Williamson was here Monday
looking up testimony i'll the pension ease of Han
nah J. Gordon, mother of Prescott staples, a mem
Der OF Co Il, 10th Me. Regt., Who died in 1868 on
board the steamer katahdin on his passage home
Mr. Williamson will probably bc present at the re
union of the 26th to-day at Belfast, where he Will
no doubt easily obtain volumes of testimony as the
Young man a fine soldier and well known.
Mrs. Iucullus Roberts a visitor in town, in
forms a. that she has for some time lived next
door To Mrs. Sarah ] Robinson who was arrtigned
before the >omcryille Police Court for poisoning
her son Willie, and who il suspected of murder by
the wholesale. Mrs. Roberts says She thought this
one of the happic>t families in >umeryillc, they
always had house fun of company. Lizzie, the
daughter who died last spring, a fine musician
and frequently entertained the guests with vocal
and Instrumental music. Every one in the neigh
borhooa was much surprised when Lizzie died AZ
She had always been considered one of the health
lest persons the street and the last person
whom She supposed would ever die of consunp-
ton, the cause alleged at the time OF her death
AT recherche dinner given at Quietude Cottage.
at The amF ground which j. occupied Ivy Mr..
Eheu CuIt-, among the invited guests was an cA-
editor Of the Boston Globe, Florida correspond
eni nt the sea Breeze and several of our citizens
and their friends who spending a vacation at
the grounds. Plates We're laid for eighteen.
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