The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-07-29
searsport Locals.

FIFTY guests ut the Searsport House last Friday
Rev Almond J. RackliG of skowhegan is spent
ing his vacation in town.
f. r. Daggctt, of Sandy Point has sold a num-
Der of very fine pianos in Searspor.
The regular monthly collection for the support
of preaching will be taken at both churches next
sunday.
Rev. X. q. IIorbutt, recently from Yorks shire,
England, has been engaged to supply the Congl.
pulpit for season.
Arrivals this week Capt. Chas. A. Whittier,
Capt. W. II. Gilkey and family, Capt. Alfred Clos
son and III. ii. Grant.
Mrs Lucy A. Nickcs left for san Francisco
Monday to Join her husband Capt David Nickcls
of ship Belle of Bath
Hundreds of people from the cities are visiting
relatives in this vicinity. 1t will be the country
cousins turn in the fall
Mr.. Charles Dudley and wife, Who have spent a
vacation of several weeks at the Searsport House.
left for their home in Boston saturday.
Robert Porter, .Jr. who has situation in one of
the largest wholesale groceries in Minneapolis, is
| spending Il few weeks vacation in town.
W. Grinnel has a gang of workmen repairing the
|
grade the grounds and make 4 modern summer
cottage of it.
Joshua Adams accompanied by his sisters Miss
| Ella Adams of Camden, and Mrs. Leland and
daughter of New YORK, with half dozen of his
nephews and nirce-, dncd at the Scarspor House
one day last week
At a regular meeting of the j. @. j. Club Tues
day evening the following resolution was unani-
mously passed: Resolved, That no persons not
members Of this club will be admitted except as
prescribed in the rules and regulations
The Scarsport band rcorganizcd last saturday
evening and chose s. l.. IIammons leader G. +.
| Adams, Sec and Treas, G.. l. Merrill, i. Q. Sar-
gent and A. \. DUMMY trustees This move meets
the appreciation of all our citizens and will no
| doubt receive cordial support.
An attempt is being made to start several small
| manufactures here. This is 4 movement in the
right lircction and if encouraged will no doubt in
| the near future he the means of calling home many
of our Young men and women who have been
obliged to 20 abroad for a livelihood.
| \ party of twenty six joined the base ball
sion to Bangor last saturday, and were well pleas
ed with the trip. one enthusiastic captain who
has been all over the w"rld, -ays no finer scenery
| can lie found on the globe than is seen i'll Penob
| scot bay and river at this season of the year.
Mr. Kenney and crew are boring II we'll at the
Maple Grove Campgronnd and when this is done
they viii move to the village and begin on Il wei
| for the town near the public square. This will
supply a long felt want by those owning animals
near the village there is no opportunity for man
or beast to procure drink of water in that vcin-
1 "a
We aNcnothing new concerning the cougar cN-
! ccpt that he sat for his picture. 1t happened in
| this wise The animal came down the westerly
| side of the pond and some one seeing it Informed
! Miss Lizzie Smith who 1T once caught Il large
| sheet of paper and thc animal WAS plainly Wis
| bc from the back door of her residence made Il
! fine charcoal sketch OF him--which has been view
| c'i with wonder by many Of our citizens who have
not had Il look at the original.
| MIR. {. II. Monroe recently boughta watch which
| is more than 40 years old 1t was formerly the
property of one of the original propretors of Wal
do grant, and has been kept an heirloom in one
family for more than 100 years. The names of
seven different watch makers who have made re-
pairs on the old heirloom were found on papers
inside the case. Amongthem are Geo >. Stodtlard,
No. y Ann ST., Boston; Benjamin swan, Augusta,
who charged $l035 as appears by memoranda on
the back of his slip: ID. y. Dole IIallowci, charg
ed seven -hiliings and siN pence for his repairs;
j. X. Hopkins, of Prospect, seemed TO have clean
| ed up the old timer long before the town was di-
| vded Oliver Gerrish, of No. Is Jones Row, EN-
| change St, Portland, Jan. .th, 1870, mended the
hands and cleaned the watch for ninety -SiN cents;
| Calvin Iiervy Belfast appears to have have had
| it in his shop in 1852; :. NJ. Il. Written, who was
at Main st SealSport, worked on it two dollars
| WORTH sept Both, 1859, Since then the old watch
has struggled ON without repairs Or the fashion Of
putting the paper Slips in the back has gone out of
date. The watch made in Liverpool and is
numbered 1.t2. Mr. Monroe hooked ON the chain
brushed up the running gear little, and the old
watch licked of it did four five generations
ago when brought by the old continental to this
region; then bowling wilderness.
TmoHNplkE. o. j. farwen ha- sold his lot Of
! wool to the Cascade Wooden Mills co. Of Oakland
....The farmers are about done haying and have
| harvested an average crop....A A. IIurd was at
home sunday. Sayward Lodge has voted to have
Il new set of badges. Geo. L. Wood is preparing
to build a house this fall. &. II. Rich and family
will leave for Temple Heights next saturday to
| spend few weeks.
| CAMDEN. The steamer Queen City uf Bangor
took two hundred and fifty eNclusiomist- from
| Camden to Bar Halbor saturday. On her return
trip. near Bass iIarbor, steam pipe burst filling
| the boat with steam and creating Il panic, some
thinking the steamer fire. She slowly the
| distance of Il mile and half and made Bass liar-
Dor, where the steamer Cimhria, Of the Bangor and
Bar Ilarbor route was tcleginphcd for. After
several hours delay the Cimbria took the pas>en-
gers arriving home safe sunday 1T ) A. NJ.
| CASTINE. Judge Goodenow is having a tower
| built on the south side of his cottage, from which
good view of the bay and harbor can he obtained.
1t ais" improves the appearance Of the house.
| The beautiful yacht Winona, owned by Mr.. lIorS-
| torlof Boston, came in on Friday to remain few
days. The wifr"f Mr., IL. is spending the summer
| AT lockwood cottage, biccs Head. ..Some of the
| Young people summcrin% here, together with Il
| few Of the Young folks of the village play lively
games of tennis in Fort George, when the weather
| permits. The yacht Daphne brought 4 party
from Northpurt on sunday to stop hcrca few hours.
| In the party was Mr.. Geo. kimhal Il former grad
uate Of the Normal school. Stmr. susie May
came in ON saturday with a party from Fort Point
to visit the town for an hour. Mrs. Robbins,
mother of II. l.. Robbins Esq. died on saturday,
| aged $ years The North Castne Iampmreting
| will commence on Monday Aug. Is.
LIBERTY. Mrs Il. f.. IIowes died at her home
in this town the 10Th inst. Mrs. IIowes was about
30 years of age, and the mother Of folI.ten chill
dren, who all living and were present at the
| funeral ON Friday last they all came 10 this vii
lage and had their pictures taken in group, by
Prof. Howe. Ii was an interesting sight to see the
fourteen brothers and sisters, ranging in age from
I'D II he