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

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| There will be five Sundays next month.
Oliver P Clark who is at work at Milford, Mass
| was in town this week.
| Capt. A. A. Larabee has hauled up sch. VIM
| Butman for the winter.
6. A. Robertson and family are spending the
holidays at Capt Joseph Parks.
| Charles +. Rice and Charles Pendeton leave by
train this evening for Minnesota.
j. w. Black has begun cutting ice for our local
market He finds it about one foot thick and very
| clear.
| Schooners Banner and Woodruff are carving
large quantities of wood to Rockland and are max,
ing about two trips per week.
Capt. VIM. II. Blanchard of ship Gov. Robbie is
at home making preparations for his family to ac-
| company him on his next voyage.
| Ourpcople are about evenly divided on standard
and local time, and it seems to he hard struggle
to make some of our cid navigators adopt the new
time.
Grinnell recently sold the pair of Unity black
trotters to Boston parties for $500. He also sold
fast pacing mare to same parties, and has recently
received another invoice of drivers and workers.
Numbers of our citizens made Christmas pres
ents Of a Years subscription Of the Journal to
friends residing abroad, which no doubt will give
more pleasure to the recipients than present cost
ing double or treble the price
The American Express agent here received IS
pieces by boat Monday, the largest express freight
ever delivered here. We are informed that the
company took twenty tons by rail into Bangor in
ma ta,-l Loo. t,,-a1,-a
A. J. Biathcr had on exhibition Christmas week
| twelve chickens raised by Capt. |. c. Park that
weighed IS lbs. The largest tipped the scales at
81. lbs. and was only five months old when killed.
They were of the Brahma and Wyantlotte
breed.
We have received card from DR. Stephenson,
but too late for publication in this issue. lie says
he has no intentions of leaving Searsport and was
only absent looking after business interests, and
may now be found at his office as usual. Ed.
Journal
| Manager Weber has been induced to give a
matinee Saturday afternoon for the benefit Of the
children, who will be admitted for ten cents each
adults twenty cents. As the play is "Under the
gas light, with the famous railroad scene, Mr..
| Weber may expect full attendance.
| The following elected officers of Sears
Lodge No. -, |. o. O. F. last Monday evening for
ensuing term: Dir. F. a. Davis y. G.; f. A. Col
son, '. g.; j. W. Black, Sec. c. +. Adams, Treas
| Trustees, Fred Houston, Abner Warren and f. b.
sheldon. The officers will be publicly installed by
District Deputy c. W. Haney Wednesday evening
January 9Th.
| The Boston Comedy Company which is playing
here this week is giving some fine dramas and
comedies, with change of programme each night,
and il is to be regretted that they are not better
| patronzcd. This [Ihursdav) evening they play
"Thc American Flag. Touch it who dares, for the
benefit of Freeman NcGilyery Post G. A. II. As
! il is seldom So good dramatic company visits us
it is hoped thai having rendered an evenings ben
eft to the veterans that this entertainment will be
well patronzcti.
Notwithstanding the ncicmencv of the weather
Mr.. sawyer and class had a full house for their
cantata Christmas The piece was well han
died and gave evidence of much study and patience
ON the part of both teacher and scholars. Mr. Saw
yer is deserving of the highest commentator for
the pains he has taken i'll gratuitously teaching
this young class for more than a year. The ranta-
Ia is to be repeated at an early date, the proceeds
to be devoted to the purchase of books to be used
by the class.
SHE HAD NO PILOT. Miss Emma IIichhorn the
efficient clerk III Mr.. Geo. W. Burkett's dry goods
store, Belfast, accomplished the remarkable feat
sunday afternoon of consuming three hours in a
drive from stockton this place. She left her
father house and was advised to take |; back road
as there was more that route. Although
brought up in the vicinity She lost her way and for
| three hours wandered up and down the earth She
knew not where. Darkness came ON and she be
gan to enquire her whereabouts At one place She
was mistaken for Il tramp and refused admission.
At last, tired, and with aded horse, She reached
this place and remained all night. She had !: lady
with her Miss IIicLborn's friends have advised
her to take pilot the time She starts ON Il
journey.
The following taken from Il recent issue of the
Boston Daily Globe will be of interest to our Sears
port readers as officer James Orr born and re
sided here until few years ago:
\ figure in white, that of a women claSping a
chid to her breast, walking along the street as
calmly as if pacing the floor of her chamber, star
tlcu ohcer Orr of the fourth police division az he
was latrolling his beat on oak street about > 30
o'clock this morning. So mysterious was the ap-
pcalTtnce Of the figure that the policeman at first
feared that he was aSlcep but he WAS quickly be
hlhi inc seeming phantom and followed it until he
learned that he was watching flesh and bood
Then to his establishment he that the women
was III htr Dare rect she seemed to be wandering
almlessly and that the night the coolest for
many days, or That she was spectacle whose like
pcfiidp9 never was seen III Boston before She
neither knew nor cared. She was in her night
cloths, and the babe upon her breast was asleep.
All these discoveries the officer had made in
much less time than it takes tell the story Step-
ping IN front of the woman Orr about to speak
to her when he was again startled 10y the IMPRESSION
ON her face The eyes were open, but fined as if
IN death there was in them vacant look that was
iilcApilcibt, ana 1t was evident that she moth