The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-04-05

king Tompkins) in apple tree, last spring, that
grew "a feet 10 inches. The longest grew feet 10
inches, and the shortest feet 10 inches. Who
beats that? ....F. ii. Gilman has moved his FAINT
~ 10 Pitts6eld ....Bennett 4 Sons running
their stave mill day and night and have large
amount Of lumber 10 saw Herbert RYAN l. sic L
with the humps. ..C.V. Follctt l. sick with infam
alton Of the stomach and bowels. II. !. Peavey
had his foot badly jammed last week by a rock
falling on it,. Mamie Bryant is at work for Il. f.
Knowles The ncghbors have turned out two a +
ternoons and hauled big pile of rocks To help re
| pair the Foilctt dam.
BuCksroRr. At last accounts. NJ v. Dixon
who ON Nov. eth last murdered William Hopkins
Of Bucksport, In Colusa, Cal. was on trial In that
place for this orense. After the commission of the
deed. Dixon escaped and large reward was of
fered for his capture A few days before Christ
mas he was captured in Illinois and brought back
| Dixon has served one term in State prison for as
sauit to murder about five years ago. He was par
doned out by the Governor. The ball given by
| the Bucksport police on Monday night was a sue
cess in every particular and the attendance was
| large. The music for the occasion was furnished
| by Messrs. Abbott and Jones, of Bangor and the
Bucksport Orchestra, and before the dancing they
|
ing began at nine o'clock and the programme was
made up OF eighteen dances Hon. G. W. McAls-
ter was the floor manager. Refreshments were
| served at intermission The occasion was a very
| pleasant one.
| MORRILL,. Rescue Lodge, at their last regular
meeting, celebrated their 9th anniversary. An eX-
ccptionaly good programme was prepared for the
occasion, consisting Of play entitled. "Check-
| mate dialogues, decamations recitations and
music, followed by a supper. One hundred mem
bers sat the tables and proved that they were no
amateurs at lodge supper. The parts in the
| play were well taken, and developed some good
| dramatic talent among our Young people. Long
may Rescue Lodge live and prosper. The good
| done by this body of earnest temperance workers,
can never be too highly estimated. Easter
mon last Sunday at the church by Rev. Geo. f.
| Tufts. Rev. B. c. Wentworth breaches next
Sunday. Mr.. l. b. Thompson is afflicted with
very poor health at the present time Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen Daggett rejoice in accession their
family of an eleven pound boy. The Ladies'
Sewing Circle meets at the Grange Hall this
Thursday evening.
JACKSON. The snow storm of last Monday made
good sleighng for Tuesday and it was quite gener
ally used. Emerson Davis has been confined
to the house for many weeks with a severe cold
and liver trouble. 1t is feared that he cannot re
cover. Alonzo f. Davis has been drawn to serve
on the traverse jury at the April term of court.
j. ii. Cook has begun saving shingles. There is
the smallest pile Of lumber for him to manufacture
into shingles ever known in his mill-yard at this
time OF the year ...J. NJ. LarTabee has again be-
gun work on his carriage shop. The assessors
are about town getting an inventory of the taxable
property. ....E. a. Carpenter has purchased
Kemp Manure Spreader lie is an agent for the
sale of this machine; also for the Buckeye Now
cr- About every other man is now an agent for
some grade of commercial fertilizer; and, to let
them tell 1t, they are all "high grade" All
best some Of our farmers used cotton seed meal
last year a fertilizer for potatoes and grain with
uneNp eced and very satisfactory results.
MONROE. Frank kenncy has been engaged to
carry on the town farm another year. Mr.. Kenney
has given good satisfaction to the town as manag-
OF the farm. Milo W. Curtis has recovered
from his late sickness and returned to his work.
-. Leslie A. knowlton has contracted To manage
the Frankfort town farm one year....A II. Mayo
has lost his genial clerk, Frank Adams. who has
gone to Boston to seek his fortune. Frank has Il
large circle of friends who wish him success......
pure bred fowls. Mr.. Moore has fine flock and
those wishing eggs for Matching should cali on
him Mice have been very destructive to young
apple trees the past winter and farmers would
like to know what the little fellows were made
for. Charles +. Riley has moved on to his farm
in Swanvlle. III. +. Haley has six fine stock
horses at Birch Grove Farm and one IIolSten bull
from the Riverside Stock Farm Co., Barre Plains,
Mass. This is a very fine animal and will hc well
patronized by the farmers of this vicinity.
BELMONT. The company assembled at the
Grange Hall last Thursday night for the purpose
Of a dance small on account of the heavy rain
of the two preceding days making the travelling
very bad......N. b. Allenwood was chosen school
agent in district No. , Mr.. Calvin Grey has gone
to Boston to find employment. .....The drama
Turn of the Tide was played at the Farmers
Pride Grange Hall, Lncolnville, Friday night toa
large and appreciative audience. Last Saturday
the shrill notes of a steam whistle, the first one
ever blown within the town, was heard proceeding
from the mill Of Mcssrs. Knight & Shaw. These
gentlemen are assured of success in their new ven
ture there being now in their mill yard about 400
cords of lumber to he sawed and teams still haul
ing. This mill is n great convenience to the farm
ers of this section, making business for them
through the dun winter months and should he en-
couraged by the community ..... Frank Z. Harden
OF Camden, paid flying visit to friends in
this town last saturday Our stage line from
Liberty to Belfast via Searsmont village has
permanent driver at present.
LIBERTY. There were three funerals in this
village last week, all elderly persons and men
tone,, in the Journal last week. We also mention
Ell in last weeks items that would give Il little
sketch of the late Hon. John e. knowlton, but
your correspondent, A. Il. - d., of Washington,
ID. C., has saved MS that trouble. a large mum
Der of the people of this village attended the OBJ
sequcs Of Mrs. Josie Mcfarland, wife OF ID. NJ.
Mcfarland, at Netherlands Corner, Montvile,
Sunday, Apr. LIST. Mrs. NJ. was young and
cstimable lady and was highly respected and sin
cerelv loved By all who knew her. Surely "death
loves shining mark. Mrs. Sallie Erskinc,
widow OF the late Henry Ershne, died III her home
in Montvie Monday morning, Apr. n. aged -
years. She a native Of this town, anl~i sister
of Judge J. W knowlton. Hiram knowlton, an
aged brother of the deceased whose wife died La
week, Is quite sick and cannot long survive. Thus
one by one the once very numerous members of
| the numerous knowlton families of this town are
| passing away from earth. We are preparing Il
1 short biography of these families which will be
| sent to the journal for publication. The first
| public meeting in relation to the Georges Valley
railroad held at Hall St. George, this village
| Monday evening March 26th. permanent organ
| zation was effected with Council lor W. H. Hunt as
| president and L. II. IIuri secretary Remarks
Were made lay Messrs. W ii. Hunt, j. o. johnson,
Dr. A. Porter, DIR. }. W. Clough. All present ap-
peared to enter fully into the spirit of the thing
with but few exceptions. They that this village
can make no further progress without the aid of a
railroad, and it the opinion Of all present that
this town would loan her credit to the full limit aid
in constructing a railroad. The meeting broke up
at late hour amid much enthusiasm to meet again
April oath. Let other towns start, and let us all
| pull together and we shall have a railroad from
| here to Rockand inside of two years.
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