The Republican journal., 1888-04-12

EAST TIORNnIkE. Last saturday and >tudrv
gave lis another touch Of winter The -leishug
quite good and there Is snow enough in places tn
last into luy ... There was good iuu of sap last
week, but not many trees have been tapped this
spring As usual 80. Mrs. NJ. ;. stiles of .tack-o
is stopping with her mother, Mrs. Sarah Hanson,
who has been quite lick the past two weeks. Rev.
+. ID. Taskcr and wife, OF Cornn;t, were Visiting
in town last week &c. VI. Watson left last sat
urlay for Lowell Mass. where he expects TO get
employ ment Geo T.. Files has obtained a pho
tographic apparatus amt is prepared to take all
kinds OF pictures.
FRANKFORT. At the annual meeting of the La.
dies sewing Circle the following officers were
elected Mrs J W. Scavey, Pres Mis-. John
Aveiill V. F.: Miss LIZZIE Il, Treat, Treas Miss
Annie Miswell, Sec; Mrs. Andrew Hopkins hi
rcctress. Work Is resumed on Mount Waldo and
business is lively. The Cong, pulpit was filled
last sunday by Mr. Evans, from the Fangor semi
nary He is Young man of much ability and will
supply during the year. Judge Whitchousc and
wife have been the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Upton
Treat. Mr., +. l.. Tyler is expected in town this
week ....F. l.. Hopkins is about to open fancy
goods store in what is known as the L. Il \. Treat
store The popular clerk, F. W Peirce, still IT.
mains in town and ii is hoped he will not leave us
1.-The Mt. Waldo Granite Company have ninety
stone cutters at work at present and intend to en-
plov a much larger number as soon as the quarry
is clear of ice. The first load of stone for this
season started from the stone sheds for the wharf
at $50 IL M, the It'll inst
PALERMO. ID. A. BOWERS store at North palcr
mo WAS entered sunday night, April LIST, by Edgar
q. Marden. boy fifteen years OLD He elected an
entrance by breaking out pane of glass and stole
two watches, n quantity of tobacco, pipes, dozen
jack knives, pair of pants, boots, oyershoes and
cap, amounting in value to about twenty dollars,
and started ont peddng next day. He was arrest
Ell Tuesday evening by Deputy Sheriff Z. j..
Knowlton at a prayer meeting in Fairfield and ar
raigned before j. D. Lamson Thursday at Free
dom, and bound over and carried to Jail to await
his trial at the April term of court. He owned up
and part of the goods were recovered. The
clothes he had on and they could not very well be
taken. A fire broke out at Branch mills last Sat.
urday morning about three O'Clock in +. A. Worth
ing black smith shop and Charles Dows carriage
shop. which was total loss. No insurance 10.
seph Northrops coat and pants shop, Vest Toby's
stable, and the stand occupied as his dwelling
house and as a store and Post Office, occupied by
j. X. b. DinsmOre, were also destroyed Part of
the goods and part of the mail was saved. The
amount of loss Is unknown. Partly insured Eli
Workings blacksmith shop took fire, burning the
shingles and boards of of one end, and the grist
mill took fire several times. 1t was narrow es-
cape for the remainder Of the village us 1t was 50
not know Of the fire until 1t was over.-[We had in
type when this was received another account of
this fire. which will be found elsewhere. The larg-
part Of this village Is in the town of China Ed