The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-03-15
Searsport Locals.

Notices are posted to draw jurors to-day for the
| April term of court.
Mr.. Williston Grinnell received news from Lib
erty Monday of the death of his mother.
The NJ. f. Sociable meets this Thursday evening
with Mrs. Capt. A. Field All arc invited.
Mr.. Frank G. Watson will go first officer of the
ship Jacob E. Ridgeway now at New York.
Mr.. b. c. Adams and wife, of Camden, have been
visiting Dr. Hopkins and family this week.
Last Sunday Rev. c. l.. Haskell received two
persons from probation into the NJ. f. church.
Bickmore is taking a short vacation and J. l..
| Hamilton is driving the stage for u few days.
Capt. James p. Butnam left Monday for New
York to take command of ship VIM. II. Connor.
No signs of water from here to Long Island, and
we still predict the date of an open harbor April
l1h
| Capt. John q. Pentleton left for Minneapolis
this Thursday morning and will be absent several
months
Collection Sunday morning at the Congregational
church for the "Mainc Congregational Charitable
| Society,"
Friends of Rev +. H. Osgood will he pleased to
learn that he will preach at the NJ. f. Church next
Sunday.
No news from the outside world was received
here from Monday evening until Wednesday af-
tcrnoon.
Alva Treat has rented the Eureka market and
proposes to keep an A fish stall during the sum-
mer months.
Advices from Philadelphia say that Clifton Cur
It's continues to improve, and is able now to sit up
part of the time,
ID. 4. Richards arrived home from Madrid last
week. where he has been employed in the spool
mill for several months
W. \. Bennett who has secured situation in
Bucksport with I. L. McAllister, carriage painting,
left for there last Wednesday,
ship Henry $. Sanford having been condemned
at Manila, Capt. b. f. Cocord and family have
arrived at San Francisco on their way home.
steel key was lost at Union Hall the night of
the Methodist supper. The finder will be suitably
rewarded by leaving it at the store of p. j. Beals.
The last quarterly meeting for the present con-
ference year will be held at the Methodist Eplsco-
pal Church Sunday evening, March 18th. Rev. F..
ii. Osgood, p. f., will conduct the services.
Several of our young men will attend the spring
term Of the +. NJ. Conference Seminary at Bucks
port. and among them Cyrus Nichols Will
Field, Columbus Carcy, James Erskine and IIor-
ace Il. Haskell.
The searsport Mfg. Co. meet at the Academy
building for the purpose of Incorporation Satur-
day afternoon at O'Clock. All the stockholders
are notified to be present as business of import
ancc will be transacted ut the meeting.
The warrant for the annual town meeting is
posted and contains forty-one articles. The only
special articles are two asking for scwcrs-onc in
the Merihew lane, and one Nichols street where
one of the town reservoirs overlows the road,
making quagmirc of all the lots in the vicinity,
Overlooking cellars and gardens, and causing in
c"n\ eniencc generally.
Last Monday night during the storm Il canary
bird came and tapped at the window of u. G
Smiths residence. Upon his wife going out the
br! permitted her to take it i'll her hand and bring
ii in. 1t proved to be fine singer, and as the
wind was eastcrly no doubt it came from that di
rection. Mrs. Smith VIII gladly restore it to is
owner
The NJ. f.. church scciety's supper and enter
tainncnt last Thursday evening at Union Hall
was more generally attended than any of the
similar affairs this winter The tables were well
supplied as is usual on such occasions here. No
town in the State has better cooks, or more bounti-
fui givtrs to Il church supper than Searsport.
Two hundred and forty-four supper tickets were
sold, and nearly three hundred attended the en-
tcrtainmcnt, which consisted of broom drill by
twelve charming Young lodics dressed in white,
together with vocal and instrumental music, con
GLIDING with an acting charade The receipts for
the evening were $50.
Under the caption,"A Peaceful Armada in Polt"
the New York Evening sun recently published an
account of the arrival of large fleet of deep sea
sailing vessels bringing cargocS from the remote
parts Of the globe. OF the bark Albert Russell,
now chartered for New Zealand with general
cargo the sun says:
After long wait on the sizzling coast of Peru,
sea, and fresh water is worth Its weight in gold,
being brought some hundred miles, the bark AL
bert RUSSELL loaded with S,0u3 bags of nitrate of
soda, arrived in ninety days. She pOughed the
Pacific safely, played tag with the ccbergs that
hang out around the Horn, and arrived off Hat
tclas to be visited by an immense wave, which
swept everything movable OF her decks and NOR
tally damaged an extra choice pudding which was
being concoctcd hy the cook iii honor of nearing
home