The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1891-07-30

FREEDOM. Mrs Reuben Sibley returned from
Portland last week. Miss Brown and Miss Irish
! of Connecticut are visiting Mrs. S. H. Fuller
Mrs. Or. Harris, of Morrill,, visited in town last
week
| FRANKFORT. There has been quite a struggle
| here for a week past between the hay makers and
the rain, with the odds very much in favor of the
rain. one evening last week while Mr. Frank
I. Curtis was sending mp some sky rockets for the
! pleasure of a large crowd that had collected in
front of his store two rockets accidentally caught
lire and came near causing serious accident. one
| struck near a window in the hotel in which sever
| al persons were sitting, while the other took its
| flight farther down the street and crashed through
! a window in MIR. L. l.. Tyler's house. breaking
| both sash and glass 1t struck Mrs Thomas Clark
/ in the stomach, knocking her over and creating
/ great cumIHU.nn in general. Luckily she was
more scared than hurt and reported ali right
/ next morning. Mr.. Curtis has someN hat recovered
! from his own scare and now says that when there
| are any more sky rockets to send up he will he
/ spectator from Il distance....One evening last
| week the band boys went to the mountain district
and gave a band concert in turn. They We're treat
/ ct to ice cream, lemonade, ETC., Wy Mir. Freeman
| Snow and several others. 1t Is understood that
they will give An excursion down the bay the nth
| or l3th Of next month J.. Mr.. Elisha Treat died at
/ his home last Thurday and was buried saturday.
| lie has been failing for long time He was 81
! years of age An the folks on the sick list seem
@ be doing quite well. John Foley, the new
member on the -icb list, has typhoid fever.
swAN,ILtE. PROF Fred H., ana Mrs James
Nickerson, Of ~accarappn, are visiting in town..
J W Nickerson is improving. He was ont sun
dayNiewing his fields. Rev. j. \. Savage deliv-
cred his ttird for the day here at o'clock
Sunday, having presided AT his usual sunday
| morning service in Belfast and lea the funeral
service Of Mi. Nelson tiey OF waldo liza bridge
for the accommodation Of foot people has been
erected across Gposc river, Just below the CARR
age Way....M Miss Josephine Nickerson has been
engaged to teach the fall term of srhoo! In Dist.
No.3. Mrs. y. is AN experienced and competent
teacher and we hope the district will appreciate
their good fortune in securing her services !.
Mrs. l.. ), Black OF Boston, Misses Maud ana Net
tic Black amt the family of Geo. Allen Of Chelsea
Mass, Will spend the summer in town !. The
superintendent of streets of the city of Chelsea" &.
II. Black, was in town over sunday COW "a
{. NJ. Marden's fell OF the side of the mountain
sunday morning and WAS seriously hurt....W A.
Clark and friends of Belfast, at his cottage
ON the East side sunday MrsslS. Wasgatt, Web
4tcr and Cutler, Of Boston, arc stopping at Grove
Cottage. Mr.. Whtcomb'- family are occupying
their c"ttage... Herbert and Agnes sanders Of
Lowell, Mass, formerly of this place, Mr.. and
Mrs. Parse and Misses Sargent and Ford of Sears
port, are having an outing at swan Lake. The
Melissa NJ made the circuit IF the lake sunday.
WINrERpoKr Mir. Ira White met with al a.
cittcnt Friday which came near being fatal. lie
iad Il heavily loaded team lud the horses hpramp