The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-08-04
Northport Camp Ground and Vicinity.

Waterville.
Mr.. O. I. Morris, of Boston, is at the Ocean
House, where, by the way, there is a large
transient business.
The Wheeler q Bragden cottage and the
Hodgdon cottage, on Main Street, owned by
Corinth parties, We're opened this week.
Misses Mamie Rice and Eda Butler. of
Thomaston, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs w.
w. Rice, of Wollaston, Mass, at their cot
tage ON Clinton Avenue.
The Camp Ground correspondent of the
Bangor Commercial says: ''The new cottage
Of Mrs. j. w. Dougan of New Yorl1 is tile
great feature of Nolthport."
The Woods Brothers are building a large
two-story cottage on Clinton Avenue 1t
Will be 25N;|2 on the ground and be finished
as two tenements. Mr.. TiIletts las the
jel.
Prof. A. A. Lewis, of BATH, witll'wife and
children, arrived Monday and located at the
Priest cottage. Mr.. Lewis will lead the sing
ing at the calnpmeetings next week and is
''the gllt man in the right place.
Fresh fish are scarce here now. and as to
the mice fresh mackerel' sold from the fish
carts from Belfast, during the recent warm
weather, they ''smeled to heaven" perhaps,
but the scent came from quite another quar-
ter.
"Burt's Comedians opened at the Rink
building, South Shore, Monday night, to
fai1 nd ,,tfaraI a fail
ment. The company has some good talent
and are worthy of patronage. They eat at
Stewards.
Large crowds came on the Penobscot from
up river Monday afternoon, most of whom
Went to the society houses preparatory to
the camp meeting commencing next Mon
day. Many also went to fill up the hitherto
vacant cottages.
Mr.. Price, of Belfast, does large business
in ''solsed clans and otherwise, near the
gate entrance: then ii new ''beans- -baked-iIl-
a-hole-in-the ground man has appeared in
the person of Mr.. Levi Farris, of Augusta.
He does them up brown
VIM. A. Conkling, Esq, of New York,
who is passing the summer at the Hote
Islesboro, at Islesboro, took party of ladies
to Belfast Friday Oh the steamer Emmeline
and then came to Northport on q buck board
and had dinner at the hotel.
At the Emery cottage, August !, the fol
towing parties from Wnslow, Me: MI. John
w. Mason, Howard Clifford, Misses Lizzie
NJ. MeClew, Lotte Clifford, Lou Clifford; !;
August >, Mrs. S. Iegro, Bangor: Mrs. BENZ
Webb, Salem, Mass, who viii stop week
or more.
Manager Hill has provided for a literary
entertainment Il t the Mort port Hotel next
Saturday evening. The Emerson and Alnes
Comedy Entertainers will give readings
and sketches of ID higher order than con-
mon in small places and doubtless will at
tract a crowd.
y number of our visitors went over to
Castine Sunday in steamer Viking to attend
church and enjoy a ramble in the quaint old
5own. 1t seems that the Unitarian church is
more than 100 Years old and that the vener-
able Rev, DR.. Ives, now living there, preach
ed there 30 years ago.
The steamer Viking is already carrying a
good list of passengers between Belfast and
Northport. As She connects with the trains
she proves a great accommodation to those
coming over the Maine Central railroad. In
the meantime Mr.. Hartman is still doing "a
good business on tile road
At White Rock cottage GldditionaN Mr.
and Mrs. James Bathgate and children, FuN-
croft; Capt. and Mrs. Nathan Hopkins, Ban
gor; Mr.. and Mrs. l.. +. Higgins, Brewer
Mr.. Chas. DAVIS, Bangor Mrs. f. f. Hatlla-
way with daughters Misses q. and Z. and
Hope, all from Lowell, Mass.
Mrs. James sheldon, OF roors M!lIs has
hired the room in the Bella society cot
tage, owned by Mrs. A. G. Ellis, and with
the following party will occupy it one week
beginning next Sunday; Eddie Patterson,
Mrs. Daniel Dutton, I.ida Sheldon, Grace
jackson, Nellie Harrison and Annie Went
worth.
Mr.. Hale, the carpenter, has been put ON
the night police. Mr.. Sellers will come ON
the gates next week with others. Capt.
Nickerson will be stationed on the wharf
some outrages are committed that de
serve sharp looking after, fines and jaiings.
Let the police look sharp.
The programme for the band concert Sat
uruay evening Was as follows: March,
Northport; Overture, Puritana, Bell Gavot-
tie: Grand Selection from Faust; Waltz,
My Dream; selection, Laugh Oh Coons: Sc
lection, Pizzicato Polka. The march North
port was played for the first time 1t was
the band.
a party of three couples 1rom Boston Wis
tied Mt. Percval last Thursday, on foot, and
We're more than surprised at the beauty and
grandeur of the view and scenery. Any
where near Boston there would be an electric
railway to such a spot, with magnificent
tower upon it. But Mt. Percival has only
a cheap hill of rocks Well, some day this
will be different.
Mrs. Flora ID. Knowles, of Worcester
Mass, with her niece, Miss Alice Doe, of
Owena, Mich, are occupying the Boothby
cottage, which has been leased to Mr.. W. ii.
Burbank, of Boston, who with his wife and
family will occupy the house during the
| month of August. Mr.. Boothby and family
| meantime have returned to Waterville
where they will remain until September
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