The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-02-25
COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS.

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dred men We're employed for two days in
clearing them. The cold weather we have
had lately has got the better of that old
dictator, grip, and most of his victims are
convalescent. The steamer Castne makes
her regular trips from Belfast without re-
| gard to wind or weather. John l.. Goss
| has returned from a business trip to Nashua,
N. H.
MORRILL,. DR.. j. H. Harris died Feb. 9th
after painful illness, aged SO years and s
months. He leaves widow and five chill
dren. Funeral services We're held at his
| late residence by Rev. t. r. Hogue. The
remains will be carried to Waterville for
| burial. The recent snow storm blocked
up the roads and suspended business gener-
ally for several days. w D. Shaw, Esq,
of Idaho, formerly of this town, recently
sent to your correspondent string OF Indian
beads, found by party of prospectors ON
Salmon River Mountain. 1t contains 112
beads, each one supposed to have been made
! from the bone of AN enemy
NINALHAyEN. The snow storm of Thurs
| day Feb. II was a severe one here and it was
| Friday night before the roads We're passable.
| There was no school on Friday ..... II erbert
Brown dislocated his knee Friday morning
while making his way to his work through
the deep snow. He was carried to his home
ION Monday, the remains of Mrs. Charity
Ames, widow of the late Nathaniel Amos, of
| Lewiston, arrived here for burial. Her age
was about 50 Years. .....J. H. Sanhorn is cut
ting ice on the Old Harbor pond.....W. II.
Fogler of Rockland, was in town recent
| ly, on businessmen. j. Lane, of Water
vile, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. II. V. Lane..... Mrs. F. II. Smith of
| North Haven, is visiting here.
| SwANvILLE. John Kimball who died in
| Belfast recently was an old and re
| spected inhabitant of Swanville. He had
| two daughters, who died young, the eldest
| about seventeen the other younger. They
had no boys Of their own, but had ten or
more to live with them, all of whom We're
the better for living with Uncle John and
Aunt Mary He was 80 years old last Octo-
ber He was an upright, exemplary man.
| His wife died about ten years ago and since
then he has spent most of his time at the
| home of his brothers wife and the last with
| his niece, Mrs. Duzenberry, Belfast. The
| literary club met last Friday night at T.
| c. Smart's. G. Morrill, and W. Nickerson
were out of town last week. -. J ohm Royal is
| sick with the grip.
LINCOLNyILLE. The recent snow storm
caused a suspension of travel in this vicin-
| ity until the shovel brigade cleared some OF
| the solid Wilderness ont of the road -. AS
| the town meeting is near why would it not
| be well to start III the columns of one of our
county papers discussion of the subject of
| the ''town vs. the district system of rum
ming tile schools Of the State? We think that
perhaps such discussion would be of profit
to the people of this county. as there is no
| town i'll the county having the town system
800. The school at the Centre closed Friday
Feb. l., after a very successful term. taught
hv Miss Nina Jones, of this town. Miss
Jones is a student at the Castme Normal
school and is making for herself q good rec
cr,l as Il teacher. We also hear Il good re
port OF the Beach school which closed the
same day. -. MIR VIII. Mckinney recently
removed a tumor from the neck OF q colt
belonging to w. c. Marshall, of Belfast
/ PENoBscor. Lincoln Club NO. 794, I.yce-
INN League of America, has been formed in
district No. q. with fifteen members. Oc-
ers as follows. Sumner Wrdwell, presi-
dent: Herbert c. Perry, Secretary; Aury L.
Hutchins. Treasurer. Meetings every Tues
day evening". The inhabitants of school
districts No. fand $ have formed an Epwurth
League. Chapter No, -. subordinate to the
Methodist Episcopal Church, with sixty
five members. Mrs. Fausta Wardwell is
the president; Miss Grace ID. Leach. vice
president: John p. Leach, secretary Phebe
Leach, treasurer. 1t has a literary de
partment under the care of MISS Mary j.
| Dunbar. Miss Helen Dunbar is chairman
of the committee on entertainments. There
is also committee on charity. Meetings
every Saturday evening. On Thursday
evening while your humble servant was
! quietly sitting under his own vine and liz
tree, thanking his good fortune that he was
neither a country sch"olmaster nor any ones
| stepmother, he was attacked by a whole
| herd of mosquitoes, the real singing, cling
ing, singing kind. Surprised but not dis
| mayed he gave battle but before the i1nper-
| tinent, importunate musicians We're conquer
| ed he received no less than five flesh wounds
not deadly, but irritating double back
action self-ad justing book agent. While
many of the adjacent town are suffering
| severely with la grippe we are remarkably
exempt; only very few cases, and they
not severe.
| PITTsFIELD. The new Free Baptist church
| was dedicated Sunday Feb l4th The day
was fine and the house was Well filed. Had
the travelling been good it would have been
! very much crowded. Rev. r. II. Stacy of
Auburn preached the sermon in the after
noon. assisted by Rev Mr.. Reed of the Uni
versalist church. The sermon was fine the
music and singing first class. A partial his
/ tory of the church building from the starting
point over five years ago, read by J. G.
Conner. The people have worked with a
Will, encouraged and helped by our good pas
tor, Rev. S. &. Whltcomb. Many outside
, the church have rendered material aid by
their liberal donations and words of cheer
MIR. Stacy also gave very interesting lee
ture in the evening on Modern Palestine
He visited that land about a year ago and