The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-07-14

own two seated carriage all the way from
Augusta and returned the same way. They
were at the hotel over night. Mrs. DR..
Craig visited in town one day last week. -.
Mr.. H. HI. Grants new meat market has
been opened for business about week.
Everything is clean and inviting. 1t is quite
an institution for Unity and surely should
be well patronized.
Confer MoNTvILLE. Miss Lucy Cushman,
who has been teaching at Hope, is spending
her vacation at home. Miss Inez Barker is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Horace
Barker. -. Miss Fanny O. Bartlett and Wales
Bartlett arrived from Massachusetts last
week to spend the summer with their pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. O. Bartlett. The
dance held at Clements Hall July 8 was
largely attended. -. The delegates attend
ing the Republican convention at Water
Vile We're Messrs. Perry, c. P. Garter and
Chas. Allen. Several others, not dele gates
were in attendance. The Fourth passed
without any public demonstrations. :. The
click of the moving machine has not been
heard, but this week will probably bring
active operations The hay crop will be
lighter than usual.
HURRICANE. Mr.. Benz Merithew, of
Searsport is visiting his niece, Mrs. David
Coombs. Quite number Went from here
to NinalhaNen Thursday evening to an en-
curslon and dance....Miss Emma Roberts
of Ninalhaven, visited friends here Sunday
MIR and Mrs Thomas l
Rockland Thursday 80. Tyler Coombs visit
ed here Wednesday. There was a mistake
in the Journal last week about the union
paving cutters going to work here, as there
is not paving block being crt here. The
union men are still firm. Mr.. and Mrs
VIM. Coghan, daughter and son visited Rock
land yesterday. Thirteen Italians came
here to work. hut when they got here and
found it was not settled they would not 90
to work but went away again the next morn
ing. Mr.. and Mrs. Ezekiel Merthew, who
We're visiting friends here returned home this
week. There are only two stone cutters at
work here at present, Ezra Cushman, of
Lowell, and Roland Beverage, of Vinal-
haven.
PROSPECT. Mr.. William Cummings, aged
~ years, passed away last week. He was
one of the old pioneers that never married
hut lived an Industrious, quiet life His
brother Alexander, now 81 years old, is hale
and bears his age with ease. Mr.. William
Cummings spent the last years of his life
with Libbeus G. Cummings and wife,.
Prospects hay crop will not be as good as
last year, but about the same as the wear
before, and everybody strikes in this week
We heard Hon. A. E. Nickerson saw that
Prospects hay crop ranked well up in quail
ity and he knew, for he purchased about all
that was sold. This years crop we'll cured.
with little more drying in some lots will
bring into Prospect IA good round sum-.
The late rain has sent the grain and all the
hoed crops along. The small apples have
largely dropped from the trees Irom some
cause. The two orchards in Prospect that
We're stripped by worms are leaving out
again, and the worms have disappeared
There is Vet this season two chances to de-
stroy these worms. One is to plosy, harrow
and work the ground in the orchard as it
brushes many that are burrowing in the
ground, and late in the fall keep a tarred
band arounu the trees. The above comes
from the Experimental Station. Orono, from
Professor Harvey. The Prospect Grange is
now expecting the County Grange to meet
here in August. The Prospect Grange will
have a fair and the vote is taken now to
hold fair sometime in September. =. So far
this year seven deaths have occurred in
Prospect and not one birth
MORRILL,. Mr.. Wesley Webb and wife, of
Delaware, We're guests at F. A. Grey's sew
eral days last week. Elisha Brown re-
turned home from Lawrence, Mass, Satur-
day and will remain till after the autumn
elections .. Herbert and Will Cross. of Bos-
ton, Mass, are spending their vacation at
their fathers, Mr.. l. w. Cross 80. Mrs. Mary
Abbott, of Camden, is spendinga few weeks
with her sister, Mrs. Deborah Thompson. 49,.
Mrs. Lottie Murch has returned from a
weeks visit to Camden. -. Elisha Merriam
and ID. o. Bowen attended the Convention
at Waterville last Wednesday. MI Arson
Leonard returned from Boston Sunday.
where he had been for medical treatment
new L. II. IenUecOSI, OF MOntVllle,
preached here Sunday He will be here the
I'd and 4th Sundays of each month, when
the weather is favo able. Mrs j Ohm Went
worth, of Waldo, has been spending a week
with her daughter, Mrs. X. G. Blood. Mrs
Wentworth is smart old lady, having
pieced, quilted and finished twenty silk
quilts and as many lounge spreads and sofa
pillows. All hand work. Miss W4nona
Blood, from Waltham, Mass, is at home till
August. ...Morrill Sunday School held con-
cert at the church Sunday evening. The
participants We're mainly from the smaller
children of the school and the program con-
sisted of recitatons, determinations, dialogues
and songs. The Morrill, Musical Society
also rendered music. 1t was we'll attended.
and the sum received for admission helped
swell the fund for the library
SANDY PoINr. Arrivals: Mr.. Ned Piper
and wife, of Boston, at F. Y. French's; Mr.
Austin B. French and wife, of Jamaica Plain
at Capt. IL. w. Frenchs: Mrs. Sherburn
Miss Sherburn, Miss Morris and Miss Kin
ney, of Jamaica Plain, at F. l.. French's;
Misses Louise and Blanche Partridge. of
Lowell, Mass, at Mrs. Robert Frenchs; Mr.
and Mrs. Shannon, of Plainvile Mass. and
Mr.. Leslie Bennett, of Boston, at Mr.. Ben