The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-05-12
COUNTY CORRESPON DENCE.

CENTRE MoNTvILIE. School in Dist. No.
:. has been closed on account of the measles,
49,. The school in the Frye Dist. began this
week under the instruction Of Miss Madge
| Thonpsun.. Miss Ida Spear is teaching at
Knox. i he County Grange met with I'm
ION Harvest Grange, in this place, Tuesday.
4 very enjoyable meeting was reportell...
Mrs. c. p. Carter is quite i'll. Her sister,
Mrs. L. VI. Bellows, Of Freedom, is caring
!, for her.
| BELMONT Miss E4ie BowGoip began
Monday. Miss Bowdoin is one of Our best
teachers. .Messrs. Libby and Knight were
| in town last week buying cattle. -. Morse 4
Co. are making preparations to run their
mill by steam. ReVs. G. +. Tufts and j.
F. Tilton held a meeting at Halls Corner
, school honse Monday evening There a
large congregation and much interest was
manifested.
CAMDEN. Jonathan Evans, of Philadelphia,
was in town last week and bought thirty
acres of shore front of the Perrin Freeman
farm ON Penohscot Bay, about two miles
from Camden village, and will erect thereon
summer residence. ,Arbor Day the Rock
land base ball nine played an exciting game
with the home club. The score at the end of
nine innings was II to II in favor of Camden,
hut Umpire Howard declared the game for
feited to the visitors,
PITrsFIELp. a very interesting meeting
of the Association of Christian Fidelity was
held at the Free Baptist Church last Sunday
evening. The auditorium was filled and the
exercises included singing by the church
choir, assisted by Prof A. Il, Smiley Of
Skow hogan, who was heard in fine solo
which he rendered in magnificent manner.
There We're also fine solos by Mrs. Potter, al
ways heard with pleasure. The meeting was
in charge of Mr. Il. s. Matthews, who made
some Very neat introductory remarks, after
which came the roll-call by the secretary,
Miss Katie Farwell, when many of the mem
beers responded with an appropriate quota
tiun from the Scriptures in harmony with
the spirit of the meeting, which was called Il
'''N-' '''@ 'ii''' i''9 ii't
God. Prof Drake spoke on the subject, Re
lnembering God, and Rev. Mr.. Whitcnmb
on Goods Remembrance of U.s., and Mrs
Z. c. Bryant read LongfeloW' Legend
Beautiful,
FKANkroRr. There was an error in last
week in the report of She Republican caucus.
The statement was that James Sprague was
chairman and clerk. Now Mr.. Albert Peirce
was chairman of that committee and james
Sprague was clerk. Mrs Upton Treat and
her grand children have arrived. .. Mr..
Alexander West is building IA barn. Mrs
Dorr has moved ON the West Hill and the
carpenters are repairing the hotel. Mr..
john w. Seavey is improving the sidewalk
in front of the barber shop. We are glad
to see Mrs. Noah Blethen out once more,
after her long and severe illness. The
"Girls' hung May baskets May 2nd and the
band stand got the benefit. John Clark
and Joseph Rogers have arrived from Quincy,
Mass. The buildings of Fred b. Moore, of
this town, We're destroyed by fire Friday
afternoon. Nearly everything except the
stock was burned. 1t is supposed the fire
caught from defective chimney. Loss
81 900, partially insured.
BuRNHAM. Fletcher 4 Gilmore, who
bought the lumber mills here of Messrs Mil
liken 4 Doe are now running the shingle
saw, and will cut ont some two hundred
thousand shingles. 1t is the intention of the
new owners to take down the old saw mill
and put it up in more convenient place
and to put Il new circular saw in place
of the antiquated arrangement now in use.
This is an excellent water power but the
dam should and probably will be rebuilt or
materially repaired. Logs ran be driven
here from beyond, and there is available
lumber enough to keep the mill at work for
years. Died May 9TH of congestion of the
brain Henry L., infant son of Gershorn
Twitchell Jr, aged months and . days.
Funeral services were held the 9th, Rev. To-
bias Lord officiating. Franklin Cookson,
who has been at work in Grafton, y. H., re-
turned home May 9th. -. School in district
No. $, began April 25th under the instruc-
ton of Miss Angie Harden. -. Mr.. Charles
Miliken, of Augusta, was in town Monday
.Gershorn Twltcnel il, has been suffer-
ing for the past two weeks with a severe
cold. Mr.. Zeo Wyman visited at North
Nassalboro last week.
| APPLETON. Mrs. Helen Sherman return
ed from Mass. a week ago. Mrs. Bertha
Simmons has been quite sick but is improv-
/ ing in health. Mrs. Elmira Simmons is i'm
proving slowly. ... Geo. Ames has painted
his house. j. L. Peabody welded the brush.
....Dr. Gushee will improve his buildings
| by raZing the house from the foundation,
raising the barn. and building a new one. 1t
Will be a big job. He has begun operations.
Senator Gusllee's wife fell in the barn
one day last week, and broke two or three
ribs. 3D. l.. Wentworth celebrated the
forteth anniversary of his birth April 31st
by family reunion. He was presented
among other things, with a nice ten dollar
rocking chair. Capt. and Mrs. Kellar
are improving since their attack of grip
They are still at Kate New bert's. Mr.
William Newbert, who was buried Sunday
had lived in town almost lifetime. He
leaves a wife and three children, two sons
and daughter. Charles lives on the home
place and Will, who married a daughter OF
S. j. Gushee, lives next neighbor. Viola
who married Mr.. John Pitman, lives next
neighbor to Will. Mr.. Newbert was kind