The Republican journal., 1892-02-11
The Republican Journal Thursday Morning. February H. 1892

potatoes tuesday. CnaS. Lane OF BROOKS is
buying hay in town and will begin shipping
it from here soon. Lots of lumber is being
hauled to Sayward's mill =. Hosea Hubbard
is at work for Stephen Larrabee, of UNITY.
Leon Parsons left town Tuesday morning en-
route for the Kennebec, where he expects to
work at ice cutting Several members of
Harvest moon grange attended Pc mona
grange meeting at Belfast Tuesday Mrs.
Chas. Bellows of Freedom, left hys train
Tuesday morning en- route for Augusta.
RIVERSIDE AVENUE. Jan. 2lth Mrs. Cora
NJ. Blanchard closed very successful and
profitable term of eleven weeks of school
The whole number of scholars registered
was twenty; average attendance nineteen
The following scholars We're not absent one
day: Luie Nickerson, Cora Nickerson, Lena
Shute, Maud Shute Arthur Shute, Merrill
Shute. Mary Erskine, Adelaide Erskine,
Edna p. Erskine, Robe Erskine, Frank
Heartson Fred Heartson, Fossie Crocker.
Absent two days each on account of sick
ness Blanche Croker and Martha Crockrr.
49,. Mrs. Frances Heath goes to Boston this
week to meet her husband. Isaac Shute is
happy. He has carried up all his tirewood
| and has it prepared for the stoNp.... The sick
ones are all better. La grippe, we hope,
is about over here.
N1NALHAvEN. Deputy Sheriff I. NJ. Cal
derwood is i'll from hemorrhage of the lungs.
..,. Sheriff J. W. Gray, spent Sunday at
| Nnalhaven. La grippe has been very pre-
| Valent here. whole families being i'll at one
| time... Mr.. Kimbal, owner of the steamer
Emmeline ON the route between this town
| and Rockland, was in town last week. He is
well satisfied With the business of the line,
and says his new boat will be ready some
time in June. The town officers began to
audit the town accounts Monday. IA ref
cree case was heard here last week before
| Messrs. A. A. Davidson, j. S. Black and c.
E. Boman. The case was one for wages be
tween Nison Andrews and Will Paige. \.
S. Littletield and A. a. Beaton Of Rockland
We're the counsel
! UNITY PLANTATION School in Dist. No.
| /, Unity Plantation, taught by Miss Myra
| Libby of Unity, closed Feb. 5th after a pleas
ant term of twelve weeks. Whole number
of pupils IA; average attendance u. The
| follow ng pupils We're not absent during the
term: Etfe Getchell, Edith Bacon. Meta
| Grant, Maude Flagg, Glare Grant, Mary Ba-
con, and Jimmie Brown There was an Ell
tertainment III the evening, consisting of
declarations, charades, dialogues, reading
| and vocal and Instrumental music The parts
We're ali very fine and credit to both teach
Ell and pupils, Miss Libby is Young teach
er but gave universal satisfaction. -. There
is just snow enough to make good travelling
and everyone is making good use of it,.
Mrs. Geo. Flagg is still contine3 to her room
FRANKFORT. solomon Holmes, the oldest
resident in town, died riday, from the ef-
feet of la grippe. His wife is not expected
To i've long. Mr., II. was born i'll Belgrade
Me. and was over eighty-tive wears old. -.
Daniel Bray, aged seVtnty-six years died at
his home Monday, of the grip. He leaves 4
widow and two children. Mr.. Bray WAS
a christian man and was loved bv all vii,
| knew Him. w lyman Thomas, who has been
| Very i'll for about two years, died Mednts
day. He was about twenty wears cid Mrs
Thomas Pages health is much better. de.
Mrs. Rowe Emery has recovered from the
grip. The track is good on our pond, and
IL good deal OF trotting has been done. !.
Isaac Clark shot fox Thursday and is
mounting ill.,, Tommy, Prospect is mot il
it,. The books have arrived for the new
reading room and already the old and Young
are porting over their pages.
SwANvILLE. La grippe seems 10th To lei
90 its grip. Several of our citizens have and
are having turn at il, and among them are
| Mr.. and Mrs. Billings, Mr.. and Mrs j l.,
Nickerson and Miss Martha Nickerson All
are improving. Capt.. T. b. Nickerson
while hauling a load of lumber from Nick.
ersons MILL saw tit to leave his 23-vears-old
colt in the street without hitching. Some
thing started the horse and he went for the
| lamp-post which broke short off breaking
| the lamp into pieces. Mr.. Josiah Nicker-
SON. colt gave him a bit Of ali overturn last
week. AS the animal seemed little skittisl
Mr.. n thought he would drive him to a pile
of wood he was shying from But that
| didn't work we'll, as he soon found himself
| in a drift OF snow while coty was making
| for home at railroad speed. He was caught
without damage except little shaking M
of his driver. The Literary Club will meet
at Hon. A. f. Nickerson's next Friday eve,
800. Mr., Wilbert Nickerson sold last week a
| heifer two wears and six months old for $40.
| Mr.. \. has a contract with Massachusetts
parties for y 900 fence pickets.
| BUCK SPORT Because Of the news received
| Wednesday evening of the death 1t Rock
land of Mrs. John McInnis. mother of one
of the east. Mr.. T. +. McInnis. the rendition
of "Above the Clouds is indefinitely post
| poned. -. The ChriStumatneans will give a
public entertainment in the Franklin street
Nj. r. vestry next Friday evening, and one
week later the members of the Achvlian So
ciety will do the same, these being the only
public meetings of the literary societies for
| this term of the +. NJ. c. Seminary At "A
meeting of the ladies' literary societies at
the K. NJ G. Seminary on the evening of
Feb. 9TH the following programme was car
RED out: Scripture reading, by tie presi-
dent of Archyllian society. Miss Mary Me
| Kay prayer by Miss Chadwick reading of
records music, Miss NJ. Nichols speech
Miss Nettie Nicholson: question: Resolved