The Republican journal., 1892-03-31

ACuOrn Idrul, ana Will carry IL on Cne COM
ing season. DR. John Ham of Cape Cod
Mass, has bought the stand owned by the
late B. A. Hatch, and will move here this
spring to practice medicine. Letters from
New Haven, Conn, bring news of the mar
riage of Josie, youngest daughter of J. r.
Mears, Esq, to Mr. Frank Markle OF that city
Her many friends here wish her much joy in
her new relation. Rev. A. P. Fogg has been
poorly all winter. Perhaps numbering oper-
ations here were never livelier than last
Thursday morning, on the snow that came
Wednesday.
CAsTINE. At the annual town election
officers We're elected for the ensuing year as
follows: Selectmen, Luther G. Philbrook
Frank E. Lewis, Geo. W. Perkins, town
clerk, P. j. Hooke school committee, Geo
A. Wheeler, M. D., Edward E. Philbrook, M
d.. and Miss Lois Perkins, Money appro-
priated Free high schools, S325 and S122I
for other town school, S125 for repairing
school buildings; highways and bridges
$1,000; support of poor, 5000; town free library
500, increase on same % cents each poll
improvement to cemetery $50; memorial ser
vices, $50; current expenses, 5000; appro-
priated from cash On hand, 500. Rev LIE
roy S. Bean, of Gorham. Me-, will lecture in
the Congregational Church on Friday even
ing, April sth, upon ''Ihe Devil in Black
and White"
CENTRE KNOXVILLE. Charles Allen has
been drawn juryman for the April term OF
Court at Belfast Miss Nora Waterhouse
has gone to Massachusetts to remain several
months with friends A few evenings be-
fore her departure she entertained her friends
at Grange Hall. -. The musical society meets
at the home of Mrs. Edward Rowell Thurs
day evening". Milton Wentworth has re-
covered from the measles. This is the first
case, but others will probably follow
Preparations are being made among the farm
ers for tapping naples quite extensively this
season. Several have begun but have not
met with very good success. The school
meeting was held in Dist. No. 4, March 23d,
| The district voted to have two terms of town
| school and one term of Free High School in
the fall. Mr.. Elijah Gay has been elected
school Agent in Dist. No. 5.
SANDY POINT. Mrs H. W. French has
gone to Boston, to visit her children for a few
weeks. Miss Jennie Richards is in Sears
port, visiting friends. =. Capt. Charles Shute
and Silas Wardwell leave this week to Join
steamer Cimbria, that is to begin running to
Bar Harbor next Saturday. Sch. Brunette
took load of hay from here for Boston last
week. We took over nine dollars at our
potato race, We're awarded to Miss Amber
Patterson and Melvin Grant; the BOBBY
prizes to Miss Eva Shute and John Daggett
Miss Jennie French received the prize for
the prettest dress. We collected for the
Womans Aid to the American Missionary AS
day. Morris Griffin was elected agent f.
r. Daggett clerk. A beautiful robin was seen
and heard Sunday go. Several tocSs of wild
geese We're seen two weeks ago. Mr.. Frank
Perkins is employing ten men and two boys
i'll his MILL. Mr.. Joseph Grant has c,tt quite
a quantity OF ice from his mill pond
WALDO. Riley SAorey, who has been very
sick, is improving. Nellie NJ. Luce is at
home from Chelsea, where she has been
teaching the past winter. Rose Simmons,
Georgia Whitcomb and the Patterson sisters
who lately came from the straw shop have
gone to Camden to work in the shirt factory.
Charles Cummings has gone to Massa-
chusetts to work during the season. .. H F.
Hawkins and his son Jesse have gone to
Prospect to work on stone work. There
has been so little snow the past winter that
there many lean wood piles and in some
eases none at all. notwithstanding the
small amount of shedding, Emerson and
George Elwell have got out one hundred and
nifty cords OF wood. An apple buyer is in
this vicinity paying one dollar per Dbl. for
No. Is and IS. 1t seems low price after
standing the shrnkage and rot for six
months. A potato buyer would be well
come, if he would pay dollar per Dbl for
No. Is and we would keep the No. Is
BELMONT. Miss Sybil Mariner is in Bos-
ten. Mr.. Genoa Grover has gone to Massa-
chusetts to work during the spring and
summer. Miss Lizzie Mariner, of Rock
land. who has been stopping with her sister,
Mrs. w. p. Bicknell, has returned home .
The farm of W. +. Wellman was sold Mon
day at auction to Messrs. C. F. Morrill, and
Albert Moody. The stave mill of Morse &
Co. is still idle from want of water. "Sam"
says: "We must have steam; then we can
do something" Then this will be one of
the busiest places in town. -. The steam mill
of Nickels 4 Co. is booming and is cutting
out some nice slaves and headings. They
know how to do it,. The leap year ball at
Mystic Grange Hall was successful in every
particular. Every one said so, at anv rate
....The wood piles are undergoing a trans
formation, being fitted for the stove.
Frank Fletcher is in Hallowell at work in
the granite quarry. The first teacher en-
gagged is Miss Sadie Jordan, in district No. 5.
where she taught last year. She is one of
our best teachers. :. Boys, look out for those
lambs; you know every good lamb is as
good as four dollars.
BURNHAM. Messrs. Chas. B. Gilmore,
Capt. A. W. Fletcher and Ed Nash recently
bought of E. I. Doe & Co., the single and
board mills and privilege at Burnham village.
Where these mills stand the water power is
divided by small island and the late pur-
chase includes the water power east of the
island. The water pOWer on the west sila of