The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-01-28

Higgins and family of East Thorndike are
Ward left town Monday of this week for
Massachusetts,, where he has been employed
for several seasons. Mrs. Henry Higgins
returned from Lowell, Mass, last Saturday.
There is a new arrival at the Station-it
is girl, and Fred bears the honors very
nicely.
SANDY POINT. Deacon Doe and wife have
been very sick the past week Mrs. Doe is
improving, but Mr.. Doe is still very sick
Their son Weston, who is in the employ
of Estes & Lauriat, Boston, has been called
home to help care for them. Capt Samuel
French arrived home from South Weymouth
last week. His son, Samuel S., has recover
ed from the measles and resumed work
Ed. G. Clifford is out again. Miss Fannie
May Shute is very poorly. Nearly every
family has some on the sick list, hut the
most of them are beginning to improve.
Rev. S. W. Chaplin was able to preach Sun
day. Services are now held in the hail..
Herman Grant is at home from Camden.
Mrs Edna CouSens was called to Thomas
ton last week by the serious illness of her
sister, Mrs. Wardwell and her husband. We
have since learned of the death of Mr. Ward
we'll. The storehouse on steamboat wharf
has had am addition built. and Mr.. Perkins
has erected large shed ON his mill grounds
&c.. Business at the mills is dull as there is
not snow enough to haul their stock from
the woods. -. Fred Shute is in Sca~sport
PROSPECT. The old folks party at Frank
Warrens was much enjoyed. Supper was
served by Mrs. Warren and the evening was
passed with plays and a general good time.
Something new for supper was served at
the residence of Mr. and Mrs. 4. q. Clark
last Thursday afternoon and evening 1t
was wholly boiled supper and was excel
lent. All did justice ON the occasion and
our reporter thinks that Clark and Warren
did more than justice Judging from the time
they took after all had an abundance.
Among those present We're Capt. jeremiah
Greenlaw and wife, of Deer Isle, Mr. Gard
ner Clark and wife, Mr.. Frank Warren and
wife, Mrs. Clarendon Gross and others. Mr.
Frank Warren and wife gave the new ma
Zurka step in very fine style. The party
ended with music from Melvin and Homer
Clark. Saturday evening the party at Mr.
and Mrs. Clarendon Gross were treated to
huled corn and milk and We're entertained
with music from Melvin Clark -. Capt AL
lard Crockett's wife passed away last week.
The funeral service was held Saturday
The sick in town are improving. :. Cold
weather is expected to come soon to stay.
with snow enough to work on.
PROSPECT FERRY Mrs q. w. Dow re-
ceiIed letters from Boston last week an
nouncing the marriage of her SON, Capt S. S.
Heagen, to Miss Celia Kelly. Capt Heagen's
many friends here extend their congratulate
tions. Capt. Heagens vessel. the Jos. w
Foster sailed from Boston Jan. ~ for Matan-
Zas. Mrs. Heagen accompanies him on the
from Bangor spending her vacation. While
in town she is the guest of Mrs Eugene
Barns. -. Mrs. NJ. A. DeNtreuX has returned
from Bucksport. where she has been stop
ping for the past two months f.. Mr. John
+. Brown has been seriously i'll for the past
two weeks with heart trouble. He is attend
ed by Or. Sti1son of BuckSport. Eden
Hartman has been confined to the bed for
the past two weeks with a severe attack of
the grlp. ...Arche Harding is cierking
Tor y. Hartman x Co... Sch LYDIA NJ
Webster of Brownsville landed grain for A
Hartman 4 Go. at their wharf Tuesday al
SO several tons of feed for Sargent Granite
Co. Two Of the new houses at the Point
are already occupied. Mr.. C. A. Colson has
moved his family into one and Mr. f. T.
Bartlett his family into another. -. Miss AL
mira CHM, who was called here from DANA
aged mother Mrs. Isabel CHM. returned to
DamariScotta Friday by the way of Belfast,
where she will make her brother Mr. Chas
+. CHM short visit. Mrs. Evander Har-
riman returned home on the Penobscot
Thursday. She accompanied her husband
as far as Rockland on the sch A,ldie Jordan,
bound from Belfast to Charleston Miss
Alice Wescott is sick with the grip at Mr..
George Avery's. Mr.. c. A. Colson, foreman
on heagan's Mt. is also suffering from an at
tack of the grip.
LIBERTY AT the time of the disastrous
fire of Jan. 18th was sick in bed with la
grippe and should not have cared if the en-
tire village had burned. with me in it. In
deed, 1 was not myself at all. I felt as though
my head and my limbs had been made for
some other person and loaned to me Tempo
rarily and that they had neglected to instruct
me in regard to their use. | am better now,
and as reason gets back into its old bunk
begin to have ii wholesome dread of fire
Well, the night of horrors has passed. The
adj usters from the several insurance com
panes have been here and have adjusted the
claims of every one to their entire Satisfac-
ton. Every one speaks in the highest terms
of the liberal manner in which their claims
We're allowed 1t has been said that corpo-
tanned losses in the fire here hold to a differ
ent opinion. Though there We're few sklllk-
ers on the night of the fire, VINO stood around
with their hands in their pockets, the people
in general are entitled to a vote of thanks
Tor the gallant manner in which they fought
the fire tiend Many We're burned to a blister
on Others to pour water on them to enable
them to continue their work. Among those
We have heard mentioned are Arthur Nor
ton, l.. f. Hurd, Lindon Cook and A. j
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