The Republican journal., 1895-12-05
searsport Locals.

George A. Mitchell of Togus spent Sunday
I'm town.
Capt. P. R. Gilkey is absent on a business
trip to New York.
Nickerson & Bailey are shipping some or
ders of spools every week.
DR.. Geo. B. Tibbetts and Grace d. Nickels
OF Orrington were in town Monday.
The Jubilee Singers will give concert at
the M. E. Church Friday evening, Dec 18th.
Sears Lodge, No. 50. 1. o. o. F., will con.
fer the degrees ON several candidates Friday
evening.
Ship Centennial, Capt B. F. Colcord ar
rived at Baltimore, Nov. 29th, 116 days from
Hong Kong.
Capt. A. A. Larrabee has made another of
his quick passages to Boston in schooner E.
L. Warren.
The Methodist sociable met with Mrs. II.
ii. McGilvery Tuesday evening. There was
large attendance.
Charles Pendleton, wife and son Of El-
more, Iowa, arrived last week, and will
Miss o. j. Lawrence. treasurer, in behalf
OF the Ladies' Circle of the Congl church.
has presented the society with S125.
Ralph Richardson, student at Colby
university, spent Thanksgiving with his
grandparents, Capt. and Mrs. j. A. Carver.
Capt. Eben Curtis Of ship Title E. Star
buck, who has been visiting lis mother,
Mrs. Lebbeus Curtis, returned to New Yor,
Wednesday,
Searsport boasts a gunner that can chal-
lenge any town iii the county. He has Slot
and secured during the game season sixty
one partridges.
The Cong. sociable which met with Cant.
and Mrs. A. V. Nickels last Thursday even
ing was fully attended there being over
hundred present.
In looking over the copy of Bradford's
History Of the Pilgrims in the Sears Public
Library we notice that only fifty copies were
printed Of the issue, making it evidently a
rare book,
- !. Merrill & Sons mill is one Of the
busiest places in town, as they have a large
store OF water and yard full Of logs, which
in addition to their grist mill and planer
give them plenty of employment.
Holding the Union Thanksgiving services
IN the evening proved success, as there
was large audience present. Owing to i'll
ness Rev. Il. G. Harbutt was unable to Off
clate, and Rev O. H. Fernald delivered the
N oh
Inspector Of the Department of Maine. Will
ham II. Simmons Of Rockland, will inspect
freeman McGilvery Post, No. 80, G. a. r..
this, Thursday, evening, and refreshments
will be served. "A full attendance ID ~
quired as the annual election Of officers
takes place.
Searsport was very fortunate in securing
Miss sibley for her lecture, Egypt in Star
light and Sunshine for its first delivery.
IThe audience was satisfied that having been
taAen hVe hundred miles up the Nile, and
SHOW by word pictures those ancient land
marks, the listless customs of the natives
and the natives themselves, all for %
cents, that 1t was cheap trip or them ana
that IN addition to having been shown ali
this, they had been most PLEASANTLY enter
tanned for more than an hour.
One OF the Maine papers says
Nou!dnt II he good idea to take some
OF the foreign mission funds and buy food
iof the hungry fishermen and clothes for
poor, siilNerlng little children who Are fac
ing it'll dread the cold blasts on the Maine
coast? In" "furrlners' who have burned
S-uO,Vt worth of mission property and have
chased our missionaries out of their country
40 MOI appea" to appreciate our efforts IN
thelr behalf. Our unfortunate New England
brethren on the Maine coast will h.. .,nnra
clatlve, we are sure. We have not heard it
stated That our beloved benighted near the
equator are suffering physically Our Name
fishermen are cold and hungry and weary
and discouraged, after irving in vain n
wiring living from the sea. Suppose We
turn away from the telescope for little
While and remember the poor chan al tha
back door.
Searsport has had an opportunity this
week to assist family of this class, who ar
rived with the cold wave destitute and soon
found open hearts and ready hands to sup
ply their needs
NORTH sEARsPORT ITEMS.
E. W. Thompson is down sick with la
grippe.
Stillman ID. Flood and family have moved
to Belfast
John 6. Mathews has returned to his work
in Boston.
Rufus Written Of Frankfort visited Asa
Carter last week
"A. Stinson, Esq, has been on the sick list
but is improving.
S. L. Dodge and wife of Belfast visited
Geo. e. Seavey last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kingsbury of Frank
fort We're in town Thanksgiving day at W.
N. Dows'.
Ed. Jackson has returned from Belfast.
where he has been employed in the sash and
blind factory.
Miss Cathie Nickerson of Swanville spent
Thanksgiving at this place with her friend.
Miss Alice Dow.
Granite Grange is still Furnishing. The
meetings are Well attended and much inter
est is manifested.
Simon Cilley of South Brooks was in town
the first Of this week, visiting his grand
daughter, Mrs. W. l.. Mathews.