The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-02-06
COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS.

COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE
SWANvILLE. Mrs. Alonzo Damn has re-
turned from birmingham Mass, accompa-
MED by her sister, Miss Della Preble.
AlonZo Knowton is at home from the train
ing school at Brdgewater, Mass. :. School
in district No. 3 closed Jan. Both. Zepia
Hartshorn was the teacher and very salts
factory one. Miss Jennie Moody closed a
very successful term in district No. 9, Jan.
31st. The school in district Nos l and 9
closed Feb, LIST. The following pupils We're
not absent one half day during the term
Marion Marden, Ellen Gum ngnam, Perey
kckeen, Lee Mckeen. Carrie Marden, Ollie
Marden, Chester Curtis Oracle McKeen and
Lillian Phillips We're absent only on account
Of knees Mrs. Mae Edgecomb is at
home from pittslield. ". Mr. Brown of Pros
pect is i'll the employ of Nr A. S, Nickerson.
Ia part uf our dancing public attended
the Leap Year bail at Densow's hall, Stock
ton Springs last Monday night. .. Mrs.
Nancy Marlen and Mrs. Ezra Knowtou are
quite sick. Mi. A II Ellis and daughter
Minnie visited friends in Plymouth last
week.
APPLETON. The entertainment given by
the "Black birds our local minstrel CONF
pany Tuesday evening" Jan, 18th, was a very
successful affair. Riverside Hall was pack
ed. Every seat was taken, and many We're
obliged to stand The Union brass band
furnished music. A handsome sum was
realized which will 60 to Frank A. Gushee
Camp, Sons of Veterans, Mr.. Frank A. Bean
of Auburn, a veteran IN the minstrel line,
was leading man, and the boys are under
great obligations to him for his aid J ohm
Brice Gushee has a singing school here and
also class in Searsmont. :. Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Proctor have begun housekeeping in
the house recently bought of E. d. Gushee.
80. Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Page arrived home
last week from three weeks visit TO Bath
friends Harry Pease and bride arrived
last week from New York. Mrs. A. r.
Davis fell from the top to the bottom of the
chamber stairs recently and received inju-
ries from which she will suffer long time
No bones We're broken. Saturday evening,
meeting was held in G. A r. hall under the
auspices OF the Good Templars. Rev. NJ. F.
Brigham delivered an address which was
listened to by very apprecatve audience.
A il, Newbert of Rockland was present and
occupied the chair.
BURNHAM. A large amount of lum bering
is being done in this town the present win
ter. but owing to the lack of snow most of
the lumber still remains in the woods d.
NJ. Parks is having a large amount cut on
the Hathorn place. Norris & Cookson are
doing the work and employ from 10 to 20
hands. Gershom Twitchell, Jr has 80 M of
lumber cut on his lot. Francello Common is
doing the work VIM Garcclon has 30 NJ of
lumber cut and ready TO haul when snow
comes. Cakes Dodge Will try to land so NJ
on tile river near Peltoma. VIM. Reynolds
is cutting a very nice lot Of pulp wood on
his lot, and quite a number are numbering
on a smaller scale. Bait unless a sufficient
amount of snow comes soon much of this
lumber will have to lay over for another
winter. Gershom Twitcllell is very feeble
this winter. H. E. Twtchell is so far recov-
cred from his recent shock as to be able to
he about his store by the aid of crutches.
Frank Twitchell has been laid up for the
past five weeks with a cut foot. James
Wentworth has been confined to his house
for the past six weeks with very bad cut
on one of his legs. 1t was thought at first
that he would lose the limb owing to the
hone baju0 ba1I SI,tt
John Bussler has just returned from three
weeks visit at Belfast If the reports of
the skunk hunters are all in we would say
that we think that we have the champion
hunter of the season. VIM. REYNOLDS has
killed 125 the past fall Last year he killed
145.
PITTsFIELD. F. W. Hovey, ESQ, and DR..
+. G. Bryant have gone to Washington, d.
G., and will be absent week or ten days
I'D. F. Conner has gone South ON bust
ness trip. He stopped in New York and
Washington to call on his nieces, Misses
johnson and little nephew, who have been
visiting H. P. Johnson, Miss Johnsons
father, several months, started Jan. oath on
their return trip to Wichita, Kansas. Miss
j. comes home about every summer to visit
her parents and other friends, and for two
or three summers has brought little Alex
ander her brothers little boy, with her -.
There was conundrum supper at G. A. r.
Hall Thursday night. =. Hon. Llewellyn
Powers was in town Jan. 29th and received
warm congratulations from his many friends
on the promising appearance of his candi-
dacy for governor. Miss Abbie Webb died
Jan. 2qth at the residence of w. A. Graves
from complication of diseases, aged SO
years, 8 MONTHS 13 days. The funeral ser
vices were conducted Jan. 31st at the F. B.
church. W here she had been faithful at
tendant for a number of years. Rev. Mr..
Hamilton otficated. The floral offerings
from her many friends were profuse and
beautiful. :. Mrs. Lizzie Parks is very low
and failing fast, having had two paralytic
shocks. Mrs. Levi j. Merrick is also confin-
ed to her bed with but little hope of her re-
covery. e. M. Dollotf sold + year-old Har-
binger colt short time ago to J. L. Morse for
a good price. The colt went to Beverly, Mass.
to match Nelson colt I'D. S. Spauding,
the veteran butcher, has cut up over $50 hogs
since August, and has done quite a business
smoking hams. 90. E. Libby saw an i'm
mense bald eagle soaring above his farm a
fAw davs AGO an unusual yht N thjS local.