The Republican journal., 1896-05-14
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE,


STANDPOINT. Mrs. Fred Shute and little
son are visiting her parents in Searsport. -.
Miss Inez Maxfeld left Friday for Patten,
where she will teach school. Gr. A. W.
Shute of steamer Penobscot spent last Sun
day with his family. N. C. Partridge is on
steamer Sedgwick as steward. James
Showers, who is attending school at Hamp
den, visited relatives here last Saturday and
Sunday Sunday was very hot day here.
The thermometer stood 81 in the shade. -.
Dandelions, violets and straw berry blossoms
have been seen.
MORRILL,. During visit to the Morrill,
cemetery recently we counted forty family
monuments, most OF them rich in design,
cut from costly stone or Italian marble. The
latest erected was for the family Of Samuel
Nhitm0re by James f. Fernald of Belfast,
and is OF superior workmanship and finish
The die is Of Italian marble, draped, with
the Holy Bible, square and compass on the
face above the Inscriptions. On the top of
the die rests a closed book surmounted by a
draped urn... Arthur Hatch went to Belfast
last week, where he has employment as a
| clerk with Swift & Paul, grocers. Mrs. l..
| A. Robinson returned home from W htman,
| Mass, last week.
| PALERMO. Rodney Nelson was hauling a
| load of lumber from the mill, May 9th, with
three horses when the brake broke, throw
ing him off and the load passed over him,
! hurting him badly. AT this writing he is
improving. The horses ran down the hill,
running over the leader which was badly in
jured. The other horses We're not much in
lured. Allen Goodwin and wife were call
ed to Montville Saturday by the sickness of
her father, I. S. Hatch, Elmer Worthing
is building carding mill. 36 by 40, at Branch
Mills, to be run by steam. He has bought an
engine and cardlng machine, which will soon
be in operation. Snow may now be seen
on the northeast side of Fred Young's hill.
ISLE AU HAUT. A correspondent writes
"Mr. Phinney has completed the road from
road, so that now we can drive from the vii
lage to the wharf, which will be great con-
renitnce to us. He is at work on the
road that leads to Head Harbor and expects
to complete 1t by the first of July. MI
H. G. Sproul, the Bar Harbor marketman
has sold to wealthy Boston aud New York
parties 800 acres of land on Isle au Haut, the
price paid being S3o,oo0 The new owners
of the property, all of which is fine shore
land and admirably suited to summer uses,
will at once make improvements upon it
and Will prepare it for seaside residence
/ One quarter Of the land sold was owned by
the heirs of 7. G. Woodman, Esq, of Bucks
port.
RFLMoNT. Phidelphus Newbert of Cush-
ing is in town visiting relatives. Miss Lii
lie Goyens of Belfast was in town Sunday
and called On her friend Miss Inez E. AL
lenwood. ii. Willis Fenwick of Lincoln
vile was in town Sunday....F. A. Tower
was in Warren the last of the week ON busi-
M IS Inez f. Allenwood visited
friends and relatives in Belfast aud Lincoln
Vile the last of the week. vi. Miss Gertrude
NJ. Thompson is in Belfast at work for Mrs.
Geo. W. Boulter. "A. J. Donnell was in
Morrill, April 26th on business. AN the
schools in town will begin Monday, May
18th, with the following teachers; No. l.,
Miss Inez E. Allenwood; No. ?, Miss Grace
Pendletcn of Belfast; No. 3, Miss Gertrude
Grey of Castine; No. 4, Mrs. Linda Grey of
Morrill,; No. ), Miss Lura B. Bennett of
Centre Montvile.
CENTRE LINCoLNvILLE. The schools in
town began May 4th, under the instruction
of the following teachers: Miss Myrabelle
Miller in the Heal district; Mrs. George Ma
honey, Miller district; Miss Edna Lamb,
Lamb district; Mrs. Herbert Simmons, Mat
thews district; Miss Annie Drake, Young
town; Miss Helen Leadbetter, Deantown;
Miss Edna Rackliff, Rackliff district Miss
Wadsworth of Appleton, Hills district, and
Mrs. Kate Knight at the Centre. :. Mr..
Adelbert Drake is at home from New Hamp-
shire. Misses Lena Hall and Hattie Glenn
ent are visiting in Camden. Quite a num-
Der of our citizens are giving their houses
coat of paint. Miss Myrabelle Miller has
returned from Frankfort, where she visited
her sister, Mrs. Frank Grey. -. MIR. and Mrs.
Andrew Donnell visited friends in town
Sunday.
w hLbO- ADouU IlIbJ VI GIlo ITltuuS anu
neighbors of Mr.. and Mrs Warren johnson
paid them a friendly visit May 7th, which
was the goth anniversary of their marriage
Supper was served from nine to twelve. and
was all that was needed in quantity, quality
and variety. AS entertainers Mr. and Mrs
johnson have no superors, was the unani-
nous verdict OF all present. The guests left
as reminders of their visit a handsome
stuffed chair, large enough for two, water
set pickle jar and several other articles that
we did not know the names of. Friend O.
q. Hussey was the Justice of the Peace and
j. r. Littetield Master of Ceremonies, II. C.
Bailey best man and Mrs. j. g. Littleted
brides maid. j. +. Payson is very sick
with kidney trouble. Mrs. Israel Jones
has been quite sick, but is better than week
ago.. Miss Marcia Simmons who has been
sick for long time, has so far recovered as
to be able to ride out pleasant days. Very
little farming has been done as the ground is
50 SLOW in drying off. IA town meeting is
called for May 18th to take some action in
regard to a suspended school. The new law
seems to be a fruitful source of trou hIe in