The Republican journal., 1896-07-09
NORTHPORT NEWS.

business trip to Boston.
James W. Clark and family of Camden are
at their cottage at Temple Heights.
Miss Carrie Louise Cleveland Of New York
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs Fred P. Reed.
Miss Gertrude Emma Hall of St. Paul,
Mimi, is visiting her sister, Mrs. E. B. Elwell.
Capt. John Crockett returned last Friday
from a very successful fishing trip down the
bay.
Mr. Emery Brown spent the 4th and Sun
day with his family, returning to Rockland
Sunday evening.
Miss Marion Call of Boston arrived Sun
Mrs. Amos Pendleton.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Whitney of Boston
came last Saturday and will spend few
weeks rusticating here.
Miss George Devereaux closed a very sue
cessfui summer term of school last Friday
and returned to her home at North Castine
the first of the week.
Mrs. Clara Hopkins is at home for the
y
at sea with her husband, Capt. William
Hopkins, of sch. Star of the Sea.
Mr.. Charles Pendleton, employed as a
book-keeper for Boston firm, came home
Saturday morning for brief visit, but was
obliged TO return on Mondays boat.
The click of the moving machine and the
swish of the scythe again heard and the
air is redolent with the perfume of new
mown hay but the crop will be very light,
and will call forth the strictest economy on
the part of the farmer to stretch this sea
sons yield to the coming of another spring.
The hop at Union hall last Friday evening
was a very enjoyable affair The attendance
was large, the music fine, and the number
Of dances kept everyone busy until the dawn
of day The managers received a very salts
factory amount of is to / and were CORE
spondingly happy, so much so that soon
they will announce another of the same sort.
The copious showers of Saturday and Sun
day We're a much needed blessing which
everyone was truly thankful for, as vegeta-
ton was suffering greatly for rain to revive
the sluggish growth of all kinds of crops,
The drouth had made the farmer unhappy,
but now he walks through the fields with a
smile on his face and is happy in the belief
that his reaping will be profitable and
abundant.
The 4th was a very quiet day here. The
rain in the morning and the threatening
aspect Of the weather caused the postpone
ment of all plans for the enjoyment OF the
day out of doors and the only change from
the ordinary day We're the vigorous efforts
of the small boys in discharging tire-crackers
and torpedoes to the best of their ability in
celebrating the 12oth anniversary of the
Nations Independence.
The Brainard school closed July Sd after
very successful term of ten weeks, taught
by Mrs Lydia Dean. The following schol~
airs were not absent one day during the
term: E. Louise Pitcher, Hattie Burgin,
Nina Grant, Joseph Grant, Irving Hills,
Milton Hills. Absent only on account of
sickness: Ivan Jackson, Fred Pitcher,
Clarence Hurd, James Burgin, Blanche
Pitcher. Those who attained the highest
| results i'll studies during the term We're
| Louise Pitcher, Fred Pitcher, Ralph Jack
| son, Hattie Burgin. The school closed with
greatly enjoyed by all.
Knox County officers We're in town last
week looking for Walter Mahonev. who it is
charged, has been obtaining money under
nj in t. :.
charged that Mahoney went to Camden and
bought goods on credit, representing himself
to he the captain of a large schooner about
to lead ice at Rockport for the South AS
time went on and the pay was not forthcom-
ing, investigation was made and if was
found that even the name of the vessel "a
given was fictitious, there being no such
vessel owned in the United States. The
officers We're armed with search warrants
but their visit did not produce any results.
The bad weather put danper on the
gathering of the Populists July 4th at
Temple Heights The attendance was not
as large as expected, but with the help of
the summer residents at the Heights and a
lew others fair audience was present. The
nominee OF the party for Congress, Dr. B. F.
Lancaster, was the prominent speaker and
was listened to with marked attention, He
is good speaker and handled his theme to
the delight of those who sympathize with
him. Probably when he reads the returns
from the September election he will sadly
realize that Northport is not in it, and that
his eloquent appeal to the people was lost in
the fog that skrted the shore at Temple
Heights on that day.
Among the arrivals June Both were Miss
Carrie Louise Cleveland and Miss Gertrude
Emma Hall, who intend to give series of
concerts throughout this part of the country
during the coming season, the first to take
place Thursday evening, July 10th, at the
Opera House in Belfast. Miss Cleveland is
a charming soprano, with a well-trained
voice of great sweetness, and has recently
been pupil of one of Italy's famous teach
ers, Signor Vannini. Miss Gertrude Emma
Hall is a thoroughly cultivated musician,
and her Interpretation of the works of the
great masters is marked by true artistic
feeling. Miss Hall has had unusual advan-
tages of study in Leipzig and Berlin, Ger
many.