The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-10-08
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.


PROSPECT. The rainy weather begins to
tell on the beans in stack and the long con-
tinued wet is moulding some of the ears of
corn in shock. The blowing is not done and
the work is falling behind. N. L. Little
field got good share of the prizes at the
State and County fairs with his Jersey herd
this fall. L. f. Gould has made general
fixing up; painting shingling and clapboard-
ing his half of his dwelling inside and out,
and now the house is half red and half
white. An account of the suicide of
Thomas Wagner is published on the Sd page
L is there stated that he had nine children,
all grown up, but our Prospect village CORE
spondent says there are SIX children, the
youngest - years old II was an industri-
Gus, hard working man. Ed
BELMONT. j. 0. johnson of Liberty was
in town Sept. 29th and called OH Mr. and
Mrs. n, B. Allenvood. Mr.. and Mrs Her.
mon Merriam of Morrill, We're III town Sun
day visiting Mrs. M parents, Mr. and Mrs
w. A. Morrill,. :. Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Morse
and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morse and daugh-
ter Georgia visited relatives in South Thorn
aston last week. Mrs. Hester Morse and
son Willard are in Lowell visiting relatives.
..J. M. Cunningham has moved to Belfast.
Mrs. II. p. Farrow, who was injured
quite recently by falling down stairs, is now
improving. Hermon Greer holds the pump
kin record Ill this vicinity. He raised 600
on - an acre How's that?. There will
be a meeting at Halls Corner schooIhouse
this Thursday evening by Mr.. and Mrs j. @,
Johnson, the Evangelists. All are invited
to attend.
STOCKTON SPRINGS. Mrs. James Treat
and Mrs. Edward Lafoliey arrived home
last Thursday from St. Paul, Mimi, after a
very pleasant visit of several months to
their son and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Brain
ard Griffin. Mrs. Horace Noyes and little
daughter Mary visited friends in town the
past week. Mr.. Joseph Lancaster was in
town over Sunday. -. Mr.. Simeon Ellis and
wife of Quincy, Mass, are spending few
days in town. :. The Current Events Club
will meet with Mrs. Elvin Staples to-day,
Thursday. Miss Laura Marden returned
from Kingman Sunday. MIR. Leonard
Clifford of Boston has spent few days
with his mother, Mrs. George Clifford, at
Fort Point. Mr.. Horace Staples, Jr., ar
rived Saturday from New York. Mr. and
and Mrs. Clifton Simpson of Saxonville,
Mass, are visiting Mrs, SIMPSONS parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel West. Capt. Clarence
Sprague and wife, accompanied by Mrs.
T lo
Fowler, left Saturday for Rockland to Join
his vessel, sch Julia S. Bailey loading paving
Tor Philadelphia. Mrs. Eyaena Griffin
went to Belfast Sunday for a weeks visit to
Mr.. and Mrs. Wood Ellis. The funeral
services of Mrs. r. B. Ellingwood We're held
at her late residence last Thursday after
noon, Rev, Q. II. Wells officiating
STANDPOINT. The remains of Mr.. William
p Bond, who died Sept. Goth in Needham,
Mass, aged IS years, arrived the following
Tuesday and We're buried in the cemetery
here. Mrs Bond aud her father, DR.. F. E.
Waning, accompanied the remains Mr.
Bond leaves wife and three small children
one brother and one sister. He has spent
several summers here and left here only six
weeks ago, Last winter he had a severe
terminated in consumption. He had pleas
ant, genial disposition that made friends
wherever he went. The esteem he was held
in the vicinity in which he lived was shown
by the beautiful floral tributes. Some tif-
teen pieces We're brought here and as MANY
left at his home. They We're beautiful be-
yond description. The family have the
sympathy OF their many friends in this vi
cinity. Mrs. William p. Bond and DIR. F. E.
Waning left by boat Thursday for their
home in Needham, Mass. Miss Ethel Max
field has gone to Sherman Mills to teach
school. go. Mr.. f. +. Daggett is in Plymouth.
Mass, visiting his son, Mr.. John Daggett,
and his daughter, Mrs. o. H. Plummer. ..
Mrs. Lucinda Hartman leaves this week
for visit to friends in Boston and vicinity.
...The Christian Endeavor meeting will be
held Saturday evenings during the fall, in
stead OF Tuesday evenings as heretofore.
Sch. Celia F., Capt. Randell, has lately dis
charged coal here for Ross & Co.
MONROE. Mr. Lewis Richie, who fell from
a building last week by staging giving
way is very comfortable but is confined to
his bed and it is feared that he will be for
some time. No bones were broken, but he
struck on his hip and has not much use of
that leg. He belongs to the l. o. o. F. of
Monroe. -. Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Chase
visited DR.. Whtcomb in Liberty last week.
:. Miss Nellie Staples, who tends the post
office, is quite sick. Dr. Atwood was called
and pronounced it inflammation of stomach
and bowels. Mrs. Billings had another
very i'll turn last week -. Mrs. Allen, wife
of the late Elder Allen, who resided in Mon
roe many years, died recently at the home
of her daughter in Massachusetts. She as
so years old Her remains was brought
here and land in the village cemetery beside
those of her husband, her daughter and hus-
band. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Patterson and
another daughter accompanied the remains
here. -. Benne Mudgett, E. H. Nealley's
clerk, and Bert Littletield have joined John
Twombly's party uprlver hunting. Mrs.
Fred Putnam has just returned from Aroos-
took, where she has been visiting her father
who is very feeble. Nelson Curtis and
Frank Barden bought the merry-go- round
that was run here during the Monroe fair. .
Mrs. Bailey Of Bangor has been visiting at
K. W. Mayo's. Apples in this section are
not half gathered on account of the rainy
weather. People hardly know what can be
done with so many apples. Potatoes are
rotting badly and some are not worth dig
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