The Republican journal., 1896-01-16

tdSb over blil llllit village Odu. l1tH " hCh
the news reached us of the accident to
Clarendon II Gross. He was blasting
stick of wood IN his dooryard and before he
could get away the fuse went off in his face
ii hing his eyes aud face full of owder and
wood. DR.. o S. Erskine was called to care
for him aud he is as comfortable as could be
exp, rted. 1t is thought his eyesight will be
spared linn. hut he is terrible sufferer.
| The sick ones improving
Pr, sPEcT. Z. O. Fernald of North Sears
! port While driving home from the County
Grange broke his horses leg, and he had to
be shot then and there. Mr.. Jefferson
Clark of ST. ckton Springs was in town the
! 18th, the guest of his brother, Mr.. Hiram
Clark. 3. Mr.. NJ. E. Clark lost a valuable
cow last week She got hung in the barn,
| and Clark says she committed suicide....
/ Mt. and Mrs. Warren Benson of Bangor
We're in town the 10Th, the guests of G.. o.
Clark -. Miss Carrie Clark has gone to
B cksport for the remainder of the winter.
50. Fred Cunningham has his new black
smith shop about completed
THoRNDIKE The choppers on Millikens
spruce have 100 cords cut, and there are 25
more to cut. About half the farmers in
town are cutting puipwood. Sixteen cars
loaded with hay were shipped from this
place in four successive days. More hay has
been shipped from ana brought into this
place this winter than for any one year for
( twelve wears. -. The four unruly boys at
East Thorndike school have been expelled.
80. Sayward & Nose will cut between 800
and 400 cords of hardwood :. Willis Phil
brick sawed an extra JOINT while doing some
carpenter work. 1t was his thumb joint. -.
Charles Lord has traded for a new horse.
He believes in keeping his hand in the bust
ness. Eddie Webster took sudden and
cold bath in the mill pond-the result of
skating on thin ice. Two quite severe
earthquake shocks were observed here, the
first Dec. 3Oth and the other Jan. 10th.
Twenty-Five degrees below zero is the cold
est wave yet. Wonder if we will have any
snow this winter?
IsLEsBoRo. Quite number of our Masons
and their wives met at Town Hall Monday
evening and organized lodge of the East
ern Star Chapter. 1t has been an extreme
| ly cold week here. Your correspondent
noticed the thermometer at break of day
Tuesday morning and it registered % below
zero. Quite number of hard stories were
told at Pendleton's store that evening about
the weather, but one retired ship captain,
think, took the cake. He said he went out
to milk his cow in the morning and had not
MIXED long before he discovered something
wrong and looked down and saw that the milk
had froz into an icicle from the bottom of
the pail up into the teat and burst it open. :.
Quite number here are sick with typhoid fe-
Yer Capt. Chas Randlet arrived home last
week, sick with rheumatic complaint. His
schooner, the H. +. Tilton, is hauled up in
New York. The workmen have the out
side of the new cottage at Dark Harbor
a bout done. Al pheus Pendleton is build
ing large addition to the Bracket cottage.
STANDPOINT. Mrs. Lucinda Hartman
leaves this week for Massachusetts, where
she will remain some months. go. Mrs
Martha French is visiting her children in
Boston and vicinity Josie A. Partridge
left last week for Foxboro, Mass Mrs
the bed several weeks by severe illness, is
not able to be up yet. A. A. Staples, who
has been at work for Perkins Bros. at Nor
cross, has arrived home....A. &. Black has
closed out his store here and Will soon go to
Massachusetts, where he has employ lent.
Jan. 9th the thermometer was 200 below
zero, Many say it was the coolest snap
they ever saw....Sch. Jon than Cone load
ed hay here last week for Boston. The
meadow is well frozen over. 1t makes fine
skating, which is much enjoyed by old and
young. The high tide and storm of last
week did considerable damage here. j. W.
Grants mill was broken badly, also the
steamboat wharf and Ross wharf. Nearly
all the fishermen lost their weir building
material, boats and tish-houses
Troy. Mr. Edgar Harding of Waldo
closed very successful term of school at
the Centre last Friday. Miss Eva Garceon
closed her school at Green's Corner the same
day. Miss Carrie Weymouth and Miss
Lucena Harding left town Jan. 10th. for
Medfeld, Mass, where they expect to spend
the winter. -. Rev. VIM. Dunnock of Dix
LHouG pIodCHeu very IHoeItSGluS SeTIuOH dL
the church last Sunday. go MIR. Winslow
Seavey is at home from Auburn, for a brief
visit. Walter Hillman. B. F. Harding,
Truman Cook and number of others from
Troy are at Belfast, attending court as
witnesses in a case between Troy and Jack
son parties. Walter Harding of Waldo
was in town last week. Mrs. Turner, who
has been spending several weeks with her
father. John Sprague, has returned to her
home in Auburn. La Grippe has begun it's
depredatons in town. Quite number are
on the sick list in consequence and DR..
Dodge is kept very busy. Mr.. Robert
Halves celebrated his eightieth birthday,
Jan 3rd He is very smart, bodily and
mentally, for one of his age.
LIBERTY Notwithstanding the hard
times there appears to be a good supply of
good food in this vicinity as yet. This fact
has been fully demonstrated in the past ten
days. Within that time there have been
four banquets to which the general public
were invited, as follows: The installation of
the officers of Georges River Grange took
place, followed by fine SUPPER to which the