The Republican journal., 1896-01-23


E. P. Nichols OF Bucksport WAS IN tow Ii
this week.
Mrs. E. Dunbar arrived ONE fr' N b. ston
Wednesday.
DIR. 7. PRESCOTT Moroy returned to IL uni,
den Sunday.
G. H, Klmball of Cleveland, Ohio, was III
town Friday.
Francis N. Ford of Manche ster, onn ar
rived Saturday.
Capt. D. y. Nichols is on his way home
from Hong Kong.
Hon. j. II. Leighton of Dover, n H., is
visiting at F. E. Whltcomb's
Eugene Porter left Monday for ~ orcester,
Mass, where he has employment.
Miss Lucy Palmer of Belfast visite. her
sister, Mrs, g. f. Smith, last week.
B. o. Sargent has bought half interest III
the Porter mill lot on Steamboat avenue
A. f. Nickerson has shipped this week a
cargo Of hay to Boston by sch. Z. L. Warren.
Mrs. c. b. Norris and son left by train
Wednesday lor their home IN Grand Island,
Neb.
a, j. Nickerson still has IL crew employ,
on his wharf which was damaged in tht, re-
cent gate.
f. II, Park and f. |. Mortiand went to
Rockland Tuesday to transact business for
the town.
Charles E. and Edward r. Patterson left
by steamer Penobscot Thursday for Their
homes III the West.
Laura NJ. Carver leaves Monday for Bos
ton, where she Will take course in the Con-
servatory of Music
w. f. Grlnnell finished cutting a fine lot
of ice last Friday. He has taken ont about
three hundred tons
Contribution at the Congl. church next
Sunday morning i'll behalf of the Congl
Church Building Society.
Sch. E. /. Warren, Capt A. A. Larrabee
arrived Thursday from Portland with cargo
OF corn for A. j. Nickerson.
Tie ladies of the Congl. Society have ar
.iO'N'
tertainment Thursday evening, Jan Both.
Capt, W. H. West, who went to Rockland
last week III the interest of the owners of
schooner Brunette, returned home Friday
For the last two or three trips steamer
Penobscot has arrived and departed on her
appointed days, which is something unusual
during the winter season.
Capt. A. n. Blanchard has sold his inter
est in bark Hei bert Black to his brother.
Capt W. H. Blanchard, who will take COM
mand OF her for voyage to Costa Rica.
Capt. j. 7, Erskine has had a severe ILL.,
ness IN New York, but is slowly recovering.
He was obliged to give up the command of
his bark, the st. Lucie for the present voy-
age.
Mark Ward, who has vended meat about
town for the last twenty-nine years, has
sold his business IN the village TO Pike Bros,
and will hencetorth contine his operations
to the Harbor and Stockton Springs.
a Il effort will he made to institute series
Of dancing parties to take place weekly dur
ing the remainder of the winter. Landlord
Grlnnell has kindly offered the use of the
fine dining hail in the 'searsport House for
the first assembly.
Steamer Florence of the hockand and
Bucksport line began running Tuesday,
leaving Starsport for Buclsport at 10 O'Clock
a. IN. and returning at 10 p. III. She viii
not make 4 an'iing here ON the SAINT, day as
the Boston steamer
An alarm of ire Was given at noon Satur-
day tof Il blaze in L IL. Rogers bae ksmith
shop, The fire originated around the chlln-
ney ami was eXunguishAd without The list
ct the engines, although they arrived
promptly on the sceue.
Among those registered at the Searsport
House 1his week are I. S. Dennison, Boston,
W. Il. FUgg, v aterville, Mrs Powers Show
hogan, W a. Constantine, Geo l.. Coffin,
Bangor, Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Allen, Geo T.
Read, f. \. Savory, Belfast, E. L. Stebbens,
New Britain, Conn.
ID. ID. G. NJ. Samuel Adams, assisted by
r. g. Dyer, c. R. Coombs and W. X. Keene
OF Belfast publicly installed the officers of
Sears Lodge, l. o. o. F., last Friday even
ing About two hundred witnessed the in
teresting ceremony, and partook of fine
collation. provided by the members of the
lodge. Later in the evening dancing was
lndulged in by the younger portion of the
n 10