The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-03-12
Searsp rt Locals.

MIS- NIolS ~ IIouSO anu uouehoSA hANc
returned to Bucksport.
W. E. Grinnell has sold several pairs of
fine work horses recently.
Sch. A. j. Whiting is loading kiln wood
for the Rockland market.
Sch. Emma W. Day sailed Tuesday with
a cargo Of hay for Portland.
E, X. Smart leaves to-day, Thursday, for
his home at Kingsley, Kansas.
Clement & Adams have on exhibition
their spring line Of wall papers.
Mrs. Amos Nichols is visiting F. P. Tup-
per and family at North Berwick.
G. V. Turgeon and wife left Wednesday
morning for their home in Auburn.
The jurors drawn to serve at the April
term j. 5. Eaton and j. B. Sweetser.
Sherman 4 Co, are shipping large guam
nty OF ieatherboard by steamer from here.
John Nj. Stevens of Middleboro, Mass,
was called home. 10y the severe illness OF his
father.
William West, engineer at the spool mill,
has bought the Wilmoth Porter place in the
village.
Mis-, Ora L. Randall, who has been teach
ing at Yarmouth, returned home by train
Saturday.
Mrs. n. f Gilkey and Miss A. n Carver
leave thus week for a visit to friends in Bev-
erly, Mass.
j. L, Rhodes, who taught in the Mt
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wick Monday.
The last snow storm made grand sleighing,
which our farmers are improving by running
in cords of spool wood
barber for several years, and at present the
docks are entirely free.
Newell w hte has been very busy for sew
eral weeks, several of the surrounding
towns employ him to print their reports
The schools in town closed last Friday,
with the exception of the high school IN the
village, which will be continued this week.
Those who attended the drama at the
Harbor Monday evening say it was among
the best ever gwen by the Harbor Dramatic
Club.
On account of the storm last week Dr.
Lombard was unable to be at his dental
rooms here, but will he here next Saturday,
sure.
Capt. c. n. Meyers and wife left by steam
er Monday to join the bark Adam w. Spies
which Capt. Meyers Will command for the
voyage.
Quite number Of normal students from
the surrounding towns went from here Mon
day by steamer Penobscot, connecting at
Belfast with the steamer for Castine
The Saturday night mail did not arrive
until A. NJ. Sunday. 1t opened and
distributed for the first time Sunday within
the remembrance of our oldest citizens
The Odd Fellows Will give a picnic supper
at their regular meeting Friday evening.
There will he degree work. 1t is hoped all
members will come with well filled baskets
Tie Aues Brothers are expected shortly
with their horse power wood saving ma
chine, and large numbers of our citizens
have engaged them, as The saving IS done so
quickly.
We are pleased to be able to reply to The
Journals circular nquIrng how much dam
aye was done by The recent flood that from
careful inquiry we find the damage amounts
to nothing.
The concert which was to have been
given by the Baptist chorus choir of Belfast
here the 18th inst has been postponed on ac-
G unit of the bridge being up. The date will
be given Later.
Among those most Inconvenience by the
damage to the Belfast bridge is Lancaster's
express. John comes up smiling, drives
the extra fourteen miles without a muru11r
and as usual goes loaded both ways.
No alarm was given for a fire which oc-
Cured On the Belfast back road Tuesday
morning, when the buildings of Clarence
Wyman We're totally destroyed The fam
lily lost nearly all their household goods
wearing apparel and farming IMPLEMENTS
Partially insured.
Since the deuge certain of our citizens
who We're opposed to the R. G. Ames method
of building bridges have been obliged to re-
tract some of the assertions they made at
the time our mill bridge was built; for
though heavily pressed by tons of ice and
logs the well built split stone abutments
stood without dollars damage
Among the arrivals at the Searsport House
the past week We're the following: G. V.
l.. Haskell, Bangor, j. E. Rhodes, Bruins
wick, G. F. Cook, A. II. Emerson, Bangor.
II. B. Manley, Boston, w NJ. Randall, Port
land Horace Twombly, Belfast W. H.
Mason, TT Cuddy, Frankfort M. S. French.
w. j. Hugill, Boston, G. A. Robertson, Au-
gusta, P. E. Osborne, Sunlight, F. j.
Cayting, Warren Savage, M F. Hurley,
Bangor.
Article No. ~ in the town warrant. "To
see if the town will instruct the selectmen
to move the soldiers monument from its
present location to the memorial lot, corner
of Main and Elm streets, and how much
money the town will raise therefor will
interest ali who have ever taken part in
decoration exercises. Another class who
will be interested in the passage of the ar
ticle is our Masonic and Odd Fellow breth-
rem, for if the monument is moved no doubt
arrangements can be concluded to place the
long talkedof society building. 1t is hoped