The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-04-02
COUNTY CORRESPOND

| CHINA AT the annual town meeting Off
GERS were elected as follows: Moderator, G.
E. button; selectmen, assessors etc. o. F.
Sproul, A. p. Mosher, E. ID. Jepson: clerk,
w. W. Washington.
PROSPECT VILLAGE. The S. B. l. society
met with Mrs. Betsy killnan at the Kilman
House Friday afternoon and evening, the
9th, and grand good time enjoyed by
| ALL. Several hocks of wild geese were seen
passing over here Thursday Guess they
must be bound for the north pole They
had plenty of wind and if no accident hap
pened to them they must have reached there
by this time.
WINIERPoRT. The annual meeting of the
| Winterport Free Library Association was
held at their rooms March 25th and the fol-
lowing officers We're re elected: S. H. Nor
gan, Pres; A. f. Carleton, Sec; Fred At
wood, Treas. S. H Morgan, A. F. Carleton,
+. w. Haley, Mrs. Elizabeth Clark and Miss
(. M. Hall, Directors. Our Free Library
has ceased to be an experiment, and is a
pronounced success in every way. Those
who have it in hand have reason to be proud
of its showing for the first year. Mrs
Benz. Atwood is very low .... A W. Shaw
has been very i'll but is recovering. Most
OF the people reported On the sick list
last week are improving. P. c. Rich has
returned from Boston. Mrs. Lizzie Ward
and Miss Eta Hutchings left on Mondays
boat Tor Melrose, where they will probably
remain thrOuph the simmer Mrs Iosia
Mason has gone to Boston for her spring
millinery. Miss Lizzie Moody is at home
on a vacation. ii. II. Thayer has gone to
Boston on business trip. -. Capt. E. F.
Littlefeld and family have left Winter Park
and gone to St. Augustine, Fla, for few
weeks. Mrs. j. F. HutcEings has gone to
Orland for visit of a few weeks. Mr.
Charles Davis has taken charge of the bar
Der shop of the late NJ. S. fainter. .Maney
McAuliffe has opened a new barber shop in
the post office building.
PROSPECT FERRY. Died in Belfast March
22d, Annie M, infant daughter of Freeman
w. and Ruth M. Batchelder. The flowers
were very pretty. There was a bouquet of
carnation pinks and smilax from Mrs John
DoLioh3 a VI I)lukS anu WH1U6 rose.
bud, forget me-nots and smilax from Mary
Knowlton, lilies of the valley and smilax
from Mrs. A. NJ. Southworth. The re-
mains were brought to this place March
Oath and placed in the receiving tomb at
Standpoint. The friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
B. sympathize with them in their trouble.
-. The Ladies' Circle met with Mrs. Jessie
Harding March o;rh+
present and good time was enjoyed by all.
$50. A sOciable was held at the schoolhouse
March 27th. E. B. Batcheder has gone to
Somes' Sound to work for G. j. Hail. The
many friends of Capt. W. H. Hartman and
Rufus Hartman were glad to hear of their
safe arrival in Boston March 2Sth. They
were % days from Brunswick, Ga, to Bos-
ton. Capt. FL. has seen some pretty rough
weather at sea- but said he never encount-
cred anything like the gales experienced in
March. The heavy seas swept over the YES
sells deck, washing everything movable
therefrom, flooding the cabin and causing
the vessel to spring a leak. March Sd the
leak became so bad that the crew were
obliged to jettison 60, 600 feet of lumber from
the deck in order to save the schooner. The
vessels boat and davits were swept away
by sea, the boat being carried clear across
the deck-load. In its flight it struck the
first mate, Rufus Hartman, who was stand
ing near the wheel, knocking him insensible
He received bad scalp wound, and one of
his legs was badly injured. The leak is in
the vessels topsides, and was caused by the
severe strain she was subject to. Sch. Jacob
NJ. Haskell had main boom broken and main
sail carried away. Capt. H. and his brother
arrived home March Oath. Capt. H. will re-
turn to Boston in a week or ten days, but
his brother Rufus will have to stop at home
while the vessel is repairing in Bost n.