The Republican journal., 1897-11-04

guest of S. A. Prescott and wife.
Capt. Cyrus Nichols arrived home on
steamer City of Bangor Tuesday.
Ship Reaper, Capt. O. c. Young arrived at
New York Tuesday from Honolulu.
A. NJ. Daggett was in town Saturday look
ing for location for his steam mill.
Mrs. W. r. Gilkey and daughter left We'd
nesday to join Capt. Gilkey in Boston.
Smells are plentiful again, and some fine
catches have been made along the wharves.
Mrs. G. A. Nichols and family will reside
this winter with her sister, Mrs Elnora P.
Field,
Misses Jennie Curtis and Edna Nlckels
gave whist parties to their friends the past
week.
Bark Alice Reed, Capt. Alanson Ford, ar
rived at New York Oct. 31st from Rio ia
metro.
Mrs. j. c. Nickels and daughter Blanche
left Wednesday TO spend the winter in Phil
adelphia
Bark Harvard, Capt L. A. Colcord, arriv.
ed at Philadelphia Nov LIST from Iquique
and Junin.
Mrs E. II. Durgin and Mrs. Mial Sargent
are spending a few weeks among friends in
Massachusetts.
Mrs. L. M Sargent, who has been visiting
friends in Guilford, returned home by
steamer Saturday.
% -I,o
in town, left Tuesday to resume his duties on
pilot boat No. 4, Boston.
1t is a very peculiar thing that notwith-
standing the drought the water in our mill
stream has lowered very little.
Bark Mabel i. Meyers. Capt. c. n. Meyers.
sailed Oct 22d from Buenos Ayres for Per-
nanl5uco, TO load for New York.
Lin Sargent is camping in Northern
Maine woods for his health, and has shot
two deer since he has been there.
Clifford Nichols has secured position
with telephone company in New York and
left Saturday to assume his duties
Mrs. Lucy A. Nichols desires us to thank
the tiremen and friends who 50 promptly re
Talks and Tales, the magazine issued by
the industrial Home for the Blind in Hart
ford has arrived. There are % subscribers
here.
Charles Barney ard wife, who spent the
summer in town, returned to their winter
home IL Everett, Mass, by steamer Satur-
day.
Capt. john 6. Pendleton, wife and daugh-
ter Edith. have gone TO Everett, Mass, to
spend the winter in the family of DIR. Jack
son.
Canton Bros, Bixby & Co. of Folklore,
Mass, are IN want of female help i'll their
straw works, and advertise in another col
umn.
Steamer Penobscot was detained by the
storm Tuesday and did not leave Boston
until "Wednesday at O'clock a, III. and
will return to-day, Thursday.
The Boston Herald in giving the statistics
OF the death rate gives Belfast the lowest
rank Of the cities in Maine, with only q
and PC to the thousand. Searsport shows
is and 2-10.
Every member in town of Engine Com
pany No. . was present at the fire Sunday
morning, and all promptly responded to the
second alarm from the same building, about
> O'Clock a. III. Sunday.
Many of our people have been short of
water for the past few weeks, and welcomed
the rain. Some of them, however, were
disappointed by the new shingles ON their
roofs spelling the water.
c. c. Hamilton calls attention to the
tablet at Constitution wharf, Boston, which
says Here was built the frigate Constitu-
tion." proving that the Cyclopedia quoted
by us last week was correct.
Notice has been received by the agent that
both steamers of the B. & B. S. S. Co. will
continue to run four trips until further
notice. The fare from Searsport is reduced
to $3.50; outside rooms S15O, and inside
$500.
AS the Brownies have established their
reputationIof being sure to get first water at
every fire, it is no more than fair they be sup
piled with some new hose to replace the old
hose which proved unservceable at the last
two fires.
The following from the Sunday Globe will
interest friends of Mr.. Gray in town:
Clarendon W. Gray, the missing Boston
patroman, who disappeared few weeks
ago after complaint for assault and battery
had been sworn OUT against him by man
named Faulkner, walked into the inspectors
office at headquarters yesterday morning,
ready to face the music The chances are
there will be no music for him to face, how
ever; that is none of an unpleasant nature
The man is clearly mentally Unbalanced
The probabilities are that Gray will be retir-
ed on pension.
OBITUARY. Mrs. Eliza A. Rich died Sun
day afternoon, aged IA years, 5 months and
7 days. Mrs. Rich was born at Isle au Haut
and was the daughter of David and Eliza
beth (Barter) Collins. She married Perley
Rich in 1041, by whom she had two children
Daniel and Jula-both now dead. She
came to Searsport in 1874 and has resided
here since. Mr.. Rich died several years ago.
She leaves two grandsons, Louis and Will
liam, with whom she has made her home
OF her Immediate family three brothers and
one sister survive. Her funeral took place
FROM her late residence Wednesday after