The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-09-16


the shade and at midnight it was TO- 1t was
so uncomfortable that people did not retire
but sat in the coolest places to be found.....
Miss Minnie Copp, who has been in the Ken
nebec valley visiting the past three weeks,
returned home Friday. Miss Marcia Gray,
who has been visiting at Stockton Springs
the past two weeks, returned to her home,
Sunday. Miss Frances Gibbons of North
Orland spent Sunday with friends here.
A new steel bridge will be placed over the
stream in this village at once. -. Norman
Wardwell, Esq, of Bangor, was the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Grey, Sunday -. Par
tridges and woodcock are unusually plenti-
full this fall.
EAST SEARsMoNT Misses May and Sibelle
Cummings left Sept. 9th for New York City.
49,. Mr.. Abel Buell. wife and son of Rock.
port, Mrs. Cora Millay and two children of
Union, and Miss Georgia Buzzell of Dover,
N. H., called on Mr.. Lincoln Buzzell Thurs
day. Mrs. Irwin E. Howard of Belfast is
visiting at E. P. Mahoney 8. Mr.. Loretto
Hayford and Mrs. A. M. Ingraham of Bel
fast were at Isaac Mariners Sunday -. Mrs.
Sarah Mahoney and daughter Nina of East
Arad Mahoney. Mr.. Marlboro Packard of
Searsport spent Saturday with his nephew
j. G. Packard. =. Charles Mahoney of North
port was at Henry Mahoney's Sunday.
Mrs. Percy Tower and son Cleve of Belmont
were in town Sunday, guests of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Mariner. Alice
Mariner left Monday for Belfast, where she
will attend school. Charles Hunt and wife
were in town Sunday. 80. Miss Alice Marri-
ner attended the Wellman reunion at South
Hope Sept. 9th.
PROSPECT FERRY. Miss Clara Griffin
who has been visiting relatives here, return
ed to her home in Stockton Springs last Sat
urday. Miss Emma CHM, who has been
spending her vacation at her home in this
place, returned to Auburndale, Mass, Sept
18th. Capt. A. j. Croker and wife of
Winterport called on relatives here last
Sunday. Capt. E. D. Hartman met with
painful accident last Saturday. While
shingling his house his ladder slipped and
he fell to the ground, spraining one of his
ankles very badly. Capt. Fl. is past eighty
years old and his fall will confine him to the
house for long time. George Silver is
building new house on the cellar where
his old one was burned several years ago.
80. Capt A. A. CHM and wife attended the
county grange in Waldo last week. Mr.
and Mrs. Wallace Grant of Charestown,
Mass, visited relatives here last week. {.
Freeman Batchelder and wife of Belfast and
Mrs. Everett Pierce visited relatives here
last Sunday.
STOCKTON SPRINGS. Lovers of flowers
should not fail to see the collection of ge-
raniums in the garden of Mrs, J. NJ. Ames on
School street. 1t is one of the finest displays
ever seen in town.. Rev. G. H. Wells will
preach at the church next Sunday afternoon
at three o'clock, standard time. =. Henry
Grant of Portland is visiting relatives in
town. Mrs. Anna Eaton of Philadelphia,
Pa. is spending few weeks in town..
Mrs. Orilla Adams and two children were
guests of Capt. and Mrs. Frank Patterson
the past week and returned to their home in
Portland Friday. Mrs. Addie Staples and
son Bert and Ms. Myra Morse returned to
their homes in Portland Friday. Miss
Melvina Patterson left by train Saturday
for Washington, d. Co.. Miss Lillian Sim
mons left by boat Saturday for Boston,.
Frank Tibbetts, who has been spending his
vacation with friends in town, returned to
Roxbury, Mass, Saturday Mrs. Parker
Blanchard of Brooklyn, n. Y, is visiting
friends and relatives in town.. Mrs. Jane
Body is quite i'll at the home of her broth
er, John Ames. Mrs. Lizzie Pendleton of
Somerville, Mass, is visiting her sister, Mrs
John Randell.
LIBERTY. Because of the rain the trot at
the park did not take place. There was
good field of horses, the classes being all
well filled. The races will take place Oct
7th, all the owners agreeing to have their
horses here on that day The Pulsifer
family left for their home in New York Sept.
14th.... Claiborne Stckney will be the jury
man from this town at the next term of
court. Quite a delegation from Georges
River Grange visited Medomac valley
Grange in Burkettville last Saturday night
and report a good time. About thirty
members of the order of the Eastern Star of
this village visited their friends of that or
der in Union Sept. 18th and We're royalty en-
tertained. Liberty Lodge of Masons had an
election of officers last week. The principal
officers are as follows: W. M, viii Ripley :;
S. W, W. W. Lunt; ]. W., Percy Leeman;
secretary, A. P. Cargill treasurer, A. j.
Skidmore....W l. Neal and l.. G. Morse of
Pittsfeld were in town last week. L asst
Friday night was the most uncomfortable
night known in this town for many years on
account of the extreme heat. Capt. Robert
81. Coombs and Warren Knowl ton of Bel
fast were in town last week. Mrs. Helen
Hurd attended the Grand Lodge of the
Eastern Star at Auburn last Thursday....
Several persons from this town will attend
the fair at Monroe this week, while others
will attend the reunions of the 18th and 4th
Maine Regiments at Windermere Park,
Unity. Orlando Bagley and wife are visit
ing friends in Penobscot county 49, Mr. Shaw
and wife of Etna have been visiting their
daughter, Mrs. DR.. Whitcomb
MONROE. Last week while Rev. NJ. An
drews and wife were working in their gar