The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-03-18

STOCKTON SPRINGS. Mrs. Silas Trundy
and daughter, Mrs. Irene Hatch, left by boat
March 18th for Boston. -. Capt David Berry
died March 10th, aged II years. He leaves a
wife, four daughters and one son. The funeral
services were held at his late residence Satur-
day, Rev r. &. Harbuts of Searsport of
ficiating.
PALERMO. Mrs. Cora A. Goodwin has gone
to Portland for a surgical operation at the
Maine General Hospital, having secured a
free bed at that institution, for the removal
of tumor from her left side -. Miss Lottie
Farrar of Washington spent week at John
H. Blake's and returned last Thursday. :. 1t
is very sckly inst now. Mrs. Emiline Saban
| is just alive. Eta Carr and Eta Soule are
quite sick - ohm Black has been hauling
bis pressed hay to the station the past week.
PROSPECT FERRY Miss Orianna Harding
closed a term Of ten weeks school in this
district last Friday. 1t was Miss Hardng's
third term in this place.. Miss NJ, Ella Tay
closed a term of ten weeks school at Mt.
Heagan last Thursday -. Frank Bowdoin is
visiting his son Charles in Hartland......
| Orrin Luke went to Sullivan last Friday to
work on stone... The sick people are all on
the mending hand :. Miss Addie Partridge
of Stockton Springs called on friends here
last Friday.
| CENTRE MoNTvILLE. The levee which
was to have been held at the Grange Hall
March 10th, was postponed on account of
unpleasant weather to Thursday evening,
the 18th. ~. Mr.. Archie Morse has been con-
fined to the house for the past ten days with
la grippe and his wife at the same time had
an attack of pneumonia. Their daughter,
Mrs. Charles Thompson of Belfast, is with
them. They are convalescent. Mr.. Arthur
| Banan recently returned from New Mexico,
where he had been for several months -.
Mr.. Wales r. Bartlett has returned to
Bucksport, after spending short vacation
with his parents.
UNITY MIR. Harmon from Thorndike is
buying apples of the farmers. Fred Written
ami Thomas Cook have been busy packing
for the past two weeks. -. There is to be a
pie social at Mrs j r Tabers this week, the
proceeds to go for repairing the sidewalk. 80.
| Mabel Damon, who came from Brooks i'll, is
much better. Asbury Pendleton has be-
gun saving spool timber in his new steam
mill at the Station. Mr.. Augustus Stevens
from Troy called on his friends in the viii
lage Tuesday Mrs. NJ. E. Watson was in
| Watervile last week. ... Mrs. H H. Grant
and her daughter Sibyl are in Boston.
| Perley Clark and Clara Written returned to
| Kent's Hill this week
PROSPECT Our town has a new board of
selectmen, and the way it come about was
! that the old board, after serving several
t years, declined to serve again. So after the
voters got to the polls there hasty and
/ quite unanimous decision as to who the
town officers should be, and the first ballot
| ing showed a fair union of sentiments. But
like political parties every time they ballot
ed there We're more candidates for the same
Office and by the time the third selectman
was voted for it took seven ballots before
| there was any choice. And when it came to
baloting foc constable it seemed in that
excited crowd case OF life or death to the
town who should get the two dollars in the
coming year for putting up the town war;
/ rant. Every faction tried their best and
after balloting nine times and spending a
| good deal of time they were obliged to pass
the article over. l suppose after the little
contention cooled down it looked about the
same to all in town. Each little faction
wanted chance to show their strength.
Everything passed of pleasantly and the
town officers are good selections. Two of
the selectmen, j. S. HERMAN and Arthur
Boyd, have served before. Elmer Clark, the
third selectman, lives in the extreme end of
the town and but little is known of him. He
is % years of age, but is a promising young
man. ...J. F. Libby had crowded store by
spells town-meeting day....B. M. Eames
runs the old pioneer John Libby's black
smith shop in the village and keeps abreast
of the times as a first class sheer of horses
He was born that way, guess. He always
knows how to shoe horse better than the
owner does, and his work proves it.
LIBERTY. John M. Wellington died at his
bone in this village very suddenly Friday
morning, aged about 70 years. Mr.. Yelling
ton was hard working honest man, who
looked well after the affairs of his home and
family. lie nau a somewhat eVentful Hfe in
his younger days, having served several
years on board a whaler. He served his
country we'll during the war in the gallant
old 10Th Maine. 1t is said that regiment
| contained no better soldier than he. He was
man of iron constitution; none could
stand more fatigue than he. He contracted
heart disease while in the SERVICE which
was the cause of his death. He has worked
continually in the tannery since the war
always at his post, always faithful. He
leaves a wife and four children. Genera
tlons of men 60 and come like leaves of the
forest trees. Within four years Mr.. Hunt
and five of the men who had worked for him
for years, have passed to the great beyond,
and others have taken their places. L. G.
Morse and wife of Pittsfeld are spending a
few days in town. Sickness prevails among
us to a great extent. Nearly every family
has one or more of its members on the sick
list. The Whist Club met last Friday even
ing at Crocketts hall. Mrs. G. H. Cargill
Miss Dickey and Miss Small entertained. 1t
was highly appreciated by all present. Owing
to sickness and the storm not so large num-
Der were in attendance as there would have