The Republican journal., 1897-03-04

| PROSPECT VILLAGE Miss May fIudgett
is visiting in Winterport, the guest of Dr.
/ and Mrs. Weber,. Mr.. and Mrs. Geo
| Ward gave a party to their many friends in
Frankfort and Prospect last week. A good
time was enjoyed by ali...... Mrs Hattie
Grant is very sick. W A Rice will hold
meetings here this week and next. A
goodly number from here attended the Odd
Fellows banquet in Winterport Monday
evening.
/ SOUTH MoNTvILLE. La grippe is having
quite run in town....Mr. y. c. Gilman
has gone to Haverhill, Mass, and it is ex-
| pected he will return with bride. Mrs.
j. F. Hazel of Chelsea, Mass, arrived Sat-
urday and it is expected she will supply the
! pulpit next Sunday if her health permits
| John w Prescott sold one dozen potatoes
| last fall for quite good price notwthstand-
ing the fact they are very low. He sent them
to the firm he got the seed of and received a
premium of $50.
MONROE. Caleb knowton, veteran of
the late war, died Sunday night, aged 40
year He has been great suffer for years
and for the past two winters it was thought
he could not survive the cold weather. He
| died OF consumption and a severe heart
trouble He leaves a wife and three chill
| dren to mourn their loss. The drama,
Golden Gulch, will be played again here
This. week at Town Hall, followed by farce
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dorr are spend
| ing a week in St. Albans, their old home.
The young folks expect to have a dialogue
at the Grange next Saturday, Mr.. and
Mrs Charles Gould from Minnesota are Wis
iting his father, Greenleaf Gould. Mr.. Gould
will return after short visit but his wife
will remain for her health. Albert Dur
ham is spending few days in Bangor to be
near his wife, who is at the hospital. She
is Very comfortable. Among the latest
victims OF the grip are George Palmer,
Franklin Chase, Frank Barden. Daniel
Curtis, an old resident of this town, died
! last Saturday night. He leaves a wife
TROY. The town officers are settling up
business preparatory to the annual meeting
which occurs Monday, March Sth... Mr.
j. E. Pierce is at home for short vacation
from Gloucester, Mass, where he has a posi-
ton on the electric cars DR.. and Mrs NJ.
I, Dodge attended the dedicatory exercises
of Powers Hall at Pitts neld last week
Mrs. VIM Merrick of Winterport visited
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. WINSTON Whit
aker, last week. Charles Moore is in Fox
croft this week. as witness in case in court
800. Miss Lutte Hunt of Unity has opened
private school at Green's Corner. The
Good Tempars held a social at their Lodge
rooms last Friday evening. Quite num-
Der from DiXmont and Thorndke were pres
eut. Mrs. lisa Cali has been quite sick
with la grippe, but is now much better....
Mr.. Levi Harding, who was sick at the time
of his wife's death is so far recovered as to
be able to attend to business. =, Rev. E. S.
Burrill was unable to preach last Sunday
and Rev. Jedediah Varney supplied for him
Brooks. The funeral of Mrs Abbie Lane
was held at the Friends Chapel last Friday
morning. Friend Jedediah Narney of
Unity spoke very feelingy of his acquant-
aHee CT more than fifty years with the de-
ceased and her husband, Who had died but a
few days previously. He called attention
49, AAo'S''o
unselfsh, sef-sacritcing character. Her
fidelity as a wife and mother, specially
shown during the recent years of care and
sorrow, deserved the highest communication.
From the theme, BLESSED are the dead that
die in the Lord he gave a very excellent
sermon. He was followed by Omar G.
Hussey who made some very appropriate
remarks. Mr.. Willis Morse, who came
here to take care of his father, James G.
Morse, is still here and will settle up the
business and take care of the property be-
fore he returns to his home in Lowell, Mass.
go. Betsey wife of Daniel Dckey, died Sat-
urday morning. She had been an invalid
many months and suffe red greatly. Daniel
Curtis, who has lived for some years this
side of the Pattee Hill. died last week from
painful sickness of cancer of the stomach
Mrs. Benjamin Hussey, who was called
here last week by the illness of her mother,
returned to her home in Vassalboro last
Saturday. She was accompanied by her
niece, Miss Alice L. Dow, who is to become
student at Oak Grove Seminary Miss
Grace E Dow and Miss Inez M. Forbes
at the Castne Normal School They will
not attend the next term as they wish to
teach the coming summer.... Miss Edith
Forbes, who has been at work III Mr.. BOWS
store, is visiting friends in Monroe.
Fred W. Brown, Jr., who recently returned
from the hospital, has pitched into his law
business again with renewed vigor showing
that he lost no brains by the amputation.
Mrs. Mitte Gowen and daughter Gertrude
have returned to Water lille, where Mr..
Gowen has business al present. Mrs.
Charles Hogan of Thorndike last Sunday
visited her friend, Mrs. Eliza Leathers, who
is on the invalid list. &C. b. Sampson of
Freedom has been buying some hay and
straw at this station. So. The Brooks annual
town meeting will be held at Yankee Blade
Hall next Monday, March Sth. The finan-
cial standing of this town is now good. ...C.
S. Brackett of Pittsfeld, formerly in bust
ness here in Brooks, made u. visit last
week. The new house Of Joseph E Ills is
up and covered in. Joe is a hustler and
don't you forget it. Few men at his age
would have shown the pluck that he has ex-
hibited. He has at times paid the heaviest