The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-18
SEARSPORT LOCALS.

town.
DR.. I. Prescott Morey went to Bangor
Tuesday
Natl Larrabee of RockIand was in town
this week.
Capt. F. l. Pendleton arrived from New
York Thursday
Capt. w L. Park returned home from
Boston Saturday.
Mrs. Jas. G. Pendeton returned from
Portland Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Flanders of Rockland
are visiting in town.
Capt. A. NJ. Ross returned home from New
York by train Friday
Mrs. c. c. Mcclure returned from New
York by train Saturday.
W. E. Gnrnell has shipped fifty tens of
ice by sch. Columbia to Vogell of Castine.
Frank j. Gross has secured situation as
conductor on the West End Street Railway,
Boston.
Miss Edith B. Pendleton, who has been in
Monday.
Sen. Georgia Gilkey, Cant w. Il. Gilkey,
arrived at New York Feb 1lth, % days from
Demerara
D. f. Nichols, who has been attending the
Rockland Commercial College, returned
home Friday.
Misses Martha and Henrietta Ross leave
to-day for West Newton, Mass, to remain
several weeks.
James B. Parse who has been first officer
of ship VIM. III. Conner, arrived home by
train Saturday.
The special services at the NJ E. Church
have closed Mrs Henderson, the evange-
list, was greatly enjoyed by all.
Mrs. Liscomb, who has been attending
her sister. Mrs. NJ. F. Whitcomb, for a
few weeks returned to Portland Thursday.
The Ladies Aid Society of the NJ. E.
Church will give a sociable on Thursday
evening, Feb. 18th, at the home of Mrs. Frank
Park. All are invited.
John Ward, who is at work for c. F.
Moose Point one day last week, succeeded
IN killing three black ducks at one shot.
The annual supper and entertainment of
the NJ. E. Society will be held in Union
Hail. Tuesday evening" Feb. 23rd. Supper
at o'clock. p. M; entertainment at s p N.
Steamer Rockiand has made further
change in time, leaving Searsport now at
1910 a. III. for Castine and Bucksport on
Monday, Wednesday ard Friday and at
II 10 a N. for Belfast, Camden and Rock
land on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Steamer Penobscot will go on the route
March ID leaving Boston on that date.
The reception and entertainment by Sears
Lodge, l. o. o. F., last Friday evening was
an exceptionally enjoyable OCCASION A bout
one hundred guests We're present, from Win
terport, Prospect, Monroe and Belfast A
fine collation. was served from s to s p. m,
followed by an entertainment in the upper
hall, after which dancing was INDUCED in
under the superlnJeudence of Mr. A. A. Gil
more until a late hour.
Searsport parties recently in Brockton,
mass 'Hfef a. my VI tiit new Guy ildll
in that place, through which they were
shown oy James W. Brown, City Inspector
Of plumbing, one of our former residents.
The city set apart portion of the building as
a soldiers memorial and expended $4,000
in its adorn1nent. The total cost of the build
ing was 500 900. The corridors and rotunda
reserved as the memorial portion, the
corridors being beautifully adorned with war
views and the rotunda devoted to marble
tablets containing the names of deceased
soldiers who Went from their borders.
A striking picture that particularly
attracted the attention of our visitors
was the withdrawal of battery from the
line at Gettysburg, as this line was at that
time i'll command of Col. McGilvery, for
whom our Post IS named, with a pic
ture of the Colonel mounted on his
favorlte charger IN the foreground. The
guns are represented as being fired as
they are drawn off the field. Another pic
ture Of local interest to the visitors was of
young drummer boy, copied from tin-type
which upon close inspection proved to be
Jimmie" Brown of the Fourteenth Maine
Regiment, who enlisted ON the quota of
Of Searsport at the age of fifteen years and
did good service until the close of the war,
NORTH sEARSPoRT ITEMS.
Mrs. Levi George is dangerously i'll.
Chester Trundy is improving in health
A. Stinson and wife visited E. B. Thaysr
last week.
Percie Scribner is in Waldo, in the employ
of C. E. Wentworth.
Geo. G. Seavey and wife of Belfast made
visit at this place Sunday.
Ezra Patch and wife of South Brooks visit
ed at A. Stinson's last week
A large crowd met at the Grange Hall to
witness the masked ball Feb. 11th
j. L. Chase of Waldo was in town last
Sunday, the guest of d. NJ. Nichols,
Local talent will play the Golden Gulch
at the Grange Hall in the near future
There will be ball at the Grange Hall
March 4, A. Stinson will furnish the supper.
w. j. Mathews and wife, and VIM Meri-
thew and wife visited at III. NJ. Blacks last
week