The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-10-21
PALERMO. Mr.. and Mrs. James Soule and

PALERMO. MT. ana MrS. james SOulo ana
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hinkley attended the
Baptist quarterly meeting in Morrill, last
Saturday and Sunday. Harry Hinkley's
house is up and boarded. His workmen are
George Rowe, John Rowe, Charles Hutch
| ings, Allen Goodwin and Wesley Nelson. :.
Edgar Wood has bought threshing ma
chine of Ed Bagley of Albion and is thresh-
ing in town. Grain is rather light this fall.
Mrs. Blanche Jackson of Augusta visit
ed her sister, Mrs. Emma Black, last week.
! ....James Dinsmore is building new stone
dam at his grst mill at Branch Mills. -. Ell
mer Worthing is setting up his new steam
engine for saving shingles next spring.
SwANvILLE. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stuart
of Unity were the guests of Mrs. Jane
Downes last week. Granite Grange visit
ed Comet Grange last Monday evening".
Mrs. Amanda Mudgets is the guest of MI
and Mrs. Wood Tyler. Mr.. Tyler had a
slight shock last week, but is improving.
Mr. a. S. Nickerson is suffering badly from
mercury poison. Mr.. George Ordway is
very 1ow.. Hon. A. E. Nickerson went to
Bangor Friday to meet his son Percy, who
came home from the University of Maine
for a short visit. He returned Sunday.
Miss Hattie May Nickerson attended the
musical Festival at Bangor last week.
=. -. Miss Fannie Wilson was in town last
week. Russell Kelley, the oldest of the
twin sons of Herbert and Elonia Cunning
ham, aged eight weeks and one day, was
buried from the church last Friday. Rev
r. G. Harbutt of Searsport gave very help
full sermon. Basil, the youngest sou, who
has been very sick, is improving. Mr. and
Mrs. Cunningham fish to thank neighbors
and friends for their assistance in their
trouble.
BROOKS. 1. S. Staples & Son have sold to
a wealthy party in Rhode Island their six
year old gelding, Lester Wilkes, by Wilkes
mont, dam Knox mare. Under the train
ing of Harry E. this colt has developed into
one of the finest road horses in the country.
Last Tuesday l. S. Staples and wife at
tended the crystal wedding of Willie Hard
ing and wife of Dixmont. Mrs. Harding is
better known here as Nettie Jones, a sister
of Mrs Staples. Mrs. Wilkins of Knox 81
.'SSNAo "a
Charles E. Bowen. Mrs. Mabel Mathews
and daughter have gone to Boston for short
visit. .Eben Miller, student at the Au-
gusta Commercial College, spent Sunday at
home with his parents Mrs. Otis Hamlin has
returned from a visit to her daughter Mrs.
Halves of Prospect. Mrs. Halves was known
here as Lizzie Hamlin and has recently pre-
sented her husband with bouncing baby.
....Dr. Joel T. Collier died at his home in
South Brooks last Saturday night He had
been falling for some time. Miss Marion
York has been very ill with what proved to
be a case of appendicitis. Dr. Gordon of
Portland performed the operation, assisted
by Drs. Kilgore, Cook and Luce of this
town.. Mrs. Ella Springer is talking of
selling her place here and going to Belfast
to live. wv, o. Estes has moved into the
James Morse house, which has been rebuilt
and made into neat little tenement.
John M. Dow has pressed something over 60
tons of hay this season and has some % tons
left impressed His total crop this year
was nearly 100 tons. He will now close his
farm house and move to the village for the
WINTER. A. j. Card, who is conductor on
street car, has returned to Boston with his
family. Walter Penney has sold nice
horse to Boston parties. Mr.. Dow has in
some nice ready made dress waists and
some of those nice Chenery wrappers with
the extra wide skirts. Mrs. Charles Miller
OF West Medford, Mass, has been vi sitting
friends here.