The Republican journal., 1897-04-08

SwANvILLE. The school board met last
Saturday afternoon and elected the follow
ing teachers for the spring term: Dist. No
l & 2, Miss Blanche Wallace; No. 3, Miss
Julia Chase; No. Z, Mr.. Zenie Hartshorn;
No. g. Miss Callie May Nckerson; No. 8,
Miss Maud Knowlton These are all new
teachers, except Mr.. Hartshorn. Waldo
Pomona Grange will meet with Comet
Grange next Tuesday. -. The families of
Frank and Herbert Cunningham returned
last Monday from up-river, where they
spent the winter. Miss Carrie Wallace,
who has been stopping with Mrs. W. E.
Damn for several weeks, returned to her
home in Hampden last Sunday. Last
Monday evening Comet Grange had har-
vest feast and company from Granite Grange.
MIR. Gilbert of Monroe was in town last
week canvassing for wall papers. MRS.
Abigail Nckerson is visiting friends in
Searsport.
PITTsFIELD. The women of Pittsti ED, to
be in fashion with the women of neighbor-
ing towns and to keep up their reputation
for smartness, had to have a town meeting.
So after good deal of planning and hard
labor they got ready to announce it at last,
and it came off in Union Hall on Tuesday
evening, March 30th. There a full
house and S73 taken at the door, which
iquidates the debt of the W. G. T. L. which
was contracted in sending an unfortunate
man to the Kelley Cure. The meeting was
said to be very interesting and there were
good many good hits. There was consider
able sport in disposing of the town paupers.
Representative Coffin of Thorndike was in
town last week. B. E. Cornell, station
agent, is confined to the house with the
measles. H. E. Ordway, who has been sick
with the same disease, has recovered and
resumed his duties as telegraph operator....
E. H. Greeley of Ellsworth was in town last
week. Large shipments of wool are being
received here now. ...Th here is still a great
deal of sickness in town, but the robins have
begun to come, which we hope is an indica-
ton OF warm weather. -. Mrs. Grace, wife
of Mr.. A Noble, died April 9TH, after brief
sick ness of la grippe, aged about n years..
Emery Written of Thorndike was in town
Monday.
MONROE The school committee at their
meeting April Sd, voted that the spring
term Of school shall begin the first Monday
in May, and the following teachers were
certified: District No. l. Miss L, NJ Stn-
son of Brooks No B. Miss Phebe Shaw of
Etna No. 4, Mrs. W. P. Clark Of Monroe;
No. g. Miss Nancy Parker of Monroe No, 8,
Miss Sadie Cummings of Swanville, No. s,
Miss Ada Simpson OF Monroe; No. 10, Miss
Myrtle Nea!ley of Monroe; No. IL, Miss
Nellie Weber of Monroe. 1t was voted
that Districts Nos. 2, Z, 8, u and - be discon
tinued for the year. At special town
meeting, April Sd, to see if the town would
vote to unite school districts Nos. and IL,
after a spirited discussion it was voted to
pass the article over. 1t was voted that the
selectmen be authorized to place guide
boards through the town where needed.
Monroe Lodge, ]. O. o. F., No 1856, will OBJ
serve memorial services of the order, Sun
day, April 25th, at p. ~, at the church. 1t
is hoped there will be a large attendance.
All are cordially invited to be present. A
number of new members have joined this
semi-weekly to do the work. Ham. Jen-
kins has gone to Massachusetts for employ
ment. Edwin Lufkin is agent for the
bronze monuments like the soldiers monu-
ment in the cemetery, and has beautiful
lot of designs to select from. He is making
many sales Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Batchel-
der are visiting at her home in Dexter....
Benz. Carter is still very sick and it is feared
he cannot recover. Miss Emily Peters
passed away suddenly at the home of her
nephew, Hale Thurlough, this week aged Sc
years. She always lived in the Thurlough
family. Hale's father, the late Asa Thur
Tough, married sister of Miss Peters and
since the old peoples death, she has lived
with their son.. Mrs. D. A. Nye has re-
turned from Bangor, where she spent last
week with the family of her son, Frank Nye.
They were all sick with la grippe. She left
them conyaleScent.