The Republican journal., 1897-03-04
The Republican Journal, Thursday Morning. March a. 1897


Blanche wilkins of Castine is visiting Miss
Edna Ginn.. ISIS Alma Kingsbury of
Frankfort visited Miss Orianna Harding
last Friday and Saturday. Mr.. Herbert
Mixer of Somesville called on Mr.. and Mrs.
W. d. Hartman last week.
SwANvILLE. Mr.. George Ordway is very
sick at the present writing. Mr.. Phibrook
of Frankfort has been guest in the family
of d. W. Billings for a few days past. ;. C.
R. Nickerson spent Sunday in Hampden
Carrie Wallace of Hampden is stopping with
Mrs. W. E. Damn. MIR. Andrew Nicker-
son and daughter Mamie are the guests of
Mrs. Abigail Nickerson. Her sister, Mrs.
Laura Trundy, who has been stopping with
her, has returned to her home in Searsport..
Mr.. and Mrs. d. W. Billings will entertain
the l.. A. S. Thursday, March 18th. 1t is to
be a grand opening of spring millinery and
every lady is to bring two paper hats or bon
nets exactly alike. If you belong to the so
ciety, come; and if you don't belong to the
society, come.
UNITY JeUeuldH NdIueS Suppleu tne
pulpit Sunday, as Rev. E. S. Burril was not
well enough to preach. He is gaining slow
ly....The primary school began Monday
with a full attendance, Myra Lilly, teach
er 49,. Farmers are improving the snow.
There was never such large quantities of
pulp wood, bark and cord wood hauled to
this station as now. MIR. &. Clough is fail
ing. DR.. Cook is gaining. Miss Ida
Whitehouse entertained ID progressive whist
party at her home last Saturday night. 1t was
very enjoyable affair. There We're seven
tables. No prizes We're given. Ice cream
and cake We're served. Mrs. E. h. Conner
of Belfast was in town last Saturday and
Sunday calling on friends. Mr.. and Mrs.
A, Nye returned to their home III Maiden,
Mass, Monday. Lena Bartlett Went to
Skow hogan Feb. 10Th to visit friends.
V1NALHAvEN. The Cascade House and
Vinalhaven Drug Store were destroyed by
fire early Monday morning. Both We're in
one building, owned by j. ?. Ambrust,
which became total loss. Nothing was
saved from the burning building, and f.
Warren Smith, proprietor of the Cascade
House, with his family barely escaped with
their lives. The losses are about $1,000,
$1,000 on building, 81 400 on contents of the
Cascade House and $1,000 on stock of the
Vlnalhaven Drug Store, OF which Patrick
Nc Namara of Rockland was proprietor.
Messrs. Smith and Mcnamara We're partly
insured, but it cannot be learned that Mr..
A a lao hull a
ing. Lane, Libby and Sanborn of Vinal-
haven have secured a large contract for
homeless fish from Boston parties, which
will take more than they usually get of
large Goldfish during the season.
IsLEsBoRo. Last Sunday evening at the
Baptist church, Rev. Geo. Z. Tufts gave an
address upon the life and labors of the late
B. f. Shaw, d. D., whose funeral took place
IN Waterville, on the previous Friday.
synopsis of the address appears in another
column, DR.. Shaw and wife made many
warm friends during their last summer va
cation at lesboro. The doctors addresses
at the social meetings will not soon be for
gotten. The people will long hold him in
memory. The Baptist church ediiiGe has of
late undergone extensive repairs. The roof
has been newly shingled and the chimney
taken down and built upon the outside of
the house, Inside ii metallic ceiling mas
been put up, tie walls tinted i'll soft
colors, the pulpit platform lowered and
modernized, an elegant new pulpit taken
the place of the former desk, and other
improvements made. Rev. Geo. f. Tufts
has supplied the church during the past
fifteen months
W1NTERroRT. Capt. VIM. Chase, one of
the oldest citizens of the town, died Feb.
Goth at the home Of his son, VIM. Chase, at
Whites Corner, having reached the advanc-
ed age of q years. He had been feeble for
some time, but the immediate cause of his
death was pneumonia. Mrs. Henry Web
Der Of Cambridge has arrived to visit her
grandfather, Mr.. Lord, and other friends in
town. We are very glad to say that Mr..
Lord continues to improve. Misses Hattie
Moody and Blanche Shaw are at home from
Castine on vacation. There was an alarm
OF fire at DR.. j. H Bakers Monday forenoon,
but the water was turned on and the fire
was soon extinguished, doing very little
damage. Mr.. W. B. Ricn of Bangor spent
Sunday with his sister, Mrs. c. NJ Chase.
Most Of those reported i'll last week are re-
covering, but there are number OF new
cases Among them are Mrs. H. j. Weber,
Mrs. A. D. Harlow, Mrs, John MCGEE, Mrs
P, q. Rich and Mr., George Grant. :. Mr.. r.
G. Campbell is very dangerously i'll with
pneumonia.
LIBERTY. That hideous monster La Grippe
is again getting in its horrid work among US.
Nearly half of the people of this vicinity are
now or have been its victims. DR.. Whit
comb made twenty-five calls in one day.
Miss Madge Thompson of Centre Montville
and Miss frankie Shibles of Knox Station
visited friends in this village last week .
Mrs. Louise Clough and son Charlie, who
have occupied the l.. G. Morse house for the
winter, vacated March LIST. Mrs. Clough
will return to Boston and Charlie will board
at the Waldo for the present. :. Mr.. Taylor,
the apple tree man, is with us again..
Representative Martin has been detained at
home for the past few weeks on account of
sickness in his family. bliss Blanche
Moody is visiting friends in Gardiner. All
the mills are heing well stocked -. Cattle