The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-03
County Correspondence.
Deferred from last week.

PALERMO Percy Henry, a young man of
much promise, who had been in Boston but
a week, died from brain fever and was
brought TO Branch Mills for burial last
Thursday. The family have the sympathy
of their many friends. Mrs. Aaron
Phillips died at South Palermo Thursday
The funeral was at Branch Mills Sun
day afternoon, attended by Alfred Jones of
China. John Black is building a new barn
Geo. w Rowe is MISREPRESENTATION.
EAST SEARsMoNT. Mrs. Mary Batehelder
of Rockland WAS i'll town Sunday. Mrs
Henry NJ. Head spent May oath with Mrs
Jennie Ness. Your scribe received IA call
from MIR. and Mrs. W H. Arnold of Belfast
last week. He IS buying wool for Camden
PARTIES. They have new bOarder at G.
X. Williams L is q hoy, II ~ lbs. Mrs
f. P. Brewster of Belmont was at Z. P. Ma
honey's Monday Leroy Mariner and A
j. Lawry spent Saturday in Union. Alice
Hunt IS visiting Mrs. E. h. Packard....
Charles Wellman of Mexico, Maine is in
town for the summer.
CAMDEN. The Canadian Jubilee Singers
gave concert Saturday evening in the NJ .
E. church to a large and appreciative audi
ence. Sunday evening they gave sacred
concert. Miss Mary Mullin, formerly a
resident OF this place, but for the last i've
years matron OF large Orphans Home in
Minneapolis, Mimi, has returned home and
will take charge of her uncle's summer
hotel the Mullin House at North Haven.
The Camden Musical Association recently
gave fine concert and propose to give an
other in June. The schools We're closed
last Thursday in order that the teachers
might attend the teachers convention in
Rock port. t.. The sides of Mt Battle are
alive with people Sunday afternoons, who
take the climb to see Mr. Busweil's house
on the summit. A tower fifty feet high is
III process OF erection. During the past
year Rev. T. S. Ross, pastor of the NJ. E.
church, has collected $3.50 on the church
debt and secured $500 more in pledges ....
Skilton, Foote & Co., Boston, have contract
ed with f. r. Sherman for about Is acres of
cucumhers and eight acres Of caulihower
This means quite a sum OF money distribut-
ed among the farmers of the vicinity.
PI1TsFihLp, W. l. Meals Young son Ray
rs sick with typhoid fever... Miss Annie
Horne is quite i'll with the measles Miss
Virginia Morse. tie little daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. l.. {. Morse, is seriously ILL.,. L.
r. Graves has accepted a position as tray ell
ing salesman for Boston tirln Miss
katherine Allen of Oakland was called to
! tia19 Loaf
sister, Mrs. NJ. L. Damon. We are glad to
say that Mrs Damon is improving. 81. C.
| Humphry is laying the foundation for a
new building near his present store on
! somerset avenue. Mrs. l.. A. Merritt and
Master Robert Merritt arrived home last
| week from Washington, d. G. and Balti.
more Md where they have been spending
the winter with DR.. Merritt The doctor
| will not return until August. Miss Matte
Colcord accompanied her sister, Mrs. O. S.
Haskell, on her return from Portland Mon
day, and will remain here during the sum
mer. -. Mr. H. P Farrow of Belmont has
been in town for the past two weeks survey
ing land for [. H Lancey as well as dong
several small jobs in this line for other
parties in town.. Rev. H. E. Townsend
and Mrs. N. l.. Perkins were elected as dele
gates to attend the Y. P. C. U. Convention
at Oakland Tuesday. The graduating ex-
ercises at the Pittstield grammar school oc-
cured Thursday, May 27th... The ". R. c.
will have an entertainment in Union Hall,
June ., under the direction of the Williams
Carnival Co, the proceeds to go towards the
soldiers monument. All are cordially in
vited to help in the good cause.