The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-09-15
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE

BUCkSFORV. The Will OF tne late Capb.
Mark Gray filed in the Probate Court this
week is very brief one, The testator
leaves to his daughter, Annie NJ. Nicholson,
the sum of 50 800, and the entire residue,
real estate and personal property to his wife,
who is appointed executrix without bond.
BELMONT Miss Josephine Meal, who has
been N town the past two months visiting
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. r F. A lex
ander, returned to her home in Lewiston
Saturday to resume her studies in Bates col
lege Miss n. enters upon her sophomore
year t.. Miss Ida L. Smalley is at work in
Camden. Our Sunday school is in a pros
porous condition Mrs. Eliza Alexander Of
Belfast was present last Sunday. We sin
cerely hope that the young people in this
vicinity will take hold and make the school
interesting Don't forget the fair at Mystic
Grange Hall Sept. goth.
HALLDALE. Mr.. Willis Mcfarland and
Miss Zuhie ". Gowen We're united in mar
riage Sept. 81 by Rev. I. R. Pentecost. They
left the 9Th TO visit friends on Acre Island.
....J E. Hall and Charles H. Nose return
head Lake.. Roy Thompson visited in
Pittsheld last week. W. II. Hall of Low
ELL Mass, is visiting his brother, Charles
Hall, Charles H. Vose, George Lamb and
John Foster are attending school in Free
dom. Nice Rowell is at work in Freedom
in the clothing factory. Fred A. Clement
is digging A well....C. A. Hall is laying a
pipe to take water into his house
PROSPECT The Red Seals of Stockton
Springs offer to play game of base ball
Sept. 21st at the Prospect fair with any nine
in Waldo, county or State. Little Prospect
sent six men to the Spanish-American war,
as follows; Libby, Partridge, Sprague, Cal
derwood, Clark, Lindsey. They are well
made-up and smart young men. SO far one
Libby-is all right. Lindsey is improving
at Camp Wikleaf Calderwood is very low.
A dispatch from officials last Saturday to
relatives said, come to Portland Clark is
somewhere in hos ptal and Partridge and
Sgrague are also said to be, think three of
these men went in the second Massachusetts
regiment Stockton has one man. Dickey,
i'll the service and he was at Chickamauga
the last heard from. Mrs. Elonia Cunning
ham and daughter of Swanville are visiting
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. c. X. Nickerson.
$50. Silas Young when watering his horses
the other night chased by what he sup
posed to he a bear. Others have seen the same
animal and claim it is wolf...A party
from the George settlement went to Long
| Cove, Searsport, for mackerel asst week.
| Albert Larrabee had a big entertainment
last week. The evening was pleasantly
spent with music and songs, NJ. Iarrabee
is a good drummer aud quite band can he
mustered in that section Miss Lulu Cole
a going to Wiuterport with Der aunt.
Mrs. Mary Sparrow Of Searsport has been
visiting at Mrs, Betsey Bassicks Howard
Gran5 and wife of Winterport called on
friends in the Clark district last week. H.,
Frank Eastuan 2ur road commissioner, is
repairing aud plauking the Lane bridge near
bere... a team Of gypsies passed last week
on heir way to Knox, so they SAID. The
I election - the coolest one here Tor years..
Miss Laura Wagner of Stockton was at
Daniel Danyers last week. Mr.. and Mrs.
I
Brooks where they have employment for
the winter with Joseph Ellis. -. Roy Nicker-
son and wife of Stockton called at his
fathers, c. X. Nickerson. last week. Mrs.
Melinda Littletield and her mother visited
Mr., and Mrs. Gardiner Clark last week.
The handbil are out for the Prospect fair
Sept. 21st. | should have said that letters
adj nod .1a,
of the Red Seal nine, will be attended to.
PALERMO. The fall term of school in the
town began last week with the exception of
the center school, which began this week and
is taught by Nelson Brown. The Faye
school is taught by Mertie Brown, the Cars
corner school by Alice Spratt, the Ridge
school by Edith Grady, the Greeley school
by NOME Turner, the Rust school by Belle
A. Bow Ter and the East Palermo school by
Mary E Norton, The Cars corner school
has raised the money to buy flag, hich
was recommended by the superintendent.
| Gordon Black formerly of this town. and
| his daughter Mrs. Otis Hunt of Sherman
Mills, are visiting his son, John Fl. Black.
| Friday he went to Freedom to spend the day
with Frank Sanford friend in childhood,
49, During the thunder shower Sunday
evening, Sept. 4th, Charles Goves' barn was
struck by lightning and burned. He lost a
horse, COW and yoke of steers. One COW
broke loose and got out. He also lost hay,
carriages and farming tools. No insurance.
....John S. Aver and Frank Norton bought
fifty head of cattle in Patten, Me-. and
arrived here last Tuesday with about thirty
head, having sold on the way. They sold
| the most of them as soon as they arrived.
John Turner of Somer1 lie bought eight and
John Black bought a cow. Willie Hanson,
who has been very sick with typhoid fever, is
improving. Watts Nelson, who took care of
him for two eeks, returned home last week.
....Mrs. Eunice Comstock of Charestown,
Mass, and her daughter, Mrs. Frank Clapp,
of Deer Isle, are visiting at Fred Spratt's.
Mrs. Comstock will return this week -.
| Eugene Rowe went to Damariscotta and
| Newcastle Sept. 9Th to visit his brother
James, returning Thursday. Fred Norton
went to Union last Wednesday with LOAD
of lime casks, returning on Thursday Ed.
Dodge is threshing grain on Level Hill this
week. Fred Jordan is planning to build a
new barn next spring. He is laying the
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