The Republican journal., 1898-05-05
SEARSPORT LOCALS.


Fastnet Erskue made a short visit at
home last week.
H Fl. Grant of Portland was registered at
the hotel Monday.
Capt, James McGilvery has been spending
several weeks at Boston.
Mrs. Lillias Nichols arrived Tuesday and
will remain here during the summer.
Bark EVE Reed, Capt, A T Whittier,
has been placed under the English nag.
Mrs E. d. Blanchard and Inez DOLL yer
left by steamer Tuesday morning for East
Corinth
Lila Cyphers, who has been at Midway,
Mass. during the winter, returned by train
Tuesday.
Mrs. j. c. Dutch and daughter Maud at
tended the last meetings of the Methodist
Conference at Bangor.
Fred Park, employed in Crosby s taxer
dermist establishment Bangor, is at home
for a short vacation.
Large quantities of empty bottles from
the Mineral Springs at Stockton We're ship
ped back to Boston last week,
Ship Il. r. Thomas, Capt, E, n. Blanch
ard, sailed from Manila April 3d. only one
week before the naval battle.
j. W Black and E. j. Wentworth attend
ed the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge
of Masons in Portland this week.
Mrs. J G Nickels, who spent the winter
i'll Brooklyn, n, Y, arrived by steamer City
of Bangor Sunday, accompanied by her sis
Ter, Miss Thompson.
Andrew Griffin of the firm of Griffin &
Shelley, wholesale dealers in fruit, San
Francisco, Calf, was the guest of Capt j.
W. McGilvery Tuesday.
Herbert Kneeand, V no has situation
with j. C. Paige & 90, Insurance agents
Boston, sent his friends here some fine
photographs of the battle ship Maine.
There is no danger of Lanes supply OF
coal falling into the hands of the Spanish
1t is being distributed through the village
TO those who fear an advance in price.
Sears Lodge, l. Q. O. F., will celebrate the
seventeenth anniversary of the institution
of the lodge by giving a sociabe at theil
lodge rooms Wednesday evening, May 18th
An interesting letter from Capt. Clifton
Curtis of the Searsport k1ondike party was
put in type for this issue, but we are com
PEELED to defer its publication until next
week. Ed Journal.
Rev H NJ. Norton, who has been Presid
ing Elder in The Rucksport district, has been
appointed to the church here. Mr.. Norton
will not arrive until next week. Rev. o
Fl. Fernald is appointed TO Dexter, but will
supply here next Sunday.
Capt. Ansel Auspland had narrow es
cape from serious injury last week. He was
making some repairs under his schooner al
Nickerson's wharf and becoming somewhat
cramped from his position crawled out for q
rest. Raising himself up he happened to pu1
his hand on the vessels side and found she
was heelirg over. BY quick work he got out
of the way Ansel thinks ita very fortunate
thing that he got tired about that time,
While VIII Trundy and Frank Gross Vert
hunting Wild ducks at the Cove recently
they discovered II the bark near where on
people have their annual clam bakes hu
man skull, hut upon taking it from th,
ground Il Immediately crumbled to pieces
They were able 10 save parts OF the jaw
lone with several teeth attached The
spot is fully described by Champaign IN his
voyages up the Penobscot, noting among
other things the large deposit Of clam shells
and that 1t IL supposed to have been place
where the Indians assembled at certain
tines Of tie year TO celebrate their feasts
and no doubt they also used it for burial
ground, 1t IS very strange coincidence
that we, alter so many years have elapsed
should go to She same place to have our
claIl festivals. but it is an ideal place for q
feast, and the aborigines showed excellent
taste i'll selecting such a location.
NORTH sEARSPoRT ITEMS
Some OF our farmers have begun planting
Ed ScribneI of North Monroe was in
town last Sunday.
F. NJ. Eastman OF Prospect was in town
last Saturday on business.
j. W Smart is improving the looks of his
louise inside by coat of paint.
Miss Eudavilla Cleaves was at home from
Castlne tor few days last week.
MI l.. II. NJ athews is in Bath instead of
Camden stated in recent issue.
Mr.. and Mrs Prescott D. H. Carter were
in Belfast last week visiting relatives
Freeman j. Dow served on the iury at
the recent term of S. j. Court, Belfast
Mrs. Sarah Smart has returned from a
visit to her daughter, Mrs. F. M. Eastman
in Prospect.
Miss Martha Mathews, who is attending
the Normal School at Castine, was at home
a few days last week.
The firm of Gray g. Marden have leased
the granite quarry the east side of Bog
Hill of Herbert Black
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bowden of South
Brooks were in town last Saturday visiting
her sister, Mrs. +. W. Smart.
Mr.. and Mrs F.. 81. Smart have returned
from Arlington, Mass, where they spent the
winter with their daughter, Mrs Albert
Holmes.