The Republican journal., 1898-03-17

| EAST SEARsMoNT. Mr. Frank Rankin of
Lincolnville was in town March 10th. Mr.
| Samuel Morse of Belfast was in town Sun
day, the guest of his brother, Lewis B.
| Morse. Master Joseph Donnell of Bel
mont is visiting his grandparents, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Arthur ?. Head. .. Mrs. Gertrude
| Donnell was in Belfast last week visiting
| relatives. -. Mrs. j. G. Packard and son
| Raymond were in Union March 3 |, the guests
OF Mrs. Frank Written. Mrs. A NJ. In.
graham of Belfast was in town March 9th
-. Mrs. Amanda Mahoney spent last week
in Camden with her sister Mrs. Marcelus
Goddard. Mrs. Henry Mahoney was in
| Rockport last week, the guest of Mrs, Rod
ney Witherspoon. Mrs. Charles Hem
menway and Mrs. Horato Woodcock and
little daughter spent March 10th with Mrs
Minerva Packard. -. The first crow of the
| season was seen in this section March 1st,
and we feel that spring is fast approaching.
Robins have also made their appearance.
UNITY. Miss Louise Thompson is failing
and it is feared she can live but a short
time. Stephen and Edwin Rand and Miss
Nellie Hamilton started for Montana Mon
day. DR.. and Mrs. Thomas are very busy
| packing up to move to Waterville and in
tend to go in about one week. They are
to care for his aged father, who is so years
| old. Mrs. II. B. Rice is still on the sick
| list. Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Role entertain
ed the Progressive Whist Club at their home
March 18th. There were five tables. Sand
witches, cake and coffee were served and all
passed very pleasant evening. Mrs. A
r. Myrick is improving, but is not yet able
to do her work. W. A. Bartlett was in
town Saturday and Sunday. :. The boys are
having fine times fishing for pickerel
Simon Conner caught about dozen nice
ones Sunday. MIR. Isaiah Blethen is little
better. Prof Lothrop of the NJ c. l =,
Pittsfeld, was in town Saturday and Sun
day, the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Libby
BELMONT. Ralph Achorn left Monday for
Castine to attend tn Eastern Maine State
Normal School. Mrs. Emma Morrill, and
Mrs. Viola Morrill, were in Morrill, Friday,
visiting relatives. :. Mrs. Sadie Knight of
her brother, Mr. C. 0. Jordan . Bert
Lamb and sister Lillian were in Searsmont
Sunday, visiting their aunt, Mrs. Josephine
Donnell.. Irving W. Fletcher of Boston,
who has been i'll town the past week visiting
relatives, returned home Monday Town
send Bros, our musicians, are having more
calls than they can attend to. Monday
evening, March It'll, they furnished music
for dance at slesboro; Tuesday evening
at Mystic Grange Hall and have to furnish
music for dances at East Knox, Searsmont,
Lincolnville, Montville, Belfast and other
surrounding towns. As musicians they are
excelled by none in the State of Maiue....
The dance at Mystic Grange Hall, March
Sth, was well attended. Anyone who has
a good reading horse to sell would do we'll
to call on Edward Wagner as he wants to
buy.
TROY. At the annual town meeting, Mr..
r. Il. Gowing was elected treasurer, and
Wilmont Grey, collector. Mr.. and Mrs.
Llewelyn Webb, and Leon Bagley left
Monday for Montana. Owing to the bad
travelling there was a small attendance at
the pound party at David Piper's last week
For the same reason there were no services
at the church last Sunday. The roads are
very good if the teams all happen to be 60
ing in one direction, but where teams
meet, unless it chances to be at some door
yard it is almost impossible to pass each
other... Mr.. G. Fl. Leavitt of Dixmont has
been in town the past week engaging milk
from the farmers, for his cheese factory the
coming season. He is to run the factory
at Dixmont corner formerly operated by j.
W. Harding. Fred Bagley has gone to
Portland to have his eyes treated at the
hospital 1t is hoped the treatment will be
successful, as Fred is general favorite and
very energetic young man. u. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Hollis of Bangor visited relatives in
town recently. DIR. H. Benson of New
port was in town last week. -. Bennah
Harding has been quite sick for few days.
1t is seldom that he yields to sickness, and
it comes rather hard ON him to be housed up
even for a brief time. March 14th tulips
were peeping through the ground in Mrs. B.
F. Harding's garden, heralding The near APP
proach of spring. / fear, however, they will
make the acquant ance of Jack Frost be-
fore the first of Ma Y.