The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-10-13
SEARSPORT LOCALS.

Fred NJ. Harris of Boston spent Sunday in
town
Capt. Charles NJ. Nichols returned to New
York last Saturday.
Mrs. Josie Smith of Rockland is visiting
friends in town.
C. 0, Sawyer II Co. are setting up several
new furnaces in town.
Newell White of Knox made short bust
ness trip here Monday.
Mrs. c. W. Hopkins is the guest of her
sister, Mrs Adams, in Bangor.
Mrs. S. j Richards of 1slesboro is visiting
her daughter. Mrs. B. B. Gerry.
Among the arrivals this week are Mrs c.
t. " hltconb and daughter Winnie and Eta
West
Misses Mile Shute, Jessie and Edna
Black are visiting friends in Boston and vi
cinity
Burton Young, member of the Heavy
Artillery, is spending part OF his Through n
Searsport.
Laura NJ. Carver, Annie Stevens and Jeu-
ME Curtis attended the musical at Bangor
Saturday.
Joseph D. Sweetser and Clifford Nichols
have gone to Willimantic on hunting and
fishing trip.
Mrs. Eta Gerry and Mrs. Susan Bunker
returned from visit to friends in Bar Har-
Dor last week.
Capt. w. R. Gilkey is at home while his
schooner, the Georgia Gilkey, is discharging
coal at Rockland.
The school committee deem it advisable
10 keep the schools closed in Union district
until further notice.
Miss Ada f. Ridley left by train Wednes-
day morning for Maiden, Mass, and will be
absent several months.
Sch. E. l.. Warren, Capt Israel Closson,
arrived from Portland Saturday with cargo
of corn for A. ]. Nickersou.
Mrs. W. X. Morrison of Minneapolis is
making short visit to her parents, Capt
and Mrs John G. Pendleton.
Mrs. d. S. Beals and Miss NJ. B. Sargent
have their fall opening of millinery Thurs
day and Friday of this week
W. T. "tHt"ortn anu family, who spent
the summer at their lockwood cottage,
Swan Lake. arrived home Monday.
We were in error as to the residence of
Mrs. E. H. French in last weeks item. She
IS keeping house for John Sullivan
The friends OF Capt. Amos Nichols were
gratted to learn If his success on his hunt
ing trip, he having killed large buck
Warren Carr and family of Bath visited
his mother the past week and returned IA
his home on steamer Peno bscot Monday.
Rev. W. NJ brewster, State evangelist,will
hold revival services here beginning Oct.
18th and continuing over the following Sun
day.
Sch. George Quincy, recently burned off
Boothbay harbor, was owned by Amos ID. |
Carver of New York and Capt LEROY Dow
of Searsport.
Searsport Chapter Royal Arch Masons is
in tionrjshing condition, holding two meet
ings each week, the degree work being in
order every meeting.
All cattle shipped beyond the limits Of the |
State are required to be examined by Com |
missioners before they can be taken on |
board the boats of B. & B. S S. Go.
Charles Barrows 70 md the carcass of A
deer on the shore near Moose Point with
two bullet holes through the vtals. Has
tins anything to do with the recent shooting
on the western shore?
List OF letters uncalled for at Searsport
post office for the month ending Sept 30th
MRS. Georgia Ally (2), Mr.. D. f. Cary, Mr..
Frank b. Wilder, Mrs. }. NJ Ward. Mrs.
Kate G, Wells
Inc school committee have spared no
pains IN cleansing the cistern, the ce!lar,and
all the rooms in Union school house Mr..
Geo Brown of the committee says YOU NAV
assure the parents that &c child can contract
an infectious disease from anything in or
around the school house
NO new cases of scarf It fever have devel-
oped this week, IT, funeral of Ionisa
Murphy, who died Saturday morning from
the disease in malignant form, took place
Sunday afternoon. The entire community
sympathi@e with Mr.. and Mrs. Murphv in
the loss OF little Louise who was a favorita
with all who knew her
we are reminded by the recent death of
Hon Sherman Hoar that in 1880 he visited
Sealsport with several Ct his Harvard class
mates ard spent some time here, The marty
occupied rooms at the old hotel. which was
then under the management of W. Fl.
Mathews, They We're 50 well pleased with
their entertainment and surroundings that
they came the next year for few DAYS.
The recent reported murder in Bucksnort
of Mrs. Ware reminds us of the finding
of the body of woman about her
age at North Searsport several wears ago.
The resemblance of both locations as dis
crlbed by the reporters is strikingly similar,
the surroundings being Of the same grew
some nature. What seemed singular in the
hndlng of the body at Searsport was that
several women in the State answering the
description of the body found disappeared at
that time and the officials We're almost SIRE
IN two cases that they We're on the right
track to discover the name of the woman
found, but We're disappointed, and it still
remains mystery. The same whispers of
murder We're started in the case hare h,,+