The Republican journal., 1898-05-12
COUNTY CORRESPONDENT NOE.

PROSPECT FERRY. MeSSrS. t. II. ana
George Batchelder are working in Bangor.
Mrs. George Gruby of Boston visited
her sister, Mrs. E. r. Batchelder, last week.
Mrs. W. G. Bowdin fell from a scatfold
last week and hurt her spine so that she is
confined to bed.
CENTRE LINCoLNvILLE. Rev. T. S. Ross
is to be with us another year and will hold
services each Sunday afternoon at the NJ. E.
Church. :. Rev. Mr.. Bradstreet will speak
at the Centre next Sunday forenoon and
afternoon. The remains of Mr.. Charles
Drake We're brought from Rockland last
Thursday aud laid at rest beside his father
ard mother in the Centre Cemetery :. Mr..
E. NJ Heal is home from Boston for few
weeks. =. Mrs. Ella Patterson was in town a
few days last week visiting friends. Mr..
F. o. Young is confined to his house by ILL.,
ness. Mr.. Leslie Burgess and family are
at Mrs Burgess mother, Mrs Lydia Fuller,
for the summer.
SEARsMoNT Mrs. Hobart Taylor of Mil
ton, Mass and Mrs. Treat of Searsport are
visiting Mrs. NJ. A. Fowle Miss Josie M,
Knight and Miss Mary McCorrison who
have been in Franklin, Mass, the past win
ter, returned home Saturday 500 Mr.. T. p.
Moody has finished work for Mr.. V. A. Sim
mons and will go into business for himself
if he finds a satisfactory opening. He has
been with Mr.. Simmons three years and his
many friends wish HIM success wherever he
NAV go. Mr. Geo. E. Ring of this town will
tol-a ANr'a
high line among the trout fishermen. He
caught one recently that weighed one pound
and seven ounces.
KNOX. There Is quite a quantity of hay
in this vicinity which the farmers would
| like to sell but are holding on account of
the price being 50 very low. "A. M. Shibes
has bought a lot of potatoes the past week
at a price that has caused most of the farm
ers here to sell. Our schools opened May
| 9th with the following teachers: Corner,
| Minnie Hillman Centre, Belle Vose Ken
ney, Annabell Aborn; Leonard, Hannah
| Vose; Ray, Stella Kenney Mountain, Mat
| tie Kelsey. 1t is with sorrow that we
| learn OF the sudden and sad death of r. j
| Wiggin of Freedom, who was formerly a
resident of this town, where he serv
| ed as member of the board of select
men for number of years and also repre-
| scented his class in the legislature. We
| had another town meeting May 18th and the
| town voted to sustain the previous meeting
| So as the vote now stands we are to have
| two new school houses, one near Edw. Shi-
bles to be completed by Sept. 1st, and one
| near East Knox by Oct. 1st, next. The town
also voted to repair the Kenny school house
CAMDEN. Hon. j. G. Woolley of Chicago
gave lecture the evening of May 1st, OF
Christian Fellowship. 1t was under the
auspices of the WV. G. I. T., and a most ap
preciative audience, filling the Opera House
below and in the galleries, listened to his
eloquence with much attention. Rev. Y
P. Wardwell will spend the coming year il
Camden with his family =. Rev. T. S. Ross
has entered on the third year of his minis
try at the NJ. E. church -. Rev. J. W. Day
and wife have been visiting at E. w. Pen
deton's, birthday party for the bene
fit of the Home for Aged Women was helt
Tuesday evening, The Ambulance was
y
fine concert was given, refresh ments SERVED
and the pleasant even ing proved a success
financially .Zealor w Richard s. house wa
totally destroyed by fire Sunday morning
There was 500 insurance. Wilder S
Irish, who has been appointed Chief OF Pc
lice for Camden, has moved his family her
from RoCkland.. Mrs. John E. Goldman o
summer house ready for occu pancy the con
ing season.
MORRILL,. Rev. Fl. L. Holt of Cushin
was in town on short visit last Friday an
Saturday. He will spend week here, pre-
cedng the delivery of his Memorial serlno
at Monroe May Doth. Mr.. Holt has man
warm friends in this place. Rev. A. d
Thibodeau comes back unexpectedly to MOI
!, riil and Knox for the coming year. He CAV
a good sermon at this place last Sunda
Our Road Commissioner begins his cam
paign this week, on the road past Higgin
ridge. Some farming has been done. bu
!, the cold weather up to this writing is keel
ing grass and trees of all kinds back.
Daniel Meservie has very nicely matche
pair of Durham steers which grit feet
inches. G. II. Wing also has a large pair c
:. steers, and there is much really nice stock j
town. B. G. Daggett, James Woodbur
and F. L. Hatch are much pleased with til
, ensilage from their sios erected last al
tumn. Miss Mabel Mears has returne
| from few days visit in Boston. Mis-
Edith Poor of Belfast, who has been visitin
her uncle, j. F. Vickery, returned home las
Saturday -. There will be social dance d
Storer's Hall Friday evening May 18th. A
are cordially invited. Mr.. John S. A
Rowe of Palermo has been visiting in tow
Levi Rogers was in town Sunday visit
ing his parents, Mr., and Mrs. II. A Rogers
| WATERPROOF. The Winterport Ere
Library Us the recipient of another muuif
cent gift from Mr.. e. G. Holbrook of Ney
York. to whom we were already so deepl
indebted for his many generous donations
The present this time consisted of set {
; Ridpath's History of the World in elegan
volumes bound in morocco. 1t was given i
, commemoration of the 41st anniversary c
, his marriage to Miss Frances Chick of thi
l place, which occurred on April 30th. TIL
presentation was made by Mrs. H. n
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