The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-01-27
sEARSpORT LOCALS.

George S. Sargentis spending a few weeks
at home.
Mrs. c. N. Meyers arrived from Boston by
train Saturday.
Louise Field arrived from Bucksport by
steamer Penobscot Monday afternoon.
On account of the severe storm Sunday no
services were held at the churches
Bark Lucy A. Nickels. Capt. Amos Dow,
passed st. Helena prior to Nov. Both.
Miss Josie Burkett of Belfast has been the
guest of Miss Inez Deliver the past week
John Blanchard and wife of Bangor have
been visiting friends at Park the past week
G, F. Harlow of Middletown, Ohio, was
registered at the Searsport House Tuesday.
Almond Park who has been first officer of
bark Mabel l, Meyers, arrived home Tues
day.
Capt 7. 2. Colcord has taken command of
ship Henry B. Hyde which has sailed from
San Francisco for Honolulu.
The women's monthly missionary meet
ing will be held on Friday afternoon in the
upper Conference room at o'clock.
The Ladies Aid of the NJ f. church will
hold a tive-cent social BILE in their vestry this,
Thursday, evening. All are invited
Capt Geo A. Carver has bought the
schoolhouse in the Gordon district and will
have it removed to Moose Point shore.
Letters from Tacoma, Wash, announce
the death in Japan of Mrs. Fona Mollestad,
slanuhtar of ba LOT, TT
The Ladies' Whist Club will be entertain.
ed Friday evening by Mrs. Emma Davis,
Miss Mildred E. Shute and Miss Maud &.
Colcord.
Geo. E. Marks saw flock of Chinese
pheasants in the Butman acid Monday 1t
Is said they have made headquarters in the
Gilkey barn all winter.
w. E. Grinnell has received from Taxi
dermist G. r. Coombs of Belfast the head of
the deer killed last fall near this village.
The exceptionally wide spreading antlers
show to good advantage as mounted and it
makes fine ornament.
l AT a meeting of the experimenting School
Committee held Tuesday afternoon it was
voted to leave the matter of closing the
schools because of measles in town wholly
to the discretion of the Board of Health
The Board of Health decide they have no
jurisdiction.
After three trials are pleased to an
nounce that the Sargent district schoolhouse
Is landed, though not upon the lot it was
designed To occupy. The final purchaser
Holm Sullivan and hos fr1
was Herbert Black, with his own team of
twelve oxen, assisted by several pairs of
horses
The public installation of the Off GERS of
Sears Lodge, l, O. o. F., which took place
last Wednesday evening, was great sue
cess. More than two hundred were present
ID D. G. M. Samuel Adams, accompanied
by members of Waldo Lodge, who assisted
him, performed the ceremonies in very i'm
pressive manner. A bountiful collation.
was served after which dancing was indulg-
ed III by the younger people present,
RETIRED ON A PENSION. In general order
NO. 4S3 ISSUED by the board of police last
night, patrolman Clarendon W. Gray of
DIVISION was retired upon pension of 5000
per anunl1 on the ground that he is ply 81
caily lncapaCitated from further active duty.
Gray has been member of the department
Tor is years, and the only known break III
his good record was his alleged assault upon
cltlzen WIFI temporarily deranged some
months ago, after which he disappeared and
was finally located in the National Soldiers
Home at Hampton, Va Gray is veteran
and the holder of a Kearney medal. fBos-
ton Globe.
OBITUARY. Died in Santa Clara, Calf,
Jan. Is. 1898, Capt. Daniel H Blake, aged
6S years. Capt. Blake was born in Prospect
III 1879 and went to sea early in life, and
after very successful career as master re.
tired early in the eighties, having command
Ell among others the following vessels:
Brig Mary Z. Thompson, barks j. b John
son, Sarah A Nichols, ships Matilda and
Harriet McGilvary, He first married Nancy
Nickels, by whom he had one son who
died at sea His second wife was Mary
Ellis, by whom he had one daughter, now
MIS-. Edward Rogers, residing in Yoko-
hama, Japan. His third wife, who survives
him, was Mrs. Emma (Ford) Pendleton, by
whom he had three sons and one daugh-
ter. In 1884 Capt. Blake and family left
Searsport for California where he has since
been engaged in fruit culture He was the
Oldest member of Mariners Lodge, F. & A M,
having joined Oct 3. 1854. He and his wife
united with the NJ E. church Searsport Jan
TO- 1873. Capt. Blake was of a very pleasant
disposition and made friends wherever his
lot was cast.