The Republican journal., 1898-08-11

wooden mill on their water power. C. E.
Libby is raising the vest factory and will
putin basement. Mr.. Libby says there must
be some business done in this building if it
has to be done at loss. -. Mr.. Nathaniel
Pease and Miss Angie Mills of Pittsfield
made Mr. and Mrs. VIM f. Kimball very
pleasant call last Sunday. -. William and
Samuel Reynolds are marketing a large
amount of new potatoes.
CENTRE MoNTvILLE Mr.. Frank Poland
is attending the Bangor Commercial College.
miss Edith Brown of Belfast and Miss
Cora Engle of Holyoke, Mass, visited their
uncle, Mr.. V. Thompson, last week Cora
Poland has returned from Belfast, where she
has been at work. Mrs. Munnes and son of
Brookline are boarding at Mr.. Charles Rings,
Mrs. Eleanora G. Bean has been presented
with quilt by her grandmother, Mrs. Mar
garet Waterhouse of Searsport, which con-
tains 1852 pieces. Mrs. W. is in her SD year,
and the quilt was made in less than a month
besides attending to her household duties
800. Mr.. Justin Jackson and family of Pitts
field are visiting their relatives in town.
.... Miss Ella Frye is at home from Belfast
PROSPECT. The Prospect Grange has vot-
ed to hold fair at the village Sept. Dist.
The committee of arrangement, are Fred A.
Lane, j. f. Libby and Frank Crockett, and
three sisters including Mrs Henrietta CHM.
-. The last few days Of good weather were
fully occ upied by the farmers in finishing
up haying. The early sowed grain is now
ready to cut and the crop is good one....
Politics are at low ebb. Everybody is of
one sentiment, according to the talk now.
The war has somewhat checked party feel
ing and it seems now that eryoody is 60
ing to study up the situation anew and vote
accordingly, and Prospect should have
rally....I. F. Gould's stallion, Blue Wilkes,
will be likely to show higher speed this fall
at the fairs. He is in fine trim and as gentle
to drive az the best of them. :. The bicycle
craze has struck the Clark settlement and
nearly everybody has The fountain
for pedlars has about dried up for the Ara
bians,th Jews and the Gentiles in the coun-
try places. -. In the store of John M. Ames
x Co., Stockton Springs, is the largest lot of
packages Of paper bags to be found in any
store on the bay or river. 1t must be that
their trade is good and, by the way, these
paper bags come very handy to the farmers.
A II the flower and garden seeds, and ever so
many notions, are now tied up in paper bags
from the stores, and all are labeled and easy
to find. The near by quarres are complet-
ing their jobs and discharging their crews
TIL.
be large Job contracted for on Mt Waldo,
but there is hitch in the proceedings some
where. The government contract calls for
paying the men So 80 per day, and the con
tractors can explain away the trouble. 1
don't know what it is.
PROSPECT FERRY. Capt w. c. Harding
arrived home from Portland last Sunday and
will spend a few days with his family while
his barge, the Belle of Oregon, is discharg-
ing. Miss Oranna Harding visited friends
in Bangor, Winterport and Frankfort last
week. Capt. Rufus Hartman spent few
days at home last week while tine sch. Mabel
Jackson of which he is first mate, was load
ing ice in Richmond, Me- Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene Barnes visited Mr.. and Mrs. James
Littleteld in North Prospect last Sunday.
Miss Lulu Avery is stopping few weeks
at the Alumni House in Standpoint. Capt.
", D. Hartman and daughter Hattie visit
cd Mr.. and Mrs W H. Sanboru in Belfast
last Thursday &C. Q. Batchelder spent
Sunday at his home, returning to Bangor
Monday morning. Mrs. +. r. Batcheder
VI sltp1 r.4latIypS il. R,Aifl - la ,Xaal- Nrs
George Gruby has returned to her home in
Boston, Mass. Capt W. H, Harr,man
will soon begin on his new house, which will
be one of the finest in town. The cellar is
about completed. Mr. and Mrs Levi
Berry, With their sons James and Alvah. of
Quincy, Mass. arrived at the old Berry
homestead last Friday, Mrs. B. will remain
here until fall. Mr.. B. returned to Quincy
last Sunday Stinson Hooper and Sam
Cleve arrived home from Swans Island last
Saturday Harry CHM and Alex Rowland
have gone to Norridgewock, where they have
employment on stone. Miss Bertha Powers
of Massachusetts, is visiting Miss Jessie
Bowdon... Miss Alfredo Hartman and Miss
Evelyn Avery arrived home from Portland
W
fort preached at Mt. Heagau last Sunday.
SwANvILLE. AT the class convention Hon.
A. E. Nickerson was nominated as the Re-
publican candidate for a seat in our Legis-
lature the coming winter. He feels very
grateful to three gentlemen over eighty
years old who took long ride in pouring
rain to vote for him. Mr.. George Dudley of
Lebanon, n. H, the guest of j. W.
Nickerson and family last week. =. Miss
Marion Nickerson of Everett is spending
her vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Nickerson. Mrs. Winfield S. Nick
erson and two children of Chelsea, Mass,
visited relatives in town last week. Mr..
George Nickerson, Jr., made a trip to Unity
the first of the week Mr.. Albert I. Nick
erson and his mother visited friends IN
Hampden.Sunday Miss Carrie Greeley is
the guest of her mother, Mrs. T. c. Smart.
Memorial concert Sunday, Aug. 21st.
Friends from away are invited to send let
tiers. E. Fl. Nickerson and family, accom-
panied by Miss Vinie Nickerson, have re-
turned to Portland {. :. Mr.. Walter Nicker-
son is visiting friends in Bradford :. Mr.
A. T. Mudgett is visiting friends in Bangor.
miss Edna Edgecomb has gone to En-
field for a two weeks visitA drove of "a