The Republican journal., 1898-05-19
SEARSPORT LOCALS.


from Brunswick, Ga, yesterday morning.
Charles widgerin came over on his wheel
from Watervile Tuesday and is visiting
friends here.
Mary Decrow, who spent the winter at
Westboro, Mass, returned home by steamer
Penobscot Sunday.
Rev. Geo. S Mills will preach in the Cong
church next Sunday in exchange with Rev.
MI Il. G. Harbutt.
The Congl. County Conference is post
poned, to meet with the church at the har-
bor June nth and 18th.
Missionary collection next Sunday morn
day school Publishing Co.
Capt b f Pendleton and wife arrived by
train Friday evening and will spend the
summer at their Harbor residence
Though it has been hard salmon weather
q, j, Shaw has succeeded in taking two
hich were sold to Lynch at Bangor.
Those who have taken drives through the
woods report spring wild flowers numerously
weeks earlier than usual.
Rev. H W, Norton and family arrived
FROM B}icksport by steamer Friday and took
up their ;,boae II the parsonage, Mr. Nor
ton occupied the pulpit in the NJ. E. church
last sunday.
Mrs. F e. Whitcoub and son Frank ar
rived home by train from Salem Tuesday
evening. Frank has been under treatment
by specialist for knee trouble, and came
home much improved
Horace Lowering, Grand Junior Marden of
the Grand Encampment of Maine, /. o. o.
F., visits Charles A. iiuroh Encampment
this, Thursday, ever!ng work in the Royal
Purple. Refreshments.
F. E. Whitcomb caught at Swan Lake last
Saturday a trout which weighed six and half
pounds, probably the largest ever taken
from the lake. Thirteen are reported as
caught on the west side of the lake.
News was received by telegraph Monday
that Eugene Kneeland, who is in the employ
of Talbot & Co., jewellers, New York, had
been suddenly stricken with a shock of an
apoleptic nature but later reports say he
was improving rapidly.
We observe the fruit trees are thus early
filed with caterpillar nests. Unless our
farmers prompt in their destruction the
Maine legislature will shortly have to wres-
tie with tie question of their disposal as
Massachusetts IS now doing.
a telegram from New y ork Tuesday after
noon reported ship Abner Coburn, Capt. NJ.
L. Park, had passed St. Helena previous to
April Goth AS the ship sailed from H ong
Kong Dec. 4th, and had not been spoken or
reported there had been some anxiety CON
corning her safety.
II. I. Sanborn, superin tendent of wharves,
ana james Spilman, master builder. of the
B, x b. 5 S, Co., We're here Monday to
supervise the repairs to the wharf being
made by jerry Corcoran and crew. They
found the roadway had ly undermined, bur
the wharf III fair condition.
The New England Telephone and Tele-
graph COS war news bulletin was becoming
quite popular until the suppression of all
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her voyage fro III Honolulu to Hong Kong.
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holes IN which facing Of hide thongs were
pseu 70 nolu " anu ior serving tile oars
made of pieres of bamboo nIaced II, the
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months Mrs s;haldon uap+ +o pcs+o,, ,s+
fall to visit friends and when aho1t To 20
INN bo,n.. wa o+r;cl,an with o,-,.;1
shock, and remained in Boston for treat
ment until her death Her remains arrived
here Saturday and the funeral took nlaca
Sunday afternoon from her late residence.
Mrs. Sheldon was the daughter of the late
Capt. Charles and Sarah Tyler Gordon. She
nd he