The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-12-15
County Correspondence.
1Defarred from last week. ]

Deferred from last week.
MoNRoF The Sunday school concert,
which had been postponed for two weeks on
account of the weather, was held at the
church last Sunday evening Inc church
was very prettily decorated With notices,
| flowers and evergreens and the recitation
and music, both instrumental and vocal,
We're excellent Much credit is due to til
children. and also to the committee OF
ARRANGEMENTS Rev John Blair had charg 8
of the program, Mrs. Jones of Belfast IL
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Charles Colsoi'.
g.. Miss Louise Mayo is visiting friends in
| Camden Mrs Joanna killman of Win
terport made short visit to Mrs. Atwood
last week. 49,. Mrs. Dennison is recovering
from a severe attack Of la grippe. David
Curtis, our school superintendent, is teach
ing the village school. Mr.. Frank Fair
banks will leave the Forest House and Mr.
| George Miller of Brooks has leased it. Mr..
and Mrs. Fairbanks have ever been ready
to aid III every good work and we sorry
| to lose them.
| APPLETON Our schools have begun
with the following teachers: Grade school,
| Grammar, lga Hall of Ellingwoods Corner
primary Miss Fannie Gushee; Weymouth
district, BENZ Keller; Bridge district, Geo
Fish Quincy district, Clarence Simmons;
Elmwood district, Edna Ripley; Miss Agnes
Taylor, lead of the Lake, Hope; Miss Annie
Stevens teaches the Lawrence district
| school il Searsmont. i. Miss Helen Tyler
1 lpb hoe bA.4 fEa Jl1pg 1f T Law
and mother has returned to her home in
Frankfort, Miss Helen Sherman and
Miss Linda Annis have arrived home from
a visit of me week in Boston. Vivian
Cunlnghamls at home from Haverhill, Mass,
| .... Reuben Grant, who has been at work in
/ Beverly, Mass, the past four months, has
returned home.... Miss Fannie Gushee
spent her vacation with her brother Walter
Gushee, IN Concord n H.. Miss Annie
Carleton has gone to Westboro, Mass,
where she VIII b5 employed in the In ane
Asylum. % OAe night recently a pile of
brush left for a few days around large elm
shade tree in front and within % or 80 feet
of the residence Of Erastus Proctor, was
saturated with kerosene and set on fire by
small boy, who says chat he was hired to DO
the job by ueighbor living near the
Proctors. The fire was discovered by two
men who happened to pass, and who with
the help of Mr.. and Mrs, VIM, Proctor sue-
ceeded in putting the fire out.
STOCKTON SPRINGS News has been re-
ceived here from New York Of tie death of
Isaac l.. Fletcher, formerly Of this town.
MIR Fstehers death was caused by the ex-
posion Of lamp in his room on board the
lighter j IL, Manning. of which he had
charge dunnL the absence of the captain.
| Mr.. Fletcher WAS IS years of age, the son of
the late Crawford S. Fletcher and Abbie
Fletcher Staples Of this town. He was an
| industrious, warm hearted young man, an
atfectionate son and father. His wife died
eight years ago. The blow is a sad one to his
devoted mother, Mrs. Abbie Staples and
only child, George. who survive him. For
the sorrowIng mother and orphaned son the
community feel deep sympathy. The re-
mains We're brought here for burial and the
funeral held here....Dr. Herman Hlchborn,
wife and children, Of Cambridge, Mass,
spent Thanksgiving with the doctors father,
Capt Albert HIGH born. :. Dr. G. a. Stew
ems, who has lately been attending lectures
in New York, has returned. He reports Mrs.
Bradford Blanchard, who has lately under
gone treatment, as doing finely, after Sc
we're operation. The Village Improvement
Society for some time past has been actively
engaged IN raising money for sidewalks.
Each street has worked with a will, the gen
/ tlemen assisting the ladies in their efforts.
The society feels justly proud of having
raised over S24 Rufus Mudgett has lately
returned from a business trip to Boston and
Portland. -. Mrs. Levi Griffin, after long
illness, is improving and her many friends
hope she will soon be restored to health -.
Capt. William Henry Park, who las been a
great sufferer for months, is gaining, mach
to the qualification of his many friends.