The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-04-13
The News OF Brooks.

The spring term of schools at the yillag,
opened Monday, April 10th.
Miss Alice Dow, who has been in Boston
to buy spring stock of millinery. returned
Monday
The grand band entertainment of the
Order of Hercules will occur April 10Th al
Union church.
Capt. j. W. Bennett has gone to Boston to
assume command of the steam yacht Clean
owned by Henry W. Savage of New York.
Mrs. BIZ .Stantial who has been enjoying a
we'll earned vacation, in visiting her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Whitney, in Thorndike
returned home Monday
People have been obliged to give up runners
and take to wheels after more than four
months of continuous sleighing, which is
said to break the record within the momory
of the oldest inhabitant
The spring house-cleaning at the post of.
flee occurred some time between Saturday
night and Monday morning. 1t was newly
papered and painted and it's appearance
very greatly improved after the winter cam.
paign.
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars meets
at Lewiston April 18th and 18th. Brooks
Lodge will be fully represented. The dele.
| gates are M. J. Dow, j. B. McTaggart, Earl
! D. Bessey, Hale Rose and Mrs. E. A. Car.
penter.
DR.. A. W. Rich arrived home Monday
from lengthy trip in Cumberland and ad.
joining counties. The doctor is probably
the oldest travelling man on the road, but is
hustler and can give the boys quite dusty
race yet.
| K. G. Edwards is doing large amount of
saving in short lumber, such as shingles,
etc. The lumbermen in this section hauled
large amount of lumber upon the last
| snow and the local mills are lust starting up
| for long run.
| w. A. Swift had an old fashioned hauling
| last week to move his house from it's old
| location to the main road Shadrack Hall
acted as master carter. After reaching the
| low ground the mud was so deep that the
| teams refused to haul any further Opera
| tions were deferred until the ground settles.
Rufus Cross, who died in Thorndike
March 9th, was we'll known in Brooks where
| he often visited He was member of the
Grand Army post at Freedom, under the
auspices of which he was buried. The de-
ceased is survived by two sons, Bert and
Charles of Brooks, and two sisters, one in
Brooksville and the other in Thorndike.
| F. W. Pingree and E. G. Roberts recently
visited Walter Mathews at his home in
North Searsport, and report very little
change in his condition. He was injured
while working at the depot here year ago
| last December, his injury resulting in paral-
ysis of the right leg He has brought action
| for damages against the railroad company,
| which it is expected will be tried at the com
ing term of court,
The high school began Monday under the
instruction of Mr.. Peabody of South Etna.
! The primary school will begin April 24th
school, for several terms, as teacher 1t is
understood that the school at South Brooks
will be taught by Jessie Peabody, that at
West Brooks by Vesta Rose, and that in the
the Littlefeld district by Grace Dow.
| There was a trial of civil action before
trial justice NJ. j. Dow Monday, wherein
Charles w. Jenneys of Brooks was plaintiff
and Elijah I. Walker of Unity defendant,
| Plaintiff, who is a dentist sued to recover the
value of a full set of teeth, upper and
under, valued at 800. The defendant claim
ed that the teeth We're warranted to fit, but
did not, The plaintiff was represented by F,
w Brown, Jr., and the defendant by James
| Libby of Unity, who made an eloquent plea
which, however, availed nothing, as the
| court promptly decided in favor of the com
plainant, from which decision Walker APP
| pealed.
Miss Mary Hobbs of Brooks has received
the following letter from her cousin, Frank
W. Hobbs, who is in Cuba, a member of the
160th Indiana Volunteer Band, now located
at Matanzas. He says; II have been on
furlough to Havana and have just returned
to camp. Our camp is located upon a coral
| reef which is so rough we can can hardly
walk. In order to hold our tents it was
hoo0eSoiy W odilu ildmes, as we couiu not
drive 5 stakes. We have an excellent view of
the city and bay, the former having popua-
tion of SS ,OO0-nearly all Cubans and Span
iards Many of the Cubans are black as ne
groes and Others are as white as we are.
The language is the queerest l have ever
heard. The island is (touse the expression)
loaded with fruit, but we are not allowed to
have any. but manage to get some on the sly.
When in Havana | had fine time, looking
over the wreck of the Maine, visiting the
Brooklyn and the battleship Texas I visited
the tomb of Christopher Columbus and many
other places of interest"
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