The Republican journal., 1899-08-31
NORTHPORT NEWS.
CAMP GROUND.

w R. Devine and wife of Baltimore wer
at the Northport Hotel last week.
W. L. Mcdonald of Pittsburg Pa, stopped
at the Northport Hotel last week.
Chancellor Day and wife left last week TO-
Monmouth, to attend campmeeting.
Charles E. Hogan of Lowell visited hi
family at the Miles cottage a few days tn,
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs, Dorr of New York, who hav,
been spending the summer here, returned
home Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. c. Ge.chell of Toledo
Ohio, and children are registered at the
Northport Hotel
The finder of black fur boa will be suit
ably rewarded by leaving it at the CAM
Ground post office.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Greenlaw of North
port spent campmeeting week here this year
the first time in 90 years,
Gel John Forest and Capt. NJ, B. Gordon
of the Queens Guards, London, were at the
Northport Hotel last week.
Mrs. L. t. Boothby and friends OF Water
vile are occupying the Boothby cottage at
the corner OF George and Maple streets.
Miss May Grierson of Auburn, who has
been visiting her uncle. H. H. Andrews, at
the White Rock, returned home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs j. j Hughes Miss NJ
Hughes and j H. Judson and wife of Law.
renee, Mass. We're at the Northport Hotel
| last week.
! Howard Murphy attended campmeeting
this year for the 50th consecutive year. He
has not missed year since camr'ueetings
were begun here.
H l., Stevens has had good run of bust
ness at his restaurant over the store, and
also a, i lunch car just outside the north
east entrance.
Gerritt P. Wilder, ESQ of Honolulu. H
l., is guest of Mrs. j. w Emery, on Maple
street. His mother was the first white child
born in the Sandwich Islands
Mrs. Mary A Emery of Brooklyn, n y
has sold her cottage at the corner of BAY
View Park and George street, opposite the
! White Rock. to Thomas B. Gilbert of Orono.
The work of grading the lower part Of
Bay View Park is progressing. A sea wall
has been built and the grounds below Bay
street graded. i tennis court will be laid
out
The City of Bangor has given us the bene-
hit of her electric search Light twice the past
week, when she arrived here late. 1t makes
the section on which it is turned as light as
day.
A chafng dish party was given by the
ladies' Of the Northport Hotel last Thursday
evening in honor of Mrs j. W. McKinnop.
who left for her home in Chicago Friday
night.
Sunday was very quiet day here and
the number OF visitors on the grounds was
small. The steamer Castine made her regu-
lar trips here to and from Belfast and Sears
port, with small nun bers, hut no other
steamers came.
Among the guests from abroad at the
Northport Hotel the past week were Carrot
P Wilder, Honolulu H l. j Foster, Mr.
and Mrs j. Jones, England Abe Gordon
and W. Smith, Honolulu; Miss Waterhouse,
Hong Kong, China, Mrs. D. B. Smith.
London.
The following party was at the Randall
cottage from Aug. 18th to Aug. oath: Mrs.
+, b, Stevens, G. A. Stevens, Lincolnville
Mrs. L. B. Mathews, C. L. Randall Ger
trude Stevens, E. S. Mathews, Brockton,
Mass. l.. E. Sherman, Mary Stevens, W. O.
Stevens, Boston.
The police have had little to do except to
take gate money. The lookup has not been
occupied this year W. Fl. Toothaker was
chief OF police and he reports that the order
this year was the best that he has ever
known it. Everybody has been peaceably
disposed, and apparently happy.
While the season generally has been favor.
able, and the number of summer residents
has been large, the weather Wednesday and
Thursday, campmeeting week, kept many
people away and the total attendance for the
week was small A large proportion of the
attendance Thursday came to hear Congress-
man Boutelle, but he was unable to be pres
ent on account of illness. The other services
| OF Une Gay were as announced III The Jour
nal last week, the p. N. sermon being sub.
stituted for Mr.. Boutelles address, and a
business meeting at f.
| BUSINESS MEETING. The annual meeting
of the Northport Wesleyan Grove Camp.
meeting Association was opened Wednes.
day, Aug. 23d, and continued by adjourn
ment from day to day until the business
was completed. Officers of the association
were elected follows for the ensuing
year: Pres, Rev. [. H. W Wharf, Dan
| forth; Sec, Rev. Thomas +. Jones, Bucks
| port treas, Hon, F. H. Nickerson, Brewer
trustees, Rev. l. H. w. Wharf, Danforth
Fl. B. Dunbar, Bangor; f. H. Nickerson
Brewer; Rev. 7. F. JONES' Bucksport; AL
den Nickerson, Orrngton; Albert White
Orono Rev. II. W. Norton, Searsport; NJ. G
Hill Belfast f. L. Farrand, Rockland
supt. of grounds, j R. Mears, Morrill,.
Rev. j. M. Frost was appointed to arrang
for next years campmeeting.
Executive Committee, j M. Frost, Ban
gor, President; John Timing Brewer; G
E. Edgett Belfast; 7. F. Jones, Bucksport
The treasurer's report was as follows:
Receipts. 81 ,9i3.9
Expenditures. ............. l,oZo