The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-11-23

| with Capt. Rodney Witherspoon for year
LEO L. Thomas is at home from Boston,.
| Ralph Heald has gone to Camden. He is
| working for J. A. Brewster. -. Stephen
Cables an6tfamily have moved to Rockland.
in Camden Nov. 19.
SEARsMoNT. R. F. Dunton, Esq, and
Miss Helen M. Dunton of Belfast were in
town last Sunday Miss Mary Mcfarland
is in Belfast for a weeks visit. Misses
McCorrison and Knight are to give Thanks.
giving ball here, with a turkey supper at the
Nevens House, Wednesday evening, Nov
10Th The dance hall is one of the best in
Waldo county, and there will be first class
music and management.
PROSPECT The Italians on Mt. Waldo
struck last week and were paid off and are
gone; so l hear. They wanted IS per day
for eight hours work. There probably will
be no more work until spring for stone cut
tiers. The quarrymen will work until later
90. 81. Partridge went to Knox last week
to buy booded buck. James A. Haley
and wife visited relatives in Bangor last
bSSAi
held at the village school house, Prospect
with very fair attendance. We read that
coal famine is imminent. If we should
come to burning wood it would be boom
ing times again, for the wood has thirty
years growth now.
MORRILL, Mr.. Leslie Nash and family
from Montville have taken rent in the David
Nash house. He will do blacksmithing in
the shop near by. He seems very indus
trious young man. and we wish him success.
But we hope the fire will die out on the
forge, and the sound of the hammer aud
anvil will cease. while worshippers are going
to and from church on the Lords day..
Mrs. Horace Knowlton goes to West An
| dover, Mass, this week to visit her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Alvin Knowlton. The fall term
of school in the Cross and Robinson district.
taught by Herbert Woods of Knox, closed
last Saturday.. Arrangements are being
made by Supt. J. r. Mears, of the Sunday
school for Christmas tree and concert,
Christmas evening.
NORTH TROY. George Bather of Water
lie and Nathaniel Jackson of Unity were
in town on business Saturday Mrs. Louisa
Bennett, who has been sick the past week, is
| improving DR.. Cook of Unity was called to
| attend her,. Milton Carleton has been
| gagged the past week in building an ice-house
for his sister, Mrs. Flora Maloon of Detroit. E,
| Mrs. Annie Howard of -, n. H, has been
the guest Of Mrs. Henrietta Gilley the past
week. The North Troy Reading Club held
very pleasant and entertaining meeting at
tine home Of Mrs. John P. Hall Friday after
| noon and evening, Nov. 18th. The Club will
meet with Mrs A S. Tyler Dee. 18th. -. The
winter schools will begin Nov. 9th, with
the following teachers: Troy Centre Fred
! Myrlck West Troy Allie Heald East Troy,
| Fred Bagley; Ward Hill, Miss Getchell :;
Beech Ridge, Georgia Tyler W oods; Bagley
Hill, Leslie Ward; Rogers Corner, Fred Car
| ter.
| CLARK's CORNER, PROSPECT. Mrs. Loa
Clarke visited Mrs. Abbie Clarke Nov. 10th.
| -. Mr.. John Harvey of Swanville has moved
into George Harding's house. -. Mrs. Gard
ner Overlook visited her brother, Rufus
Whidden of Frankfort, Sunday, and found
him i'll critical condition. He can live but
a few days, having had paralytic shock ...
| Mr.. Fred Clarke, wife and daughter, visited
| G. W. Pendleton Nov. 18th. Mrs Ida
| Cole, who lives in Belfast, visited her old
| home in Prospect last Sunday. 80. Mr. Henry
Davis and wife of Belfast We're in town call
| ing on friends Nov. 10Th. Mr.. Gabriel
Brown was kicked in his side last week by
his horse aud will be crippled for some
| time. DR.. Grant says no bones were broken.
Mrs. Abbie Clarkes foot is improving
under the skilful treatment of DR.. o. S.
| Erskine of Frankfort.
PROSPECT FERRY. Mrs. Susie Barn es en-
tertained the Ladies' Circle last Saturday.
Mrs. Orlla McMann arrived home from
Durham last Saturday. On her way she
visited her sister, Mrs. Otis W. Lane in
Brooks, and friends in Belfast. Mrs. E. d.
Hartman is in very poor health. She is at
tended by DR.. Emerson of Bucksport The
| High school began here last Monday X. S.
| Ordway of Portland, teacher. Mr.. Ordway
is good teacher and II expect successful
| term of school. Stephen Littlefeld and
wife left here for Brewer last Friday. They
| will visit in Massachusetts before returning
| to their home in the west -. Miss Faustina
Harding and Miss Lulu Avery went to Ban
gor last Saturday, shopping Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Twombly of Natick, Mass, visited Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Heagan last Friday. Mr.
T. has just returned from a successful trip
to the Klondike and expects to return there
in the spring geo.. E. r. Batchelder met with
a very painful accident on Mt Waldo last
Monday. He was helping bend large
hook, weighing about 100 pounds, when it
dropped on his foot breaking the big toe.
MONROE. Mr.. 81. Buzzel closed the vii
| lage school last week after a successful
| term. Many visitors were present the last
| day. The scholars gave rectations and dia-
logues and each scholar was given souvo
| mir. 81 Mrs. Margaret Jones of Belfast is Wis
| iting her daughter, Mrs. Charles Colson.....
| Myron Parker has gone to Massac husetts,
where he will have employment this winteI.
| 49,. Walter Clark had a good old-fashioned
| pairing bee last week. Mrs. F. L. Palmer
| is visiting her cousin, Miss Ella Mosman,
| who is en invalid in lewiston. W hopping
| cough is raging in this village and vicinity.
| E. 81. Neatly remains about the same. His