The Republican journal., 1899-07-06
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.

burned. ID. r. Sparrow has returned from
a visit to relatives in Massachusetts. The
town schools closed June 30th -. At town
meeting held June Oath it was voted to re-
pair the Kenney and Ray schoolhouses, and
$3.50 was voted for the purpose
WALDO Miss Tilla Harding has gone to
Bangor to resume her place with the Vacuum
Oil Co.. MI and Mrs. Charles Achorn of
Whitefeld were in town last week to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Achorns brother, Emer-
son Elwell.. -. Frederick Richie Grange
had their contest supper last Saturday night.
A large number were present and the best
of feeling prevailed. Tie Grange voted to
take recess until August 5th. Haying has
begun, and with favorable weather will be a
short job. Pastures are producing but little
feed and dairymen are feeding again.
BuRNHAM. Deputy Sheriff Hiram Meal
lister, who has been ill for some time past,
is now very much improved in health and is
able to be out and to attend to his business.
Mr.. NJ cAllister is doing very large business
in buying and selling WOOL The prices are
about the same as they were last season, but
there is more wool for sale now than there
was then. as the farmers are keeping more
sheep this year than for long time before.
....One man in this town who has been ben
Gifted by the late war is Captain A. W.
Fletcher. For more than seven years he has
had a large lot of heads and slaves for bar
rels in his storehouse and no market for
them at any price. Since the close of the
war, he has had orders for all of them and
the last have been shipped and will be made
into barrels for use in shipping goods to
Cuba and Porto Rico.
CAMDEN. Work is progressing rapidly in
81. M. Beams yard on the four masted
schooner, the Anna Murray, to be launched
July 9th, about 80 A. M Following are
some of the dimensions: Length of keel 2O6
feet. depth q feet, and breadth "A 3 - feet.
Tonnage, gross 1884 net 1854 The masts are
112 feet long. The vessel will carry $3.50 tons
of coal. She will be lowed to Bangor by the
tug Bismarck, and will load ice for Philadel-
phla She will be in command of Capt.
Clarence Birdsall. AS soon as the Anna
Murray is off the ways, four-masted
schooner will be built by FL. NJ. Bean for
Capt. George Bailey of Anisquanl N. j.
Work on the six-master to be built for Capt.
j. G. Crowley will commence early in De-
cember. Captain and Mrs. J. r. Potter
and son of Brooklyn, n. Y, are at the Nc,
Rays for the summer. Capt. Potter is to
command the new FIVE masted schooner to
be built in II. NJ. Beams yard The keel is
already laid IA corporation known as the
Knox Clothing Manufacturing Co., with a
here for the purpose of manufacturing cloth
ing. II. c. Moody is president J. A,
Brewster treasurer and G. Prince, clerk
These three gentlemen are the directors.
APPLETON. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Gushee
arrived Thursday from Concord, \. H, and
will be guests of Mrs. Frances Gushee....
Albert Stewart, who recently returned home
from Brunswick medical school, has secured
a position in the Boston city hospital and
left for that city Friday. Mrs. George
Ripley and Miss Ruby Wallace of Bath are
spending a few weeks in Appleton, guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. 81. Page. Mrs. Samuel
Haskell of Camden has been in town a few
days. Geo. H. Page is suffering from a
slight wound received in the palm of his
left hand which caused blood poisining.
He has not been able to attend to business
in his carriage shop for several days. Mr..
and Mrs Francis j. Cakes and servants ar
rived Thursday from New York and are
putting things in order in their new house.
The painters are this week putting the fin
ishiEg touches on the interior wood work.
....Thursday evening Mrs. Elizabeth n.
Yates of Round Pond gave one of her popu-
lar lectures to very appreciative audience
in Union church. A select choir furnished
music..... Raymond Heating, who has en-
ployment at the Augusta insane hospital,
rode over on his wheel last week, and visited
his mother, Mrs. Caro- Keatin DIR. L. W.
Hadley and wife visited friends in Frank
fort Saturday and Sunday.
LINCoLNvILLE. One of the pleasantest
entertainments of its kind that has been
held here for some time was given at the
Heal school house by the teacher and pupils
of that school Friday evening, June 23d.
The large gathering of parents and friends
gave evidence of the interest taken in the
school and the appreciation of the good
work done by the pupils during the term
The program, consisting of Rotations
declamations, pantomimes, dialogues and
tableaux, was well rendered. A series OF
magic lantern views given by Horace Miller
was much enjoyed by all. One of the most
taking features OF the program was musical
pantomime by Abbie Richards George Hall,
Annie Patten and George Thomas, assisted
by Frank Patten as violinist. The active
operations of the young ladies with churn,
washtub, broom and chopping tray, in per-
feet time to the music, brought down the
house and was heartily encored. The school
room was very prettily decorated with red
white and blue tissue paper, flags and ever
green. The school has made great progress
this term under the instruction of Mrs
Lydia Deane of Northport, who is one OF
the best of teachers, and the scholars are to
be congratulated on having so able an in.
structor and it is hoped that she can be re-
tanned in the school many terms.
PROSPECT VILLAGE. Mrs. Clara Perkins
and J. Goodwin of Missouri Valley, Iowa
are the puests of Mrs Ira Ward After an