The Republican journal., 1899-10-12
SEARSPORT LOCALS.

dey morning of heart disease.
Mrs. A. j. Parsons of Pennington is visit
ing her father, Nahum Weber.
Joseph E. Harding of Rochester, N. 81. ar
rived by train Saturday evening.
Will Gahagan and F. Crosby secured the
first deer in this vicinity Saturday.
Mrs James G.. Pendleton is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Blanchard. in Portland.
J. B. Ames returned from business trip
to Portland and Boston Wednesday.
Mrs. Cecil Paine of Bath is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ. Sargent.
Mrs. D. S. Beals will have a millinery
opening Friday and Saturday of this week.
Amos Dow, 1st officer of ship A. j. Fuller
arrived by steamer City of Bangor Tuesday
Leo Sargent, who is employed at Swift u
Pauls, Belfas;, Is spending his vacation in
town.
Miss Margaret B Sargent will have a mil
linery openin Thursday and Friday of this
week.
Hollis Weber, who is employed in Nor
wich CT, is spending a two weeks vacation
in town.
Frank Smart and Frank Gross, who have
been employed at Mt. Waldo, returned home
Saturday
The following letters are advertised at the
post office: r. W. Clark, A. H Holms Mrs
c. Nj. King.
The Searsport Public Library has received
an increase of books from the State Circulat-
ing Library
winter with her daughter, Ms. Amy Black,
IN Maiden, Mass
Mrs. j. B. Morse accompanied her daugh-
ter, Mrs. E. Lappin, to Jersey City, where
she will spend the winter.
Mrs. Helen Crazy, who spent the summer
months at the old homestead, returned to
Roshndale, Mass, Monday.
Schooner Caroline Kreischer, Capt. Charles
Closson, sailed for Bangor Tuesday with
cargo of brick from Mark 8 brick yard.
Miss Jessie Nickerson's advertisement of
dark silk lined Jacket lost between North
port and Camden Oct. 9th Will be noticed in
another column.
Rev. L. G. Harbutt and a large delegation
from here attended the Waldo conference of
Congregational churches at Standpoint Tues
day afternoon.
Capt. and Mrs. Frank P. Whittier and son
Thomas, who have been the guests of Capt.
A. T. Whittier and wife, left by steamer
Penobscot Monday.
Harry and Cliff Randall will leave next
week for the Pacific coast, where they have
position ou steamer plying between San
Francisco ana Seattle.
Rev f. G. Harbutt chose for the theme of
his sermon last Sunday evening the recent
International Conference of Congregational
churches III Boston, and gave a very able
and luteres ing discourse.
For few weeks the only Sunday evening
meeting of the Congregational church will
he the Christian Endeavor meeting from
10 o'clock. All are invited, whether men,
bers of the Endeavor society or not.
Mrs. S. A. Prescott gave farewell party
to the young friends of her niece, Miss
Georgia Hamnons, last Friday evening
Cake and ice cream We're served and very
pleasant evening enjoyed by those present.
The drama entitled the Moonshinars'
daughter is to be given at Union HI
Friday evening. and will no doubt be fully
attended as the cast is a strong one and the
parts have been carefully assigned There
will be no stage waits, as between the acts
there Will be vocal and instrumental music
and whistling solo.
The Searsport post office recently began
the sale Of the new money orders issued by
the government, and the records show that
DR.. E Hopkins bought the first one sold.
The records also snow that his daughter
Ella bought the first order sold upon which
a war tax was charged
Was it a shpwreck or excursion party?
A small olive bottle found in uncle Sans
reef near steamboat wharf, contained five
pieces OF pasteboard on which were written
with lead pencil that scarcely more than
scratched the following names r. G. Hig-
gins, Alma Higgins, Alice Hodgkrs, Mrs.
1%iOudIu. II lNluR Will some one OF unOS6
named communicate with the Searsport
postmaster?
The history of the 10Th Me. Regt, which
was delayed for the engravers in Boston to
add few more pictures, will be in the
hands of the committee for delivery in few
days The edition is to be equally divided
among the committee, land those who wish to
receive a copy are requested to send one dol
lar to j. W. Black, Searsport, Me, and the
book will be mailed to them free of cost, az
per vote of the ASSOCIATION The book contains
more than 300 pages.
C. F. Hill went up to the Gilkey pas ture
Sunday to show his brother some Young
stock that he had pastured there He was
surprised TO ind fine jersey heifer dead
and an examination found she had been hit
with nine buck shot. evidently bv some
gunner who mistook her for deer-as quite
a number of deer have been seen in that
locality. MIR. Hin is very positive his sus-
pcions of who did the shooting are correct.
and as soon az he can secure enough testi-
mony the party is likely to hear from him
1t is suggested by some of our citizens,