The Republican journal., 1899-09-14
County Correspondence.

BURNHAM Hatch 4 Co. will start their
factor; for the manufacture of shirts, shirt
waists and ties in the Libby building on
| Monday morning with crew Of about TWEEN
ty-tve hands. 1t is the intention of the
company to increase this force to seventy
five hands az soon as the business will war
rant it They are here to stay, and will be
very valuable addition to the Industries of
the town. The firm has leased the store of
r. G. Gilmore and will put in a full line of
boots shoes, millinery and dress goods.
| After having been shut down for repairs for
| several weeks, the saw mill of r. and G. B.
| Gilmore has been started up and will run
for the next two months on shingle timber,
of which there is large quantity at the
mill. The mill is in the very best of condi-
ton now and has every prospect of very
busy season. The many friends of Mrs. A.
| w. Fletcher will be much pleased to learn
| that her condition is now slowly improving
| all the time and that she is now able to go
about the house with the aid of crutches. ;.
| Capt. A. W. Fletcher was in Unity last Sat
| urday on business. A steam drill is now
at work on the Libby farm drilling we'll to
supply water for the buildings of the farm
1t is the intention of the Messrs. Libby to
drill till they get to an ample supply of pure
water and then set their wind mill over the
well to do the pumping,
STANDPOINT. DR.. Waning arrived here
Sunday and left with his family Tuesday
| for Needham, Mass. The Mckeag sisters
! left Saturday for their home in New York
....Prof. N. S. French and family and NJ.
F. Y. French and family, who spent the sum-
mer here, have returned to Boston,. Mrs
| Lydia Staples arrived here last week from
| Temple Heights for a visit. Mrs. Wealthy
Watts has returned from Northport where
she visited Mrs. Ira M. Cobe for several
weeks. Mrs. Herbert NORM has lately
arrived home from Boston. Mrs F. F.
Perkins and wife and Mr. Samuel Burke
and wife have returned to Birchvlle. The
sch Yale arrived here Friday with coal for
| Ross K Howell. ... School in this district be-
gan Sept. 4th Miss Faustina Harding of
Prospect Ferry teacher. Miss Inez Staples
began the same day in the Narrows district.
| -. Mr.. |. Darlington and wife have moved
to Bangor. Mr.. P. will preach here Sundays
during the fal l.. ;. Mr.. Pierce Jordan from
Boston has been visiting his mother and
sisters here. Mrs. Harry Morse and chill
dren, who have been with Mr., and Mrs. j.
A. Young for several weeks, left Monday
for their home in Roslindale, Mass Mr.
Forrest Berry of stmr. City of Bangor is at
home for a vacation of two WEEKS. Mrs.
Edna Cousens is here from Bangor for a
visit. Mrs. Samuel Grant and Miss Marie
Grant have been in Penobscot for visit.
SwANvILLE. Mr. and Mrs. II. G. Applin
returned to their home in Somervile, Mass,
recently ;. Mr.. F. E. Nfekerson of Everett
Mass, was in town a few days last week 80.
Miss Julia Magee of Boston is in town..
Miss Katherine Nickerson is attending the
fall term at Castine. Mr.. A. Ross Nicker-
son, who is attending school at Bucksport,
was at home over Sunday. Mrs. Fred Young
and daughter Marjorie are guests of Mrs.
Mary F. Nickerson. Mrs. VIM E. Cleaves