The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-04-13
sEARSPORT LOCALS.

tlon in Boston.
WIN. Parse is in Bosto L looking after the
clothing interests.
Capt. H. B. Whittier of Everett, Mass,
spent Sunday in town.
Miss Angie n Carver is spending part of
her vacation at Beverly, Mass.
Miss Margaret B. Sargent arrives to-day
nv boat with full line of spring MILNE ry.
Miss Ada E. Ridley is in Maiden, Mass,
and will be absent until the middle of May
Cant. j. c. Gilmore left by steamer Tues
day Tor short trip to Boston and New
York.
quest OF her sister, Mrs. j. E. Webber, last
week.
Rev. r. G. Harbutt will have something
to say ON the temperance question next Sun
4iay morning.
C.. +. Gordon has just completed quarter
OF a century as cas- Aler of the Searsport Ma
rloual Bank.
\. c. Shute has been i'll the St. Botolph
Hospital, Boston, the. past two weeks for
medical treatment.
Mrs. u. s. Beals is IN Boston buying a
stock of millinery and will r, turn by steam
tr City OF bangor Saturday.
Sears Lodge, L o. 0. f., will confer the
second and third degrees Friday evening.
Refreshments Will be served.
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Tuesday, Corporal Grant is just home from
CUBA, where he was stationed during the
late war with Spain.
There Will be Ii Christian Endeavor soci-
able tins, Thursday, evening in the upper
conference room Miss Martha Ross and
MISS Joanna Colcord, hostesses.
Mrs. Mary Perkins went to Waltham,
Mass, last " eek TO make short visit to her
son Fred, who Is to leave very soon tor Cali
fornla, where he has business interests.
Next Sunday will be the last service of
tins Conference year in the M. E. church.
our annual Conference will be held in
Pratt Memorial church" Rockland April
19th. Mr., Norton will leave for that gather.
lag on Tuesdays boat.
General manager Hill of the B. & B. s.
D. Co. announces to those attending the
East Maine Conference at Rockland that
tickets will be sold at one fare for the round
trip on steamer due TO sail on April 18th, 20
and 22nd, and Will be good to return until
and including April 25th
The remains of Mrs Lucy A. Nickels
who died in Lowell, Mass, arrived by train
thursday morning. The interment took
Place AZ Elmwood cemetery. MIS-. G. II
Jennlson accompanied the remains of her
mother and after the burial service in the
the afternoon returned to her home bv
steamer City of Bangor
Tie teachers app, nted for the spring
tern ot schools in Searsport are as follows
rec High school Miss Angeline n. Carver.
assistant Miss Fastnet Erskine Intermedi-
ate Miss Susie f Gould; Primary, Miss
katherine hueeland NO. ., Miss Belle Craw-
toru No. :, Miss Carrie G. Closson: No.
MIR Sidney Sargent; No. 3. MIR. Fred NJ
NIckerson.
MI e. B. Maddpcks Of Hampden, who is
compiling the history Of the 18th Regt.. in.
forms us The history about ready to plaoe
IL the hana- Of tn, printer. He requests
any member of the regiment, Who has NOD
done 80, TO forward personal material. H =
also wishes rs TO say that those who desire
to have Their pictures appear should send
4 photograph before April 25th.
Two of .,fJr Il
ed to Stockton or wager Monday evening,
and attended the dance there. They started
with their dancing shoes under their arms
ana their feet clothed with rubber boots
On the outskirts Of Stockton the necessary
change IN loot wear was made, and the
rubber boots We're deposited for safev under
the side walk until the return trip was made
AT midnight.
"a BACKWARD SPRING" We hear ON all
sides complaints Of cold winter aud
backward spring. 1t reminds US of re-
mark of our ate old friend William NJ.
l1arrabee, who said he had heard it for every
sprng for tile last nifty years. The com
plaLnts this year are so numerous that we
We're LED 10 look up the records of past sea.
sons ana We tind IN Nj George F. Smiths
record, which he has kept for the past TWEEN
ty-tive years, the following:
April !, 1915, Teams crossed on the ice
from Castine to Belfast. April 9Th verv
cold. T. j. Beals was sailing his iceboat on
the bay.
Aprll L. Ice left the river as far as Win.
terport
April IA Snow storm. Wind N. E. Cold.
ApEI 10. Steamer Cambridge reached
Deilast as lar as the monument Landed
freight and passengers on ice
April H. Heavy rain storm. Wind S. E.
steamer Cambridge reached here at 8 P. NJ.
inld The booming of cannon and playing of
the oearsport band. + rst time the steamer
mas peen here since January II. Steamer
not able TO reach Belfast on her Fl rst trip to
Boston.
April 81 Very Cold Pumps in houses
froZe solid.
April IL, 1879 Tough snow storm, 70
inches of snow fell.
April 10. Tough storm Badly drifted in
the back part of town. Teams went in the
fields.
April Is, 1881. Heavy snow storm. u
inches fell.
June 16. Very cold. Wind n. w. Flur-
rles of snow IN the morning.
April /, 1882. Below zero.
april 7. Snow storm,
April IS Snow storm. Wind N. Cold.
1O or u inches fell
May g. Very cold. Ice made 5.8 inch
thick in night.
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