The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-05-04
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
Deferred from last week.

returned nome MONDAY .ooue Vi tne
friends of Mrs. NJ. W. White gathered at
her home last Friday and fitted good pile
of wood for the stove. Raymond Emery
left for Lowell, Mass, last Monday where
he expects employment. e. V. Poland OF
Dorchester, Mass, visited his mother, Mrs.
Betsey Cunningham, last week....W. NJ.
Vose is again able to ride out.
STANDPOINT Mr.. F. f. Perkins of Birch
willie was here for few days recently....
Mrs. NJ. Black has been in Boston the past
week on business. :. Miss IneZ MaXfeld has
been visiting in Castine for several days..
Manley Richards, who has been away since
last fall in sch. Carrie Buchanan, arrived
home Saturday. Mr.. F. l.. French has been
visiting in Searsport.. Charles French has
gone to Eastport. where he has employment.
80. The fisherman have about completed
their weirs, but no fish have been taken yet.
80. MIR. Paddington from Bangor Seminary
preached here last Sunday. :. The travelling
is reported little better than last week
BucKsPoRT. The rural schools began
Monday morning with the following teach
ers: District Nc 2, Miss Ethel Dodge; No. 8,
Anna Chapman; No. 4, Daisy Phillips No.
5, Mary Elbridge; No g. Alice Crocker No.
7. Florence Buck; No. s, Lizzie S. Slower;
No. Q, Lillian Bowden No. 10, Nellie White
No. II, Esther NJ. Heath No -. EVELYN G.
Hall. -. The students of the E. M G. semi
nary, as we'll as the towns people of Bucks
port, were much pleased to hear that
Prof. j. F. Haley had been reelected presi-
dent of the school and that the other men,
bers OF the faculty had been retained. 1t i,
hoped that the coming year will be one of
PROSPERITY for the institution.
APPLETON. MIR. and Mrs NJ. F. Hanly are
visiting friends in Boston. Rev. 4. D.
Thihodeau will preach in Union Church
April 80 at = o'clock. 80. Mr.. 0. G. Richard
son of Lincolnville has bought the Jacob
Peabody place. Mr.. Peabody and family
have moved to Rockland. g.. Leroy McLain,
who has been at work for L. M Gushee in
his store, las gone to Boston to seek en-
ployment. Mrs. G. II Page, who was in
Bluehill two weeks with her sister, Mrs.
OsgooI, who was very seriously i'll, is now
at home. Lou Carter and bride, nee Myrtle
place....Mr. &. Duuton IS in Boston at
the eye and ear infrmary He has had one
eye removed,
PALERMo. Last Wednesday and Thurs
day several hands turned out and gave the
First Baptist meeting house a new coat of
paint \. The Meth0,Ist brethren turned
ont last Saturday and ftted their wood for
the stoves and piled it IN the wood room of
the churcI....N Mrs. kesiah Nelson, who has
been spending a few weeks with her laugh
Ter, Mrs Emma S. Car, IA Albion, returned
home last week W greet a httle niece, born
at her home recently. The Montville
correspondent viii be pleased to know that
the big boy born recently to the wife of Will
Soule weighed II IL lbs. -. A liJtle boy was
, born last Friday to the wife of Fred Bailey,
weight lbs. 80. ames Beldens house caught
| fire last week by the chimney burning out.
Help was at hand and the buildings We're
saved. W. A. Nelson is building a shed to
connect his house and barn :. James R. b
Dinsmore of Branch Mills recently built
new mill shed i'll the place of the one blown
down in gale last winter. George Crom-
NETT is digging cellar and is preparing to
build a house. -. The schools in town will
begin next week. Miss Mamie Turner will
teach in the Centre district, Miss Emma
Nelson in the Faye district, Miss Cassie
Bradstreet in Cars Corner district and Mrs.
NJ rite Brown in Greeleys Corner district.
fine land is becoming quite dry and
farmers are about to begin spring work..
Mrs. Betsy Perkins is going TO W. W Dyers
to board.
THoRNpKE. Another victim Of Aaron b.
Snow of Jackson has come TO light in town.
1t appears some payments had been made
on a note which Snow held, and had been
properly endorsed. Snow took the note to
the bank and received the money for it.
Now the note comes mp for payment minus
the endorsements, which were SO written
that they could be torn off without injury to
the note, and this had been done. Edwin
Cornforth went to Boston April 10Th
Barney Higgins went to Massachusetts
April 10. Elijah Simpson has hired George
Merrill for the season. Herbert Wing has
employed Roy Gordon for the SUMNER.
Dumont Higgins vent to, Rockport Tues
day for short visit. Henry Higgins has
been wrestling with bad cold for several
days.. Mr.. Mckinney of Burnham was in
town last week buying veal and beef. e.. Miss
Sadie Ward is in failing health, and is in
critical condition. George White has been
visiting friends in Jackson the past few
days. Joseph Stevens and wife made
short trip to Bangor a few days ago. Mrs.
Lillian Higgins has been visiting her father,
W. Fl. Coffin, for a few days.. Willis Phil
brick has bought a farm in China and will
move there in few days. Nelson Gordon
has taken the job to move the Palmer school
house to the east part of the town.. The
post Office at East Thorndike will be moved
soon; where has not yet been decided; per-
haps to David Hasty's. -, Frank Hogan will
soon move to his fathers He would like to
sell his farm and store This is good
chance for anyone wanting such a place..
Mr.. Whitmore has been buying potatoes
here the past week. There is brisk de-
mand for them, but the farmers have
few on hand. He paid 60 cents a bushel.
CENTRE NoNTv1LLE. O. A Ramsay of
this place passed away last Friday morning
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