The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-10-26
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.

fast a few days last week on business.
| Miss Nira Winters of Belfast was the guest
of Mrs. NJ. W. White last week. Mrs.
| Char es Russell of St. Albans and Mrs j. B.
LaBree of Cambridge. mother and sister of
Mrs. Dora A. Ordway, visited her last W eek.
| &C. A. Hall lost a COW last week. She
| died Of pneumonia. Mrs. j. B. LaBree
| picked several trawberry blossoms last
| Saturday e E, Hall is at work in Sears
mont. Snow fell in tbs vicinity last Sat
urday.
! PROSPECT FERRY. Rev. and Mrs. E. A.
Ericsson of Portland are visiting Mr.. and
| Mrs Linwood Brown. Miss Evelyn Avery
| entertained few of her friends last Satur-
day evening. =. Mr.. and Mrs. William Smart
of Searsport visited relatives here last Sun
day Mrs. Jennie Mudgett and her little
son are visiting Mrs. George Grindle.. Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Barnes returned home
| from Boston last Thursday. Capt. W II
| Hartman and his brother, D. II. Hartman
arrived home from Boston last Friday and
will spend several days with their families
Capt, and Mrs. A. A. CHM visited Mr..
/ anu MIS-, JdlueS freeman III w ilGGrDOTI
/ last week.
MORRILL,. Rev. and Mrs Chas Seliger
! arrived from Boston last Saturday. MIR. Sell
ger occupied the pulpit Sunday. Rev Geo.
S. Hill preached to US Sunday, Oct. 18th
He had been absent several months. ...
Hosea Robinson and wife will spend the
| winter with Mrs. Horace Know lton....B G.
| Daggett and wife have gone to Providence,
| K. l., where they have employment in the
| Howard Insane Asylum. L. L. Daggett
| and granddaughter have moved into the
| Frank Hatch house, and Mr.. Dumphi and
| family, the late occupants, have moved into
| the house recently vacated by Hosea Robin
| son. Amos Jackson and family of Knox
| will move into the house lately vacated by
| Il. l.. Daggett and son. ..... Lewis Wnchen-
| bach and Allen Daggett have each built a
ottage at Northport Camp ground this au-
tumn. They are now at home. ... Three
steam mills in town add to the general activ-
ity of the place..,.F F. w. Bowen from Am
| berg, Wisconsin, spent several days with
relatives in town last week.
BURNHAU. The Pioneer Skirt Mauufac-
turing Co. are doing rushing business at
their factory in this place. They now EN-
! ploy some p OF 80 operators and intend in
creasng the number to % or 10 as their bust
ness may demand. This irm has rented the
r. Gilmore store and put in d stock of
goods .... The r. X c. B. Gilmore Lumber
| Manufacturing Co. are filling an order for
| about 100 NJ feet of manufactured lumber to
| be shipped to Dark Harbor, Isles boro.
! Elmer Flye, who has resided here for the
| past wear, has moved to Clinton. Quite a
| number of our citizens are engaged in re
| pairing and improving their buildings.
| William Woodland has raised the roof of his
| house and will finish the whole in rst class
style. Cakes Dodge has pat in a dormor win
dow and newly shingled the roof of his
house Winthrop Pease is putting in new
windows and newly clapboardlng and paint
| ing his house. Frank Mitchell has built an
| extension to his storehouse. Ever EFT Libby
has the foundation laid for large grain
storehouse. Mr.. Libby has one of the
largest farms in town and keeps a large
amount of booded stock, including horses,
| neat stock and sheep, He feeds several car
loads of grain yearly, which he buys direct
ly from the West. Joseph Reynolds gave
| an d-fashioned corn husking recently
| About 90 huskers were present. After the
corn was all husked the party were invited
| to an od-time hushing supper, consisting of
baked beans, brown bread, Indian pudding
and pumpkin pie.
| SwANvILLE. Mrs. Mary Edgecomb, eldest
| daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Damn,
| passed away last Friday morning after a
| long and painful illness, aged a years, )
! months, 3 days. She was one of the most
energetic workers in Comet Grange although
member but a few years. was a regular
attendant of the Sunday school, and will be
| greatly missed. She leaves two children,
two brothers-W E. and Alonzo Damn
and one slsJer, and her father and mother.
who have the sympathy of a large circle of
| friends in their home of sorrow. The funeral
services were conducted at her fathers home
last Sunday by Rev. r. T. Capen of Belfast.
Quantities of beautiful flowers attested the
high esteem in which she was held by those
who knew her best. There was large pill
Mrs. Goodhue and Mr.. and Mrs W. E.
Damn; crescent of 81 roses, C. R. Nicker-
son ; a spray of roses and pinks, Louise Cum
bingham; "a pinks, Mary Cunningham;
bouquet, Mrs. Fahy bouquet, Florence
Cole; bouquet, Ellen Cunningham; roses
and pnks, Edna Edgecomb; bouquet, Lester
Robertson; spray of snowdrops, Mrs. James
Applln cut flowers, Mrs. Il. n Brown Mrs.
A. 7. Webb and Miss Clara Know ton.
Capt. Nehemiah Smart went to Portland
Tuesday on business. Mrs. M. J. Downs
and Mrs. Maria Goodhue are visiting friends
in Bangor. Mrs. Mary D. Nickerson and
son Lewis have just returned from visit to
Hampden. Walter J. Nickerson came
home from Unity and spent Sunday with
his mother, Mrs. Mary F. Nickerson. -.
Comet Grange had visiting members from
Granite, Seaside, Equity, Northern Light,
and Frederick Richie Oranges last Monday
evening. Comet Grange had not lost MEM
Der for nearly three years. Now it is doubly
afflicted by the death of two of its most
active members, Sister Flora McKeen. who
was spoken of last eek, and for whom reso-
buttons of respect were adopted at the last