The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-06-15
The News OF Brooks.

| uC l<CWS Vi DlOOhSs
Lena Carpenter has been quite sick with
chicken pox, but at this writing is better.
Walter L. Matthews of Searsport is visit.
again, but regret to say that his injured leg
shows little sign of Improvement.
George Gould of North Monroe is fore
man of the joiner work on the church.
George IS no stranger i'll Brooks, and we are
confident he will fully sustain his previous
good reputation in the job upon which he is
now engaged
MIR Henry Cunningham and wife, former
| ly Miss Marion Miller, will give free dance
at Cunuinghams hall. Swanville Friday
evening, June 9th, to which their friends are
cordially invited If all the Brooks friends
of the bride attend there will certainly be a
crowd
Nj Ivan L Felker, who taught school
, here last winter, nov of the Clinton High
| school, has been rendered and has accepted
! the position OF principal of the Lancey St.
Grammar school in Pittstield Mr.. Felker
| 10 oito Vi oAO using yoiHStl lSdCutIS Oh
Eastern Maine. and his many friends here
will be glad to hear of his advancement.
| DIR. Geo. a. Libby, who practiced medi-
cine here from 1915 to 1888, is visiting friends
| in Brooks and Jackson after an absence of
eleven years Locating III Tacoma Wash :
| ington he has risen to be d leading physician
of that growing city and ranks high among
the medical practitioners of the Pacific
| Northwest Since leaving Brooks the doc
| tor has devoted three years to the study of
his profession, one each in New York
| Chicago and Montreal. His many friends in
! Brooks rejoice in his success in his new and
larger field and are glad to meet him again.
The funeral of Everett Foss occurred last
| Thursday at the old home in Brooks. The
service was conducted by Rev. D. Bracket.
i The Masonic burial service was impressive
ly given at the grave by Marsh River Lodge
of which the deceased was member. The
floral tributes We're profuse and beautiful
Among them We're the following; Bouquet
Of carnations DR.. J. P. Brown; wreath of
pinks and Easter lilies, Mrs. n. A. Cilley;
! pillow from hospital people; wreath Of
pansies, Miss May l., Huxford basket of
roses and carnations, from nurses and EN-
ployes bouquet of carnations, Mrs. F. p
Maxwell of Somerville, Mass. stand of
carnations, hospital officials; pillow, hospi-
tai employees.
| OBITUARY. Abner Ford Smith died in
| Brooks June II, 1899, aged IS years and
three months. Deceased was born in Knox
and resided in this town until four years
ago. He was one of a large family, of which
but three sisters are now living. Besides
carrying on large farm he engaged in tax
| ing Jobs of stonework and the building and
repair of roads Mr.. Smith was twice mar
ried His irst wife was Miss Mixer of Knox,
and of their six children three are now
/ living. His second wife was Miss Melinda
| Sheldon of Waldo, who with five children
survive him. The funeral services Wednes-
day were conducted by Rev, F. S. Doliff
! The burial was at the cementery in East
| Knox.
IsLEsBoRo. Children's Day was observed
last Sunday at the Free Baptist church. In
! the evening the house was packed. The
recitations, responsive readings and music
were excellent. Mrs. Preble and Miss Lena
Rose and few others deserve great credit
for their painstaking efforts in making the
, concert such success. Near the close OF
the exercises an alarm of fire caused some
disturbance. An old unoccupied house, at
Keller's Point, in which were stored some
farming implements and about two hundred
dollars worth of wood belonging to William
Keller, was burned with the contents. No
| insurance. Probably it was incendiary.
Coming at that hour, when most of the people
We're in the two churches, very few were left
to fight fire, and hence the total destruction
of the building.
| SEARsMnNT Mr.. and Mrs. Vim. Wilder