The Republican journal., 1899-09-14
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.

SEARsMoNT. Fred Collins of Boston call
ed on friends last Thursday. Misses Rider
and McCabe who spent the summer at Mrs
A. Lothrop's, have returned to Boston.
Miss Lucy Osborne Searle has returned to
BroO kline, Mass. -. Mrs c. Somes of Lynn,
Mass. visited friends i'll town last week
Mrs. r. F Dunton and Miss Margaret Dun
ton of Belfast were IN town last Saturday .
Willis Mariner has gone to Boston. The
Wood family held their family reunion Sept.
9th at the home of VIM Wood in this place
The Epn orth League viii give prize So
cial and supper at Dirigo Hall Tuesday
evening, Sept. 18th. A pleasing program is
being prepared. Ali are cordially invited.
Miss Ruth Cammett, the popular elocution-
list from Belfast, Will be present and rem
der several selections.
L1BER TY. All the summer soiourners
have left town save one, j. j. Walker and
family are at Ash Point. i. G. Morse and
wife and W II Moody attended the State
Fair in Lewiston. Mrs. L. F. Hurd and
Walter n. Cargll have gone to Boston.
Arson Moody of Minnesota is visiting his
brother, W. Fl. Moody ... Mrs. Eta Lowell
of auburn is visiting friends here. Vege-
tation has nearly all dried up by reason of
the drouth. The tannery and the two mills
for threshing grain have had to shut down
for want of water. Georges lake was never
known to be so low as now. Harry A
Brown and Ralph l. Morse left last week for
Bates College. Both are graduates of the
Maine Central Institute. This is Mr. Browns
first year at college and Mr.. Morse's last.
Mrs. Geo. Cram has been visiting in Edge
comb, Maine.
MORRILL,. The funeral of little son of
Herbert Kendall, was held at the church
Sept 9th, Rev Charles Seliger officiating
Mrs. Alvin Knowlton and family left Sept
4th for West Andover, Mass, where her
husband has bought farm. "A little girl
OF Freeman Creasey was severely injured
last Saturday at her grandmother's, by fall
ing from bank wall. The schools began
this week.. Miss Sabina Morey is teaching
school in the Plains district, Montville....
Rev. Fl. W. Abbott will preach here next
Sunday at the usual hour. .....M Mrs. T.
n. Pearson and her mother spent several
days last week visiting in Thomaston and
Camden. George Sheldon and Elbridge
Acorn started last Monday for visit to rel
atives in Aroostook county "A new ar
rival at George Growers takes the name of
Arthur Claudius.
NoRTHPoRT. Schools began Sept 18th, with
fol
Hattie l.. Whiting; Doyle, Helen Knight;
Beech hill, Beulah Rhodes Brainard, Annie
Rhodes. The Woods, Priest and Lower or
Duncan schools were discontinued. The
Henrietta H. White school, at the Cove, is
being taught by Miss Mary B. Grant, who
has taught nearly hundred schools in this
State and Massachusetts and who ranks high
as a teacher F. A. Dickey, Mrs. Whites
agent in school matters, gave Miss G.. her
first certificate to teach in the Doyle district.
Mrs. White has donated for schools and re-
pairs ON the school house at the Cove more
than thousand dollars since 1889. The
people at the Cove have good reason to- and
do, appreciate the generosity OF Mrs. White.
THE Cove is almost deserted by summer
boarders. Mr.. Reed, Mr.. Whitney and
Jew others remain to enjoy the beautiful
scenery and invigorating air. Temple
Heights is still peopled with its admirers.
The Boynton, McCarty, Hussey, Hartman,
Plummer, Starbird, Benson, Smiley and
Newell cottages are all occupied.