The Republican journal., 1899-03-16
SEARSPORT LOCALS.

ScH. T.. L. warren Is undergoing 6XCen-
sive repairs.
A social dance will be given at G. A. R.
hall Friday evening
Miss Sarah Jones is the guest of Miss
Edith B. Pendleton.
Sidney Sargent and Andrew Allen return.
ed to Kents Hill Tuesday.
Capt. B. F. Colcord and wife arrived from
New York Saturday evening.
Charles P. Ferguson is visiting his daugh-
ter, Mrs. E. j. Nickerson, in Portland
The governor and council have appointed
Cyrus True justice of the peace and QUO
rum.
The young ladies of the village gave a
whist party at the g. A. r. Hail Monday
evening.
Mrs, Julia Blanchard net with severe ac-
cident Tuesday. She fell and dislocated her
shoulder
Miss Jeanette B. Rice returned to Castine
" ednesdaY to resume her studies at the
Normal School
DR.. I. Il. McChntock and family left for
their home at Campelo, Mass, by steamer
Penobscot Monday.
J. L. Hamilton and L. W. Rich recently
took another large raft of logs that came
from the Pike lot to Belfast.
Sch. A. j. Whiting Capt. c, NJ. Closson,
is employed in the kiln wood business
between here and Rockport.
Fred Park. who is employed at Crosby's
taxidermst establishment in Bangor, is at
home for a weeks vacation.
Capt. Joseph H. Park, who has made a
voyage to Hong Kong in ship Josephus,
arrived home by train Monday.
Miss Marietta Nickerson, who he's been
teaching the Nichols school, left for her
home in East Corinth last Monday.
Hannah Sargent, who is attending the
Normal School at Castine, spent the spring
vacation with her aunt, Mrs. B 0. Sargent.
Fastnet Erskine attended the reunion of
the E. NJ. G. seminary graduates in Boston
last week A banquet was served at the
United States hotel.
A sociable under the auspices of the En-
deavor Society viii be held in the upper
conference room this, Thursday, evening
The hostesses will be Miss Henrietta Ross
and Miss Harriette Erskiue.
Forty members of Mariners Lodge were
present to witness comforting the third de
gree by the new officers at the lodge room
last Tuesday evening. The same degree
will be worked next Tuesday evening
L. W, Rich while sailing home from Bel
fast Tuesday discovered two of his lobster
pots which he set last fall and on pulling
them found they contained nine Holsters
1t is said by old lobster fishers here that
the shell fish had probably been in the pots
all winter.
Several passengers who left here on the
steamer Saturday afternoon, after being
transported across the bay three times fl.
nally arrived in TO ston Tuesday morning.
Friends who We're on the wharf Monday and
had not heard Of the boat being ordered
back from Rockiand to Winterport Were
much surprised to see those to whom thew
Lad said good bye to Saturday.
The missionary contribution at the Congl
church Sunday morning will be in behalf of
the American VI sSionary Association, whose
work is among The Chinese, Indian and
Mountain Whites. Rev. Mr. Merriam, repre-
senting the Association, Will give "a lecture
illustrated by 1he stereopticou in the Con-
gregational church tomorrow, Friday, even
ing entitled American Highlanders." The
lecture will BE- free, bat those willing TO CON
tribute toward the expenses will have the
opportunity
The following pupils We're not absent more
than one day from tile assistants room OF
the High school, Ethelind Havener. Herbert
Havener, Iona Nichols, Edward Gilkey
Robert Grinntl, George Curtis, Edna Rich.
Ebert Monroe, Clifton Ellis and Wilbur
Carver. The pupils not absent one day from
intermediate school We're Irene Sullivan
Harriet Weber, Leuene Nichols. Sarah
Grinnell, Jennie Closson, Charlie Havener,
Benson Mcclure, Raymond Norton and
Harold Smith From the Primary school.
James Carr, Eugene Shute, Elsie Gilkey
Harold Biather, Henrietta Gilkey, and
Ernest Grnnell
Nearly fifty from the village who attended
the supper ana entertainment given by the
ID Congregational society at the Harbor last
Wednesday evening were most royalty en-
tertained by our Harbor friends, who have a
most happy faculty as hosts. The tables
We're bountifully supplied with every thing
TO tempt the appetite, and the entertainment
as good from start to fl nish. To utilize the
large amount of food left on hand dinner
was given next day at noon, at which about
eighty We're fed. many of them older mem
bers of the community who were not able to
be present the night before, and at their re-
quest the entertainment was repeated during
the afternoon.
The annual town Getting, which took
place Monday, passed off very quietly. The
forty three articles were all disposed of and
the meeting adjourned ut 10.45 a. M 1t was
probably the shortest annual meeting ever
held in Searsport. Following are the Off
GERS elected and amounts raised for the en-
suing year: Moderator, c. F. Smith; town
clerk, W. NJ. Parse; selectmen, assessors of
taxes and overseers of poor, n. Roulston, l..
W. Wentworth, j. A. Colson; town agent,
j. E. Wentworth; town treasurer, G. O.