The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-05-11
SEARSPORT LOCALS.

G. G. Sheldon has sold his residence on
Water street to 9. o. Sawyer.
F. E. Curtis and j. d. Sweetser took sixty
trout from Sandy Point stream Saturday.
Mariners Lodge, & F. A. NJ, will confer
the Sd degree Tuesday evening, 10th inst.
Herbert Felker has bought of George A.
Bowen the Cunningham place on the
Swanville road.
Hervey Carr of schoonerG eorgia Gilkey
arrived from Boston by City of Bangor
Tuesday morning.
Hollis Weber is learning telegraphy and
railroading at Norwich, Conn,s with his
uncle, Reginald Fitzmaurce.
Our young people of the High School have
in rehearsal a drama. to be given the evening
of the graduation of the first class
Congratulations in order to our
American express agent, Fred E. Whitcomb
who is the fatheriof boy, born Tuesday.
Tyler Crockett and wife, who have been
spending the winter with his daughter in
Dorchester, Mass, returned home Tuesday
Hereafter the md-week services of the
Nj. E. Church will be at 7.30 P NJ, instead of
I P, M, as they have been through the win
ter.
1t is seldom that trout are taken from the
mill stream, but Saturday quite a string was
caught by Laura May Carver. Several of
them weighed one-fourth of pound each.
A large delegation went to Bangor on
TIE steamer Tuesday, among them DR.. E.
Hopkins, F. E. Curtis. Fred NJ Sawyer,
Andrew Allen and j. W. Black,
Frank Morrow, who has had EN- ployment
with the Boston and Maine r. y. at Airing
ton, Mass, during the winter. has returned
home, and has engaged with C. Fl. Monroe
for the summer
The Grand Chapter, X. A. NJ, at their an
nnal meeting at Portland last week, granted
charter to Searsport Chapter, which has
been working the past year under dispense
ton.
The members of the gr aduating class of
the Searsport High School have met and
chosen the following officers: Martha j Ross,
President; Eunice G. " hittum, Secretary
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ana white for the class colors
S. A. Prescott and wife have Just received
news OF the death of Mr.. Erescotts niece,
Mrs. Nellie Wilson, who spent several
months here last season. She was stricken
with apoplexyand died very suddenly.
The Ladies' AID Society will hold one
OF their popular suppers at the vestry of the
NJ. E. Church Thursday evening, May 18th.
Admission, 10 cents. Supper will be served
at & o'clock, standard All are heartily in
vited
Five ships commanded by Searsport
captains have been detained at New York
for some time by reason of the agitation
over sailors wages now going on there. One
ship was supplied with crew from Boston,
and others are still waiting.
Preparations are already being made to
observe "Children's Day." june 11th, at the
Nj. Z. Church One of the most attractive
and profitable programmes ever carried out
on like occasion at this Church will be
presented. Don't miss it.
A. NJ. Kane recently bought the southerly
Pun u4Ju VI W lldb W DIS KNOW Ii dS Cu6 1OIldrU
house situated in the Tt ar of the postofice,
and one of the oldest houses in town. The
buildings are to be demolished and the lot
graded which Will be great Improvement
to shat locality.
Capt. j. F. Peterson and family have the
sympathy of friends here and at the Harbor
in the ,oss of their son and brother Rovden.
who died Saturday, May 6, after lingering
illness. His schoolmates of the Searsport
High School paid handsome tribute to his
memory by attending the funeral services
Monday afternoon, with floral Offering of
seventeen beautiful roses, that being the
number of his years.
Capt. Cyrus G. Nichols who was at one
time n command of the ship r. r. Thomas,
recently sold at this port for conversion into
coal barge, has been appointed first officer
on the steamer Evelyn, plying between New
York and Porto Rico. Joseph f Nichols
who formerly held the position of first mate
of the ship Ahner COburn, is second officer
OF the same steamer. The Evelyn is COM
handed by Capt. 'ames G. Parse, who and
Drst ana second officers all belong in
Searsport, Me. Boston Globe.
Next Sunday, May 18th, will be observed
as Anniversary Sunday" at the NJ E.
Church. In the morning the pastor will
preach sermon appropriate for the occa-
sion, and IN the evening very interesting
and instructive programme will be carried
out. Special music will be feature of both
morning and evening services. Every per-
son in town who has ever been in any way
connected interested in the work of the
Epworth League OF this Church is most cor
daily invited to these services
We are informed by the committee that
the history of the 26th Maine Regiment is in
the hands of the printers. The arrangement
of the book win be as follows: First, Pre-
face; second, poem, written specially for
the book by Rev. A. J. Lockhart third, the
history proper fourth, adjutant generals
report; fifth, report of the thirteen annual
reunions of the regiment sixth, roster
seventh, letters from comrades and clippings
from newspapers, eighth sketch of the
siege of Port Hudson; ninth, the closing
chapter. The book will be illustrated with
fifty cuts of scenes and men, among them
the burning of the c, S. steamer Mississippi
at which Admiral Dewey distinguished him.