The Republican journal., 1900-10-18
PERSONAL.

last Friday for a few days.
Walter Richards returned Saturday from
business trip to New York. =
Mrs F. J. Partridge went to Rockland
Saturday to spend the winter.
Mrs. n. E. Keen went to Bangor last Fri
day for visit of a week OF more.
NJ. R. Knowlton and wife left Saturday
for visit of a few days in Boston.
John f. Chapman, Esq, of Boston
was in Belfast last week on business.
Miss Angie Sanborn left Saturday for
Boston, where she has employment
A. G. Spencer has moved to the Owen
G. White house on Primrose Hill.
Arnold Harris and family returned to
New York Oct. 10th, to spend the winter.
Miss Matte NJ. Cross returned Friday
from Rockland, where she visited relatives.
Mrs. j. L. Sleeper and Miss Ethel Frost
drove to Rockland last Friday and returned
Saturday.
Geo. c. Adams of Portland acted
brakeman on the Belfast branch passenger
train last week.
Miss Emily Pendleton returned home to
Lynn, Mass, last week, from a visit in
Belfast and vicinity.
William A. Faunce of Toledo arrived
Saturday to attend the funeral of his moth
er, Mrs. Asa Faunce.
John W. Doe and wife returned to Bal
Harbor last week from visit in Belfast
Union and other places.
J. II. Piper and bride of Bangor returned
home last Thursday, after spending theil
honeymoon in Belfast and vicinity
Israel b. Norcross Of Saginaw, Mich
who has been spending the season in Ban
gor, called on friends in Belfast last week
Rev. R. 7. Capen, Frank L. Robertson
and Miss Edith L. Burgess went to Dexter
Tuesday to attend the State Sunday Schoo
Convention.
Rev. ii. II. Woude of Castine was the
guest of Rev. j. NJ. Leighton Friday, OF
his return from the Unitarian Conference
in Waterville.
Wilbur NJ. Rhoades and wife were in Bel
fast a few days the past week. Mrs. r. is
accompanying her husband on his bust
ness trip through this section.
Mrs. Sarah j. Conant left Saturday tt
visit her brother, Rev. B. c. Wentworth OF
Berwick. He met her at Burnham, as he
was returning from hunting trip.
, John A. Roberts returned to Reading
Mass. Friday after a short stay in North
port. w. S. and James Roberts wentstc
Ninalhaven to look after their new yacht
Capt Geo r. Carter and y ife and grand
child Charlotte went to Boston Monday
to visit Capt. Alzo NJ. Carter, who arrived
there Oct. 18th in his vessel, sch Sarah W.
La Wrence.
Mrs. Burton Wight of Lynn, and Mis-.
Etfe Robertson of Brockton returned to theil
homes Saturday, after Il short stay in Wal
do where they attended the funeral of THEN
grandmother, Mrs. Gilbert kellar
II. l.. Kochersperger and wife left last
Thursday for Boston, and sailed "Wednesday
for Europe, where they will spend the VIII
ter They are accompanied b! Mrs Koch
ersperger's niece, Miss Carrie Russ,
Miss Grace f. Walton went to Bangor
Saturday to atte nd the State Rehekah rs.
sembly, which was held in that city Mon
day evening. Mrs. Malide f. Follett TOOK
her place as teacher in the North school.
a. X. Bolan and family, who spend theil
summers in Castine. left last Friday by
private car for their winter home in New
York The car was brought to Belfast, but
the party was unable to get across the bay
Thursday. They therefore went via Bangor
and met their car at Burnham Junction
The new president of the Maine Fedora
ton of WOmen's Clubs, Mrs Anna Sargent
Hunt of Augusta is a native of Frankfort
Maine, and taught school for several Years
after graduating from the Ilallowell High
school, She has been a busy writer since
her early teens and her work in prose and
Maine papers. In 1856 she became editor of
the Home Mission Echo, which under her
management inceas ed in circulation from
200 to 1000. She relnquished the care Of
publishing and editing this paper in 1886
and has since conducted the young people S
department i'll the same paper Mrs. Hunt
is speaker of much ability. Person
ally she is cordial, earnest, vivacious wo-
man, consecrated to good works, and win
ming warm friends wherever she goes
DR.. G. Langtry Crockett of Thomasto1
who has come to the front in Knox county
politics, and is now recognized as Demo
cratic leader, was born April 20, 1870, il
Prospect, Waldo county. He is the son O!
Luther n. Crockett, who for 30 years has
been foreman of the granite works al
| Vinalhaven, and whose ancestors camt
from Londonderry, and helped form the
| settlement which is now the city of Belfast
DIR. Gro ckett's mother, whose maiden name
was Amira Auspland, is of Dutch extrac
ton The family moved to Ninalhaver
when Langtry was three years Old. He
graduated from the high school of that
town, and graduated from the Nichols
Latin school at the head of his class
later taking a full course at the Boston
University school of medicine. He ha.
been active in politics since 1880
|. NJ. COttrell was something Of ii hustler
when in Belfast, and he has not forgotten
how since he became a resident of Iaconia
\. H., where he manages an Opera House