The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-27
sEARsp0Rr LOCALS.

NlckerSOn N Bdlley nave d crew cutting
spool wood in Morrill,.
Miss Fanny E. Smith returned from her
visit to Boston by steamer Sunday.
Mrs. W. H. Mason and Miss Maude
Sayory left by train Wednesday for Boston.
Landlord Veasey at the Searsport House
furnished fine Christmas dinner to his
guests Tuesday.
Mrs. Jennie {. Hunter and daughter
Laura May have gone to West Upton, Mass,
for the winter.
The ladies of the Congregational society
have presented the church with S125 for
parish expenses.
Walter Levenseller, clerk of the Sears
port House, spent Christmas with his parents
at Winterport.
Mrs. Sewall c. Lancaster and daughter
Lizzie arrived home by steamer Penobscot
Sunday morning.
Joseph p SWeetSer, who has been hrSt
officer of sch. Gladys, arrived home by train
Saturday evening.
Sch Caroline Kreischer. Capt. Charles
Clcsson, sailed for Rockland with cargo OF
spool edgings Monday
Miss Mary n Mcclure has been appoint
ed assistant at the post office, beginning
Monday, Dec. u, 1900
Any one finding a white apron on the
street Monday evening will find an owner
by leaving it at the post office
y number OF Young men attended the
dance in North Searsport TUESDAY evening,
and report very enjoyable time.
Mr.. and Mrs Is. NJ Plummer and daugh-
tiers Grace and Henrietta are spending the
holidays with Mrs j. c. Nickels.
J. L. Hamilton and family had their 18th
annual Christmas tree Monday evening.
There were 251 presents on the tree.
The Searsporters in Boston are sparing
no pains to make the banquet to be given at
the Quincy House, January 18th, pleasant
affair.
The heaviest mail ever handled in Sears
port in one day was received last Monday !;
and in fact the mails for the past two OF three
weeks have been the largest ever known
here.
Among those Iwho came home to spend
Christmas were Miss Jessie Nickerson, Miss
Ethel NJ. Nichols, Sidney Sargent, Robert
Nichols, Hal Kneeland, Bert Colcord, Fred
SweetSer and Irving Pendleton.
January 1st, the first day of the new GEN.
fury. is the stated annual meeting of Mari
ners Lodge, F. x A. NJ, and the night for
the election of officers. Every member of
the lodge should make an effort to be pres
ent..
AT the annual parish meeting of the Congl
church held last saturday, all bills against
the society We're paid and the meeting adj
journed for the transaction Of other bust
ness to Saturday afternoon. Dec. 2oth, at
. clock
G. \ Bowen has completed the harvest
ing of about 500 tons of the finest ice ever
stored n SearSport for local use With his
Ice house situated on the bank of the stream.
and the facilities he has for putting in the
ice. he filled The house in s. hours.
Rev T. F. Jones, Presiding Elder of the
Rockland District. will preach i'll the NJ L
church Thursday evening, Dec nth, at !
O'Clock. \ cordial imitation is extended to
all, Following the preaching services the
Third Quarterly Conference viii be held
All ''ot1icial members" are requested to be
present.
Rev. and Mrs. II. W. Norton wish in this
Hi,
thanks to the many friends who contributed
toward the purse of money recently pre-
sented them, and to assure them that their
wishes shall be carried out to the letter in
the use of the same. They also wish to ex-
press their gratitude for the many tokens
Of friendship found on the Christmas tree
for themselves and family.
The Christmas tree and social at the NJ
+. church Monday evening was in every
way a success. About $50 persons were
present, and after the tree, which was so
bountifully laden that all the children and
many of the adults had fruit bearing their
names, had been unlOaded, refreshments
We're served and social hour was enjoyed
by all. One feature of the evening particll-
larly noticeable and interesting was the
table prepared for the younger members of
the sunday school and ii few of the invited
friends.
Freeman McGilvery Post, No 80, g. A. II.
held their annual election at their regular
meeting last Thursday evening and elected
the following officers for the ensuing year
Herbert I. Scribner, c. L. L. Merithew
5. Y c.; Clifton Whittunl. j. V. c.; w. b.
Sawyer, q. NJ; f. Hopkins Surg. j. W
Black, O. D.. ]. b. Sweetser, O. G. - A
ColSon, Adit; II. NJ Chase. q. NJ. s; Hen
ny Overlook. 5. NJ. !; / NJ Sargent. delegate
to department encampment: j. 3. Ames
alternate
In the Boston Globes vote contest to send
teachers and pupils from each of the New
England States to the Inauguration of Pres
ident Mckinley the only teacher in Sears
port who appears in the list is Miss Addie
Crockett of the Harbor school. Miss Crock
EFT is the tenth on the list, with a vote of
1868. The Globe will send six teachers
from each of the six States. Any votes in
this vicinity sent to the Searsport post
master Will be placed to the credit of Miss
Crockett and as she has numerous friends