The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-01
County Correspondence.

| last week on business. .Eph. Thompson is
at work for c. A. Hail.. Geo. Poland re-
turned to his home in Medford, Mass, last
Saturday. Jim Anderson is home from
Massachusetts where he has been the past
year. Mrs. Clara E. Joy returned to her
/ home in Lowell. Mass. last Saturday.
PROSPECT FERRY. Capt. F. E. Harding
has arrived home from Providence, r. l.,
where he has been confined to the hospital
for the past two months with broken hip.
He has to 60 on crutches, but is doing as
we'll as could be expected. He was accom-
panied home by his son Guy. Mrs. N. j.
Heagan visited her niece, Mrs. J. r. Brews-
ter, in Camden last week. Guy Harding
returned to Worcester, Mass, on last Mon
days boat. :. Horace Gould of Boston WIS.,
tied at Jerry Emerson's last week. Mrs
Almeda Avery visited friends in Bangor
and Old Town last week. Capt. E. d.
Hartman is still in very poor health.
swANv1LLE The m my friends of Mr. A.
81. Ellis will be glad to know that he is
much better and able to be out again. Mr..
| Herman Bachelor is at home. Mr.. Lewis
Marden is canvassing the town for curtains
| and wallpapers. Hon. A. E. Nickerson
| has gone to Boston. Mr.. Ernest Nickerson
| is visiting his brother Percy in Orono and
| friends in East Corinth. Comet Grange
will have another sociable March S5h. Picnic
| supper. Saturday night we had thunder
| shower. Sunday morning smart rain storm
with high wind, Sunday night little snow
| and Monday morning it was bitterly cold.
CAMDEN. John E Daily is building a
captains gig for j. c. Strawbrdge's steam
yacht "Chipeta," which when finished in
| mahogany and southern cedar will be one of
the prettiest crafts in town. He is also
building two tenders for yachts belonging
to Boston parties and handsome row boat
for Charles W. Henry of Philadelphia and
another for DR.. Forscheimer of Cincinnati
Capt. Charles 81. Hemingway of New
York, of the ship Antioch, arrived Saturday
evening by train to spend few days with
his parents, Capt. and Mrs. Fl. J. Heming-
way. Mrs. j. Fl. Montgomery returned
Saturday from n H. Mrs. 7. E. Simon
ton of Rockland was in town Saturday en-
route for Belfast
| WINTERFoRT. The Bucksport Ministerial
! Association is in session at the Methodist
church this week. It opened Monday evening
with sermon by Rev. B. W. RUSSELL. A
Holiday Meeting" was held at the Metho
dist church on Washington's birthday
| which was well attended and very interest
ing. The N. E. Telephone Co. has put
very handsome booth into the office at E.
NJ. Halls store. The local line is completed
and is working we'll. The great storm last
Sunday blew down fine trees and
broke the telephone and telegraph wires,
but they were all put in working order Mon.
day....F. W. Carleton has gone to Orring-
| ton to work on the ice. He takes with him
a team of four horses. a good many peo-
pie are stuff ring from bad colds, sore threats
and kindred troubles.
! TROY. Jason Estes, an old resident of
| Troy. died Feb. Dist, after a long illness
| from cancer on the face. He was great
sufferer. Bert Waning died Feb. Goth at
| the nome of his brother, Jacob Waning. of
| consumption, The funeral occurred at the
home of his brother Feb. 2th, Warren Cor
| don officiating. The interment was in Knox
49,. Lewis B, Harding was called to Boston
last week by the illness of his daughter
Mrs. Lucena Longley 1T. W. Halves, who
has been quite sick for some days, is able Ito
be out again. George G. Dickey of Tyngs
boro, Mass, visited relatives in town few
days recently. -. B. F. Harding is at home
from Billerca Mass, for a weeks vacation.
Another severe rain storm visited Troy
Saturday night accompanied by heavy
thunder and the bluest of lightning and
high northeast wind. There We're no ser
, vices at the church last Sunday on account
| of the storm.
| THoRNDIKE. The Free Baptist quarterly
meeting viii! hold their ne xt session in Jack
son Village, March "a, 81 and 4th.. Last
Thursday Burton Gross and wife. accom-
panied by Miss Sadie Call of Troy, went to
Belfast, returning in the midst of the biz.
zArd When they reached home Mrs. Gross
was unfortunate enough to break the key
and they had to break out a square of glass
and enter through window At last accounts
they were still playing the old play of ego
in and out the window" &C.. Cars were
loaded last week with hay, four cars with
ship.timber, and others with pulp and cord
wood. =. Mr.. Peter Harmon made busin ess
trip to Belfast last Wednesday. Mrs. F. l..
Philbrick, who is suffering with rheumatism,
is improving slowly. Miss Nellie Brown
of Knox was the guest Wednesday of Miss
Jennie Cox. Mrs. Joanna (Philbrick)
Bessey of Vassalbor was in town last week
to attend the funeral of Mr.. Darius Philbrick.
Ira Howard of Montvllle passed We'd
nesday night with Mr.. Peter Harmon. MI
and Mrs. Ira Ward, who have been visiting
relatives in town for several weeks, returned
to their home in Massachus etts, Saturday
! .... Why is Nelson Gordon 80 smiling? 1t
is over the birth of his little granddaughter.
The rain storm of Sunday was quite like
an equinoctial gale and rendered some of
the roads impossible. No teams could cross
! the Cilley brook or the Meadow brook all
| day Monday on account of ice aud water.
Mr., Twombly of Unity started to go to Brooks
| Monday morning and got as far asthe Meadow
brook near Jackson and had to turn about
and RETURN. Thorndike Lodge was repre-
scented in Good Templar District Lodge at
| Brooks last Saturday by Sisters Higgins,
| Hunt Berry and Harmon, and brothers