The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-08
PERSONAL.

Mrs. R. H. Howes left Monday for a visit
in New York.
Edward N. wiggin of Waterville was iu
town yesterday.
F. G. Mixer left Monday morning for
business trip to Boston.
II. P. Thompson returned last week from
visit to Washington, D. q.
Robin and Rollie Stevens of Boston visit
ed at Fl. M. Stevens the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. A G. Burgess returned
home Saturday from visit in Boston.
Miss Inez Crawford left Wednesday for a
F, visit in Allston, Mass. and Brooklyn, Y,
Mrs. Frank B. jackson and children. Erma
and Ernest, are visiting relatives in Stockton
| Springs.
Thomas E. Shea is playing this week at
the National Capital, where he is a great
| favorite.
Will W. Simpson of Lowell, Mass visited
| his parents, Mr.. and Mrs S. G. Stimpson.
| last week.
! Mr.. S. g. Sti npson was called to Newport
last Saturday by the death of his sister Mrs.
Robinson.
Horace Chase of California, a native of
Monroe, has sent 800 to the Peoples
church in East Dixmont,
John F. Smaley, who recently went to
California for his health, has returned to
Massachusetts, where he will remain few
weeks.
this city last week while on her way from
the Castine Normal school to her home in
Searsmont.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Dickerson of Exeter
N. H., are visiting his mother, Mrs. E AID,
burlington, who is ill. They expect to leave
for home to-day.
Master Frank r. Keene, son of Mr. and
Mrs. w. X. Keene, has entered the employ
of Edmund Wilson in the City Drug Store
and will learn the drug business.
Mr.. E. G. West. who was killed (?) at the
Monroe fair last fall, was in the city yester-
day and appeared very much alive. He said
he was walking around to save funeral ex-
penses.
A large delegation of students from the
Castinc Normal school at Castine came over
by the steamer Silver Star, Friday, and went
! to their various homes from here by stage and
trains.
| essrs. G. F. CHM ana Fl. T. Field and
| Miss Aunie V. Field returned home Satur-
day from trip to Washington, d. c. Miss
CHM, who went with them, remained in
| Connecticut for short visit.
| Austin W. keating, State agent for the
| Niagara Falls Actylene Gas Machine Co.,
was in Camden the first of the week to start
up of his machines in the shoe store of
| William r. Gill.
Joseph Pendieton, formerly of Belfast,
| Bowdoin, 80, was in Bangor on Sunday rep
reseI ting Wright 4 Ditson of Boston, Che
! hetic and sporting goods dealers. Mr..
| Pendleton is on his annual visit to the
| Maine colleges in the interest of his house.
| Bangor Commercial.
| Chas. l.. Davis, the character actor, well
| known to our people as Alvin Josiyn, the
! New England farmer character, died at his
home in Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. lat, aged y
/ years. He played in Belfast many times.
| An exchange says that he had diamonds
valued at $4,000.
! Hon Parker Spotford present at the
Bucksport town meeting Monday and made
/ few remarks in which he said he would hold
| the town to his original proposition, VIZ; To
| pay him five percent. annually on s. 900 for
| the new schoohouse, although the building
actually cost 81 045 rs A handsome vote of
thanks to Mr.. Spotford was presented by
| o. f. Fellows and adopted with great tn
/ thusiasm.
| The Herald of Grand Rapids, Mich, re-
ports the sale OF large Tract of land near
that city to the Mid and Plaster & Cement
! Co of Kansas City, who are putting up
large mill upon it. The property djoins
the tracks of the Lake Shore & Michigan
| Southern Railway, and spur tracks will be
laid to the mill. The offices of the COM
pany are to be moved from Kansas City to
Grand Rapids. The plan of mining the rock
will be different from that at other mills in
the vicinity, direct shafts being used in
stead of tunnels. P. A. English the Presi-
dent and Superintendent of the company, IS
well known in Belfast. His wife, formerly
Maria Mudgett, is sister of Mrs Geo. f.
Johnson and she was Tor some time ttach'
er in the Belfast schools. The Herald says;
"Mr. English is a veteran III the business and
has been surveying and doing considerable
| prospecting in the region where the company
| has invested. He has also calcined some of
| the deposits over a furnace of his own anu
found it to be of a satisfactory grade. He
| hopes to have the entire plant ready in %
| days" He has moved his family to Grand
Rapids.
! Tie Coming Fair at Belfast.