The Republican journal., 1900-11-01

James ID. Stevens is spending his vacation
in Palermo.
Capt F. l. Pendleton returned from New
York Tuesday.
Major J. W. Fowler arrived by steamer
City of Bangor Tuesday.
Capt b. F. Colcord and wife left by steam
Ell Thursday for New York.
Monthly contribution at the Congregation
al church next Sunday morning.
The first whist party of the season was
given at G. A. r hall Tuesday evening
Mrs Sewall Nickels and Mrs Henry Lam
caster are visiting friends at the IIarbor.
Miss Jessie Nickerson left last week for
Boston. where she will spend the winter.
Miles u Nerril of Winterport have opened
d meat market next door to the post office.
Lincoln Colcord, who is attending the
University of Maine in Orono, spent Sun
day at home.
Herbert Black recently bought $50 bar
rels OF apples, and if he can secure as many
more Of fine quality will ship to Europe
Thirty or forty of our citizens who attend
ed Zephra at Belfast pronounce it the finest
amateur performance they ever witnessed.
The Waldo County conference of Congro-
gational churches, which was to be held
here this fall, has been postponed until next
June.
The trustees of the Searsport Savings
u 4,
OF l. per cent, payable to depositors the
first Monday in November.
Aid-de-camp b. o. Sargent has been de-
tailed to inspect Freeman McGilvery Post,
G. A. r., and has notified the commander
that the inspection will take place at the
regular meeting Thursday evening, Nov.
18th.
Mrs. B. 3. Park has receiveda letter from
her son Bently, d member of the 9th L. S.
cavalry, now in the Philippines, informing
her that he was severely wounded in one of
the early battles, and has been ordered
home.
In addition to their regular spool business
Messrs. Nickerson 4 Bailey are running
la"ge orders carding wool, as they have one
of the best wool carding machines in this
region.
The members of the NJ. f. Society have
decided to make a change of time in holding
their annual supper and entertainment, and
will hold the same in the fall instead of
mld-wlnter. They have fixed the time for
this year on Thursday evening, Nov. Sth,
and those who have attended these gather
ings in the past are assured that there will
be no falling behind other years. Supper will
be served from $50 to 7.3O p. M Admis
sion % cts.
RURAL FREE DELIVERY. Sea- sport for
great many years has had rural deliv-
cry in crude form; that u.s. residents in
rural neighborhoods arranged with each
other that the first at the post office should
call for and deliver the mail for all in that
immediate vicinity. But to-day, through
the influence of Congressman E. C. Bur-
leigh, things have changed, and the Post
Office Department has started rural free
delivery of mails over the first route to be
established in Waldo county; and there is
no doubt but this institution has come to
stay. for the more the inhabitants along
the route study the advantages of the sys-
tenn the better pleased they are with it. The
service will be inauguarated to-day, Nov.
1, 1900 over the following described route
beginning at the post Office in Searsport
village, thence north by Mt. Ephraim road to
Mathews school house; thence southeast to
Cocord road thence east to Black road
thence north and east to Clark's Corner
thence south and west through the George
settlement to Kneeland road thence west
to the Black road, and south and west to
the post office. Length of route 20 l-6miles
area covered eighteen square miles; num-
Der OF houses on route 115; population
served 1883; carrier, Eden C. Hartman
sub carrier, Frank [. Mortland. Two u. S.
iron collection boxes will be placed, one at
the Mathews school house and one at Clark s
Corner. Mail will be delivered to any fam
lily on, or adjacent to, the above route free
of all cost, providing only that suitable
box to receive the mail is put up directly
on the above route, in place that can be
conveniently reached by the carrier with
out alighting from his buggy No mail will
be delivered unless box is provided to re-
ceive it, 1t will be noticed that the carrier
has a daily drive of over 20 miles, leaving