The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-07-19
SEARSPORT LOCALS.

John Stevens is spending his vacation in
town.
The spool mill has shut down for two
weeks during haying.
Mrs. Tbeodate Tenney and son Jack re-
turned to Houlton Thursday.
Amos D. Carver and wife of New York
arrived by train Friday evening.
f. H. Nickersoii and family of Portland
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. c. P. Fergu-
son.
Miss Annie Nichols sailed from Boston
Wednesday on steamer New England for
Paris.
A contribution will be taken every Sun
day at the Congregational church during
July and August.
The Fpworth League supper and enter
tainment, at the NJ. E. vestry Monday even
Ing, Melted the treasury handsome sum.
Friends of Charles E. Brock of Melrose,
Mass, will be pleased to know that his wife
has presented him with boy, born July 9Th.
Miss Annie NJ. Young has closed her
small ware store and the rent has been
taken by s. A. Prescott for ice cream rooms.
The stage leaves here for Belfast now at
Las P. NJ, on account of the extra distance
necessitated by going around by the upper
bridge.
Mrs. Joseph II. Park and daughters left
for Boston Saturday to remain with Capt.
Park while his ship is loading for South
America
The following young people are spending
the week at Union cottage, Swan Lake: Jes-
sic Nickerson, Louise Leib, Halle Roulston,
Blanche Ross, Blanche Nickels, Maud Col
cord. F. f. Black, r. P Nichols.
The following letters are advertised ir che
Searsport post Office: Isaac A. adams,
Mrs. E. B. Grant, Mr. S. T. Grant, Mr.. H.
H. Gray, D. O. Gunnells, Chas T. Howes,
Frank f. Wiley.
The committee on invitation for Old Home
Week inform US that they will give oppor-
funity until Saturday evening to present the
names of friends to whom the Governors in
vitation may be sent
Prof. Henri Mcrang, wife and daughter,
left for their home by steamer City of Ban
gor Saturday, after, as the Professor ex-
pressed it, one of the pleasantest vacations
he has had for years.
W. P. Sargent has some strange weeds
near his house and would like fuller des-
cripton of the King Devil weed, of which
mention was made last week in an item from
the Gardiner Reporter-J orrnaI
The Searsport T. T Club, who spent the
past week at Swan Lake, speak in the high
est terms of the generous treatment receiv
ed by them by the hands of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nj. :. Wentworth of the Rick wood House.
They not only gave them handsome recep-
tion the evening of their arrival, but gave
dance in their honor one evening during the
week Mr.. and Mrs Wentworth are having
a very successful season at the lake
OBITUARY.. Died in Searsport, July 18th,
Daniel sullivan, aged 50 years. months,
- days. Mr.. Sullivan was born in kinsale
Cork county, Ireland, Oct -, 1917 He
rmgrated in d sailing vessel, arriving at
St. John, " b., in 1917, where he worked
one year, when he came to saltwater, Me-,
living there for time, and in Bangor and
Belfast. He came to Searsport in March,
1851, and moved his family here in June
the same year. His wife was Margaret
Finnegan, who was born in Glen, in the
same county as himself, and by whom he
had eight children, all of whom are living
John II. and William, Ellen, katherine,
Charles Robert F., Margaret and Julia B.
Mrs. Sullivan died Feb. l, 1892. MI Sullivan
has been feeble for several months, but up
to last January worked at his trade of shoe
making, which he followed here with hardly
days interruption for nearly fifty years.
Mr.. Sullivan was Very honorable in all his
dealings Men who have grown gray as
mariners, as boys had their first long-legged
boots made by Mr.. sullivan, who after
wards fitted them out with their sea boots
when they made their first voyage. The
funeral took place from his late residence,
Monday, and was conducted by Rev. p. j.
GeIrity.