The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-04-18

1sLEsB ORC. AS Easter Sunday was
stormy the following Sunday, the 14th, was
observed instead at the Baptist church. The
audience room was beautifully decorated
with evergreens, cut flowers and ported
plants Rev. Geo. E. Tufts preached SER
mon on the Resurrection of Christ. In the
evening there was an Easter Concert by the
Sunday school, in which nearly forty chill
dren took part. All the recitations and
musical selections were excellent. Mrs
Ambrose Hatch, Mrs Edith M. Tehan and
Miss Brina Pendleton received, and justly
merted, much praise for their patient work
in drilling the children. "A very unusual
occurrence took place at the church on Sun
day in the appearing OUT of three brides
with their husbands. They were Mr.. and
Mrs. Alton Hatch, Mr.. and Mrs. Osmond
Thomas, and Mr.. and Mrs. Herman A.
Grindle. Mrs. Amelia A. Eames met with
painful accident recently, fracturing rib
near the spine. by falling from chair on
which she was standing. She is attended
by Dr.. E. d. Williams The dwelling
house of Mr.. Geo. R. Pendleton was DESTROY
ed by fire few evenings since with all its
contents. No insurance. defective t1ue
was the supposed cause. Three members of
the household were at an entertainment at
the hall at the time and Mr. Pendleton and
his little boy were the only inmates. They
were sleeping soundly when the fire awoke
them, and they barely escaped 900. Great
quantities of timber such as saw logs, pulp
wood, ETC., floating down the river from Ban
gor, have lodged about the shore at Gilkey's
Harbor and other parts of the town. Thou
sands of dollars worth of valuable timber
could be saved if the necessary means were
obtainable. A good deal has been saved,
even with the limited apparatus at hand =.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. d. Hatch and little daugh-
ter arrived last Friday from Waterville,
where they spent the winter. Their son
Guy is preparing for college at the Coburn
Classical Institute Capt. Chas. R. Pen
dleton has four cottages of sufficient size
and convenience to rent to the wealthy sum-
mer visitors and three are already engaged
for the season. One is to be taken by Prof,
Samuel E. Tucker of Columbia University,
N. Y. another by Walter Ross, a banker of
Philadelphia, and another bya Mr.. Howard,
whose place of residence your correspon-
dent has not learned. Alpheus Pendleton
and E. d. Hatch have also rented their cot
tages. The price of cottages for the season
ranges from 500 to $1,000 each Miss
hose Cleveland, sister of the ex.-President,
has had a man and his wife come on in
advance, who are setting things in order for
summer occupancy. Her winter residence
is in Florida and her summer residence in
this town. The signs bid fair for very
prosperous season.
PROSPECT VILLAGE. Mrs Hervey Par
fridge visited her niece, Mrs. Fred Clark
April 18th and 18th in Stockton Springs.
Ii. Grant of Kingman, who has been
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Goodwin
Grant, has returned home -. The manv
friends of Mrs. Annie (Littlefeld) Marden
OF K. l. will be panied to learn of her seri-
GUS illness. Clarence Hall of Belfast was
the guest of Mrs l. F. Gould last week. He
was called here to attend the funeral of Mrs.
VIM. @. Spinney. .Ames & Sons of Stock
ton Springs, who have been here with their
machine manufacturing stove wood, have
given good satisfaction and finishedseverv.
body's wood pile. They will move to Al
bert Pierce's in Frankfort this week, where
they have so cords to manufacture. Those
who have been sick with the prevailing
epidemic are cOnvalescent. Fred HALEY.
who recently bought the H. B. Littlefield
farm, is moving in....I. F. Gould killed
nice hogs April 18th for the Belfast market,
He has % spring pigs for sale. Charles
Dutch has returned after months visit
among relatives. Horace Gould will ar
rive home May LIST from the dental college
in Baltimore, Md