The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-03-14

Poor is very i'll with grip. -. Mrs. Susan P.
Andrews is on the sick list. Albert
Thayer and daughter of Belfast were
in town last Sunday. The annual re-
port of the trustees of the Oak Grove
Cemetery fund is as follows: Total receipts
previous to Jan. 1, 1900, $3.50; receipts dur
ing the year, 1900, $57; total receipts of
principal, $7O7; total interest paid out, $685.
sS; interest now due, 1927.
MORRILL,. Miss Olive A. Blood, a stu
dent at the Castine Normal School, is spend
ing short vacation at home. Rev. 7.
F. Jones was the guest of Mr. ]. r. Mears
last Thursday evening Quite number in
town are confined to their houses with colds
and grip. Mr.. Bailey's force at Merriam's
of birch spool timber each day. At Dickey's
and at Vickery's mills the landing places
are packed with lumber to the roadside -.
Misses Minnie and Bertha Woods were at
home from Belfast last Sunday.
BuRNHAM The annual town meeting
will occur Monday, March 18TH. I'VE are
informed that F. A. McAllister has been
obliged to give up his situation with Hon.
C. E. Libby as superintendent of Mr.. Libby's
large stock farm, on account of his
health. Mr.. McAllister will move to his
stand in the village. Mr.. Will Deering of
Hartland, one of Names noted filters and
drivers, has been engaged by c. E. Libby to
take charge of his fine string of horses in
this place. E. Grace Goodwin, previously re-
ported as very low with consumption, is
failing. =. The little daughter of Mrs. Emma
McAllister is still very low... Eli Twitchell
left Monday for the eastern part of the
State, where he has a job building saw
mill. Mr.. and Mrs. Llewellyn Kicker of
East Madison were in town several days
last week, the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
II. Kimball -. Cakes A. Dodge, who has
been confined to his house most of the time
for the past two weeks, is somewhat better
at this writing. Andrew Pease is still on
the sick list. Elmer Goodwin, while work.
ing in R. and c. E. Gilmore's lumber mill,
had one of his fingers badly cut by a saw.
-. Charles Cookson has bought a very fine
team horse of Mr.. Willard Smith of Hart
land
CAMDEN. There was large attendance
at the meeting of the Camden Village Cor
poration held March 9Th. Thomas A. Hunt
acted as moderator aud Josiah Hobbs as
clerk. w. r. Gill was unanimously chosen
first assessor; L. NJ. Remission, second; F. G
Currier, third; F. L. Curtis, treasurer; D
W. Arey, collector Spencer Nero, F G. Cur
rier, H. j. Potter, fire wardens. The corpor-
alton raised 81, 256 by assessment to pay in
terest on bonded debt The treasurer was
authorized to take up $4,000 of per cent
bonds, with any surplus funds. Sch. Annie
L. Henderson, built and principally owned
by II. NJ. Bean, arrived here March 9th.
Her appearance was the cause of thanks
giving on the part of many who had abandon-
ed all hopes of ever seeing her again. The
craft sailed from Brunswick, Ga. Jan. 10,
with a cargo of hard pine for Mr.. Beams
yard at Camden. She was spoken three days
later. and from that tine until her arrival, as
above announced, absolutely nothing was
heard from her. The vessel was commanded
by Capt. Barter of Tenants Harbor. He
states the Henderson was thrice blown from
her course, and at one time was fully 500
miles southeast of Cape Sable. The pro-
lOnged trip exhausted the supply of prOvis-
ions, and the crew had eaten little or nothing
the final week of their monotonous voyage.
The vessel was rot injured in the slightest
particular. .Williston Grinnell conveyed by
deed Saturday to the George S. Cobb Relief
Corps, No. %, Camden, the lot on Mechanic
street on which the George S. Cobb Post
erected some two years ago their Grand
Army hall. By generous contributions
made by members of the Post and citizens
the balance due on the building has been
fully paid and the Relief Corps has furnish
ed the amount necessary to pay for the lot,
which they will hold for the present. This
building, which is two stories, has COM
modious hall on the second floor, kitchen,
banquet room and ante-room on first floor,
with every needed convenience to make
pleasant home for the Post and Relief Corps
STOCKTON SPRINGS. Mrs. Henrietta
Clifford Hartman, who has been in failing
health for two years, and critically i'll for
some months, died at the home of her son,
Mr.. E. G. Clifford, March 7th. The funeral
services were held Sunday afternoon. She
was the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Blanchard, and was twice married. Her
first husband, Capt. Clifford of Searsport
Harbor, was lost at sea, and after a long
widowh0od she became the wife of MIR.
Otis Hartman of the northern part of the
town. Mrs. II. was most excellent wo-
man, a truly devoted mother and kind and
sympathetic friend. She leaves to mourn
their loss, one son, Mr.. E. G. Clifford of
this town one daughter, Mrs. VIM. C Small
of Nashua, N. H.; two sisters and two
brothers all of whom have the sympathy
of many friends. Mrs. Small arrived from
Nashua, Saturday, to attend the funeral
services.... Mrs. Shepard Blanchard and
nephew, Daton Bickmore, returned Satur-
day from Somerville. Mr. and Mrs Brain
ard Griffin and two young sons, Masters
Walter and Harold, left Saturday for their
home in St. Paul, MINI. Their friends
hope to see them here again before many
years. p 0. Inspector, E. P. Boutelle,
has arranged the Rural Free Delivery
Route, No. 1, for this town. Beginning at
the p o. the route will be down the "Mill
road" around Cape Jellison and Fort Point,
returning by way of "Lowder's Brook" and
''the Guide-board" corner to the P. O.;