The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-05-09
sEARspoRT LOCALS.

DClt SOlCOAus WIN lS plUCu1HS vi UuC ACAV
Hill ball nine this season, is at home for
short visit.
Schooner Mary Wiley, Capt. Williams,
discharged grain and bill Wednesday for
Pike Bros.
Capt. A. A. .Ausplund has gone to the
Homeopathic hospital, Boston, for surgical
treatment.
J. E. Wentworth and J. A. Colson left by
train Monday to attend the Masonic meet
ingS in Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Clement and Mrs.
Prudence johnson arrived home from Day.
tona, Fla, Monday.
Miss Emma Porter, who is employed at
the Girls. Home in Bath. is making a
short visit in town.
Several of our young ladies have abandon
ed their bicycles and are learning horse back
riding. which they find less fatiguing.
Miss Ethel Nichols. who has been taking
a six months course in stenography and type
writing, arrived home last week.
Major J. \. Fowler of Rockport, who has
ptcu super lutcuuluS lHploN 6lueIllS Ou HIS
farm here, went home by boat Tuesday.
> Advertised letters: T. S. Caldwell, A. P.
Greenleaf, Mrs. Edith Nickerson, B. S
Rollins, Chas. Treat, Miss Annie E. Well
man.
Capt C. n. Meyers left by steamer Tues
day for Boston to join his bark, the Mabel
l. Meyers, which will take cargo of lum-
Der to Rosario.
Schooner Lizzie Lane, Capt Alfred G.
Closson, arrived Monday from Hoboken,
n. y, with cargo of coal for the Sears
port Coal Co.
The Concert of Nations, given at Union
Hall last Thursday evening, passed off
pleasantly and was well attended, not with
standing the stormy night.
Bently Park, who was at the front in the
Philippines and badly wounded in one of the
lively engagements, is at his home in Boston
and is convalesing rapidly.
Miss Kit Atwood of Winterport, on her
way to Boston Tuesday, received quite an
ovation at our landing by numerous friends
here who went down to greet her.
L. W. Wentworth, by the falling of a
staging while he was painting the stable of
Capt J. B. Nichols, received bad shaking
up and severe injuries to his side and knee
Capt. and Mrs. James G. Pendleton extend
a cordial invitation to all friends and rela-
tives TIC call on them on Friday, May 18th
the birthday of Capt. Pendleton-from 2
until and from until p NJ
Postmaster Black has shown US specimens
OF the Pan-American postage stamps, now
on sale at the postoftice here. They consist
of is, IS, As, Is, is and los, and are of beau
tiful designs, as before described in The
journal.
Eaton Brothers, known all over the Unit
ed States for the fine stock of poultry they
keep, received in one day recently orders
for fifty settings of eggs. The orders come
from all parts of the United States, thus
proving that advertising pays.
The class parts for the seniors of the
Searsport High school have been given
out and are as follows Salutatory, Irena
L. Black; prophecy, Theodate A. Merri-
thew; essay, Harold F. Norton; presenta-
tions, Inez S. Ridley; history, Jessie NJ
Black valedictory, Ida A. Whittier
The shillalah carried by A. NJ Kane in
one OF his irish character songs at the con-
cert last Thursday evening was real black
thorn stick cut at Queenstown, Ireland. and
presented to a daughter of one of our sea
captains upon the anniversary of her birth
day, she having been born at Queenstown.
Rev. T. P. Williams commenced his pas
torate at the Congregational church last
Sunday, 9TH inst A good sized audience
was in attendance, and but for the heavy
showers that occurred just as the people
were starting for the morning service no
doubt much larger number would have
been present.
Patrons of Free Delivery Route, No 1. are
so loud in praise of Rural Free Delivery
service that the petitioners ON route No .
are becoming impatient for delivery to be-
gin on their route. 1t is hardly safe to pre-
dict when the government will begin the
service, though every indication now points
to June list as the date of beginning
n L. Littlefield, who supplies many of
our citizens with butter, is a believer in
blooded stock, and carries it down even to
his hens. He has 112 light brahma hens
that laid 127 dozen of eggs in the month of
April. The eggs are very large and dark
brown, and bring from five to seven cents
more dozen than white eggs in the Boston
market
The Portland Oregonian of April Doth
says: Isaac P. Deshon, merchant, died
yesterday at No. North Third street, after
a short illness. He was born at Searsport.
Me, 80 years ago. For some time past he
has been ailing, but his death was uneX-
pected. Before settling in Portland he was
engaged in the shipping business along the
Pacific coast, and, had large number of
seafaring people as friends and customers.
He left a widow, but no children. The
body will be taken to Santa Rosa, Cal, for
interment 4"
Headquarters Freeman McGilvery Post,
No. so.
Department of Maine
Grand Army of the Republic.
Searsport, May 2, 1901
General order No. l.
In the words of another we can saw:
SHAY 2Oth is sacred tn tho Grand A r,n1r If