The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-08-01
NUMBER 81
Personal.

MISS sally Durham arrived home from
Boston Sunday morning.
Mrs. F. NJ Staples went to South Hancock
Tuesday for a short visit
Mrs. Susan A. Morrison went to Bangor
yesterday for a week or more.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. L. Payson of Camden
were at the Windsor Hotel, Monday.
Miss Edith Pettingill arrived Tuesday
from Boston TO visit her father, N. G. Pet
tirgill.
Hon. and Mrs. F. S. Walls of Vnalhaven
are at their cottage ON Northport Camp
Ground.
Fred Shultz of Providence, r. l., arrived
Tuesday to visit his uncle, H. r. Dawson of
Mor-oe.
Fred Flynn, the deaf mute ball player of
Bargor, visited Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Staples
last week.
G. W. Bradley of New York is visiting
his business partner, B. L. Pitcher, at his
farm in Waldo.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. W. Rogers received
visit from their niece, Mrs. F. L. Libby Of
Burnham last week.
Mrs. Nettie Wheeler and daughter of
Cambridgeport, Mass, are visiting at D. H.
Libby's and E. S. Shuman's.
Mrs. Benjamin l. Nesmith of New York
arrived Saturday to spend few weeks with
Miss E. c. Frye and sisters.
Mrs. Elizabeth ST. John of Kansas is a
of Mr. NTrc Toh,, CT.
formerly a Haskell of this city.
Mrs. S. W. Lothrop and son Sumner of
New York arrived yesterday morning to
| visit Mr.. and Mrs. Fred W. Pote.
Cornelius Cunningham, who was injured
| by being thrown from team in runaway
s,cident, is improving rapidly and is able to
walk and ride out
Prof. and Mrs. Stetson of Colby College,
| with their son Carlton, visited Miss Bernice
Rogers and her parents, Mr.. and Mrs R. W.
Rogers, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. Bill of Redlands,
Calf, arrived Tuesday and are at Mr..
Alfred A. Smalls. Mrs Bill was formerly
Miss Cora Frye of this city,
Mrs. Ellen NJ. starrett arrived home from
South birmingham, Mass, yesterday, az
companied by Mrs. F. J. Starrett and chill
| dren, who came for visit.
! Charles Clark Mum, author of Pocket
Island, and the later success, Uncle Terry,
is spending his va cation in Maine He is
now at the hotel, Northport Camp Ground,
and later will go to Vinalhaven.
Fl. c. Havener of Greeley, Colo, arrived
ren. Monday Mr. Havener and Miss Ada
Belle Warren went to Rockland for a weeks
visit. This is Mr.. Havener's first visit east
in II years, and he will remain until after
Old Home Week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace j. Morton of Chca-
go arrived on the Monday evening train to
spend several weeks with Mrs. Morton's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. O. c. Cammett of
Belmont. They visited the Rangeley Lakes
ell route, and report fine catch of lake
trout.
The Norombega march, composed by Anna
Colson Rich of Bangor, will be published
in the Boston Sunday Globe of August 18th.
Madame Richs vocal music is in demand by
the Western publishers. At present she is
writing to fl orders for Geo. F. Rosche Il
Co., Chicago, ILL.,, and the Larerz Music Co.
of Day tor Ohio.
Edward Haley, who recently went from
Belfast to North Sydney, Cape Breton. to
enter the store of his brother, showed d
specimen of enterprise last week. The
steamer Erick made her last call in civliza-
ton before starting for the North pole, at
Cape Breton. Ed. boarded her and sold
fruit, vegetables and canned goods to the
amount of S175.
Capt. Samuel Lemly who has been select
| ed by Secretary Long as Judge advocate
general of the Schley court of inquiry, while
not a Maine man is married to Maine
woman, he being brother-in-law of the late
Seth L. Milliken of BelfaSt.-Baugor Com
mercial.
Mrs. Lemly is niece of the late Hon.
S. L. Milliken, the daughter of his brother,
Frank Milliken of Washington, d. c.
Rarely, if ever, have Belfast people had an
opportunity to listen to such fine singing
as was enjoyed at the Universalist church
last Sunday morning, when Misses Davis
and Bickford rendered the duet "Calm as
the Night" by Gotze, and Miss Bickford
the solo, 'My Redeemer and My Lord, y
words by Longfellow and music by Dudley
Buck. This was Miss Bickford's first az.
pearance here this season and the rich treat
her friends expected was fully realized
while it is always pleasure to listen to
Miss Davis rich contraltO.
The Bridgeport, Ct, Standard of recent
date says: "The steam lighter Manhattan
of the Collyer Bros. Towing and Transpor-
tatiOn Company, yesterday left port with
the most precious freight her decks ever
bore. 1t consisted of a party of ladies, the
guests of Mrs. Charles II. Fleming, at whose
disposal Capt Frank F. Collyer had placed
the Manhattan for the afternoon and even
ing The trip was made to New ittven,
and the party included Mayor Sterling of
Bridgeport, two customs officials, Mr.. and
Mrs. f. W. Bassick of Denver, Colo, and
many others. Mr.. Fleming is harbor master
and superintendent of docks and piers at
Bridgeport He is Belfast boy.
We print this week an interesting letter
from our od-tme contributor, Mrs. Helen
n Packard of Snrinpfield Mass who has