The Republican journal., 1901-04-25

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PROSPECT FERRY. Mr.. George Greeley
of Boston spent several days last week at
E. r. Batchelder's, returning to Boston
Monday morning.. :. Mrs. E. R. Batchelder
is still in very poor health. Owing 70 the
illness of DR.. Emerson of Bucksport she is
attended by DR.. Erskine of Frankfort.
Miss Hannah Heagan, who has been visit
ing relatives in Bangor the past month, re-
turned home last Friday. She is stopping
at present with her brother, Mr.. Thomas
Heagan.. :. Miss Sarah Killman visited Miss
Faustina Harding last Friday and Saturday.
SOUTH MoNTvILLE. G. E. Gilman has
employment with Mr.. N. Linton of Provi-
dence, R. l. His wife and mother will go
there this week and they will begin house
keeping. We are sorry to lose them from
our community. R. L. Knowles is at
home from Lewiston. S. Adams is
having the school house papered and re-
paired. School is to begin April 29th under
the instruction of Miss Edith L. Strout of
Belfast.
STANDPOINT. Capt. B. F. Rice, who has
been absent several months in New York,
Boston and Providence, has arrived home.
.... Mrs. Abbie Clark, who has been here
since last winter caring for her mother,
Mrs. Haswell, has returned to her home in
West Winterport.. Mrs. j. w. Richards,
who has been in Boston several weeks, az
rived home last Saturday.. B. G. Blanch-
ard, who is in poor health, is at home from
the duck farm for while. Frank Erskine
left by boat Friday for Boston, on business.
....E K. Perkins, who has been sick the
past two weeks, is improving. -. .Mayflowers
are in bloom and the frogs have begun to
sing.
CENTRE LINcoLNvILLE. Mrs. Dora
Moody, our milliner, returned from BOs-
ton Saturday with a full line of milli-
merry. Mrs. Lucy Fernald is spending a
few days with Mrs. Sarah Lamb. go. Mrs.
Allen Heal is visiting in Camden this
week. The schools began Monday under
the instruction of the following teachers:
Miss Winnie French at the Beach, Miss
Annie Miller, Trap; Miss Belle Miller,
Rackliffe; Miss Edna Lamb, Dean; Miss
Grace Miller, Slabcity; Miss Helen Lead
better, Youngtown; Miss Nina Jones,
Centre; Miss Grant, Heal; Mrs. Sadie
knight, Matthew'S. Mr.. L. H. knight has
had his house painted recently.
SwANvILLE. Mr.. Jewell Bowling of
Maiden, Mass, is in town.. Percy L.
Nickerson is at home for a few days from
Orono. Hon. A. E. Nickerson is away on
a visit. Mrs. Rebecca Trip, an aged lady,
died at her home Wednesday morning. She
was a very energetic, conscientious woman
and reared large family, four of whom
survive her: Mr.. Augustus Tripp of Frank
fort, Mr. VIM. Tripp of Belfast, Mrs. Wood
of Boston, and Miss Helen Tripp, who has
been with her mother to care for her for
several years. 80. Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Bart
lett, who spent the winter in Oldtown, have
returned home. The ice has left Swan
Lake and many boats have been put into
the water. Fishing is now in order....
Walter Nickerson is at home from Unity.
Henry Cunningham is happy. 1t is fine
boy. Charles Albert Damn got quite
scald last Thursday, but is doing finely now
NORTH Troy Elmer Works of Plymouth
was in town Saturday. He does quite an
extensive business, buying stock of all kinds.
Mrs Louisa Bennett and daughters,
Misses Sadie and lneZ, have returned to their
old home on the farm. W. L. Gray and G.
A. Woods are preparing to build silos this
spring. Roscoe Harding and wife, who
passed the winter in California, will leave
Pasadena, April 23d, to return to their home
in Maine. Louville SanderSon and family
of Pittstield were the guests of Mrs. Cynthia
Sanderson Saturday and Sunday. Joseph
Gilley, who has been stopping with his
daughter, Mrs. Lousa Bennett, has gone to
Augusta to visit friends and relatives.
Miss Maud Munroe, who has been in Bos-
ton thepast few weeks, returned to her home
in West Troy Saturday.. George B. Cook
has begin repairing his house by putting in
a new front door. He will clapboard, paint
and put i'll new windows after planting..
The fine rainfall of the past few days has
very much changed the looks of things. The
grass has started finely showing its beauti-
full green in many places. -. The next meet
ing of The North Troy Reading Club will be
held at the home of Mrs. Lucy Carleton May
3d.
FRANKFORT. The Cyphers sisters, Lora
and Lila, opened a dry goods and millinery
store here last Monday. Their opening was
well attended by the ladies of Frankfort.
Walter Curtis has taken the hardware and
furniture business formerly carried on by
the Mt. Waldo Granite Company into the
Treat block, up stairs. Venus Grange,
259 P. of II. conferred the Sd and 4th degrees
last Saturday evening on eight new members
and had harvest feast. 1t looks as though
Venus had come to stay. .... Business is BOOM
ing at Mosquito mountain and Mt. Waldo
and the prospects are good for a very busy
season. Sch. Robert w. Capt. Brackett, is
carrying stone to Bucksport to be reshipped
by rail to Chicago. .All were very much
shocked to hear of the death of Manley Clark
of Prospect, which occurred Wednesday
April 18th latter very short illness
Oh Pneumonia. Bro. Clark was very much
liked by all and will be greatly missed He
was buried Saturday afternoon. All work
was suspended at the stone shed that his
brother workmen might attend. Mrs. Levi