The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-10-09
Personal.

Mrs. Lucy Hall went to Bangor last Fri
| day for short visit.
Mrs. W. G. Sawtelle was in Belfast few
! days last week from Auburn.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Parker were in Boston
and vicinity few days last week.
Jordan w. Coombs and Frank A. Riggs
| went to Boston on business last Friday.
Miss Matilda Elwell was in Belfast from
! Boston few days the past week on busi-
ness.
Thomas J. Brown left Friday for Cam
| Drury.
Otis A. Alden, who spent the summer in
| Belfast, went to Boston Friday for the
winter
! Mrs. Percy B. Redman returned home
! Friday from visit of six weeks in Fort
Fairfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ. Flagg of Brockton,
| Mass, returned home Monday from a visit
in Centre Belmont
Mr.. and Mrs. n. C. Afford of Fort Col
Inns, Col, visited her niece, Mrs Geo. z.
Doak, the past week,
Mrs. F. NJ. Staples has gone to Washing
ton, Me-, to visit L. NJ. Staples and wife
and will visit Mrs. Frank Barker before re-
turning.
Mrs. Agnes Cottrell returned to Laconia,
N. H., last week from trip to California
with an excursion party of the Uniform
Rank, Knights of Pythias.
Charles r. Harrison returned home last
Friday from Barre, VT, where he has been
employed. He will go to Texas with his
family soon, to spend the winter
Fred A. Shute left Friday to return to San
Gabriel, Calf, after a short visit to his
boyhood home in Belfast. His father, Capt.
Alonzo Shute, accompanied him to Boston.
Tommy Doherty, who played on the Bel
! fast baseball team the past season and has
since been employed in the market of E. F.
Bramhall, left here on Monday for his home
in Boston.
Lewis Sanborn has been appointed sta
tion agent in ThCmaston and entered upon
his duties Monday morning. He is succeed
ed as assistant agent at Belfast by Rem
worth Rogers.
1t is reported from Augusta that Hon. F.
O. Vickery, publisher, politician, sports
man and all-around good fellow, is critically
i'll, with little hopes of his recovery. This
will be sad news to many
City Marshal William H. Sanborn was
able to walk up street last week, after being
being confined to the house four weeks. He
is very weak and has lost more than 10
pounds of flesh during his Illness He is
totally deaf.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Il. Kelley of Mime
Miss Elizabeth \. Kelley, are in Brewer,
where they attended the wedding Of Mr.
Edward II. Kelley and Mss Carolyn F.
Barstow, Wednesday evening.
The engagement is announced of Amy
Evelyn Sturvetant Of Fairfield and Ralph
Blaine Ierrick of this city, formerly of Au-
susta. MI. Herrick is superintendent of
the New England Telephone line in this
city. The wedding is to take place very
soon.
Rev. Randall T. Capen pastor of the Bap-
tist church, this morning announced his ell
gagement to Miss Louise II. Harbour of
Nollaston. Mass. She is the daughter of
Rev. Thomas 5. Barbour, b. d, corresponds
| ing secretary of the American Baptist Mis-
slonarS Naturalization, Wis, State Jour
nal Sept. eth.
DR.. and Mrs. Il. p. Lom bard, Mr.. and
Mrs F. \. Griffin, Mr.. and Mrs y : Piper
and Dr. \. O. Stoddard Of Belfast and Nh
and Mrs. f. l.. Palmer and Mrs B. p per of
Monroe left on steamer City OF Bangor Fri
day to attend the National Encampment OF
the grand Army in Washington, b. c.
| Hon L. NJ. Staples of Washington, sena-
tor from Knox county, and James L. Burns
of the same town, arrived in Augusta, sun
day, having driven across the country. 1t
will be remembered that Mr. Burns is the
proprietor of the store in Washington i'll
| which Mr.. Jack son secured a dose of aeon
lite instead of tincture of rhubard a short
time ago, and which he drank, thereby
! causing his death. \ claim against Mr.
! Burns has been placed in the hands of
| Arthur 5. Littleield of Rockand by the
/ heirs of the unfortunate man. and the mat
| ter will probably be settled without going
| to law. Mr. Burns feels very badly over
| the affair and is willing to make every re-
| paration in his power He is one of the
most respected citizens in Knox county and
| none regrets the sad affair which cost a
| mans life more than he dueS.-kennebec
| Journal.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. H. Colby and son Miller
arrived here last week from their summer
home in Sunset, Deer Isle, in their sloop
Daybreak. The Colbys gave up fishing
some weeks ago because of the scarcity of
| fish and the abundance of deg fish, and oc-
| cupied themselves in gardening, pleasure
sailing, etc. They have taken the soop to
her builder, Chas F. Brown of Pulpit Har-
bCr, who will build them a new boat for
| next seasons use. She will be deeper and
| wider than the Daybreak but of similar
model. The Colbys will engage in lobster
| ing next season and We hope some of their
catch will come this way They are now
at their home in Wat ertown, Mass
| We copy from the Lawrence, Mass, Semi
centennial Record the following item con-
cernng former Belfast boy, who left his
native place to seek his fortune in other
fields:
| The subject OF this sketch-Edward y.
! Winslow-attords an apt Illustration of
show to succeed under conditions any
| thing but brilliant and with the smallest
amount of capital In 1865 Mr.. Wlnslow