The Republican journal., 1903-02-05
County Correspondence.
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

THE NEWS OF BROOKS.
Good hard wood brings S. per cord, de-
livered on the cars here.
Mrs. Samuel Reynolds, who has been very
| sick, is said to be much better.
F! Miss May Webb has been sick with what
appeared to be relapse of the mumps
DR.. A. W. Rich, who has been very i'll, is
so far improved as to be able to sit up some.
O. w. Lane, wife and daughter Josie Wis.
| tied Hillside grange in East Thorndike last
week.
Mrs. Judkins of Livermore Falls has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. n R. Cook oi
| this place.
Dr. Prince E. Luce, formerly of this town.
called here last week. He was Oh his way tC
Waterville.
Miss Milicent Pierce, who has position
with Carle & Jones in Belfast, is visiting
her parents here.
Mrs. York has gone to Kents Hill to visit
her daughter Marion, who is said to be ill
with appendicitis.
VIII LORD, who is in trade in Vassalboro,
was in town last week to attend the funeral
of his grandmother.
The officers of the Good Templar Lodge
will be installed next Saturday evening,
and nice program will be presented.
Mrs. Arson Shibles of Knox visited her
mother, Mrs. Josie Fogg, last week. Mrs.
Shibles was formerly milliner in this town.
The District Lodge of Good Templars
will meet here Feb. 2Sth and our people as
usual will do their part to make the occa-
sion pleasant one to their visiting friends.
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars
wants a little special work done for the
Order in Waldo county before the G. L. ses-
sion in April. Any lodge wishing visit, or
any place wishing lodge where none now
exists, will be visited by NJ. j. Dow, P. g. c.
T., upon receipt of request.
in Knox last week, was held at the residence
of her son, Charles W. Lord, last Friday
Afternoon. The deceased was "a years of
age and among the floral offerings was a
pillow of pinks, "a in number. Mrs. Lord
and her husband were for some years resi-
dents of this town and enjoyed the respect
of all with whom they were associated.
Miss Mabel Rose recently returned from
a visit,to friends in Kennebec county. She
attended the State teachers meeting in
p7a MD
in Watervile she visited Prof. and Mrs. H.
B. Hail. Mrs. Hall was known in Belfast
as Miss Isa Luce. At Clinton she visited
her friend Nellie Luce, formerly of Waldo,
but now married and settled in Clinton.
Last week the authorities of the town
were notified that Alphonzo Randall, for
merly of South Brooks, was dead and were
asked to see to his burial as he was public
charge Accordingly his grave was dug and
preparations made to receive the body. 1t
developed later, however. that a blunder
had been made by somebody; that the man
was not dead, and had not been sent to
Brooks, but to some other place in Maine.
The telegram was dated at an insane asy-
lum in Massachusetts.
The officers of Golden Grown Lodge, K
of p, were duly installed last week by
District Deputy J. W. Deane of Freedom
They were as follows: E. c. Holbrook, P.
c. c.. Geo. II. Miller, c. c.; Fred Moulton,
V. c.; L. W. Cook, Prelate; Charles E.
Bowen, NJ of W., Harry Staples, NJ, at A.,
F. X Roberts, NJ. of F. NJ. j. Dow, NJ. of E. {;
Henry Webber, l. g.; James F. Jewell,
O. q. With their ladies the Sir Knights
sat down to an appetising lunch, which
finished the exercises of the evening.