The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-02-25
SEARSPORT LOCALS.

Miss Alice Carr left Wednesday for Bath
Maude :Colcord returned to Orono Mon.
day.
j. W. Black is in Boston for surgical
treatment.
The many friends of H. N. Colcord are
pleased to see him out again.
Rupert Colcord is clerking for the firm
of Dyer + Colcord during his vacation.
Wilbur Carver is at home from the Uni
versity of Maine for short vacation.
Mrs. A. D. De Long of Jersey City, N. j.,
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gray.
A report of the going ashore of the
schooner Olive T. Whittier is given in the
marine column.
Contribution at the Cong'l church next
Sunday morning in behalf of tine American
Educational Society.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grinnell of the Searsport
House gave "Washington dinner to a
few friends on Monday evening.
Capt A. L. Carver and H. L. Fairbanks
arrived by train Tuesday evening, and are
registered at the Searsport House.
Miss Nellie j. TrusselI wishes to extend
thanks to friends and neighbors for their
assistance during her recent bereavement
Mrs, E. D. P Nickels and Miss 0. J.
Lawrence have gone to West Palm Beach,
Fla, where they will spend the remainder
of the winter.
Mrs Runnells, Mrs Dow and Mrs. Hamil-
ton will entertain the Sociable in the vestry
of the Methodist Church, Tuesday evening,
March Sth. All are invited.
Subject at the Methodist Church next
Sunday morning, The Fathers Promise.
Young peoples meeting at 6.15; subject,
''Princely Men in the Heavenly Kingdom"
The teachers and pupils of the Grammar
school desire to offer their sincere thanks
to Mr. Leon Merrithew, who so kindly
drilled the boys in their military exercise.
A register of the Searsport House that
was in use in 1875 has the names of several
persons who drove from Castine on the ice
April 10Th, with pair of horses, returning
on the same day.
The colonial social at the Searsport
House Monday evening, Feb. 22d, was very
enjoyable. About 1875 were present, many
of them in costume. The hotel was artis-
tically decorated in the tri-colors. Mrs.
Adams and Mrs. Grinnell were charming
il their capacity of hostesses.
Several of our heavy teams started on the
ice Tuesday for Belfast to haul car load
of corn for Pike Bros. When off Moose
Point large crevice was found and the ice
was somewhat weak. The transfers
deemed it unsafe to proceed with such
heavy teams and landed and went on by
the road.
The following pupils of the Grammar
school were not absent during the term:
Elsie Gilkey, Maude Smith, Laura Trundy
and Story Trundy. Washington's birthday
was observed by appropriate exercises.
The program was as follows
Opening address, Laura Trundy
song, LYNN for Washington's Birthday,
School
Recitation, February 22nd, George Coson
Washington's birthday, Bernice Park
Song, The Story of the Ratchet,
Gordon Williams
Exercise. Four boys
WaShington's Christmas Party,
Robert Sullivan
Song, The Flag of Washington,
School
Boston Boys, Story Trundy
speech, Maude Smith
song, Little Flags of Long Ago, School
Reading, Pronell Gillley
Flag Salute, School
The American Flag, School
Growing of Washington, Mabel Gordon
long, School
Musket Drill, Nine boys
Exercise, Seven Girls
Washington Kiss, Laura Trundy
song, Mount Vernon Bells. Inez Buker
heritatlon, Elsie Gikey
song, God Bless our Native Land, school
OBITUARY. Died in Searsport Feb. 18th
Capt, Dennis Griffin, aged 81 years, 5
months, 10 days. Capt. Griffin was born in
Guysboro, n s., Sept. ., 1922 He came
here in 1889 and made his home with Capt.
Nm. Butman, 81, and began going to sea
at an early age with Capt. VIM. Butman,
Jr Jan. %. 1913, he married Miss Susannah
d. Blood OF Morrill,, BY whom he had one
son, Chas. +. Griffin, who died at Vine
yard Haven Sept. 4, 1873. He was then 1st
officer of schooner F. c. Woodbury.. Mrs.
Griffin died May H. 1901. Capt Griffin fol-
lowed the sea for many years and COM
manded the schOoners ClariSsa, Commodore
Perry, Cornelia, Batavia, Hudson and
stephen Woodbury., and the briggs Manzoine
and Chas. Wesley. He was wrecked in
March, 1865, when in the brig Hudson,
bound from Cambridge, Md, to Sears
port with ship timber. The crew were
taken off by the ship American Eagle,
hound from New York to Melbourne,
were transferred to two other vessels and
finally landed at Hamburg, Oct Is, 1866
Capt. Griffin had been for many years an
invalid and since last September confined
10 his bed During his long illness he was
fenderly cared for by his adopted daughter,
Nellie J. Trussell. Funeral services were
held at his late residence on Water street
Monday afternoon, Rev. G. H. Hamilton
officiating. The interment was in the viii
lage cemetery. The bearers were j. P. But
man, B. o. Sargent, J. b. Black, }. H. Sui
iivan, W. B. Sawyer Frank S. Clifford,
who died in SOmerviIle, Mass, recently,
was born in Stockton Springs, Aug. TO- 1869,
the son of Horace S. and Anna C. Clifford
He moved with his parents to Searsport and