The Republican journal., 1904-11-17
PERSONAL.

John R. Dunton, Esq, was in Castine last
Friday on business.
Mrs. George K. Williamson went to Bos.
ton last week for a visit.
Mrs. S. L. Milliken is to spend the winter
with friends in Chicago.
Miss Carrie NJ. Cutter returned last Sat-
urday from visit in Boston and vicinity.
George P. Field has been elected Presi-
dent of the Boston Board of Fire Under
writers.
Mrs. w. e. POoler had charge of the deco
rations for the annual fair of the Congrega-
tl0nal church society of Rockland last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George P Pote of Boston
visited Mr.. Pote's brother and sister. Fred
W. Pote and Mrs. Neallie Holmes, the past
week.
Charles H. Twombly visited his son,
Frank w., at the U. of NJ. last Sunday and
attended the Tufts-M Maine game in Bangor
Saturday.
Mrs. Clifford j. Pattee and child returned
last Friday from visit of two months in
Portland, Boston, and Lewiston, and in
New Hampshire.
MIR. and Mrs. Edward Sibley went to
Boston last Thursday Mrs. Sibley is to
visit her son Harold in Boston and Mr.,
Sibley is going to the ST. Louis Exposition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A. Handley are en-
| jOying carriage drive through the country,
going to Bar Harbor, and on their return
= t1ox- vic ~.
den Herald.
| Mrs. Susan Cooper left last Friday for
her home in Oakland, CAL, after spending
the summer with her sister, Mrs. John w.
Emery, in Belfast and at Northport Camp
ground.
Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Doe and three
children visited Mr.. Does parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. w. Doe, the past week. They were
on their way from Bar Harbor to their win
| ter home in Palm Beach, Fla.
Mrs. w. H. Wiggin of Portland and Mrs
W. R. Marshall of Sioux Falls, South OAK,
were in Belfast last week on account of the
death Of their mother, Mrs. e. H. Conant.
returning to their homes Monday morning.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Bernes o. Norton
arrested three alleged smugglers on the
| Canadian border last week and took them
to Portland Jail. They have since been tried
in the U. S. Court, convicted and sentenced.
Mrs. Izah T.. Sanborn, matron of the
Kings Daughters home, has returned
| from trip to the St. Louis Exposition.
| She made stops in Logansport, Ind, Phla-
| delphia, and three days in Washington,
during her absence.-Bangor Commercial.
| Mrs. Emma A. Fisher and her daughter,
| Mrs. G. c. Bosson, came on Saturday to
| visit her sister, Mrs. S. G. Sherman. They
sail on the 10th of December on steamer
''Romanic" for Naples, Italy, to spend the
winter months.
! F. S. Holmes has had visits the past week
from his two sons-Walter R. Holmes OF
Bangor, who was accompanied by his wife
and son, and F. L. Holmes, civil engineer
who has been located in the west. The lat.
ter will join one of the B. & A. surveying
parties on the seaboard extension.
Mrs. G. A. Hodgdon returned Friday
from Jackson, Me-, where she has been
| visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. IL
| Gatchel AS before stated Mr. Gatche
has purchased the Frank Carville farm
and they are now moving there. Theil
daughter and husband, Mr.. and Mrs. A. A
| NickerSOn of Jackson, and three children
will live with hthem.-Farmingto Chronicle
The many friends in Bangor of Mrs lis
ley, wife of Rev. George b. Ilsley of West
brook, for many years pastor of the Co
lumbia Street Baptist church, will regret t6
hear that she suffered stroke of paralysis
last Friday. She is able to be about, how
ever, and it is hoped that she will be able
to overcome the effects of the shOck.-Ban
gor Commercial.
Rev. Seth II. Beale, a veteran clergyman
Of 80 years, who has been visiting his son
casting his vote for the Republican candi
dates for electors. Rev. Mr. Beale has
voted the straight Republican ticket since
1856, having voted at the second election OF
Abraham Lincoln in 1864 while in the from
before Petersburg. Argus, Nov
9th.
Mrs. Mary L. Colby celebrated her eighty
third birthday at her home in Newton
Mass, Saturday, Oct 80 Many relatives
those absent. She was the recipient OF
many beautiful flowers and other appropri
ate gifts, including birthday cake with
age and candles. Mrs. Colby is wonderfully
smart for one of her years and never knows
sick day, and we wish her many happy
| returns OF the OccaSiOn.-Deer Isle MeSsen.
ger.
George c. Sheldon of Augusta is receiving
many congratulations ON the result of the
election in the State of New York, on ac-
count of his active participation in the cam
paign in that State. Mr.. Sheldon, under an
invitation from the Republican State com.
mittee Of New York, devoted the last four
weeks to the campaign in that State, visited
the different counties, travelled over 2O0t
miles and delivered 40 speeches. The re
ports from New York show that Mr.. Shell
and eloquent speaker.-Kennebec Journal
| Jerry Sullivan of Belfast, formerly of Au.
guSta, who has been in town for few days
looking up old acquaintances, left We'd
nesday for home. Mr.. Sullivan was, in the
old days of stage coaches, a driver on the
route running from Augusta to belfast, OF
F., the V. ID. PinKham lire of stages, and was
probably one of the best known men in that
section. He is a native of Augusta, and
began driving stage when he was a youth
| When the railroad ran a branch through tC
| Belfast, between 80 and 40 wears ago, he
went ON to the Burnham and Belfast run
as baggagemaster, with Conductor John
Mace, the father of the present conductor
OF that name, where he eventually rose to d
similar office and which he holds, today
! Mr.. Sullivan has been off duty for some
time past, undergoing treatment for trouble
with his eyes, but expects soon to resume