The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-06-22
STOCKTON spR1Ncs.

STOCKTON SPRINGS.
Mr.. B. +. Cram took Fridays boat for bust
ness trip to Boston.
The Current Events Club met Wednesday with
Miss Leora Partridge.
Mr. Baker returned Tuesday from brief bust
ness trip to Boston.
Mrs. Moses Burpee was in Bangor for shopping
the middle of the past week.
Mr.. Manfred Linnekin of Surrey was the guest
of MIR. and Mrs. H. L. Hopkins several days last
week. He left for home Sunday.
Messrs Ames and Merrithew have the lumber
on the ground for two tenement houses on School
street. below the Frank V. Davis house.
Mrs. Frank jackson has decided not to furnish
board hereafter, although she retains her dodgers.
Her mother. Mrs. Jane Staples, is in poor health
at present.
MIR. and Mrs. Moses Burpee had their niece,
Mrs. Alexander, and little son Donald Of Mont
real, as guests recently at their boarding place.
the Twiss house.
The Ladies' Aid Society will be entertained
Thursday by Mrs. Simeon F. Ellis. All are en-.
thusiastic in this new parish work. sale will
be held some time during the warm weather.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Bird Cough have rooms with
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Overlook. They take their
meals with Mrs. Amelia L. West, who recently
bought the Devereaux house on Church street.
MIR. Bion B. Sanborn has opened his attractive
and well appointed boot and shoe store, having
also line of gents furnishing goods for sale.
These are long needed supplies in town.
hod
| Brock lay out the new road through his land,
from East Main st rect to the shore, a continue.
tion of the short street running only to S. H.
Vests place.
| Mr.. Frank Jackson has bought the Belfast,
searsport and Stockton Springs Express from ".
E. Grinne'l of Searspo1t, and hopes by personal
attention to the business to give satisactio to
| all patrons.
| The temperature last Thursday indicated
| tropical ]atitude but, although mild since, the
| fog has been most dsagreeable; and today CTues-
| day. an easterly wind and cloudy sky threaten
! rain. The latter Is probably necessary to bring
| fair weather Let it come!
Mis-. Jennie M Bragg has gone to East Brook
field, Mass to bring her household furnishings
here as she will make her home with her parents
Capt. and Mrs. Ralph Morse, in the future. Her
son, Mr.. Lester M. Bragg, is employed in the rail-
road Office in town.
The purchasers of the Familiarity called brick
block lot, Messrs. Swain and Reed, arrived in
town last week, and it is reported they Intend
erecting "a 81 ), 900 block" on the site May it
materalize, along with other talked of enlarge
ments and improvements in our village capaci-
ties.
Quite company of Stockton people attended
the organ recital at the Congregationaist church
in Searsport last Friday evening. Prof. Sweetser
handled the new and well toned instrument with
great skill, pleasing all listeners with the melody
and power of his execution The vocal music
was an entertaining feature of the exercises.
The large four-maste schooner Horace
Stone arrived recently from Baltimore bringing
another cargo of heavy steel rails for the per
manent track of the n. M. S. Il. R. Although
drawing % feet of water, she came directly to
the pier, thus proving the wonderful advantages
afforded by our grand easily accessible harbor.
The business of the steamer fremont having in
creased beyond the capacity of one boat, Capt.
Arey has announced that he has bought steamer
Rockland to ,dn i'll connection with the fremont,
during the summer, on the Castine Islesboro and
Bangor route. and will touch daily trips up
and down river, at railroad wharf in Stockton
Springs Thus the conveniences are increasing
in our locality.
Mr.. Albion P. Goodhue sold his field on School
street last week, at his own price, to one of the
real estate agents (aDounding here now-a- days.
doing business in village. We understand
the same land has already been disposed of, at an
increased figure; but Mr. G. philosophically says,
81 am satisfied ! got what asked for the proper
ty. Let the other fellow have chance to make
his profit ;" Such spirit will build up any town
Flag Day was observed by the pupils of our
two village schools. new schoolhouse flag.
lately bought by the efforts of the scholars, was
unfnrled, an address given by Rev. T. p. Will
iams of searsport. various patriotic readings
furnished by the children, America, Columbia
and other national hymns sung, and talk given
on Mrs. Betsey Ross and the early flags of our
country by Supt. H. D. Hichbo1n, the exercises
closing with singing of "God be With You Till
We Meet Again" with Mrs Gertrude 2. Lancas-
ter as organist. The teachers Mr.. Hamlin and
Miss Randel. had taken great interest in arrang-
ing the program and preparing platform, ETC., on
the grounds. The attendance of parents and
friends quite large.
Our village station site has been decided upon
company. announced the middle of last week
that it would be located on land in Capt. Melvin
E. Colcord's field, which is connected with Main
street by the new street recently opened by Capt.
C. This will be easily accessible TO our people.
The carpenters cannot begin work on the build-
ing until the grading is finished, therefore the
contractor, MIR. Astle will go to Standpoint from
Macks Point and build the depot there before
beginning structure. The thirty acres of
land bought from the Denslow formerly Dickey)
slower field" are being fenced in and there six
side tracks are to be built. The artesian well
being drilled by d. W. Nickeis of searsport.
north of the residence of Capt. j. L. Panno is
already about fifty feet deep. This will supply
the necessary water for the ~" situated on the
Panno (once Ellis) place, Work in that vicinity
is steadily advancing along the roadbed. The
steam shovel is scooping the earth along the cut
on the Cape into the required width for the
| tracks, and the wharf is daily growing larger.
The raising of the roadbed across "shipyard hol-
low in the village is being pushed from, the op
posite sides at present. and the filling of the Gill
more gullies goes forward continually.