The Republican journal., 1905-03-30
SEARSPORT LOCALS.

Mrs. Mayo is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Clara Carver.
W. f Grinnell left Tuesday for business
trip to Boston.
Capt. A. n. Blanchard of stmr. Banes is
in town for few days.
Ralph Meyers is visiting his sister, Mrs.
c. A. Smell. in Maiden, Mass.
The Ladies' Guild met with Mrs. Susan
Sweetser Tuesday afternoon.
J. O. johnson of Liberty was registered
at the Searsport House this week.
Harry Merrithew of Boston is the guest
of his mother, Mrs. E. L. Merrithew.
There will be communion service at the
Cong'l church at p. H. next Sunday.
Mrs. Brown is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Myron F. Parker, for few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs Geo. Thomas are receiving
congratulations on the birth OF daughter
The union service next Sunday evening
will be at the COng'l vestry. All are lnvlt-
ed.
Capt G. W. Hichborn, who has been i'll at
hospital in New York, is reported as I'M
proving.
Miss Blanche Whittum of Boston is the
guest of her parents, MIR. and Mrs. Melvin
Whttum,
Cant Chas. NJ. Nichols left last week to
take command of stmr Alaskan OF LIE
Hawaiian line.
Mr.. and Mrs Roscoe Porter returned last
week from Brunswick, Ga, Where tney
spent the winter
The monthly contribution for parish eX-
penses will be taken at the Congl. church
next sunday morning.
Miss Eunice Whittum is attending the
openings in Boston, and will spend several
weeks with the milliners there.
Mrs. Frank Sheldon of Newton Mass,
arrived Tuesday night; called here by the
Illness Of her mother, Mrs. Laura Irundy,
Misses Louise Pike and Florence Colcord
will entertain at the social rooms or the
Christian Endeavor Society Thursday even
ing, March 30th
The spring openings have begun. Mrs.
c. 5. Weber of Belfast will display spring
suits and garments Friday and Saturday IN
the Mosman building next the studio
The Epworth League social previously an
bounced for this week will be given IN the
NJ. 4. vestry, Tuesday, April Attn Mrs;
Porter, Mrs. Sawyer and Miss Curtis will
entertain.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. C. Shute and Mr.. and
Mrs Reed Lowell drove to BuckSport
Thursday to witness the launching of the
Roosevelt, and report it we'll worth the
strenuous drive.
In some towns and cities where spotted
fever is epidemic it is said to be caused by
garbage thrown in the street. SearspOrt,
if it continues the custom of past years,
will be fine place for the propagation of
the disease.
At meeting of the School Committee
Monday Mrs. E. F. Davis was reelected
Superintendent. The schools will begin
Tuesday, April 18th. The teachers exam
nation will take place in the High school
room at 9 a. H. Monday, April 10th.
The adjourned town meeting came off at
10 O'Clock Monday. The opening was a
bit stormy as many of our citizens had ideas
about conducting business and insisted on
being heard all at once. f. II. Park, the mod
orator, after d time succeeded in getting
charge of the meeting and things went very
smoothly after that. F. |. PendletOn, F. l.
Mortland and }. COlSon were elected select
men, assessors and overseerS of the poor,
fence viewers and highway surveyors; W.
Nj Parse was chosen clerk; w. ".
Nichols, town agent; c. o. Sawyer, treas
urer; C. f. Adams, auditor; l.. w. Rich,
Mark Ward and several others, constables !;
A. L. Mosman, j. II. sullivan, F. NJ. Per-
kins, Fire Wards; f. A. Buker. School
Committee; Mark Ward, Truant officer; B.
F. Colcord, Tax Collector. 1t was voted to
continue the Free High school and the fol-
port Of common schools, $1,l00; support of
Free High school, $500; support of poor
and other town expenses, 1000, repair of
highways, S1,S00; repair of side walks, $500;
breaking roads the past winter, $1,000;
State roads, $500; text books for schools,
rial service $50; discount on taxes, $1,000.
The discount is 10 per cent on or before
Aug. LIST, and 5 per cent to those who pay
on or before Jan. l, 1906.
The Mock Town Meeting given by the
ladies last Thursday evening was great
success. The meeting was opened and the
warrant read by Mrs. Z. f. Adams. The
warrant was as follows:
To Jessie Nj. Black, constable on the
town of Searsport, Greeting: In the name
of the State of Maine and the Continental
Congress you are hereby required to notify
and warn the women of the town of Sears
port qualified to talk on town or anybOdy's
affairs, to congregate at the Cong'l upper
VeStry in said town on Thursday, the 23rd
day of March, inst, at o'clock in the
evening to act on the following articles to
wit.
Thirty-two articles are given and among
the most amusing are the following:
l. To choose SelectwOmen.
2. Also road commissioner and to see
how much the town will allow for women
and mules, per head
g. In the article establishing a free High
school $25 was raised and it was provided
that all languages shall be excluded except
Italian.
Forty arc lights were provided for as
the ladies believe in light-tO be located at
the discretion of the SelectWOmen.
Five hundred dollars were raised to pay
a woman for winding the town clock, but
in the wrangle for choice of winder one
disappointed woman moved to let the
clock run down this year and the motion
was carried.
The article to tax cats instead of dogs
created deal of feeling, and as large
majority were afraid of mice it was decided
to let them 60 free.
The dollar and forty mine cents called for
in the article for books for Sears Public
Library was, as is the custom, tabled.
$4,000 was raised to buy a revenue
cutter to keep the bay free from ice. The
suggestion that there might not be any ice
next winter was answered by a proposal to
use the cutter for picnic parties during the
summer.
Art. No. &c. was unanimously adopted:
ITO see if the town will vote to establish
whipping post for the punishment Of those
who throw culch in the streets"
The articles for street sprinkler and