The Republican journal., 1905-06-15
SEARSPORT LOCALS.

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Eugene NickersOn of Portland is the guest
of A. }. Nickerson.
W. E. Grinnell is in Boston buying horses
for his sale stables.
Mrs. Henrietta Young is visiting her
daughter in Biddeford.
Miss Inez Deliver arrived from Brock
ton, Mass, Sunday morning.
Miss Louise Pitcher of Camden is the
guest OF Mrs. d. c. Nichols.
Franklin Nichols, who made short visit
in town, returned to New York last week.
The W. C. T. U. will meet at the home of
Mrs. W. T. c. Runnells Thursday at $50
p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Weber are receiv-
ing congratulations on the birth OF a
daughter.
Gertrude Bowen, who has been attending
the Normal school in Castine, is at home for
the summer.
Miss Orilla Carlin has returned to Boston
after a visit of several weeks with her sister,
Mrs. Ashley Mitchell.
Mrs. Clara Eyre and family arrived from
New York Sunday and are at their summer
home i'll the village.
c. c. Mcclure, first officer of steamer
Hawaiian, left by train Monday to join the
steamer at New York.
Coleman Brothers are getting some good
catches of salmon. Twenty were taken
from their weirs last Wednesday.
Messrs Smith, Saunders, Bradbury, Mac
Farland and Ferguson are spending week
at Wentworth cottage, Swan Lake.
Beatrice Park, who graduated last week
1 irhc sab,
has a position with the Coburn Steamboat
Co.
Iona Nichols, who recently graduated
from the Gardner Kindergarten Training
school, Boston, is at home for summer
vacation.
H. r. Law of Waltham, Mass, who has
been setting up the new organ in the Cong l
church, will go to Belfast next week to re-
pair two or three organs there.
K. P. Smith and his theatrical friends
who are summering in town are contem-
plating giving the play of Rip Van Wrinkle
some time during the season.
The crew employed on Macks Point to
clear thirty acres have about finished their
work and the next question is now, what
will be the next move in that vicinity?
Work is progressing on the reservoir and
the engineers say the soil is excellent for
the bed-in fact, better than many of the
places where they have put in water works.
Mrs. Warren Griffin and daughter Edna
attended the exercises of the graduating
class of the Castine Normal school last
week, of which Miss Eva Griffin is men,
Der.
Guvanus Dunton, accompanied by a
party of Winterporters, drove down Sun
day 10 look over the lower terminal of the
1,Sn THnr- ZOO .,t 1n Snnrc
port House
Frank Decro is hauling in some very fine
pilng from Herbert Black farm. Some of
the sticks are % feet long. The logs are
yarded near the steamboat wharf and will
be RATED to Mack'S Point.
Frank Jackson has bought of W. f. Grin
nell the Stockton, Searsport and Belfast ex-
press business. Mr.. Jack son will reside in
stockton, and as he we'll known in the three
towns NO doubt will make a success of the
business.
The crowds ON the streets and in the
stores last Saturday evening reminded the
Older people of the palmy days of thirty
Years ago when the shipyards were doing
so much business and every one was earn-
ing good wages.
There will be an organ recital at the Con-
gregatjonal church next Friday evening, at
which time the new organ will be formally
opened Mr.. Fred r. Sweetser will pr
side. There will be several solos and dues
by local singers. All are invited to be Y IS
ent.
The carpenters will finish their fork on
the round house in about two ,stks and
will then begin work on the PAST &ser depot
III connection with the wha at kldder' 5
Point. turn table will ID constructed
near the round house and trge amount OF
concrete will be laid. ="
The c. Z. society entertained the Belfast
and >earsport Epw nth League societies in
the social rooms of'the vestry Monday even
ing. About twenty-five came over from
Belfast on br,,k boards. Unfortunately it
was rainy. dit those who braved the
weather .rvj.,t very enjoyable evening.
e -. Gardner, manager of the Belfast
Gas " Electric Co., was in town Monday.
MI. Gardner says his company will bring
the power to Searsport providing sufficient
business can be obtained. He estimates
that if 600 lights are subscribed for it will
pay the company TO come and the town can
be lighted with electricity this fall. A can
Vass Will be made at once.
The committee in charge of the sociable
given last Friday evening in the Cong'l
vestry are to be congratulated on the sue
cess of their efforts both financially and
socially. Over one hundred were present
and the entertainment given by MeSsrS.
Smith and Saunders was very enjoyable.
The sealed envelopes containing the money
which the ladies had made in different ways
for the organ fund were passed in and
amounted to SCI, and with the receipts of
the evening the sum OF SSl was realized.