The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-11-16
STOCKTON SPRINGS.

day on business, returning Saturday.
Mr.. Lang moved from the Treat house to
| the Clarke place on west Main street last
week.
The cellar for Mr.. A. NJ. Ames house is
being stoned up and the building materials
hauled.
The Ladies' Aid Society meets this,
Thursday, afternoon with Mrs. Albert c.
| COlcOrd.
Mr. Edgar Colcord's house is going for
ward rapidly. 1t has fine location with
beautiful views each way.
Miss Emma May Hichborn of Searsport
IS spending week with her grandmother,
Mrs. Robert Hchborn.
Miss Edith Griffin is clerking for Mr.. j.
q. Lambert and will continue to do so
through the holiday season.
Miss Frances Cleaves is displaying new
goods in the fancy line-buckles, stick pins,
hat pins, shirt waist pins, etc.
| j. G. Lambert returned Friday from a
business trip to Boston for fall and winter
| dry goods. Those in need should call on
him.
Many people are coming and going these
days, from thirty-tive to fifty being regis
tered at the Libby House each day last
/ week.
The steamer Rockland makes regular
| landings at Cape Jellison pier daily on her
route down from Bucksport to Camden and
| return.
Miss Evelyn L. Colcord is taking a course
of lessons in millinery in Bangor. She
came home Saturday to remain over Sum
day, returning Monday morning.
Mrs Carleton and little daughter. who
have been spending few days with Mr..
| ,r1at of Nrs Ear 70
their home in WoOwich Monday.
E. NJ. Lancaster was taken quite suddenly
and seriously i'll last week from OverwOrk
and nervous exhaustion. We understand
he is improving at the time of writing.
Work on the hotel is going steadily on.
A new brick wall has been placed under
the eastern and southern ends and new
window and door frames put in place.
Owing 10 the storm Nov. Sth the Current
Events Club did not hold its session, but
postponed it to Wednesday of this week,
when it met with Mrs. Alice and Miss Alice
Hichborn.
Mr.. W. L. Creamer made business trip
to Bangor last saturday. He is engaging
in the real estate business in addition to his
dry goods business and will fit up an office
on the second floor of his store building for
use in this new direction.
The first liner arrived at the Cape Jell-
son pier Nov. Sth. Though about 1000 tons
beside the big wharf. 1t illustrates the
size of the structure pretty we'll. She is
the steamer Foxhall of the American Ship
ping Co.'S fleet and she came here from
New York. She will take freight for Bos-
ton and New York, and will take on train
load of potatoes as one item.
Mr.. Harry Verrill and Miss Annie Moul-
ton, youngest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Moulton, we're married in Bangor
Nov. Sth. They left by boat in the morning,
returning at night. They went Immediate
| ly to housekeeping on the lower floor of
Mrs. Amelia Vests house, formerly the
DevereauX house, on Church street, Mrs.
West and her daughter occupying the sec
ond floor Congratulations are extended to
the young couple, with the best of wishes.
The bank above the terminal pier is to be
leveled for a long distance back, necesstat-
ing the removal of 27,00O cubic yards of
earth. I his will be dumped into the shall
low water between the shore insidepf a
second pier which forms bulk head, fill
ing it entirely in OH a level with the pier,
1t will make quite change in the appear
ance of that portion of the cape. Two
steam shovpls will be used in the moving of
this tremendous amount of dirt.
Mrs +. F. Staples has been having some
improvements made on the front OF the
store occupied by Mr. W. l.. Creamer The
windows on the lower floor, front, have
been heightened at the bottom, newly glazed
with two pane lights, and display cases
made at each window, inside, so that when
completed and draped they will make fine
show windows. New light wood doors have
been added and the entire front newly
sashed and glazed. adding much to the APP
pearance of the store.
A new portable steam mill is in operation
at the smaller, second part of the Cape
Jellson wharf, saving up the short piling
and pieces of timber. The putting of the
engine here and the buzz of the swiftly
revolving saw; the clanking of the steam
derrick, as it boisted the coal from the
barge the roll of the coal, as it left the
elevated dump car and descended to the
freight car below; the piles being driven;
the engines running back and forth on the
, wharf, with loaded and empty cars; one on
the bank at the edge of the pier, carrying
ties, and men hurrying in all directions.
! made a busy sight one day last week,
when your correspondent viewed the scene; !;
and this was only one day of the week.
Mr.. Albert Kelley. formerly of this place,
. spent last week in town putting his house
in order FOR the winter and in readiness for
: expected tenants. 1t has been occupied
through the summer and fall by Mr.
Wheaton of Nova Scotia, who used it as a
boarding house for some of the railroad
employees. Mr.. Kelley is at present living
in Waterbury, Conn.,, where he is engaged
in building large factory. His daughter,
Miss Amy, expects to spend the winter with
her uncle, Mr.. Freeman Kelley and wife, in
Los Angeles, California. Friends of the
latter, Mr.. Kelley, will be interested to
know of his improved condition of health,
since changing his business from that of
city letter carrier to that of real estate.
1t is all hustle and activity around the
) piers, and indeed along the whole line. The
ballasting is nearly completed and all
possible speed is being used to get the
finishing touches completed. Competent
judges, from all parts, commend the firm
construction of the road. Sunday the
special car of Pres. F. W. Cram came over
the line, carrying the railroad commission
ers, for their official inspection of the road.
1t is expected the trains will be run on
schedule time the 20th of this month and
the first Especial the 9TH hence our cele-
bration may come on that day or about
that time. The committee will receive
notice from President Cram as so II as he
can tell definitely concerning this and then
their final arrangements Will be made.
YACHTS AND BOATS.
Capt. 7. d. Barr's sloop Fiona was haul
ed out at MacOmber's last week