The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-04-20
STOCKTON SPRINGS.

STOCKTON SPRINGS.
| The public schools in town will com
mence two weeks from Monday, May s.
Mr.. Herbert L. Hopkins has shingled his
| residence and added fine set of steps and
walks to the street.
, Mr.. and Mrs. David Chase of Rockland
arrived Saturday and are visiting Capt and
! Mrs. Charles Park,
The Current Events Club will meet
! Wednesday afternoon, April 26, with Mrs.
| Daniel Thompson All are invited
The Misses Colcord entertained four
table whist party of ladies on the evening
of April 18th at their pleasant home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred E. Bean of Hallowell
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry K
Hichborn early last week for day or two.
| Mr.. Herbert Mixer was in this village the
| latter portion of last week, the guest OF ms
brother in-law, Mr.. Elmer Thompson, and
| wife.
The Mudgett house, so-called, on School
street has been leased to four OF the en-
| gineers in the employ of the y. NJ. 5. rail-
| road, who will occupy it as soon as neces-
sary repairs, now being made, can be COM
pleted.
The store of Mr.. E. F. Staples is again
opeu, and under the efficient management
OF Miss Emma Hichborn, assisted by Miss
| Blanche Berry, the business will 60 on in
| the customary manner during the illness of
! the proprietor.
We are glad to see Miss Frances Cleaves
again upon our streets after long sick
| ness. She has opened her place of bust
| ness, ordered new goods, and arranged to
have her store continually ready to serve
her customers through the summer.
Our town has among the newcomers a
French barber, Mon. LaGasse, who has
fitted up rooms in portion Of the low CON
Meeting building between the stores Of 5.
A, Rendell and Nj. X. LaFurley, where he
is ready to serve customers in the most APP
proved tonsOrial manner.
Messrs. Hunting. Sleeper and Lewis,
from Camden, We're here several days the
past week, going to Bangor last Friday to
consult President Cram relative to dam
ages upon land recently bought by them on
Mill street, which the road is to cross
They returned Saturday to Camden.
Mrs. Carrie T. Glow of Boston is in town.
called here by the serious illness OF
her father, Mr.. Flvin F. Staples. We are
sorry to say cur genial nelghbor lies in "a
precarouS state with small chance of re-
covery in the opinion of physicians. All
sympathy is extended TO his wife, daughter
and parents in their present anxiety.
Mr. Herbert c. Libby, Treasurer and
Manager of the Eastern Publishing Co., of
Cherry field was in town Monday and
Tuesday, in the interest of newspaper to
be started here as county publication. At
present the printing will be done by the
Cherryfeld plant, but, if the venture be a
success all equipments will be provided
here.
Capt and Mrs. Horace Staples have re-
son, Capt. John n. Staples Of Brooklyn, n.
Y, as port captain of the line of steamships
in which he has been employed for the past
dozen years. This will be an agreeable
change for our young friend, enabling him
to be at home each night. Our conglatula-
ton, John, on this deserved promotion.
Little Gwendolyn Sanborn, only Gaugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Bion B. Sanborn, met
with an accident last Friday. She fell
by the machine sawyers, which caused pa
ralysis of the nerves of speech, stupor and
nausea for thirty-six hours, greatly alarm
ing her parents. DR.. Stevens considers her
now out of danger if kept quiet for some
time.
Hon. William T. Haines of Waterville
was in town Saturday for the purpose of
consulting the members of our chartered
Water Supply Co., Messrs. II. K. Hichborn,
A. N. Ames and $. B. Merrithew, relative
to bringing the necessary water from
Boyd's pond, familiarly know as ''Half
Moon" pond, in an adjoining town. No
final decisions were reached upon any
point.
All railroad matters are steadily progress
ing. The Reliance and the Leviathan are
running daily between Bucksport and the
partially constructed wharf at Cape Jelli-
son, bringing materials, ties, sleepers, rails,
ETC., for the various contractors in this 10
cality. The big steam shovel is soon to be-
gin work along the line of the road-bed, pre-
pared for its rapid removal Of soil. The ad-
vance crew is operating on Bran's point,
working toward the mill another is pre-
pairing for the building of the "Y," in the
Panno field, while a third is working at
Standpoint, and surveying party is chang
ing curve just east of our village. The
chief engineer and his corps are obliged to
make their hours run well into the night
often, to furnish necessary draughts for the
many points along the line Of sixty miles.
Last week a three-masted schooner came
into our harbOr to discharge cargo of coal
at Cape Jellison, for use in the different en-
gines. Everybody is inquiring where our
depot is to be located, but no one can an
swer authoritatively. The intention of the
N. NJ. S. +. r. managers are not public
property. "Give thy thought no tongue"
until the proper moment, is evidently the
motto of these astute organizers. Let US
'pOssess our souls in patience yet little
longer, waiting for 'the good time coming"
Mr.. Charles Grant is running ferry
row boat-between the coal wharf, at the
foot of Middle street, and Speeds point on
the Cape, for the accommodation OF work.
men and others visiting the scene Of our
towns activity.
HALLDALE