The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-03-02
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

Ella Springer and family have moved into
the MeritheW house.
Mrs. Mary Lancaster has been ill with a
| fever for some weeks.
Gabriel Brown is moving into the Capt.
James Huxford house.
Eben Miller has closed his market and
| gone into other business. He was liked as
salesman.
| Harry NJ. Brown has put ont nice sign
as job printer and is doing a good business.
He prints the town reports this year.
NJ. J. Dow is putting his time into the
| store nowadays settling up the years bust
ness and looking after the odds and ends.
Rev. E. E. Colburn and Rev. W. B. Hayne
| are continuing the special religious services
| at Jackson Meetings are held every even
| ing.
Warrants are posted for the annual town
meeting and the usual number of corner
politicians can be seen in groups engaged in
earnest debate of the burning local issues.
| There are II articles in the warrant.
| The Good Templar lodge at their session
last Saturday evening had a string of conun;
! drums; song by Everett Cilley, Maud
Webb and Clara Springer; a story by VIM.
| c. Rowe reading and stories by NJ. j. Dow
Next Saturday evening the play "TruSting
Too For will be given.
Her many friends in this village will
learn with regret of the death of Mrs. C. NJ.
l1uxford in Melrose, Mass, where they
have had home for several years. Mr..
Huxford is Brooks boy and was our
schoolmate here. Some twenty years ago in
a business trip through Nova Scotia we
CHANGED to visit the place where Charles
and his father had canning establishment
and we were Immediately taken to his home
where we had an opportunity to test the
ability and hospitality OF Mrs. Huxford,
and we have ever since thought of that oc-
casion with great pleasure. They had one
daughter, now Mrs. Laura Rink, of Mel
rose, Mass. Mr.. Huxford is a cousin of T.
|. Huxford of this place and his family
have often visited here
A very interesting game of basket ball
was played in Union hall last Friday even
ing between the two local teams, the Sham
rocks and the Business Men, the ShamrOcks
wipng out their former defeat of two weeks
ago with score of 80 to Is. At the end of
the first period the score was II to 5 in
favor of the Shamrocks. Summary and
lineup:
Shamrocks Business Men
W. n. Colburn, rf n E. Reynolds, r f
A. B. Payson, R. Ellis, | f
J. E. Simpson. C F. H. Lane, c
L. N. Cook, E. Webb, r g
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Score-Shamrocks, 80; Business Men, IS.
Goals from floor, W. N. Colburn, 5, A. B.
Payson, 6, J. E. Simpson, 3, R. Ellis, 9, F.
H. Lane, 2, Walter O'Brien, l. Goals from
fouls, A. B. Payson, 5, F. H. Lane, 8. Ref
cree, G. Holmes. Timekeeper, w. F. En-
mons. Scorer, E. B. Edwards. Time. two
20 minutes periods.
After this game the High school team
challenged the winning team. Mr.. G..
Holmes, the famous right forward of the
Belfast High school, played center of the
| High school. The score at the end of the
| first period was 10 to in favor of the
Brooks High school. Summary and line
up:
3. H. S. Shamrocks
n. Reynolds, rf w. n. Colburn, + f
F. H. Lane, If A. b. Payson, f.
Gay Holmes, G j. E. Simpson, C
h. Gibbs,rg E. Webb, G
R. Ellis L. M. Cook, 6
Score-B. II. s., %, Shamrocks, IA. Goals
from floor, W. N. Colburn, 5, F. H. Lane, 5
G. Holmes, 4, A. B. Payson, l, N. Reynolds,
l. Goals from fouls, A. B. Payson, 2, F. H..
Lane, 2, G. Holmes, /. Re cree, W. F. En-
mons. Timekeeper, W. F. EmmOns. Scor-
er, E. B. Edwards. Time two 20 twenty
minutes halves.