The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-12-07
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. NEW YORK.


| treasurer wishes a general response that
all the bills may be met at the end OF the
parish year.
}. w. Robertson and wife of Dover came
| down Saturday on the morning train and
returned by the afternoon train. While
here they were the guests of Capt. and Mrs.
! w. H. West.
The Eastern Dredging Co. completed work
, at the Sprague coal wharf at Mack's Point
last Thursday, and the dredger and scows
were towed to Rockland Friday by the tug
Nary j. Finn.
| Pike Bros. completed saving 1000 cords
of stave wood at their mill Nov 2Sth. The
mill yard is now being cleared and about
| from the Houston lot, recently bought by
I the firm of Hon. n. F. Houston of Belfast.
! Following is list of the unclaimed
letters in the Searsport post office: John
| McAlony, George Patterson, Minot F.
| Stearns, Clifton Woodbury., A. F. Blouget,
! Mrs. Lew Crockett, Mrs. James Cole,
Lamon Cook, John NJ. Deneen, R.
tayerhOlm, L. II. Haden, A. d. Innis, Miss
Hattie Haskell, II. A. Paul.
At a family reunion held at the residence
Of Andrew Nickerson of East Corinth
were present: Hon. A. E. Nickerson of
Swanville; E. II. Nickerson and wife of
Portland. A. j. Nickerson and wife, C. p.
Ferguson and wife and n. RoulstOne and
wife of Searsport. They all returned here
on the N. M. S. R. r. at 1925 a. m., Friday.
At Nack's Point the ties are being placed
in position on the Sprague coal pockets for
the rails. The coal cars to be used on the
pocket arrived Friday. The work of bal
scales. At Kidder's Point the single track
has been laid to the end of the wharf, where
the potato shipments by steamer will be
made in the future. The Sprague Coal Com
pany finished dischargng their last coal
vessel Sunday at the Cape Jelison pier for
/ the present.
There was a pleasant reunion of the
Sweetser brothers and their wives at the
old home on Thanksgiving day. Six boys
We're present-John of New York, Alexan-
der OF Lynn, Mass, Augustus of Milo, Me-,
Joseph H., James b. and jeremiah of Sears
port. The Oldest is 81 years, the youngest
53 years. Two of them had not met for 10
years and 1T was 26 years since all had been
together. The Oldest of the family, sister,
died five years ago. The day was spent in
Teasing and rehearsing boyhood expert
ences and at a late hour they sang "God be
with you till we meet again.
The annual Christmas sale of the Meth
odiSt Ladies' Aid Society will be held in the
church vestry Thursday afternoon and
evening, Dec. 18th. Patrons of the sale
will find large assortment of useful and
fancy articles. An enthusiastic meeting
was held with Mrs. Cousins at the resi-
dence Of Capt. A. D. Field, this week. Next
week, Tuesday afterno IN, the society meets
with Mrs. Parker. Finishing touches are
being put upon the articles for the sale In
connection with the sale an entertainment
Will be- given in the evening. Details as to
this entertainment, refreshments, ETC., will
be given next week.
The, subject of the sermon at the NJ. E.
church next Sunday morning will be "The
Justice of God The Epworth League
prayer meeting will be at O'Clock. Special
O'Clock preaching service. Mr. Roscoe
Porter will sing the beautiful solo entitled
"Face to Face,' by Alfred johnson. A
ladies' quartette will sing beautiful Isle
of Somewhere" This last selection is the
one made famous by its use at the funeral
service of the late President Mckinley. 1t
IS hoped also that Mr.. Bryant will assist in
the service with the cornet. Rev. c. W.
Wallace will preach.
The following out of town guests were
registered last week at the Searsport
House: A. E. Trundy, Stockton; Ii. II.
Clark, Millinocket; Il. A. Towles, La
grange; N. F. Dutch, Milo; j. P Wood
m M, old Town; E. G. Copp, Patten Joseph
ii.
F. B. Norwood, Old Town; W. p. Head,
Lincoln; James Lane, Bangor, W. W.
Weeks, Portland; F. r. Huse, Bangor: ii.
Il: Howell, Houlton; W. S. Flye, R. M.
Webster, Fred Swan, Bangor; W. S. Toll
man ;r Samuel Merrill, Boston; G; S. Messer,
Henley, bangor; |. [. Beiyea, E. W.
Bangor; F. j. Fay, Maiden, Mass. j. E.
Wallace, L. H. Burton, Old Town: Harry
Stinson, Grindstone; o. r Bagley, Boston ;
Charles Sullivan, Bangor j. NJ. Whittier
Fort Fairfield.
The Waterville correspondent of the Bos-
ton Sunday Herald of December 2, 1905,
says:
'Lieut. Victor E. Sargent. in charge of
the department of records and personnel in
Panama, has been calling on old friends
here. Lieut.. Sargent got his first military
training in company Ii. n. G. S. NJ. of this
city, later going, to Harvard. When the
Spanish war broke out he enlisted and rose
to the rank OF captain in the volunteers. At
the close of the war he returned to Harvard,
but was offered a second lieutenant'S COM
mission in the regular army, going to the
Philippines and thence to Panama He is
very enthusiastic over the prospects of the
country when the canal is completed, and
thinking seriously of settling there perma-
nently"
Lieut.. Sargent is the son of Capt. Rufus
=. Sargent OF SearSpOrt, and a nephew of
\. W. DelanO, the well known tonsorial
artist of Belfast. He comes of good mill
tary stock, being descendant of General
Robert Sargent of Hampden.
THE SEARsPORT LANDING. The Rock
land Star of Tuesday says General Agent
F. S. Sherman of the Eastern Steamship
Company has returned from Searsp0rt,
where he has installed w. E. Weeks as act
ing agent in the place of }. W. Black, re-
signed Mr.. Sherman reports business very
brisk at Searsport on account Of the extern
sive railroad operations at Stockton
Springs. Rents at Searsport which former
ly brought only 81, are now letting for $12
month and Is families have moved into
town within the past three months. Al
though Stockton is getting the credit of all
the railroad operations in the vicinity,
quite a portion of them came within the
limits of the town, of Searsport and
taxes on considerable of the railroad
property will be paid in SearspOrt
In order to keep pace with the development
of the town of Searsport, the Eastern Steam
ship Company has made radical change in
the Office business there. Formerly the bust
ness of the Searsport Office has been done up
town, but it has now been brought down to
the landing and will be looked after much
more in detail than formerly. The office at
the dock is equipped with telephone and all
modern cOnveniences. An extension of 800
feet to the wharf will be built also q new