The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-06-08
STOCKTON SPRINGS.

Inc temperature Monday reminded our
residents of the hot days coming very soon
to Maine.
Mrs. Laura Kelley .spent Thursday in
SearspOrt, the guest Of her sister, Mrs
John Black.
Mr.. H. L. Hopkins left Monday on a
business trip to Bangor, to be absent
several days.
Mrs. Daniel Thompson entertained her
sister, Mrs. James Freeman, from Winter
port, several days the past week.
All rejoiced over the splendid victory of
the yacht Atlantic. America to the fore
front again! Thus let it continue!
By request, Miss Harriet D. Hichborn
went to SearspOrt Thursday to photograph
several residences, ami other scenes
Vetie Twiss, who is clerking in Johnson's
dry goods store in Belfast, spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Noah
Twiss.
A schooner arrived Tuesday from the
Provinces with hard wood piling for the
passenger wharf to be built on the west
side Of the harbor.
Our new milliners, Mrs. d. w. Kerst,
and her niece, Mrs. Mooney, are occupying
the brick house on Church street, rented by
them from Mrs. Frank Lancaster.
Mrs. John Smith returned Thursday from
Boston having been with her son, Lewis
Smith, and wife through the winter and
spring. She is now with Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Smith.
Thursday Mrs. John NJ. Ames arrived
from Rutherford, n. j., and opened her
house tor the summer. She spent the win
ter as the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Chas.
DevereauX.
We are glad to report Mr.. Henry Over
lock as improving from the i'll turn which
confined HIM to the bed the latter part of
last week. 1t is hoped warm weather may
prove remedial for his sciatica.
Painters and paper hangers are in de-
mand just now. Everybody is wanting
something done Immediately, and all have
to wait until others are served, in part, be-
fore accomplishing the last of their work.
Mr.. b. B. Sanbo; anticipates opening his
boot and shoe store in the near future. He
will, in addition to his stock OF ladies and
gents footwear, display a line of gents
furnishing goods and readymade clothing
Mr.. and Mrs Glow of Boston have opened
Bide-a-Wee cottage on the south side OF
Cape Jellison for occupancy through the
summer. Mrs. Glow will be remembered
by old acquaintance as Miss Carrie True
Staples.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Thompson moved
into their house Geometry the Morton
place. last Saturday. Mr.. Thompson has
been making extensive interior improve
ments since purchasing the property last
autumn.
Smith & Cram, contractors for bridge
work on this portion of the n. NJ. S. rail
road, have blasted the great boulder at the
foot of Fletcher hill into many pieces fol
use in culvert building at Standpoint
where they are operating at present.
Mrs. Albert c. Colcord and daughter.
Miss Evelyn, have returned from AL
absence OF eight months, spent in sea
voyages with Capt. c., in his big schooner
the summer at home. We are glad to vel
come them.
Mrs. Jennie NJ Bragg arrived from West
here by the condition of her mother, Mrs
Ralph Morse, whom We are glad to report
convalescng from her illness due to heI
recent injury. 1t is earnestly hoped she
may steadily improve.
"Ladies' Aid Society was recently or
ganzed to work for parish purposes in the
UniyerSaliSt church. The first meeting
was with Mrs. Everett Staples May 31st,
for appointing various committees, etc.
Tuesday the regular sewing and cutting
D.mbers met with Mrs. Sarah Smell to be
gin work on the variety of fancy articles
necessary for ga sale" later in the season.
1t is hoped the membership may prove large
and active.
All railroad news gives good reports OF
progress all along the line. At Cape Jelli-
son the artesan well (bored by ID. W. Nick
els OF SearSport) 155 feet in depth, yields an
apparently sufficient quantity of water for
all purposes at and near the wharf, and has
been by the railroad engineers pronounced
complete. Other similar water convent
ences are to be furnished along the line OF
the road bed, we are told by persons pro-
Tossing to know whereof they speak.
At the village all present railroad work is
confined to the long job OF filling in one
of the Gilmore gullies, preparatory to unit
ing the several parts of the line. The
bridge (Some say it is to be a bridge while
others assert it is to be an embankment)
across Shipyard hollow, is now awaiting
additional operatives. The aborers are
buSily carrying on the levelling-flling in,
building up and cutting down--forward at
the mill district, while steam shovel and
dirt-laden cars are rapidly widening the
cuts made by Italian bands along the Cape
portion of the roadbed. In that locality the
foreign laborers have finished their work
and been carried to other points of opera
ton along the line. The great pier is
steadily growing, although at present one
of the pile-drivers and crew are transferred
to Kidder's Point, across the harbor on the
Park shore, where a steamboat wharf is to
be built. The round house is nearly com
pleted at Mack'S Point in SearSport, where
Sprague & Co., the Boston coal dealers, are
to establish their coal pockets Immediately.
To that point the road will be carried the
present season; and it is most earnestly
wished by Stockton residents that all hind
RANGES, preventing the continuation of the
future and the original plan of the promot-
ers of this railroad enterprise carried out.