The Republican journal., 1906-03-29
STOCKTON SPRINGS.

Mr.F,E. Edwards spent Sunday in Ban
| gOr, returning Monday morning.
The 'Slaughter Sale is still going busil,
On at Capt. G. A. Sprague's store.
The Current Events Club met Wednes
day with Mrs. Henry and Miss Emily Over
lock.
Capt. NJ. E. Colcord is improving the op
portunity of hauling to get ou' TWO hous'
frames.
Work has already begun on the hotel al, ant
boarding house on cape 0eiiisoh. Liz
cellar is quite well along.
Sch. Addison E. Bullard, Capt. D. c.
Marden, arrived March 26th Win $3.50 tons
of coal for the B. & A. Il. II. 20.
Mrs. C. S. Rendell and Miss Harriet d
Hichborn returned Monday night from
| weeks visit to friends in brewer ana Ban
gor.
Mrs. G. NJ. Houghton returned by Satur
day nights train from week Spent IN ban
gor with friends. Mr.. ana MIS-. u u
| Brown.
Miss Frances II. Cleaves has been having
a very severe attack Of asthma, c0nhnlne
| her to the bed. She is somewhat improved
at this writing.
The Ladies' Aid Society met last week
with Mrs Alvah Treat. Its next meeting
will be with Mrs. Elmer Thompson Thurs
day, April 9Th.
| The three -masted schooner B. 9. French
| Capt R. W. Garland, arrived at Cape Jelll-
son March 26th with 1907 tons OF coal for
| the b. d A. X. Il.
The Reliance is making good progress in
dredging at Cape Jellison wharf, and is de-
| posting the dredgings on the westerly slde
of Sears Island rs usual.
The cellar for the church on Cape Jellison
| is being dug. The location is a short dis
tance west of the Wilson Berry place on the
main road around the cape.
Sch. Emma r. Harvey arrived at the Cape
Jellison pier March oath with 377 tons of
fertilizer, consigned to several points on
the line of the B. & A. H. Il.
Last Saturday nights train brought Miss
Clara Mudgett home from Presque Isle to
spend the Easter vacation with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs Rufus Mudgett.
The local telephones are once more in
working condition and those who have
them are happy in being again IN touch
with each other and the world.
Messrs. Charles E. Dole and NJ. H. Ride
out of Bangor were in town Monday attend
ing to matters connected with the proposed
electric lighting plant for the railroad com
pany
Miss Susie Cousens arrived by train last
Saturday night from AttleDorO. Mass,
where she is teaching, to spend the Easter
vacation with her father and mother, Mr..
and Mrs. F. H. CouSens.
The great number of teams hauling logs
and lumber from MIR. Arthur Boyd's mill
tIa ua1 n
tions and clearly shows what great con-
venience the recent SHOWS have been.
Mr.. w. G. Treat returned Wednesday
evening from a two days trip to his old
home in Bangor. Herecently placed pretty
awnings over his two windows on Main
street which adds to the attractiveneSS of
his store.
The six-master William L. Douglass,
Capt Murdoch Mclean, finished discharg-
ing her cargo of 1925 tons of coal March
22nd and sailed the 23d. Her captain is
anxious to again charter her for Mack S
Point.
The tive-master Van Aliens Boughton,
commanded by Capt. W. Ii. Haskell, was
locked at Mack's Point Immediately after
the Douglass went out. She had 1916 tons
of coal for the Great Northern Paper Co. OF
Milinocket.
Mr.. II. L. Hopkins has a crew of men IN
the woods cutting logs and has others haul
ing them to mill and bringing the manufac-
tured lumber to the lot where he will erect
the block on lower Church street. We un-
derstand he will begin at once on the cellar.
Relatives in town have received the we'd
ding announcement of Miss Alice Green
and Mr.. Brock house of Lowell, Mass Miss
Green is the youngest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Green. The latter is remembered,
in her girlhood days, as Miss Maggie Kill
man of Prospect.
The time occupied in discharging the six
master w. l.. Doug lass immense cargo of
coal, causing much expense for demurrage,
has demonstrated the incapacity of the
''one-man-towers" at the Sprague Coal Co.
wharf at Mack'S Point and d change is to
be made to 'stWo-man-towerS."
The five cent social held March 21st in
Denslow Hall by the young ladies' guild
proved a very pleasant affair and netted
them quite sum. They held dance this
week, Wednesday evening. with refresh
ments for sale. They had their regular
meeting at the hall in the afternoon.
The beautiful weather of last Saturday
was improved by Mr.. and Mrs. Alvah Treat
by taking a drive to Bangor, where they
spent the night with Mrs. T.'s sister, Mrs.
}. F. Gerrity, returning Sunday. They
1OuUu tue lilOSI utliS slClSuiIIS dll tHc
way and even into the city and had two
wonderfully mild days for the trip.
Work on the telephone line to Standpoint
is being pushed as rapidly as possible, but
the damages were so great-tWenty odd
poles were down between the main line and
the Wharf-that it takes some time to repair
them. We understood it will cost the tele-
phone company from SIS to 800 to put the
line into good order again. March has been
an expensive month for both telephone and
telegraph lines.
We are informed that MIR. F. W. Collins
has leased the bOtel to a Waterville man,
who will soon open this greatly-needed
convenience for tue benefit of the travelling
public. 1t has been thoroughly rebuilt,
presenting much more attractive appear.
ance outwardy and a neat, attractive and
wholly different interior. The new piazza,
to be built as soon as the frost is gone, will
be still greater improvement.
Mrs. Chas H. Emery returned from Bos-
ton the middle of last week and last Satur-
day Mr. Emery moved to SearSport, not
being able to obtain tent here. The house
he has been occupying (the former Farnham
house) was recently sold to people connect
ed with the railroad and they desire to take
possession at once, hence his removal We
are sorry to lose Mr. and Mrs. Emery from
our place and hope they may be induced to
return again.
At the conference of the representatives
of the b. & A. and Maine Central Railroads
last week in Bangor it was decided to effect
a iunction at HermOn the necessary DreOa-