The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-08-16

Mr.. Ralph Thompson OF Bangor expects
to start hand laundry in Stockton next
Monday. He will occupy the basement of
the Masonic block, under Treats drug store,
and his prices will be the same as for ma.
chine work of this kind. Those in need OF
such work will be grateful.
Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell of Port
Washington, n. Y, arrived by boat to visit
Mr.. n. r. Hichborn and family and other
relatives, All friends are glad to welcome
Mrs. Mitchell once more, remembering her
SO well as Miss Mildred Blanchard, one of
our annual musical visitors
The Ladies' Aid and The Young Ladies'
Guild will hold their annual sale of useful
and fancy articles Wednesday afternoon
! and evening, Aug 22nd. An entertainment.
chiefly musical, will be given in the evening
and ice cream ana home-niaue canuy VIII pe
| on sale. For further particulars see bills.
| Mr.. George F. Hichborn of Portland az
rived by train Monday night for a two
weeks visit with his sisters at the old
/; Miss Harriet d. Uichborn, who Joined him
| at Augusta, where she has been sojournng
| for fortnight with her brother, Hon. Z. S.
HichbOrn, and family.
Miss Myma Forbes. who has been spend
| ing a fortnight with her father, j. r. Forbes,
paymaster for contractor A: 3. Irites,
| left Thursday for Boston and vicinity, to
remain several weeks with friends before
returning to her home In Mon .ao n: b.
| She was greatly pleased with the scenery
| in the town. She boarded at the Vaughan
House.
| We had our hottest weather of the sea-
| son last week, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday. They were scorchers, the
thermometer reaching into the nineties
several times. The all-day rainstorm of
Friday was a much needed one and laid
! the dust, much to every ones comfort, Tor
automobiles which are daily passing stir up
the dust if there is any in the streets.
| The trial of the disturbers of the peace at
| Cape Jellison week ago was held last Fri
| day a.. d Saturday. Last Sunday there was
| further trouble and two arrests were made.
| All these disturbances are the direct result
of liquor drinking and illustrates very plain
| y what a terrible curse it is. The trouble
| last Sunday was caused by party of men
who came down from Bangor on the Lutte
! steamer Shamrock.
! Capt and Mrs. Crawford Staples. who
have been the guests OF Mrs. f. f. Staples
| and other relatives and friends for ten days,
| left for Rocklan last week, where they
will now make their home. They both re-
gret they cannot once more possess their
| former home here lit burned several years
| ago) and again remain in this town, where
a cordial welcome awaits them. We will
hope circumstances may make future per
| manent return possible.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Trites and daughters,
Miss Louise and baby Eleanor, left for Ban
gor Thursday on their way to Salisbury, n.
| T., their home Monday, alter his Wife's de-
parture from Bangor, Mr.. Trites returned
to Cape Jellison, where he still has large
| force of men employed in grading and trac k
work for the n. M. 5. R. R. at that princi-
pal terminuS-the great frelght-handlng
| dock. Mr.. TriteS is well known as rail-
road contractor, his business extending over
much of Canada as we'll as the United
| States.
| Miss Me.vina A. Patterson of Washing
| ton, d. c., and her niece, Mrs. Nathaniel
Frothingham, arrived Aug. 18th from Rye
Beach, n. H., and are with Capt. and Mrs:
| Frank A. Patterson. Friends are pleased
to know of Miss Patterson's gain in health
during her sojourn at Rye Beach and trust
the good air of her native town may fully
| restore her before her return to her Wash
! ington home Mrs. rockingham returned
to her summer home at Rye Beach Tuesday
| to meet her husband on his return from an
automobile trip in the White Mountain
region
| President +. w. Cram and wife enter
! tanned a company of distinguished visitors
| Wednesday, Aug. 7th. coming down in his
private car and remaining for the night.
| The company consisted of Senator Eugene
| Hale and wife and Chief Justice Andrew
| p Wiswel and wife In the afternoon
| President Cram took the party on cruise
about the harb0r, around the Cape to SAN
4 dypoint, etc. on board the fine. swift
/ launch owned by Contractor A. f. Trites.
and again in the evening for another trip.
/ Both gentlemen expressed surprise and
pleasure at the great featS already accom-
! plished and the future prospects