The Republican journal., 1907-01-24
STOCKTON SPRINGS.


Rev. H. E. Rouillard spent Tuesday, Jan.
18th, in Bangor.
Rev L. CorsOn and wife were called to
Waterville last week to attend the funeral
of his sister.
The steamer Massasoit and schooner C.
Hart both arrived the past week to load
potatoes for Carter & Carey
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet this,
Thursday, afternoon, with Mrs. IL. K.
HichbOrn, East Main street.
The Current Events Club will be enter
tanned Wednesday, Jan. 3Oth, by Mrs.
Harry R., and Miss Alice Hichborn. :.
Mrs. George Lanpher, who has been i'll
for some time with the grip, has sufficiently
recovered to be up and about the house.
The new schooner Northland is discharg-
ing her load of cement for MillinOcket. She
will sail from here light for Norfolk to load
coal.
The Young Ladies' Guild was deferred
last week and will meet this week, Friday
afternoon, with the Misses Colcords, East
Main street.
Mr. Howard Colson was at home from
Bangor, where he is attending business
college, one day last week, returning the
following morning.
Mr.. Russell p. Goodhue returned to his
home in Boston Monday by train, after
spending week with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Albion p. GOodhue.
Mr.. Andrew Berry, who has been en-
plOyed at Cape Jellson by a Boston firm
to weigh the cargOes of sulphur which came
here, has recently been called to Portland
by the same firm and left for that city last
week.
Mrs. Jennie Staples is the guest of her
brother-in-law, Capt. Horace Staples and
wife. She was heavy loser in the recent
fire, the burning of the George Clifford
house at Fort Point, as all her household
furniture was stored there.
Mrs Ralph H. Rockwoo left January
18th for Waterville, where she will remain
for the present with Mr.. RockwOod's par
ents. Mr.. R. will join her later, after stor-
ing their Furnishings, as Mrs. lockwood
will not continue housekeeping at present.
The schooner Ruth Robinson left last
week for New York with potatoes for Car
ter & Corey. She has been delayed here
some seven weeks, on account OF the char
terers fearing she was unseaWorthy, but
finally the captains judgment prevailed and
he departed with his cargo.
miss Hazel HOughton, now of Bangor, was
the guest of the Misses Hichborn last Fri
tally to attend the "Firemen's Ball" Friday
evening and remained over Saturday to
hold her drawing class, as usual Saturday
forenoon, returning to Bangor by afternoon
train. Miss HoughtOn reports her mother
I to be improving in health constantly, since
her arrival in Bangor.
We regret to learn of the death of Mrs.
Charles Nye of Roxbury, Mass, about a
month ago, of stomach trouble which ter
minated fatally at hospital, whittier she
had gone when the difficulty appeared two
weeks before. She will be remembered here,
| where she lived in girlhood, by her many
| friends, as Miss Rose Berry. Much sympa-
| and aged mother who made her home with
| her.
The last tidings from Mr. Harry S. Park,
who has been i'll at his brothers, Dr. Issac
P. Parks, in Revere, Mass, Tor several
weeks, are very encouraging. He is able to
| be dressed part of the time and to sit up
| a little, though he is still weak. He was
| threatened with pleuro-pneumonia and has
had several slight complications since, so
| friends hoped he might. His brother, Dr..
| Park, will accompany him to Stockton as
soon as he is able to travel His parents,
Capt. and Mrs. c. c. Park, anXiously await
| his coming.
Tuesday, Jan. 10Th, gave us the coolest
weather ever recorded in our town, we
think, the mercury dropping to 800 below
zero. Wednesday was very cold with a
| singing wind and the night was intensely
cold the thermometer registering as men
toned, 800 below on Thursday morning.
| Friday it moderated perceptibly and Satur-
day it was showing with some rain fall in
the evening, the regulation January thaw.
| Sunday the streets were slippery and Slop-
ply but at night it became cooler and Mon
| day morning it was quite clear and decid-
| eddy icy, with wind and lowered tempera-
ture.
Little Adelbert 0. Reed, whom we report
ed as apparently gaining, last week, passed
away suddenly last Thursday, of hemOrrh-
age He had been confined to his bed since
the last of November and at times been a
great sufferer, having bad cough and Sc
of Mr.. and Mrs. William II. Reed, Or, and
his loss is a heavy blow to them. His age
| was seven years, although from aSSOciating
with grown people mostly, he seemed to be
older The funeral took place Sunday after
| noon from his late home, Rev. T. P. Derrick
of Standpoint officiating. The sympathy of
the community is extended to them, in this
! sad bereavement
A serious accident occurred at Cape
Jelson last Thursday, when an Italian at
tempted to cross the track in front of a
moving engine. The engine struck him,
fortunately throwing him from the track,
so that it did not pass over him, but intiict-
ed severe scalp wounds, necessitating the
taking of thirty stitches, the operation be-
ing performed by Dr.. c. E. Britto, who
took him to his house for the night and ac-
companied him to the hospital in Bangor
Friday. A second accident happened at the
| Cape while. the Northland was dis
charging her cargo of cement. AS the bags,
each weighing 100 lbs, were beiag hosted
from the vessel, two at a time, the "slng''
| slipped, letting the two bags fall upon the
attendant, an Italian laborer. His back
was injured for time, but after lying
| quiet for an hour he was able to walk to
his quarters.
The fremen's ball, given last Friday
! evening in Denslow hall, was a success in
all particulars. The boys, by dint of had
scrubbing, had rem owed the pumice stone
from the floor, recently used for skating
purposes and with the addition of a
thorough waxing, restored it to its usual