The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-04-18
SEARSPORT LOCALS.

York.
Miss Emma d. Field arrived Tuesday
from Boston.
Sch. Puritan, Capt. PhilbroOk, sailed
Tuesday fer Bar Harbor.
George F. Sherman of Burnham was in
town Monday on business.
George Dow of Bucksport arrived Friday
to go as engineer of sch Northland
Capt. T. L. Wheeler, formerly of Sch
Northland. left Thursday for Lewiston.
Mrs. D. S. Beals returned last week from
Boston with full line of spring millinery.
DR.. and Mrs. Burton E. Larrabee return
ed Thursday from business trip to Boston.
Ralph Sargent has entered the employ of
Capt. F. A. Curtis in his store on Main st.
Harold F. Mari, principal of the High
school, arrived Saturday from Harrington.
Eugene n. Shute, who spent week with
relatives in Camden, returned home Satur-
day.
Charles Page of Frankfort, who has been
visiting friends in town, left Monday for
Swanyille.
Oscar Wheaton, engineer on the b. u A,
has moved into the \. {. Shute house on
Water street.
Mrs. Kate Ward arrived April nth from
Brooklyn, \. Y, ana VIII spenu the SUM-
meT in town.
Sch. Kitte Lawry, Capt. Israel Closson,
sailed Tuesday for Rockland with eooperage
from Pike Bros.
Miss Lucy \. Sargent returned Saturday
from Boston with tuil line OF DAY goous
and fancy articles.
Capt. and Mrs. D. S. Goodell and daugh-
tel Danzy arrived Saturday from two
weeks visit in Boston.
Haskell n Field arrived Saturday from
Boston and will make his home with MS
sister, Mrs. A. II. L0rrlmer.
Mrs. Prudence Park, who spent the win
ter with relatives in Brockton anc EVeretl,
Mass, returned home Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mcdonnell left Monday
for Whittier, Cal, where Mr.. Mcdonald has
position on the Baldwin ranch.
Rev. and Mrs. T. P Williams, who have
been visiting DR.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Small IN
Freedom, returned home last week.
Miss Harriet T. Weber, who has been
visiting relatives in Boston, New York and
New London, Ct, arrived home Saturday.
Miss L. W. Edwards, who boarded with
Mrs C. II Weber the past winter, opened
her house on Water street last week for the
summer.
The household goods of Mrs. B. F. Pen
dleton arrived last week from Brooklyn, n.
Y. Mrs. Pendleton will arrive here about
June LIST.
Miss Myra NJ. Dow, who spent the win
ter in Boston, arrived Thursday and is the
guest Of her sister, Mrs. Charles NJ.
Nichols.
D. Michael Sylvester has bought a
house and lot uear the stock farm on the
Belfast road and will move his family there
about May 1st.
A. NJ. Eames, the blacksmith, has just
completed four spring wagon Tor Hunt
Bros. of Allston, Mass, to be used in their
piano moving business.
Louis Bailey, who has been studying
electrical engineering. in Whitensvliie,
Mass, is spending lew days with MS
brother, Hiram Bailey.
Arthur Colson has secured position as
clerk with ". A. Winchester in his meat
market on Main street. Mr.. Winchester
has put on delivery wagon.
sch. Abbe Ingalls, arrived Monday from
Portland 18th $4,000 feet OF hard pine TIM
Der for the extension of the Penobscot
Coal Wharf at Macks Point,
howard tNdNbGSJ VINO was StNritIA iIJll-
ell about the head in a foundry at Augusta
several weeks ago, is improving slowly. He
will lose the sight of one eye, we are sorry
to say.
H Lane, general agent Of the Great
Northern Paper Co. Of Boston, was in town
last week looking after the interests of sch
Northland while discharging coal at
Mack 5 Point.
Frank S. Sherman of Rockland eastern
agent of the Eastern S. S. Co, was in town
Friday making out the plans tor the repairs
to be made on the wharf and buildings Of
the company here.
Columbus c. IIayford of Presque Isle,
one of the most extensive potato raisers of
AroostOok County, was in town last Thurs
day and Friday. the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles P. ferguson.
The sociable under the auspices of the
Epworth League, held in the n 4. vestry
Thursday evening, April 9Th was largely at
tended and an interesting program was rem
dered. Refreshments were served and ice
cream and candy were on sale.
The schools in Union district opened Mon
day with the following teachers Principal
of High school, Harold E. Mari; Miss Ida
Mcdonald, assistant; Miss A bbie C. Chase
grammar; Miss Deborah Williams, inter
mediate; Miss Jessie Black, primary.
Ferdinand Dodge, who died in Boston
April 9th, was d well known and popular
grocer and did a very extensive business in
the Smart block on Main street during the
Civil War, going from here to Portland
where he engaged in the same business
$50 Italian laborerS arrived Thursday on
the steamer City of Rockland from Boston
and took the 2.25 train the same day for
South Lagrange, where they are employed
in double tracking the n. NJ. Seaport road
from South Lagrange to the Northern
Maine junction.
A syndicate of outside capitalists is ne
gOtiating for the five lots fronting on Main
street between MOsman avenue and Water
street. If the deal is completed it is the in
tention to build two story department
block. This is one of the most central and
finest locations in town for business.
The Searsport Electric Light Co. turned
on the power Friday night and the stores,
dwelling houses, offices, banking rooms and
the hotel were brilliantly Illuminated by the
electric current for the first time. The wires
will be strung in few days for the street
lights and the whole system will be in full
operation.
Birds in Searsport village during the
snow storm of Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday of last week Jared well in the food
line. They were feed on bird seed, biscuit
cracked corn Johnnie cake" cookies and
suet. The robins have no use for pastr,
cooking and prefer suet when ground
worms are not in sight.