The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-06-06


visit in Boston.
Mrs. John Frame chaperoned a party of
school children on buck board ride to
Swan Lake Friday.
Joseph Decrow of Brooks was in town
last week, the guest of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. Ii. Decrow.
Mrs. Laura NJ Perry returned last week
from Brooklyn, \. Y, where she has been
spending The winter.
+. j. Bailey of Monroe arrived Wednes-
day and is the guest OF his son, Hiram M.
Bailey, on Water street
Andrew Pendleton, Jr., of Boston was
the guest last week of his parents, Capt. and
Mrs. Andrew S. Pendleton.
Mr.. and Mrs Oscar Wheaton and daugh-
tiers Florence and Rita spent Memorial Day
at their old home in Houlton.
j. +. Spellman has crew of men at work
enlarging the Eastern S. S. Co. s pier. The
driving of the piling began Friday.
DR.. and Mrs. Sidney B. Sargent arrived
Sunday from Newton, Mass, and are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Sargent.
Amos P Lord of Belfast has opened
sailors boarding house in the Sailloft for
merly occupied by the late John Putnam.
Thomas L. Decrow is excavating cellar
for new house to be built on his lot in the
eastern part of the town the coming season.
John B. Ames, who has been in poor
health for sometime, has again resumed
work at his blacksmith shop on Main street,
The annual meeting of the Village Gene
terry Association will be held Friday even
hall. " "
Mrs. James B. Parse and daughter Edith
arrived Thursday from Brooklyn, \. Y,
and are at Mrs. B. O. Sargent's cn Steam
boat avenue.
Sch. Frontinac, Capt. Coombs, finished
discharging at the Penobscot Coal Wharf at
Mack's Point Saturday and sailed Monday
for coal port.
Col l. H. Havener, the well known local
real estate broker, is negotiating the sale of
several more house lots in the western part
of the village.
w. H. Mason, the noted horse-trainer, is
breaking the thoroughbred gelding Neon
and expects to get him close to the oil class
by September.
William Thompson has moved on to the
William Larrabee farm in the north part of
the town,now owned by Hon. A. E. Nicker-
son OF SWanville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred r. Poor of Belfast and
Mr.. and Mrs E. b. Billings of Lynn, Mass,
were the guests uf Mrs. Lillias L, Nichols
On Water street Sunday.
W E. Grinnell and L. L. Geutner of Bel
fast have bought a carload of work horses
in Lancaster, Mo, which are expected to
arrive III Belfast this week.
Nh. D. L. Lombard of New Haven. Ct,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Chaffin Of Cleveland, O.,
are stopping at the cottage of Prof George
ID. Pettee on the Belfast road.
Capt. n. F. Gilkey, who has been spend-
ing few days at home while his schooner,
the James W. Paul, Jr., was discharging in
Boston, returned Monday to join his YES
s Il.
Charles H. Monroe placed last week
marine Perfection engine in Il lift launch
for d. r. Stuart of Montclar, n. j. The
launch is the fastest of the fleet of launches
now in the harbor.
Sch. Mary F. Barrett, Capt R. p. Sargent, |
arrived Saturday from Newport News with
2,7S1 tons of coal for the Penobscot Coal and
Wharf Co. at Macks' Point and was placed
under the stages sunday.
A close and interesting game of base ball
was played Saturday afternoon at Mosman
Park between the Searsport Tigers and>the
Belfast Y. NJ. A. nine. The former were
victorious, with a score of to g.
Rev. Almond B. Smart of Sioux Falls, S.
D., occupied the pulpit of the Methodist
church last Sunday, and Sunday evening he
delivered very Interesting lecture on tenn
perance to large and appreciative audi
ence.
Ship E. B. Sutton, Capt. James P. But
man, arrived at Baltimore, Saturday, June
list, 102 days passage from Hong Kong. The |
Sutton has been sold and will be converted
into coal barge Capt. Butman will re-
turn home.
John II. Montgomery, on account of poor
health, has sold his drug store on Main
street to Mr.. Ii. G. Holmes of Ashland, who |
graduated from the Massachusetts School |
OF Pharmacy in 1895. Mr.. Holmes took |
possession Friday. Mr.. Montgomery left |
Saturday for Bingham, where he will spend |
the summer and fail.
Among the passengers on the new Ameri- |
can Hawaiian liner Mexican, Capt. Charles |
Honolulu to San Francisco were several |
members OF congressional committee, who !
have been visiting the Hawaiian Islands. |
and among them was Hon. Charles E, Lit |
tlefeld of ROckland.
Capt. Carlisle of the schooner Prescott
Palmer was well pleased with the work
done In discharglng his schooner by the
crew of the Penobscot Coal Co. at Mack's
Point. Her cargo of d. 504 tons of coal was
discharged in three days and three hours
The schooner has never been discharged at
other ports in less than four days.
Ship Aryan, the last wooden ship built in
the United States Tin 1893 at Phippsburg,
Me, tonnage 1897 and formerly command
ed by Capt. Andrew S. PeEdleton of Sears
port, has been sold to a Boston syndicate.
Several Searsport ship masters were in
Boston last week, called there for the pur-
pose of taking masters interest in the
ship.
Rev. Almond B. Smart of Sioux Falls. s.
D., arrived last week to visit his old home. |
MIR. Smart left here many years ago, after
following the sea for time. He was one
of the seamen on the ship Martin Luther, |
built in Searsport in 1854, and commanded |
by the late Capt. Amos Nichols Retiring
from the sea he went west and this is his
first visit to his old home since 1864
Freeman McGilvery Post, G. A. R., OBJ
served Memorial day in the customary
manner. The ceremony of decorating the |
graves of departed comrades was carried |
out in the forenoon, and Memorial exercises
were held in Union hall in the afternoon.
where an able address was delivered bv
Rev. E. II. Derrick of Standpoint. Re- |
marks were also delivered by Rev. Almond |
B. Smart of Sioux Falls, S. D. Music was
furnished by the Bradford Military Band,
The electricians ball was given by
Messrs. F. c. Spaulding, A. F. Webber and |
Edison Fletcher in Union Hall, Tuesday
evening, May 28th, and was social success. |