The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-10-15
SEARSPORT.

Newell White OF dalluaie was AZ wv" -
day en- business.
smelt fishing is getting to be quite DISK
along the docks.
Mrs. w. H. West was in Bangor Friday and
Saturday on business.
Williston Grinnell of Camden was at the
Searsport House Saturday.
Miss Guida c. Homer attended the musical
festival in Bangor last week.
Miss l.. w. Edwards went to Boston last
week for fall and winter goods.
Pvam Gilkey of Rochester, N. H., was IN
town last week visiting his family.
George Weymouth and family have moved
into DIR. Hopkins house for the winter
Mrs. Andrew B. McGown OF Worcester, Mass
is visiting her father, Capt. Phineas Pendietoh'
Mrs. d. S. Beals will have an opening at her
millinery store Friday and Saturday, Oct. 10th
and 18th
NJ n Cook, who went with the hunting
.,. 10 1.cknoan returned to Boston last
week.
T.
week the guest of Mr.. and Mrs George +.
Carter.
lincoln Monroe of Thorndike was IN town
Sunday and Monday, visiting Mr. and Mrs T.
H. Monroe.
Robert F. Dyer of Portland is in town. the
ouest of his mother, Mrs. F. S. Dyer, on STEAM
boat avenue.
Charles Towers has had his hay press II
town the past two weeks, pressing hay tor
local parties.
George and Thomas Hawley of Boston were
in town Friday, the guests of Mrs John frame
on Navy street.
Miss Lila R. Cyphers left last week Tor
Mattawan, N. Y, where she has employment
in straw shop.
MIR. and Mrs. j. C. Showers and maid who
spent the summer in town, LETT saturday
for their home in Palm Beach, Fla.
Miss Kit Atwood of Winterport was in town
Friday and Saturday, the guest of her brother
O. Z. Atwood, at the Searspart House.
Miss Frances E. Smit1h, Mrs E. D. Blan-
cbard and Mrs H. G. Curtis were In Bangor
last week 10 attend the musical festival.
DIR Elisha E. Hopkins and daughter, Mrs. j.
n Sweetser, left last Thursday for Brooklyn,
N. Y, where they viii spend the winter
Harold Smith left Saturday for Somerville,
Mass, where he is to be employed as clerk IN
the large grocery store of H. {. Applln.
Charles H. and Eugene Ames of Dixtield ar
rived Saturday and visiting their parents
Mr. and Mrs J. B. Ames, Main street.
The Penobscot Bay & Electric Light and
Power Co. are receiving a large amount OF
arms and wire for their plant at the Eastern
Steamship Co
If the finder of brooch pin, lost between
the residence of Capt. James L. Ersklne ana
the first Congregational church, will leave the
same at the post office they will be rewarded.
Cant George A. Mitchell of the National
Soldiers Home at Togus was at home Friday
and Saturday, the guest of his mother, Mrs.
Mary E. Mitchell, on North Searsport avenue
Mr. and Mrs. John Frame, Dr. and Mrs. Bur
ton E. Larrabee, Misses Lucy Sargent, Louise
Pike Florence Colcord and Mabel Griffin, M.
Il Cook and Edison Fletcher returned last week
from hunting trip and brought down three
deer and IS cartridges.
The Linn dog circus which arrived from Bel
fast Thursday, performed for three nights at
Union Hall to crowded houses. The perform
ance each evening was great success and
was much appreciated by the large audience.
They left Monday for Stockton.
Can't. Charles NJ Nichols, who has been en-
Moved by the American Hawaiian Steamship
Co. for the past seven years as commander of
the steamers Hawaiian, American, Alaskan,
Arizonan and Mexican, has resigned from the
company's employ and returned home last
week.
Sch Harwood Palmer, Capt. Creighton, fin
ished discharging 1900 tons of coal Friday
at the Penobscot coal dock and sailed Satur-
day to haul up account of the dizziness IN
the coal business The Palmer has made but
two trips since March from Newport News to
Searsport with coal at so cents per ton. The
owners will not have much trouble in divid-
ing the dividends of this large schooner since
March.
Cant. Oscar G. Eaton of East Boston is prom
inently mentioned for the position of deputy
superintendent of ferries in East Boston.
Can't. Eaton is native of Searsport and
former well known ship-master of this town
and is at present secretary and general mana
ger OF the E. D. Leighton Co., shipwrights and
calkers of East Boston, and also agent Of the
Boston Insurance Co., which does large
marine business.
BLAcK-Ross. LIST Lieut.. Fred F. Black of
the 18th u S. Infantry, stationed at Santiago
de Cuba, son of Judge Joshua w. Black of
Searsport, and Blanche. eldest daughter OF
Can't. and Mrs Andrew Ross of Searsport, were
quietly married at the home of the brides par
ents on Monday, Oct 18th, at 10 a. M, Rev.
Robert G. Harbutt officiating. On account of
the so recent death of the groom's mother the
wedding was private, in the presence only of
immediate friends. The groom was in full
dress uniform, and the bride, looking very
charming and pretty, was gowned in old ivory
Luna lace over Liberty satin, and trimmed
with chiffon. The happy couple left on the
noon train en- route for Cuba, where Lieut..
will rejoin his regiment. They carry with
them the good wishes of host of friends, by
whom they are both held in very high esteem