The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-06-11
SEARSPORT LOCALS.

ton for short stay.
j. W. Black returned Saturday from
business trip to Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. LOOMS Eames visited rea-
tives in Standpoint last week.
Sch. Gardner G. Deering, Capt. Ross,
sailed June 4th, for coal port.
DR.. A. A. Jackson of Everett, Mass, was
in town last week on business.
Thomas L. Wagner has moved into the ii.
N. Colcord house on Church street.
The salary of the Searsport postmaster
has been increased from $1,000 to $780,
A. j. Capen will open the Penobscot Park
house at Kidder's Point, June 10Th, Tor the
season.
The assessors have completed their tax
list for 1908 and the tax rate is 10 mills on
dollar.
James S. Orr of Boston arrived Saturday
and is the guest of his sister, Mrs. U. "A.
Weber, on Park street.
Irving Bailey of Warren was in town
Sunday visiting his brother, Hiram NJ.
Bailey, on Water street.
Mrs. John McGown arrived Tuesday from
Brookline, Mass, and is visiting her father,
Capt Phineas Pendleton.
Andrew Pendleton, who has been visiting
his parents, Capt and Mrs. A. ). Pendleton,
returned to Boston Monday.
Joseph Palmer of Chicago was in town
last week, the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. George
F. Smith on Bay View street.
There will be Republican caucus next
Saturday night to choose delegates 10 Inc
State, county and class conventions.
Mrs. Andrew B. McGown, who has been
with her father, Capt. Phineas Pendleton,
returned to Worcester, Mass, TUESDAY.
sch. Fannie and Fay, Capt. Ballaty, ar
rived Thursdav from Perth Amboy With
;303 tons of coal Tor the Searsport Coal 20.
Mrs. B. F. Pendleton and granddaughter,
Miss Winitred Nichols, who spent the WIN
for in BROOKLYN. n. Y, returned home Sat
urday.
About fifty went on the excursion Sunday
on the steamer Gardiner to Winterport,
where the Searsport band furnished music
for the Odd Fellows memorial services.
Sch Davis Palmer, Capt KcKown, which
has been laid up at Portland for ~ days, mas
been chartered to load coal at Norfolk for
Searsport at the low rate of SOC per ton
1908, S. H S., will be preached in the Meth
Harry Hi. This viii be Union service,
and all are cordially invited to attend.
The tug Wyoming arrived Thursday with
the barge Bath in tow from South Amboy
with 1915 tons of anthracite coal for the
Penobscot Coal Co. at Mack's Point, and
finished 'discharging Friday. The barge
sailed Tuesday in tow of tug Wyoming for
South Amboy.
A. j. Nickerson arrived Friday from
Portland with his new Peerless touring car
The run from Portland to Searsport was
made in s hours. Mr. Nickerson was ac-
companied on the trip by his WIFE, ms
daughter, Miss Jessie c. Nickerson, Mrs.
Daniel c. Nichols and Mr.. a. Eugene Nick
erson of Portland
Saturday evening, June 6, party Of
twenty five, members of Anchor Chapter, ..
E. s., visited Bethany Chapter, stockton
Springs, where they received most cordial
welcome. The members of Bethany Chap
ter certainly know how to entertain their
friends, and return visit from our sister
chapter will be looked toward to.
New York that crew of twenty men had
been rescued from an iron ship by a
Japanese steamer The ship was ashore on
one of the outer Hawaiian islands and sup
posed to be the ship Bangalore, which sail
ed from Norfolk Oct 23d, for Honolulu,
coal laden, and wa, commanded com by Capt
en- Nov. oath in the Atlantic in latitude
north, which is the last heard of her since
she left Norfolk. Amos D. Carver of New
York is the managing owner and the ship
is partly owned in SearSport. She was
formerly commanded by Captains Albert N.
and Phineas b. Blanchard Of Searsport.
In former issue of The journal the ship
Phineas Pendleton was omitted from the
list of ships commanded by Capt. Phineas
Pendleton, Jr Capt. Pendleton sailed this
ports without visiting the United States
during that time This makes nine full
rugged ships that Capt. Pendleton COM
manded during his seafaring career, as fol-
lows: the Bosphorus, David Brown,
Phineas Pendleton, Nancy Pendleton, r. b.
Nicholas and Henry b. Hyde, The latter
was built for Capt Pendleton at Bath by
Flint & Co. of New York and was one of
the finest and fastest ships that flew the
American flag. Capt. James P. Butman
played Capt Pendleton to tie, command
Marcia c. Day, Louis Walsh, VIM. II. Con-
per, Abner Coburn, Gov. Robe, Elizabeth,
Henry b. Hyde and E. b. Sutton. Capt.
Butman made many fast passages in the
Sutton between Atlantic ports and ports in
China and Japan.
In the items in last weeks Searsport
locals in regard to the schooner Mexican it
should have been the schooner Majestic
which was built in the old Merithew ship
yard, now owned by Capt George A. Car
yer, in 1887, for Capt Benjamin Colcord.
The Mexican was launched at the Mill
Brook Shipyard in 1885 and was built by
Masters Sebra Croker and Henry Mathews
for Capt. Benjamin ColcOrd, who sailed her
for short time. She was then commanded
for many years by Capt John Z. ColcOrd,
and later by Capt Jeremiah Grant Of Pros
poet and Capt. Nelson Smart of SearSport
The latter sold her in 1859 to Capt. Riley
Cottrell of Belfast. She was wrecked on
the Neck Squam Bar Oct. II, 1890, and while
stranded on the bar marine painting was
made by lady school teacher of Glocester,
which won the first prize of $500 at the
Worlds Fair in Chicago for the best marine
painting The schooner Majestic, which
was about "a tons, made voyage to Rio
Janero, Brazil, in command of Capt. Sam
uel Curtis and returned with load of
coffee. She finally wound up her career on
the ocean by going ashore at Biddeford Pool,
where she became a total wreck, Feb. 16,
1896, after SO years of strenuous work.
Members of Aurora Rebekah Lodge of
Belfast came to Searsport Wednesday even
ing, June Sd, to aid in instituting Rebekah
Lodge, and after the degree team of Aurora
Lodge had conferred the degrees on 90 can
didateS Kynvetta Lodge was instituted, fol-
lowed by the installation of officers by the
district deputy, Mrs. Ora Moody. The in
stalation was followed by speeches made
by the following high officers who were