The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-02-18
PERSONAL

visits in Rockland and Warren
Walter c. Shaw and daughter, Miss Florence,
returned Friday from short visit to Boston.
Miss Sue M. Partridge returned home Mon
day from vacation trip to Augusta, Halloweli
and Gardiner
Miss Edith West returned Saturday from
two weeks visit with her sister, Mrs. Lou
Peirce, in Boston,
Misses Alice M. Nickerson and Florence M
Hill left Monday for Boston, where they will
spend two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ansel White left last Monday
for New York city where they will spend a
couple of months.
Joseph Grant, who has been in Massachu-
setts for several months, has returned to his
home in Northport
VIM. X. Morrison of Minneapolis sailed from
New York February 18th in the Lusitsnia for
four weeks trip abroad
c. o. Dickey of Northport was in town
Wednesday en- route to Bangor to attend
meeting of the Wesleyan Grove Camp Meeting
trustees.
| Rev. A. E. Luce went to Bangor yesterday
to attend the meeting of the trustees of the
Northport Wesleyan Grove Campmeeting AS
sociation.
Although still feeling little sore from his
recent accident, George A. Quimby was able
to be down town and at his place of business
Monday.
Miss Amy L. Wilson returned Monday from
few days visit with her sister, Miss Edith C.
Wilson, who is teaching in the Gardiner High
school.
Walter Mitchell, the young son of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. L. MITCHELL is rapidly recovering from
recent operation and was able to be up about
the house last Saturday.
Miss Jessica J. Haskell, formerly of Belfast,
now of Hallowell Maine, has an article in the
current christian Endeavor World" containing
suggestions for Lincoln Social
Mr.. A. ]. Mason went to Bangor Wednesday
to attend the annual meeting of the Grand
Lodge of the A. o. U. w., and while there he
will be the guest of his son, Dr. l. s. Mason.
Frank R. Wiggin of this city and Mr.. and
Mrs. Milton Jewell, Mrs. B. W. Dean and Miss
Elizabeth Dean of Portland were in Bangor
Monday attending the funeral of Miss Susan
D. Wiggin.
Miss Alice l. Whtten will leave tomorrow,
Friday, to attend the Senior reception at Kents
Hill; also to visit Oak Grove Seminary as the
guest of Miss Carrie Bradford, the teacher of
music.
Mrs. W. s. Arey arrived Saturday, called
here by the injury of her sister, Mrs. Mary E.
Norris, who slipped on the walk at her home,
injuring her hip. Fortunately no bones were
broken.
Rev Eugene s. Philbrook, formerly of Bel
fast, was member of the orchestra formed
for the Concert of Nations, which was given
in Sanford last week under the direction of
N. w. Littlefield.
Mrs. William H. Getz, who has been spend
ing several weeks with her mother, Mrs L. l..
Gentner, left last Thursday for Milwaukee,
where Mr.. Getz has charge of one of the de-
partments in the home office of the Allis- hal
mer Company
The many friends, all over the State. OF f.
Wade Halliday, will be glad 70 hear that he rec
Gently passed the Maine bar examination with
unusually high rank. Mr.. Halliday who is
fine athelete attended Bates and Dartmouth,
and is a University of Maine Law School man.
Miss Margaret N Hazeltine and Miss Avis
M. Morrison go to Waterville today to attend a
district Congregational missionary conference.
which will be addressed by d number Of dis
tingushed speakers and by active workers in
mission fields.
Dr. and Mrs. Percy Warren of Bangor who
are annual visitors at their pretty summer
home on the South Shore, Northport and have
many friends in this city, will spend the COM
ing summer until late fall in Italy and Greece.
They sailed last Saturday from Boston on the
White Star steamship Canopc.
The Saturday issue of the Beverly. Mass,
News contained contained an account of the
Lincoln Day celebration by the Beverly Repub-
lcan CLUB, which included "a banquet and
speeches by noted men. Leo NJ. Sargent of
Searsport and Frank w. Twomby of this city
were among the members present.
Capt. Otis Tapley Campbell, native of
Winterport, now holding government position
at Panama, writes that he was within few
hundred feet of an explosion of 25 tons of
dynamite recently. He was not injured al
though many fragments Of the wreck passed
close to him. Capt. Campbell was in a New
Hampshire regiment during the Spanish V ar
Chas A. Hartman of Bath, formerly Of this
city, has valuable photograph of Abraham Lin
coin which was presented to him number of
yaars''ago by travelling man. The photograph
is from original negative taken in 1861, just
before Lincoln left his home in Springfield for
Washington, and it is believed to be the only
negative in existence taken prior to his naug-
uration as President. 1t was the last negative
taken of him in Illinois. The picture is in per-
| feet condition and is valued highly by Mr. Har-
riman. The man who gave it to him formerly
lived in Springfield.
George D. Wheeler, one of the newly elected
directors of the Maine Commercial Travellers
! Association, was born in Castine graduated
from the High school, took short term at the
/ Normal School, secured diploma from the
Bryant & Stratton Commercial College, Bos-
ton, and then, at the age of eighteen started
on business career He travelled for Bos-
ton house for ten years, then became manager
of a retail shoe store in Castine In 1900 he