The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-08-12
SEARSPORT.


Miss Jennie H. Crockett has been spending
q few days in Northport.
Mrs F. w. Treat is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Eta Fowler, in Searsmont.
Frederick A. Cole of Boston, was guest at
the Searsport House last week.
Eugene Carter and friend of Springfield,
Mass, are visiting friends in town.
Mrs. G. A. Lilliston and daughter, Miss Clara,
of Boston, are visiting Mrs. Pyam Gilkey.
Steamer Castine made an excursion from
here to Camden and Crescent Beach last Sum-
day.
Mr.. A. C. Lombard left Wednesday for Salt
Lake City to attend the National Encampment
of the G. A. R.
Mr. E. B. Billings arrived Sunday from Lynn,
Mass, and is with his family at the Billings
cottage on Main street.
Capt. and Mrs. H. B. Whittier and children
of Everett, Mass, are visiting relatives in
Searsport and Stockton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick W. Adams of Ban
gor, were in town Sunday, the guests of Capt.
and Mrs. ]. D. Sweetser.
Miss Emma D. Field arrived Thursday from
Boston and is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. A. H.
Lorimer on Main street.
Welcome G. Young and family, who have
been spending two weeks in town, returned to
their home in Boston Sunday.
The brown tail moth and grasshoppers are
now getting in their work. The grasshoppers
are very destructive to beans.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. P. Putnam of Dorchester,
Mass, arrived Monday and are with Capt
Joseph N Putnam on Main street.
Mrs. Harry F. Hichborn arrived Sunday from
Brooklyn, N. Y, and is visiting her mother,
Mrs. Melvina Crockett, on Elm street.
Mr. L. c. Havener arrived Saturday from
Worcester, Mass, and is with his family at the
Pendleton homestead on Main street.
Joseph Bannon of the Brighton, Mass, fire
department, was in town Saturday, the guest
of his sister, Mrs. D. S. Goodell.
Miss M. Ida West arrived last week from
New York and is visiting her parents, Capt.
and Mrs. W. H. West, on Main street.
Capt Albert N. Blanchard, who had been
spending several days in town with his family,
returned to Brooklyn, N Y, last week.
Mrs N. C. Shute and son Austin left last
week for months visit with relatives and
friends in Burnham, China and Albion.
Mrs. Cecil Paine and children, who have
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Sargent, re-
turned last week to their home in Bath.
Sch Davis Palmer, Capt McKown, arrived
Monday from Newport News with 4,s35 tons of
coal to the Penobscot coal Co., at Mack's Point.
The r. & R. Lime Co., barge No. 3, arrived
Thursday from Cartaret, N. j., with 1,600 tons
of fertilizer to the A. A. C. Co. at Mack's
Point.
Capt and Mrs. C. A. Colcord of Danbury, Ct.,
arrived last week on their annual summer out
ing and are cruising along the coast in sloop
yacht.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Weber of Beverly,
Mass, have been in town the past week, the
guests of Mrs Joseph W. Walnut on Union
street.
J. Garvey of Troy N. Y, arrived Sunday and
are the guests of Mrs Ella S. Deliver on Main
street.
A large number of Searsport people attend
ed the Waldo County Veterans association
outing in East Belfast Thursday. A fine time
is reported.
C. C. Hamilton of Boston has the thanks of
several of his friends in town for present Of
package of the new Lincoln cents, the first
to arrive here.
Tug Lehigh arrived Saturday from Perth
Amboy with the barge Baltic in tow with S63
tons of anthracite coal to the Penobscot Coal
Co at Mack's Point.
Capt. Joseph F. Nichols, George A. Nichols,
w. F. Hamilton, L. w. and W. P. Rich return
ed last week from very successful fishing
trip off Matinicus.
Miss Ethel M. Nichols, who has been teach
ing school in Limestone, returned home Mon
day and is with her mother, Mrs c. M.
Nichols, on Water street.
C. Benson Mcclure arrived Thursday from
New York on a two weeks vacation and is the
guest of his grandmother, Mrs George
Mcclure, on Main street.
Edward ]. Mccartney has opened all ice
cream parlor in the G. A. R. hall. His many
friends wish him the best of success and feel
that he is filling longfelt want.
Harry Babbage of Islesboro is building new
barrel store house for the A. A. c. Co. at
Mack's Point. The building will be 240 feet
long, 40 feet wide and 20 feet posted.
Mr. and Mrs. o. S. Chessman and daughter
Ethel of New York, who have been the guests
of Mrs. l. C. Closson on Main street, the past
week, returned to their home Sunday.
Rev R. S. Harbutt has declined call from
the Congregational church in Millbridge and
has under consideration call from the Con-
pregational church in Buxton and Cornish.
Capt. c. N Meyers arrived last week from
Boston, Capt N F. Gilkey having gone in
command of his barkentine, the Mabel l..
Meyers which sailed August Sd for Monte
video.
Mrs. Rose Emmerson while driving Tuesday
morning was run into by New York auto and
the carriage wheels were smashed. The owner
of the auto made everything 0. K. with Mrs