The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-03-10
SEARSPORT.

E. L. Savory left last week on business
trip to Boston.
Mr. John B. Black saw robin in a tree in his
door yard February 18th.
The schools in town closed last Friday for a
vacation of two weeks.
Ernest Robertson has rented the E. w. Gil
key house on Water street.
Congressman E. c. Burleigh has our thanks
for valuable public documents.
John Clemens of St. Johnsbury Vt, was in
town last Saturday calling on relatives.
Capt. Joseph Porter and Fred N. Treat had
the first founders in the market March Sd.
Mrs. Annie Wentworth has been confined to
the house the past week with very bad cold.
The storm cleared Monday night, and Tues
day morning the thermometer registered "a
above.
I. H. Havener has barred Plymouth Rock
hen which laid three double yolk eggs last
week.
Shedding for the past week has been very
poor Wheels had to be brought into use early
in the week.
John Innis had eighteen lambs from his
flock of sheep during February and the first
week in March.
Josiah c. Dutch, one of the best known ship
builders in Eastern Maine, died at his home in
Searsport, March 9th.
L. W. Wentworth's 80 colonies of bees were
all out flying in fine shape March Sd with the
thermometer at 81 above.
Sch. Francis V. Sawyer arrived Monday
Cartaret with 7(0 tons of fertilizer to the A
A. C. Co. at Mack's Point.
Miss Annie Nichols returned home last week
from Bangor, where she had been several
weeks for medical treatment.
Steamer Mills arrived Monday from New
port News with 4,567 tons of Coal for the Pc
nobscot Coal Co. at Mack's Point.
Miss Maud Savory, who has been ill for sew
eral weeks with pneumonia, has recovered and
was able to attend church Sunday
Charles Wilson, stevedore Of the Penobscot
Coal Co. at Northern Maine junction. was at
the Searsport House over Sunday.
The snow has gone very rapidly the past
week, the temperature ranging from as to "a
in the middle of the day during the week.
Frank Zalinski and family, who have been
living in town the past three years, moved to
Boston Monday, where they will reside in the
future.
Miss Harriet M. Erskine, who has been the
clerk in the post Office for several years, has
resigned and Miss Edna Carter has been en-
gagged to fill the vacancy.
Capt. H. G. Curtis, supt. of the A A. c. Co.
at Macks Point, reports the number of men
employed during the week ending March 9th
as SO, with payroll for the month of 81, 100.
Presiding Elder H. B. Haskell was at the
Methodist church last Friday and conducted
the fourth quarterly conference. He after
wards attended the revival services in Union
hall.
Superintendent Capt. H. G. Curtis of the A.
A. c. Co. at Macks Point shipped last week to
northern Maine, over the B. & A. railroad,
5000 tons of fertilizer, there being $4,000 bar
rels, making 16S car loads.
Inc HdIDOf lids DSell Shlillllled ONSi bue ohSS
during the winter, the ice forming during a
cold calm night and was broken up by strong
breeze the following day. Very little ice has
formed along the shore during the winter.
The Searsport public schools closed last Fri
day for the annual spring vacation of two
weeks. Miss Agnes Williams of the primary
grade returned to her home in 1slesboro and
Miss Louise Hall, assistant in the High school,
has gone to her home in Belfast.
Evangelist j. W. Hatch and Ohio Hatch, gos-
pei singer, closed their series of revival meet
ings last Sunday night. large audience filling
Union nall to overlooking. The meetings have
been going on since February 10th under the
auspices of a committee from the local
churches. The First Congregational and the
Methodist, and the pastors have assisted in the
services. 1t is said there are so or more con-
verts The Matches left Monday for Lewiston.
The annual meeting of the Searsport Board
of Trade vas held Saturday afternoon with a
large and quite enthusiastic attendance. in
GLIDING a number from the farming district
who were interested in the proposed forma-
tlon OIL q produce e&cndhSe Ire eleCtloH VI
officers resulted as follows: President, B. F.
Colcord; vice presidents, Capt F. l. Pendleton,
Frank A. Nye; secretary, H. c. Buzzell; treas
urer, C. 0. Sawyer; board of managers, B. F.
Colcord, f. l. Pendleton, Frank A. Nye, J. W.
Black, Fred Stinson, S. NJ. Weber, E. A. Sar-
gent, A Ii. Nichols, 0. C. Atwood, E. C. Pike,
H. c. Holmes, John Blanchard and John Frame.
The standing committees will be announced by
the board of managers. There was discus
sion of several matters and particularly of the
proposed produce exchange and definite action
will probably be taken later. Much enthusiasm
was manifested and there was general senti-
ment in favor of making bigger and buster
Searsport
OBITUARY Frederick W. Porter, veteran
of the Civil war, died at his home on Todd's
avenue after an illness Of about six months
with complication of diseases. He was the
son of Wilmouth and Mary Ann (Mathews)
Porter and was born in Searsport November
26, 1S41 In early life he worked on his fathers
farm and followed the sea for a time serving
as cook in the new ship B. F. Carver, COM
nanded by the late Capt. Charles G. Carver,