The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-05-19

boro Packard.
Mrs Harry L. Perry, who spent the winter
in Brooklyn N. Y, returned home Saturday
for the summer.
Sch Ida B. Gibson, Capt. Israel Closson, lum-
Der laden, which put in for harbor, sailed
Friday for Boston.
W. F. Runnells OF Newburyport, Mass, was
in town Thursday He is on business trip on
the coast of Maine.
MIR. and Mrs. r. P Chase of Belfast were in
town Sunday, the guests of Capt. and Mrs. H.
G. Curtis on Water street.
Nehemiah Roulstone has been in town the
past week while the steamer Camden was I'M
dergoing repairs at Hampden.
Mrs. B. E. Larrabee, who has been visiting:
her father, Mr.. Clifton Whittum, returned to
her home in Islesboro Saturday.
Fred C. Kane and Edward Bond of Boston ar
rived Tuesday and at Swan Lake for
week, trying the trout and salmon.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis P. Weber of Beverly,
Mass were in town last week. the guests of
Mrs Kate Walnut on Union street.
Mrs Mevina Crockett and daughter, Miss
Jennie Crockett, arrived Tuesday from Brook
Ign, N. Y, where they spent the winter.
Mrs James B. Parse ard daughter Edith and
Mrs. B. o. Sargent, who have spent the winter
in Brooklyn, N, l., returned home Saturday
Sch. Baker Palmer, Capt. McAlony, finished
discharging Monday at the Penobscot Coal
Ill, Id fa,.N
Mrs Charles NJ. Nichols and daughter Lew
enc, who haye been visiting in Dorchester,
Mass, the past ten days. returned home Tues
day.
Sch. Henry W. Cramp, Capt. Nash, arrived
Saturday from Newport News with 2,775 tons
of coal to the Penobscot Coal Co. at Mack's
Point.
Mrs H. L. Peavey who spent the winter in
Brooklyn, has returned to Searsport for the
summer Her mary friends are glad to well
come her.
Sch c. B. Clark, Capt. Strout, finished dis
charging 800 tons of coal for the Searsport
Coal Co. last Thursday and was towed to Ban
gor by tug Hugh Ross.
The many friends in town of Mrs. Emily F.
Hodson, who underwent operation at the
hospital in Bangor for appendicitis, are GID to
know that she is rapidly improving.
Mr.. George L. Morrill, of Bangor has resign
ed as bookkeeper for the Penobscot Coal &
Wharf Co. at Mack's Point and Charles C.
Havener Of this town has been appointed his
successor.
Copies of the Brookfeld Review received by
friends of Cassus c. Roberts, Esq, announce
the death of his eldest daughter Mrs. Parepa
Roberts Bennett, which occurred at Hollywood,
ILL.,, Sunday, May Sth
Rev. j. NJ. Frost of Watervie will deliver
lecture in the Congregational Conference
room Friday evening, May Goth, at o'clock,
under the auspices of the Verdi Gratia Club.
Subject, Half Baked Men, Admission, 10
cents.
A game of base ball played by the High
school teams of Stockton and Searsport last
Saturday afternoon at Mosman Park resulted
in favor of the home team by score of II to L.
The game was fast at times, which were long
distance apart.
Capt. Lincoln A. Colcord of the steamer Vir-
ginian of the American Hawaiian line of the
Pacific division has been transferred to the
Atlantic division and taken command of the
steamer American on the route between New
York and Puerto Mexico.
The Lehigh Valley Coal Co. of Pennsylvania
has made arrangements to ship hard coal to this
port landing at MacksPoint and shipped from
there to large coal pockets which the company
building at Northern Maine Junction,which
will be their distributing point
Dr. and Mrs. C. r. Hines entertained at Five
Hundred last Thursday night the following:
Misses Agnes Williams, Sallie Dow, Ethel
Dodge, Helen Morrill,, Mr.. Edward Gilkey and
Mr. Rupert Colcord. The score cards were
dainty and nice refreshments were served by
the hostess.
DoDGEs' CORNER. H. Peabody Farnham and
VIM. Adams of Salem, Mass. arrived last Sat-
urday night and are boarding at the Chapins.
Mr. Ed Wentworth is building a field rock
chimney in George Webster's cottage Sunny
side" Chester Wood of Prospect called n
his cousin Mrs. Geo. E. Chaplin last Sunday.
we are lHutUleu W NIL SHdIlcS p. NOITlS VI
Grand Island, Neb., for copy of the Gran |
Island Daily Independent which is booming
that hustlng Nebraska city. The paper gives
a fine cut of Mr.. Norris, who is native of
Searsport and who has been prominent bust
ness man in Grand Island for the past thir ty-
five years. ...t
The alarm of fire at $40 Monday evening
was caused by the explosion of a gasoline tank
on the power boat Annie Lee, owned by Capt.
Barbour of Stonington anu which was moo red
at the Searsport Coal Co.'s dock. The fl re
department responded promptly and had the
fire under control in short time. The dam
age to the boat was about $50.
Arbor Day was observed in the public
schools At the Union building there we re
appropriate exercises, and not only that but
good deal of manual labor was done. The
alders along the brook were all cut away and
the course of the brook changed to make " ay
for a tennis court which the young people are
to build. A good many tees were planted.
No sessions were held. /
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