The Republican journal., 1910-11-24

Advertised letters remaining in the Belfast
post office for the week ending Nov 22nd:
Miss Lillian May Brown, Margaret Craig, Amy
Hall e letters), Myra A. Grdway, Mrs Miriam
B. Pierce, Mrs. j. W. SWEET, Frank W. Fletcher,
c. W. Hussey Frank Lake, E. P Mosher,
Henry Pendleton, ]. L. Pendleton, T. W. Pease,
Mrs. Ed. Regain, Fred Trip, c. W. Young.
Railway mail clerk Edmund P. Brown assist
ed Harry M. Prentiss last week in counting
the mail on the Belfast branch, in accordance
with recent orders from the departm tent.
Clerks who would ordinarily be off duty were
required to assist in the count, in which a
record is made of every letter and paper or
package going over the route.
be closed all day that their employees may en- =
JOY Thanksgiving. The Thanksgiving union
service will be held this evening, at 7.30 o'clock
in the Universalist church. The Rev. Mont
ford S. Hills of the Methodist church will de-
liver the sermon and will be assisted by Revs
Ashley A. Smith, David L. Wilson, Arthur G..
Roberts and Adolph Rossbach. Special music
Will Dc arranged anu Tie pupllS 10 SoAuA0iiy Ill
vited to attend the service.
STEAMER NOTES. The steamer Sebona, which
was built in 1880 by William Rogers for the
Eastern Steamship Co. for the Bath and Booth
bay line, has been bought by W. S. White of
Rockland and will be used as spare boat on
the Vinalhaven & Rockland route. Since last
January the Sebona has been hauled up at
Boothbay waiting for a purchaser. 1.-The
steamer Silver Star was towed to Rockland last
Thursday to go on the marine railway for re-
pairs. which will include new deck houses. She
was wrecked last spring and after having re-
pairs to her hull on Gichrest's marine rail-
way was laid up at this port.
Miss Maude B. Steward entertained party
of friends last Friday night at the home OF
Mrs. c. A. Pilsbury, in honor of her sister,
Miss Clara Steward of Northport, who has
been spending a week in Belfast. The guests
were Mrs David L. Wilson, Mrs. Charles Owen,
Mrs Fred R. Poor, Mrs. A. G. Hopkins, Mrs.
George E. Kittredge, Mrs. Allan Patterson,
Mrs Amos Carleton, Miss Bertha Wiley, Miss
Geneva Head, Miss Marion Head, Miss Lou
Thompson, Miss Winnifred Sanborn, Miss Ida
Ames Miss Anne M. Kittredge. The evening
was spent sewing and chatting and was most
enjoyable. Miss Steward served delicious re-
freshments later and was assisted by Misses
Heald and Miss Clara Steward.
The SEWING SCHOOL. A meeting of those
interested in the sewing school that has been
maintained every winter for some years past
was held last Friday afternoon at the home OF
Mrs Chas. A. Pilsbury, Court street, to ar.
range for the coming session. This school was
established by the N. P. w. c. T. Alliance te
teach young girls how to sew and make gar
ments and has done much good. 1t has beer
supported by voluntary contributions of money
and material. The collector reported cash con
tributions from citizens last season of $1175
from the Alliance 1886, and in addition two
dress patterns from Miss Jane Otis and from
Mrs Daniel Ingalls, five yards of outing fan
mel, All but 43 cents of the cash received was
expended for material. Mrs. Frank H. Mayo
the teacher, reported that the school begar
October %, 1909, with an attendance of 81 an(
closed February 26th, 1910, a term of Is weeks
Thee average attendance was 25. Sixty gar
| were
boomers, "a skirts and night gowns. 1t wa:
voted to open the school next Saturday, No
vember 25th, at 1.30 p. m. in the Memoria
building with Mrs. Frank H. Mayo teacher
and under the management of committee O,
two from each church
A CONTESTED WILL CASE. special ses
sion of the probate court was held last Thurs
day for a hearing on the will of the late Rox
anna Gardner of this city, the probating Of
which is opposed on the grounds that there
was undue influence and that she was not com
petent to sign the will, at the time it was made
and further that it was not her will. The bene
ficiaries of the will, her niece Mrs. Villa Kemp
ton and Mrs. kempton's son Melville, who hat
lived with her and cared for her for some l!
years, claim that she was competent to make
the will, that it was her will and that Their.
was no undue influence offered, and that tn.
will was all right in every way. Fred w. Brown
of this city appeared for the contestants ant
Arthur Richie and Hon. R. F. Dunton, VIII,
drew up the will, appeared for the probatinf
OF the will. Among the contestants are Mrs
Roscoe Hurd of Northport, niece; hel
nephew, Joseph Townsend; a niece, Mrs
Edward Cunningham of this city; Mrs. Lei
Morrill, OF Rumford Falls a grand niece; Mrs
Alice Mcdonald, relative of the husband O.
the deceased. Judge johnson reserved his de
cision, each side reserving the privilege of ap
pealing from the decision, and the case will nj
doubt 60 to the Supreme Court. N. c. Hill i,
the executor Of the will.