The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-11-03
County Correspondence.
Deferred from last week.
SOUTH MoNTvILLE.

Deferred from last week.
SOUTH MoNTvIlLE.
Mr.. W. E. Prescott and daughter Bernice
have gone to Lowell, Mass, to visit his sister.
-. Mr.. l. S. Bartlett and son Paul are engag-
ed in building mill near Burkettville, Apple
ton. Mrs. l. S. Bartlett has been visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Clements, in Mont
VILE. A. L. Pease has been at work for Mr..
Clement digging his potatoes. Mr.. W. S.
Pottle is quite feeble. Sim Cram is on the
sick list. Geo. Sprague and Carl Adams have
been trapping for the past week.
HALLDALE.
The school in this district closed October
22nd. Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. McCorrison started
October 25th for Nebraska, where they intend
to spend the winter. w. A. Hall of Belfast
was the guest of c. W. Colby October Bird.
George Gowen ofNebraska, after an absence of
many years, is visiting relatives here. People
have nearly completed their harvesting.
Allen Cornforth has moved to the farm he
bought of Fred Gilchrest. The little son Of
Mr.. and Mrs Clinton Wing was buried in the
cemetery here October 23rd Miss Ola F.
Jones, after an absence of several weeks, re-
turned to J. E. Halls October oath.
NORTH STOCKTON SPRINGS.
Mr.. Clifton Moore and Mrs. Madge Waite of
Monroe visited at Mrs. Freeman Partridge's
recently MIR. Forrest Berry is at home from
New York for the winter -. Mr.. Charles Tow
ers has a crew with hay press in this vicinity.
l..
as he intends to go away, soon, then moved the
press to Mr.. James Haley's barn.. Mr.. Emery
Calderwood shipped carload of potatoes to
Boston, last week. Mr.. William Overlook is
quite sick. &. Mrs. Lee Littlefeld of Belfast
visited Mrs. George Overlook last week. "A
Card-Owing to my health have decided to
retire from the undertaking business at Stock
ton Springs, and have this day sold all my
stock, fixtures, carriages, etc. to the John M
Ames Company who will attend to all calls,
day or night.-Charies C. Park.
Stockton Springs, October 5, 1910.
BELMONT.
During the heavy thunder storm which pass
ed over this section Tuesday night, October
18th, about 11.3O, the stock barn owned by
George Nichols of this village, and adjoining
his house, was struck by lightning and totally
destroyed. The house was joined to the barn
by long shed and this was RACED in order to
prevent the flames from spreading to it. The
house was saved Six head of cattle and two
horses were taken from the burning building,
hut large quantity of hay and feed were de-
stroyed, together with more less farming
Implements Mr.. Nichols had insurance,
and the barn and hay will be total loss With
his brother he was engaged in pressing hay in
Belfast at the farm of Rev. William Vaughan,
and was summoned to his home Wednesday
morning by the news of his loss. Help was
hastily summoned Tuesday night by means of
the farmers telephone line, and it was this aid
which saved the total destruction of the entire
set of buildings No other damage by the
shower is reported in this vicinity. The shower
ragged about an hour during which time large
quantity of rain fell.
CENTER MONTVIIIE.
Among the mourners from out Of town who
attended the funeral of Reuben Keen Luce
were George Parks and Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Webb of Augusta, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B.
Luce and Miss Hazel A. Luce of Belfast. and
Mrs Fred Parks of Branch Mills. ...R. P.
Downer remains very i'll. Florence, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Cunningham, was taken
to the Belfast hospital for an operation on her
throat last Saturday. -. Lewis Bachelor, who
recently bought the E. S. Bachelor farm, is to
move to town with his family Immediately.
They will occupy the Poland house belonging
to j. L. Bean until the present tenants of the
Bachelor farm move out. &C. B. Hustus of
Unity was in town last week gathering the
apples on his farm. G. A. Palmer of Liberty
passed Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Clara B.
Palmer. L. F. Arey was in Vinalhaven part
of last week. :. Mrs. Sarah Stevens of Brooks
is at Frank Mayhew's Llewellyn Keller,
who went to the Waldo County Hospital for
treatment, will undergo an operation next Fri
day Mrs. Rosetta Price of Rockport is stay
ing with her grandmother during Mr.. kellers
stay at the hospital. Mrs. Mary Cram, who
recently had tumor removed by Drs. John
and Mllet, assisted by DR.. Holt, is i'm
proving. She is cared for by Miss Inez Barker,
an experienced trained nurse. Cora A.
Goodwin has gone to Palermo to visit her old
home and will also visit friends in Albion. -.
Some one broke into Wesley Wentworth's
henhouse last Friday night by drawing the
staple. 1t is supposed that the caller got
frightened away as Mr.. Wentworth came home
late in the evening. No hens were missing.
80. George L. Edmunds and ]. W. Wentworth
have finished threshing grain for this season
and returned home last Friday evening with
their machine. They threshed about 5000
bushels of grain. "A. D. Ramsay has ordered
to his house. Miss Leola Choate is suffering
from an attack of appendicitis. Mr.. George
Parks of Augusta, aged 81 years, was called
here last Sunday by the sudden death of his