The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-03-02
SEARSPORT.

H. c. Holmes moved into the Nickerson
house on Howard street last week.
Mrs. Winnifred Savage of Rockland is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Mary Kane, on Leach street.
Rev. ]. A. Corey and Rev. c. H. Mckinney
attended the Boys Conference in Bangor last
week.
Rev. R. G. Harbutt of Buxton was in town
Wednesday and officiated at the Shorey-Sar-
gent wedding.
Barge Coaldale finished discharging at the
Penobscot coal dock and sailed February 22nd
for Perth Amboy.
Mr. o. c. Atwood, agent of the Eastern
Steamship Co., returned Saturday from busl-
ness trip to Boston.
Frank l. Mortland and Charles F. Hill were
in Bangor Monday, where Mr.. Hill bought "a
pair of team horses.
The warrant for the annual town meeting,
to be held Monday, March 9Th, has been posted
and contains SO articles.
Potatoes that have been held over the win
ter are now being shipped in large quantities
by boat and rail to the west.
Capt. and Mrs D. S. Goodell and daughter
Danny, returned last week from visit with
friends in Boston and vicinity
Steamer Kanawha, Capt. Parmenter, arrived
Sunday from Newport News with 3,4sO tons of
coal to the Penobscot Coal Co.
Sunday and Monday were fine spring days
the snow going fast Monday evening it was
cooler, with strong northwest wind.
Henry T. Putnam of Monroe has rented the
G. A. R. hall in the Sargent block on Main
street and will do general line of job print
ing.
The Ladies' Aid of the NJ. E. Church will
give supper at the vestry Thursday March
9th, at p. m. Supper 25 cents. If stormy,
the next fair night
Miss Lillian G. Runnells, teacher in the Mel
rose High school, arrived Saturday on weeks
visit with her parents, Hon. and Mrs. W. L. T.
Runnells Mt. Ephraim avenue.
W. S. Shorey and daughter, Miss Alice
Shorey; Mrs. Cecil Paine and children, Vir-
ginia and Phillip of Bath, were in town last
week to attend the Shorey- Sargent nuptials.
Sch. Northland, Capt. Saunders, arrived FRI
day from Newport News with s1s5 tons of
coal to the Penobscot Coal Co. at Mack's Point.
She finished discharging Monday and sailed
Tuesday for Newport News.
Ross L. Coe of Boston, treasurer and one of
the directors of the A. A. Z. Co., was in town
Tuesday on business connected with the plant
here, and while in town was the guest of Capt.
and Mrs. H. G. Curtis on Water street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Nichols of Nichols street
were pleasantly surprised Monday evening,
February 27th-the Both anniversary of their
marriage-by their neighbors coming in and
extending congratulations. The evening was
spent in social way, with vocal and instru-
mental music and recitation by Miss Blanche
Sweetser. Refreshments were served. All
left with best wishes.
W. F. Runnes of Newburyport, Mass, was
in town last week visiting his parents, Hon.
and Mrs. W T. c. Runnells, on Mt. Ephram
avenue He returned home Saturday and will
leave in few days for Los Angeles, Calf, to
be absent for several weeks. Mrs. Runnells
has been in Los Angeles for several months
visiting friends and will return home with her
husband.
1t is desired that all who are interested in
the improvement of Elmwood cemetery should
be present at meeting in the Nichols district
schoolroom Saturday, March 4th, at p. M, to
incorporate the Elmwood Cemetery Associa-
ton, elect officers, enact bylaws and attend to
any other business which may come before
said meeting. special invitation is extended
to ladies to be present.
DoDGE's CORNER. Rufus Ellingwood, ma
tive of Winterport, Me-, died at his home in
Kansas, January Sth. He had been frequent
visitor to Maine and was here last during the
summer of 1909. -. James E. Marden is very
sick. He is under the medical treatment of
DR.. Hines, who pronounced it case of pneu-
monia. .... Mrs. J. M. Nickerson is very low.
All that loving hands can do has been done to
prclong her life. 80. Mrs. Anna Nickerson and
Mrs. Nettie Smart, who have been visiting in
Massachusetts,, returned last Saturday.
NORTH SEARsPoRT Lots of sickness at this
place Nearly every family has some one down
with colds and grip. James E. Marden is very
sick. DR.. Hines is at North Searsport every
day F. E. Stinson is on the sick list, and, in
fact, the old veteran has not escaped the cold.
A Stinson loaded five cars with hay for
Boston parties at Waldo Station recently. .....
VIM. ]. Matthews family all down with
grip and colds. Carpenters finishing the
inside of the Almon Rivers house at Swan
Lake. :. Fine shedding, and almost every team
is busy hauling logs wood and hay. Potatoes
are drug, with some cellars full just across
the line in Frankfort. All aboard for T. H.
Marshall Post, Belfast, next Thursday, to at
tend the meeting of the Waldo County Veteran
Association.
SHoREY-SARGENT. The wedding of Miss
Celia Eveeth, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. M.
Sargent to William S. Shorey, cashier of the
First National bank of Bath, took place at the
Sargent residence in Searsport, February 22nd,
at 10 o'clock The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Robert Harbutt of Buxton, formerly
of Searsport, and was witnessed by the rela-
tives only. The brides gown was a white lace
and muslin princess, en- train. She carried
shower bouquet Of BRIDES roses. and maiden
hair ferns. The couple was attended only by
the groom's niece, Virginia Paine of Bath The