The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-04-11
sEARsPORT.

on business.
FL. Gross of Bangor was in town Monoay
on business.
The song sparrows, robins and May-fo"ers
are now with u.s.,
R,F. Dunton, Esq, of Belfast was III 'o""
Thursday on business.
Eugene T. Savage of Bangor was IN '0"n
Saturday on business.
Milton w. Stratton Of Bar HarDor was al
town Saturday on business.
Mrs. 0. c. Atwood returned SATURDAY iion
a visit in Boston and vicinity.
AR. Clary of Boston was at the searsport
House Saturday and Sunday.
Herbert M. Dodge of Boston was Ill 'o"n
the first of the week on business.
Miss Rebecca Ross arrived Saturday from
Montclair, N. j., for the Easter recess
patrick Iooney of Boston returned home
Thursday after short stay IN 0earspoi'
Mrs. yalarie La Chapelle of Bath is visiting
ber daughter, Mrs Antonio Croce, on Aeach
street.
p.,nh sb,te of Standpoint visited his grand
mother, Mrs W. B. Sawyer, MOTIFS s'iee''
week.
The municipal officers are now IN session a'
e. on Main street assessing the taxes
for 1912.
schoonar M v B. Chase finished discharging
Thursday at the A. A. c. Co. plant ana saiieu
for Rockland.
Rev. A, Corey, for the past two years pas
+o ~ ,beM f, church here, has been trans
ferred to Intervale, N. H.
Eudavlla Cleaves announces her hiilineiS
opening for Friday and Saturday Aprii AN'n
and 18th All are cordially invited.
Conductor R. L. Stubs of the b. q A. ran
road has moved his family into the D. w.
Sweetser house on Park street..
Capt. ]. Frank Peterson, who spent the VIII
ter with his son, Ferdinand Peterson, In New
mort r. l., returned home Saturday.
About 60 have been summoned to appear
before the grand jury at Belfast on Tuesday
April 10th, mostly laborers at Mack's Point.
Rev. J. A. Weed has been assigned to the
pastorate of the NJ. E. church at this place anu
will also supply the pulpit in North searspor''
Among the AZ midshipmen whose nomina-
tons were sent to the Senate March IL 1917
to be ensigns in the navy from June D. 19li'
was Wilbur j. Carver of Searsport.
A heavy electrical storm, with sharp and IN
cessant lightning and heavy thunder, passed
over here about eight o'clock Saturday even
ing accompanied by light rain. No damage
was done.
James P. Butman, Levi Trundy, Lester
Whittier and Herbert Partridge, who nave
been spending a two weeks vacation WIN
their narents, returned to Kent's Hill last
week.
Andrew B. McGown of Worcester, Mass, has
bought piece of land of John Murphy near
Pleasant Point and will build handsome
bungalow and boat house on the shore near
by this spring.
An unknown person was lodged in the Sears
port bastile last Thursday noon for lntoxlca-
ton, by constable Elmer Webster, and at
eight o'clock in the evening he had vanished
and left for parts unknown.
Miss Flora Chase died very suddenly Sunday
morning at the home of her sister, Mrs sum-
ner Stevens. on Main street, of heart failure
PRAYERS were said at the Stevens homestead
Tuesday morning and the remains were taken
to Bangor for interment
]. W. Black, B. F. Colcord, F. l. Pendleton,
j. N. Pendleton, W. M. Parse, James +.
n chn1c md
FL. Mortland went to Bangor Wednesday to
attend the Republican State convention and
the third district Republican convention.
Mrs. John Davis was hostess for the Library
Bridge Club last Thursday, entertaining Tour
tables at bridge. Mrs. E. W. Fletcher won the
prize, cream pitcher. Those present were:
Mrs. L. NJ Sargent Mrs. E. D. P. Nickels, Miss
Ida Curtis Miss Alice Curtis, Mrs. W. M.
Parse, Mrs. Alice Shute, Mrs. W. H. Goodell,
Mrs. B. F, Colcord, Mrs. Fred B. Smith, Mrs.
]. w. Black, Mrs. F. X. Sawyer, Mrs E. W.
Gilkey, Mrs. Ella Mowry, Mrs S. c. Pattee,
Mrs. N. F. Gilkey and Miss Angie N. Carver.
Mrs. C. N. Meyers gave delightful Easter
luncheon, on Monday afternoon, at her home
on West Main street. Six courses were served,
all suggestive of Easter and spring and dis
playing much thought and daintiness.
bronzed eggshell was at each plate filled with
candied violets with a chicken perched on top.
There was also at each plate place-card de-
signaling the places of the guests by the pro-
fession of the bachelor girls or the married la
dies husbands. Miss Violet Meyers, daughter
of Mrs. Meyers, dressed in white and wearing
large bunch of violets just received from
her father who is in the south, did the honors
at the door and table. The invited guests
were Mrs VIM. Parse, Mrs. D. S. Goodell, Mrs.
Ed Gilkey, Mrs. Chester Bailey, Mrs. S. e.
Pattee, Mrs. Oliver Atwood, Mrs. F. K. Saw
yer.Miss Emma Hichborn and Miss Lila Marks.
Fred Nichols carrier of R. F: D. route No.
2 while returning from his route Friday after
noon, April 5th, when near the old Wllmouth
Porter homestead, on Swanville avenue. saw a
large moose in the road. Mr.. Nichols turned
into door yard and the moose turned and
went in a northeastery direction toward the
Porter schoolhouse and disappeared IN the
woods Searsport has been favorite ground
for moose for many years back. Tradition has
it that Richard Simpson. one of the earliest
settlers, shot large bull moose near Kanes
pond and many times since that early date