The Republican journal., 1914-10-15
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Mr.. and Mrs. W. T...wheaton left Tuesday
for Bangor.
nFI. Mortland made a business trip to Au-
gusta Friday.
pL. W. Rich is building herring weir at
Murphy's Cove.
Eugene P. Carver. Esq. of Boston was a
visitor in town Friday.
L. w, Stockbfidge moved into the Staples
block on Main street Monday.
Mrs. Frank Hight and Mrs. H. W. Chapman
of Bangor we're in town Monday.
Can't. Isaac Carver returned Sunday from
business trip to Boston and New York
Mrs. L. w. Rich and son Louis returned Sum
d.v from visit with friends in Boston.
Out of town parties built herring weir on
the east side of Mossman's Ledge last week.
Edmun Emo opened his lunch room. "Shore
Acres" on Main street Monday for the winter.
H.. A. George of Boston was the guest OF
Capt, H. E. Curtis. Water street. last week.
Charles S. Shute and Arthur M. Sawyer left
Tuesday on a fishing trip among the outer
islands.
Monday was beautiful October day, with
the thermometer up to so and warm north
west wind.
Irving G. Hall of the shipping firm of J. &.
Hallgand Co., Boston, was in town Saturday on
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. William M. Parse returned
Friday from a ten days visit in Boston ana
New Hampshire.
Henry W. Kneeland of Dorchester. Mass,
arrived Sunday to visit his parents Mr.. ana
Mrs. j. H. Kneeland.
Judge and Mrs. ]. W. Black returned rfioay
from ten days visit with Mr. and Mrs. Z. u.
Black in Everett, Mass,
Barge Crumru arrived Oct Sth from Phila-
delphia with 5000 tons of coal to the +. Y. q
W. Co. at Mack's Point.
Steamer George Hawley, Capt. johnson, ar
rived Oct. 18th with $500 tons of coal to the
PC. & W. Co. at Mack's Point.
Homer Carter of Belfast has secured lease
OF the SearSpOIL 11Ouee AOA viz J~>
open the house to the public Nov. LIST
Harry E, Bangs, Esq, has moved DIS Ia"
office from Staples block to his residence on
MT, Ephraim road, near Union schoolhouse.
Mrs. Frank Glkey, who has been visitlng
Miss Elnora Warehouse on the Belfast roao'
has returned to her home in WATERFOWL, MASS.
Barges Boylston and Waccamaw arrived
Oct. 18th from Weymouth with $500 tons OF
fertilizer to the A. A. c. Co. at Macks foin''
Charles F. Treat of Newburg. N. " is
spending a two weeks vacation with MS pa
rents. Capt. and Mrs. F. W. Treat, on Water
street.
Mrs Susan Cunningham and Mrs. Carolyn
Dolloff of Belfast were in town Sunday to at
tend the funeral of their sister. Mrs L. W.
Wentworth,
Steamer Carolyn, Capt. Calhoun. arrived
Oct. 9th from Philadelphia with $500 tons OF
coal to the Penobscot Coal Wharf Co. at
Mack's Point.
Robert P. Nichols of Boston was IN town last
week, returning home Thursday with his ram
ily. who spent the summer at the True house
on Main street.
Clifford N. Staples of Stockton Springs has
leased the W. 7. Wheaton meat market on
Main street for the winter and will take pos
session about the middle of October. Mr.. Sta
ples has driven a meat cart IN town for several
wears and is well known in this locality.
It is rumored that the steamship line
viii, h will start service next spring will build
. wharf from the foot of Water street out
over Mosman's ledge, the outer end of the
wharf to be in the form of the letter l:
Wharfage has been secured at Belfast. STOCK
ton Springs and Bangor. and the ne"spa-
pers have it that two propeller boats each
with accommodations for 500 passengers, cap
able of making 20 knots an hour, have been Sc
cured for the line.
In the Boston Globe of Oct Sth, in the 'War
Day by Day. series, was sketch of the Con-
federate steamship Shenandoah. which was
originally the British steamer Sea King, bought
in England by Confederate agents, and fitted
out as a Confederate cruiser at Madeira, from
where she sailed Oct. 49, 1864. for Melbourne.
Australia. october oULQ sue tooh AoA III ~
prize. the bark Alma of Searsport. commanded
by Capt. Everett Staples of Stockton, which
was on the passage from Cardiff, Wales to
Buenos Ayres with coal. The vessel was
scuttled Capt. John F. Peterson. now living
at Park, Ne, who has commanded several
ships in the American merchant marine, was
first officer of the Alma when scuttled by the
Confederate cruiser.
OBITUARY The community was greatly
shocked Friday morning, Oct. 9th, to learn of
the death of Mrs. Harriet, wife of L. W.
Wentworth She retired Thursday night as
we'll as usual, and when Mr.. Wentworth arose
Friday morning and spoke to her and she did
not respond he sent for DR.. Fairchid. who
soon arrived and upon examination found she
had been dead about two hours from heart
failure. She was the daughter of William and
Mary (McNally) Cunningham, and was born in
Searsport, June A. 1858, where she passed her
girlhood days. She was united in marriage to
Mr.. Wentworth April 10, 1871. and had since re-
sided here She is survived by her husband;
by two brothers, James E. Cunningham of
Belmont and. Charles Cunningham of Sears
port, and by three sisters, Mrs. HannahTyler OF
Orrington, Mrs. Susan Cunningham and Mrs.