The Republican journal., 1915-05-27
SEARSPORT.

Eugene P. Carver. Esq, of Boston was in
town Saturday.
Mrs. Lavonia Williams visited friends in
Winterport Saturday.
James S. Hartman, Esq, of Belfast was IN
town Friday on business.
Mrs. Susan R. Boulevont of West Newton,
Mass, was in town last week.
Harry L. Mason, third officer of the steamer
Millinocket, was in town Saturday.
Sch. Itasca arrived May goth from Bluehill
with 2O0,0 600 slaves to the A. A. c. Co.
Mrs. ]. F. Bickmore who spent the winter in
Atlantic, Mass, returned home Friday.
Emery Williams of Boston is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. E. W. Gilkey on Water street.
Percy R. Brock and family have moved to
the Overlook cottage on Prospect street.
Barge Herndon arrived May 18th from Phil
adelphia with 5000 tens of coal to the P. c. &
W. Co.
Mrs. Julia Marshall of Winter Hill, Mass. is
street.
Barge Boylston arrived from Weymouth
May goth with LOCO tons of fertilizer to the
A. A. C. Co.
Capt. and Mrs. James N. Pend!eton, who
spent the winter in Georgetown. Fla, returned
home May Goth.
R. & R. Lime Co. barge No. 2. arrived May
21st from Elizabethport with 800 tons of coal
to the P C. & W. CO.
Ship Timranda. Capt. N. F. Gilkey, arrived
May 22nd at New York from Buenos Ayres
after passage of SIS days.
Steamer Bayport, Capt. Calhoun. arrived
May 25th from Newport News with $500 tons
of coal to the P C. & w. Co.
Penobscot river salmon were very plentiful
Friday and Saturday and retailed in the local
markets at 40 cents per pound.
Miss Emma Field arrived Wednesday from
Dorchester and is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
A, H. Lorimer on Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene T. Savage of Bangor.
who have been spending a few days at their
cottage, returned home Tuesday.
Sunday was of the finest days in May,
with the temperature up to 70 during the day
and fine northwest wind blowing.
Sch, Charles E. Wyman, Capt. Morgan. ar
rived May goth from Perth Amboy with 375
tons of coal to the Searsport Coal Co.
Mrs. C. E. Adams and Miss Harriette E. Frs
kline went to Portland Tuesday as delegates
to the Grand Chapter of the o. E. 5.
Harry E. Peavey has closed his barber shop
on Main street and has employment in the
barber shop of N. W. Delano in Belfast.
Mrs. Alice M. Smith arrived Sunday from
New York, where she spent the winter, and is
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. L. Merrill.
W. R. Gilkey & Son will begin their auto
passenger service to Belfast June LIST and
will also run car to Bangor once week.
Mrs. B. F. Pendleton who spent the winter
in Milwaukee with her granddaughter. Mrs.
Mortimer Stevens, returned home Saturday.
Miss Clara R. Chapman and Mrs. Frank
Hight of Bangor were in town last week pre-
pairing their cottages for the summer season.
Mrs. Harry Marston, who was in town to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. Lydia c. Carver, re-
turned to her home in Brockton, Mass, Friday.
Superintendent L. W. Wentworth is getting
the Village cemetery in order for the season.
All the lots and avenues were moved the past
week.
Mrs. Alice G. Howard, who was in town to
attend the funeral Of her grandmother, Mrs.
Lydia G. Carver, returned to her home in
Brockton, Mass, Friday.
Many of our local gardeners have their
potatoes, peas and lettuce planted and now
that the bobolnks have arrived it is safe to
put in the smaller seed.
Steamer Meteor arrived May Goth from
Newport News with $500 tons of coal to the
P. C. & W. Co. at Mack's Point. She finished
dischargirg Sunday and sailed for Newport
News.
Miss Miriam c. Whittier came by Tuesdays
boat to spend the summer with her mother,
Mrs. H. B. Whittier, Reservoir street. Miss
Whittier is employed stenographer at the
Hampton Institute, Virginia.
Steamer Ogeechee, Capt. Amos A. Dow, ar
rived at New York May 21st from Bremen via
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prize crew from British man-of war and re-
leased after her cargo was discharged.
Ex-senator Malcolm Nichols of Boston was
in town Saturday calling on relatives. This is
Mr.. Nichols first visit to Searsport. His
father, Capt. Edwin I. Nichols. was native of
Searsport but resided in Massachusetts until
his death about two years ago.
Capt. Sidney ]. Treat of the Boston pilot
service, and Mrs. Treat of Boston, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles F. Treat of Saranac Lake, N. Y,
and Mrs. Forest W. Treat of Searsport have
been in Belfast the past week where Capt. F.
W. Treat is critically i'll at the Waldo County
Hospital.
George A. Innis. graduate of the Sears
port High school, who has been taking course
in the Shaw Business College. Bangor. gradu-
ated from the latter institution last week and
has secured position with Chaplin & Co.,
wholesale grain and flour merchants of Ban
gor.
William P. Rice, one of the Oldest and most
respected citizens of Searsport died at his
home on Prospect street, Sunday morning
after an illness of about four weeks. He was
the last of the family of the late Jesse Rice.
He followed the sea in his Younger days for