The Republican journal., 1916-06-08
Mrs. s. e. Norton is slowly gaining after q
long and serious illness.

long and serious Illness
"THE COUNTRY DocToR." The four act rn,a,
drama thus entitled was repeated Wednesday
evening, May 31st, in the Colonial Theater bv
the pupils of the High school. 1t was first
given May 18th, when on account of the
weather and the fire that evening the attend
ance was small and the Athletic Association,
for whose benefit the play was given. realized
only about SIS. The second performance was
given without expense to the pupils, who
shared the receipts with Manager w. H, Bray.
and they realized about s25 The plav wss
remarkably we'll given as they benefited bv
nome comment on the first performance Miss
Marian waterman was greeted with applause
IN her old maid makeup and sustained the
part throughout with ability. Mrs CIamant
w. Wescott. was warmly appauded as she
sang 20! Perfect Day." The tenor solo.
Mother Machree" by Charles Getchell, B. H.
s., was we'll received and he responded to an
encore with ''Shadow Land" 1t was an ex
ceptionally good cast, with Byron Salter in the
title role and all the parts were we'll sustained,
In the afternoon, to advertise the play, some
streets CARRIED in all sorts of curious costumes
and armed with megaphone by which thew
announced the evenings performance
SHIPPING ITEMS. The new four-masted
schooner Charles u. Loveland. recently built
at Bath. arrived at Liverpool, England, from
Philadelphia May 31st She was rs days cross
ing the Atlantic. The schooner carried 1000
barrels of oil, for which $4,000 freight was
paid. The Loveland is commanded by Capt.
Saunders, formerly master of the schooner
Northland. There were ten square. rigped
ships in the port of Baltimore last week-all
foreign. The Oldest is AZ years and the youpe
est was built in 1885,. =. Among the arrivals at
Portland June LIST was the Bull Line steamer
Millinocket. coming from Norfolk, coal laden.
From Portland 1t is believed the steamer will
go to the West Indies, under charter to carry
sugar from Cienfuegos to New York Capt
W. A. Blake of Baltimore, Nd, is in Maine to
place contract for a four-masted wooden
] schooner of $500 tons carrying capacity.
The American Hawaiian Liner Kansan. under
Garter to the France-Canada Line, which left
Boston May 2lst filled with steel, grain and
horses for the French Government. arrived
safely at St. Nazaire June LIST, The company's
steamship Virginian left St. Nazaire MAY 31st
and will be due at Boston June 10th C. C.
Mengel & Bros. Co., of Louisville have con.
tracted for a second four-mast schooner with
Percy & Small, Bath, Me-, to engage in the
lumber trade between Pensacola and the west
coast Of Africa. Col. C. C. Mengel placed the
order personally in Bath last week. The new
vessel will be duplicate of the first one or
! dered, the Charles D. Loveland, launched
April 9Th. .. Between 80 and 40 lumber car.
! riers are now building or have been contracted
for in American shipyards on the Pacific coast.
These vessels will have an aggregate capacity
of over 100000 feet of lumber. :. Work was
begun Nay 9th on the first vessel to be built
by the Texas Co. at the Sewall yard recently
taken over by it at Bath. Me. This steamer
will be 4l6 feet long over all and two others
will soon be started that will be 43O feet long.
Two 105-foot harbor craft are also to be begun
in the near future.