The Republican journal., 1918-08-01

the Pejepscot Company, received severe
scalp wound Wednesday, caused by a
blow from a stick of pulp wood falling
from the chain run. The wound required
the services c. surgeon after which he
was taken to his home at the residence
| of Mrs. L. A. Burgess.
Two U. S. cruisers and destroyer ap-
| peared last Thursday in the lower bay
but did not come up near enough to COM
municate with anyone or to permit of
learning what ones they were or what
they are here for. Frank R. Woodcock
has on display in his store window a pic
, ture of the first hostile German U-boat to
visit our waters. The picture was taken
from the deck of one of the torpedoed
ships. Mr.. Woodcock is not at liberty to
tell more of its interesting history.
Write to the young men in the service
of their country even if they are not in
your immediate family In a recent let
sentiments of many when he said: at
will truly seem good to get some mail
from you, for letters serve three useful
purposes-they make you realize that
someone cares little for you, they carry
you into the past and remind you of the
happy days and they take you into the
flt yhnr ;c ;oly
are once again in the U. S. A."
Walter Mahoney of Northport was be-
fore Judge Maurice w. Lord in the mu-
nlclpal court, recently, on the charge of
assault and battery, upon complaint of
DIR. Prince E. Luce of Brooks, who has
been staying recently at Northport
Mahoney pleaded not guilty, but admit
ted that he made the assault, stating
that the difficulty began over the owner
ship of pair of rubbers. The two men
met on the highway, and according to
Mahoney, Or. Luce was wearing his.
(Mahoney's), rubbers. This, of course,
was no defense for the assault, and Judge
Lord bound Mahoney over to the Su-
preme Court. under 5000 bonds.
SOUTH BELFAST Mrs. James Knight,
who is making her home with Mr. and
Mrs NJ l. Stevens in Northport, is con-
fined to her bed by fall which she re-
ceived recently. Her many friends wish
I
H. Peavey and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Alexander of Line olnville were in Belfast
July 23rd, the guests of George E. Curtis
and family.......M Master Loren Wadlin of
Northport is the proud owner of black
pony with complete outfit. ..... Mr.. and
Mrs. A. W. Roberts were in Brooks,
Sunday, July 21st, to attend the funeral
of Mr.. Roberts father, Alpheus Roberts.
....Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Hurd and Mrs.
Hurd's daughters, Misses Maud and
Clara Steward of the city, were at the
Hurd farm in Northport Sunday.
The new Telephone Directories were
distributed Monday and were welcomed
by all their subscribers as the last issue
bore the date of summer 1917 and the
constant changes, ETC., had rendered
them of little use. This issue has
brought the service as far as possible up
to date. Among the many suggestions
the MANAGEMENT says: "The Company
will appreciate reports to the Chief OPP
orator of specific instances of unsatisfac-
tory service. Such reports will assist in
locating any difficulty, whether of an op-
Grating nature or caused by some defect
in the delicate and complicated mecha-
nism Of the telephone apparatus. and
which may develop, even though every
reasonable precaution has been taken"
Satisfactory service on party lines de-
pends very largely upon the willingness
of the Joint users to cooperate with one
another in their demand on the service
The Company, accordingly, respectfully
requests party line subscribers to limit
their conversations to five minutes when
others wish to use the line, and to give
immediate right of way in case OF emer-