The Republican journal., 1921-11-03

The Universalist League will meet
with Mrs. Arthur Morse this, Thursday.
afternoon at $50. All members and
other women interested in the church
are invited to be present
An Associated Press despatch from
Huntington, N. Y, under date of Oct.
9th says: although Herman Tamm
had S1400 in savings bank in Belfast,
Me, he died from starvation and expos
ure, according to the decision of DR..
William B. Gibson, coroner of Suffolk
county Tamm's brother lives at $40
Quincy street. The mans body was
found in bunk in bottling building on
the Colonial Springs farm, a short dis
tance from Wlandanch, Long Island, by
John J. Hanger, who Immediately noti-
fled both Coroner and former Sheriff
Amasa Biggs of Suffolk. On the man
was found a book showing 81 400 in the
bank at Belfast. receipt for SlOO on a
contract to purchase a farm and card
giving his brothers Brooklyn address.
w. j. Heine of Bayard street, Brooklyn,
identified the body of Tamm, but neither
he nor the brother of the dead man could
account for him being on Long Island.
| The last heard from him was by letter
ing about the farm about month ago."
Mr. Tamm was in Belfast some time
ago and bargained for what is generally
known as the Victoria Allen farm in
Centre Montville of the Fish Agency A
satisfactory title of the property could
not be secured and he returned home.
Mr., Tamm paid 500 down and put S14O0
in the Savings department of The City
National Bank of Belfast.
The work on Searsport avenue is prac-
tically done for the season and is pro-
nounced excellent by all who have gone
| over the details carefully. The csntrac-
tors Of the road are Amos D. Bridge Sons
of Hazardville, Conn, while Cyr Bros.
of Waterville built the fine bridge over
what was formerly Goose River and now
the pen of the Central Maine Pow
er Company. The tar and gravel surface
of the road is completed from the Sears
poft line to short distance this side of
the Rev. William Vaughan residence. 1t
is as level as house floor. All the hills
! have been perceptibly lowered and sharp
curves broadened All of the culvets are
in place. The rock crusher has been
closed down and no more surfacing will
be done this fall The road bed is being
built from bridge to bridge and if the
! good weather continues will be lett in
excellent condition for winter. During
the past week the most noticeable i'm
provement in the long length of road is
the cut from bridge hill base through the
| Pattershall field to Searsport avenuet
A small building originally known as the
Bradman store and now the property of
Ralph W. Pattershall and the Fred Smart
house have been moved back 200 feet.
The Erie Shovel & Ball Engine Coz ex-
cavator has been working right through
the Pattershall cellar and uprottine ap-
i pie trees and shrubs for the new road bed.
| In the square between the old and the
new road Fred A. Robbins has built a
small store to replace the one recently
burned Later he will enlarge it, build
dance hall and skating rink and public
garage. He has bought and now occu-
pies the Hanson homestead, the opposite
! side of the street. David Walker has
bought and is occupying the Francis M.
Staples house next to the Robbins house.
Ralph W. Pattershall's store will be left
/ in an excellent location at the upper cor
ner. The city owns large stretch of
land on the upper side of the hill near
! the bridge.