The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-10
SUBURBAN NEWS.
sAccARAPPA.

Mr.. Alonzo Libby has some fifty or more
thoroughbred Jersey and Ashire stock,
ranging in age from spring calves to
ten years old. At an early hour every morn
ing Mr.. Libby with his team accompanied by
three full blood shepherd dogs, imported
from Gen. Tilton's farm, drives the stock
along Main street to pasture. 1t is novel
sight in a village exhibiting so much OF city
style and business stir as this. Mr. Libby
has had excellent success IN procuring and
raising fine Jersey cows. His dogs are very
tractable and sagacious. Mr.. Libby en-
cages quite extensively in farm
ing and has commenced to prepare his
grounds for seed sowing The soil is so dry
that it is difficult to work it properly.
Mr.. w. FL. Hanson is erecting black
smiths shop on Mechanic street 80 by 81
feet. Hewas formerly in company with Mr..
c. L. London.
Mr.. G. NJ. Warehouse, merchant tailor on
the same street, is making improvements in
his store.
Great changes and improvements are be-
ing made ON Brown street, north side of
the river.
Mr.. Ambrose Goozey is erecting two
story dwelling % by 2S feet with ell.
Mr.. Walter Knight has double tenement
house 80 by % feet with large ell nearly com
pleted.
80 feet. Adjoining his premises is laid the
foundation and materials on the ground Tor
a large dwelling house.
Within few years number OF houses
have been built in this locality, and nearly
all the vacant lots between the two villages
o 70 iad ic .llUIdInn
line between the villages on Brown street.
After crossing the track Of the Portland &
| Ogdensburg road there are nine one and a
half story cottages of the same pattern dis
tinguishable only by the number. They
were built by Messrs. S. D.Warren & Co.,
for the employees of the paper mills. On the
corner lot, overlooking the river is the fine
residence of Mrs. Longley, widow Of the late
| Mr.. Longley, superintendent OF the paper
| mills. Further up the street is the home of
Mr.. John E. Warren, the present agent of
| the company. 1t is a handsome cottage of
| modern style of architecture, surrounded by
| green fields, thrifty shade trees, and every
| thing desirable for convenience and comfort.
| a short distance from Mr.. WarTen's dwelling
| is the companyS farm house, the home eff
the overseer and farm hands. The broad
| acres which produce hay for the scores OF
| horses and mules employed about the mills
| are located on the Windham road, known as
| the Grant farm, man residing in Port
| ldliQ NClt AAOWn W biiO lJuDAiCs AC SOlll-
| pany are laying concrete sidewalk from the
| brow of the hill to Mr.. j. e. Warren's resi-
| dence. New plank sidewalks are being laid
| in various parts of the village.
| Several lots OF large elm shade trees have
| dence near the depot. Some of the large
| trees which were broken and badly injured
| by the ice storm last winter have been re-
moved and their places supplied by trees
| nearly as large, hauled from the woods far
| away.
On Seavey street Mr.. Albert Plummer is
| laying the foundation for a two story, seven
| tenement house 154 feet long with 2S feet
| front. There are large number OF new
| houses in progress on this street. On Haskell
| street Mr.. Charles Moses has a new two
story house "a by IS feet nearly completed.
| The Board of Health have been called upon
| to enforce the law in regard to surface drain
age. There is a careful watch over the
sanitary interests of the inhabitants and thai
| disease so prevalent in other places having
| a large percentage of foreign population.
| Orient Lodge, /. o. G. T., on Monday eve
| ming had its officers installed by D. w @. T.
| c. w. CARL as follows:
w. G. T.-Geo. B. Gray.
W. V. T.-Mabel leighton.
w. S.-Lous Mcclellan.
w. f. S.-Mary Barbour.
w. TO. M. Nash.
w. CA. H. Dunn.
W. M-Orlando Mabury.
| w. l. G.-Mabel Edmunds.
w. 0. G.-Isaac Farrar.
| Cable cars are to be used on the elevated
| tranl-way at Cumberland Mills
| Charlie Hurd had his foot injured at Cum
| berland Mills on Thursday last.
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| An illustrated lecture was given at the
| Congregational church last evening by Mr.
| George w. Leitch on the life and habits Of
| HindooS of Ceylon and India The Stereopti