The Portland daily press., 1889-08-28
HarpSWell.


Fishermen are fishing mostly from small
boats and are doing good business. Otis
Harris brought in 34OO lbs. Of fish one day
last week, which is the largest fare Of fish
ever landed from small boat at Cundys
Harbor
Repairs on the Free Baptist church are in
progress The interior will be put in order
as soon as the outside is completed. This is
| largely the work Of the Ladies Sewing Circle.
Farmers have found the past week of good
| weather very acceptable. Early planted po-
tatoes are rotting badly but later ones are
| doing better and are yielding fair crop-in
some localities very good one. Mr.. Wal
dron Leayitt expected to take fifty bushels
Of Beauties of Hebron from quarter or an
acre.
NORTH HARPswELL.
The steamboat wharf at this place was
commenced last week and will be finished in
week or ten days. 1t is built of logs and
ballasted with stone so that the outside pier
will be nearly solid, the pier is about 35 feet
long and ten feet wide on top, and will be
some 80 feet from the shore. 1t is now pro-
posed to build of logs from each end Of the
pier to the shore and fill in the space with
stone, clay and gravel which will make it a
solid wharf and will stand the current which
is quite strong at this place. and is very
much better than to leave a clear space from
the pier to the shore. A. A. Brown Of Fair
field, is doing the work.
The new wad to connect the wharf with
the highway road is being finished by John
Morris OF Brunswick, and will be done in a
few days.
Dudley Cambell is now at work in Bruins
wick surveying the Cabot Company's lands
and power. Herbert G. Mason, third officer
of ship Henry Farling," is now at home.
The ship is in Philadelphia to load oil for
Japan at 80 cents per case.
Farmers have got most OF their grain har-
vested and have very good crop. The past
week has been very good weather for them.
Potatoes are rottinp uuifa hadly Corn IL
good when it comes up well.
N. g. Rogers has son very sick with the
typhoid fever, and he is very sick himself
with some other disease.
Blanch and Hattie Mason, from Winthrop,
are visiting at L. E. and c. l.. Skolfelds.
Fairfield.
Rev. L. L. Allen closed his services with
the Methodist church Sunday evening with
a sermon to the Odd Fellows, an organization
to which he belongs and In which he takes
much pride. Mr.. Allen will refrain from all
active labor until the Conference meets, next
April, in the hope Of fully regaining his
health. lie will be greatly missed by the
people who one and all hope for his complete
recovery very generous Jus purse was raised
the society, to assist him in bearing the
heavy expenses attending his Illness, his
salary being small. The society has not yet
been able to secure successor though reg
ular services will probably be maintained.
DIR. /. p. fash, one OF our most popular
physicians is sick with typhoid fever. Now
is the time for special attention to be paid to
the waste places about ones buildings, the
drainage and cess pools being looked after
carefully.
One Of the humbugs Of the present age is
sacred concerts" These are being given
everv week at the resort on Bunkers Island
and the people in their shomes hear the
waltzes., marches, ,polkas. etc, as played by
the band in attendance The farce is in at,
taching the word sacred, for the devotional
spirit is not supposed to enter in the pro-
gramme, though portion Of the selections
may be semi-sacred.
Rev. S. g. Davis of:the Universalist church
will return from his vacation this week in
season to hold services next Sunday.
The building committee of the Universalist
parish have been unable to contract for their
new church at satisfactory rates and will
proceed to build themselves. hiring their
carpenters by the day.
A slight fire at the corn shops called out
the engine, but the flames were controlled
without the help OF steam. Packing has al
ready commeeced and the corn is coming
along rapidly. The past week has been very
favorable Tor maturing the crop and will
cellence for which Maine corn is noted. The
pack promises to be good one both in guam
tity and quality.
New Gloucester.
Rev. A. Ii. Shirley, former pastor of the
Congregationalist church, is visiting in town
with his family, having recently returned
from years travel in Europe.
The New Gloucester School of Research"
closed a successful session on Thursday last.
Able papers by local writers were read, also
one by Prof. Lindsey Of Philadelphia, and
one by Ex-Governor Perham of Paris, pre-
pared expressly for this school.
1t is understood that letter has been re-
ceived in town from A. A. Strout, counsel
for the G. I. X. R.. indicating that the sub
ject of the Cobb's Bridge Crossing will again
be agitated. The townspeople feel that it is
time something was done at that place as the
crossing is certainly dangerous, and the
terrific whistles continue to be an unmiti-
gated nuisance.
The farmers are digging their potatoes
with solemn faces and report only half a
crop.
Mrs. Littefed of Saco, and Mrs. Burt of
Philadelphia, are at Mrs. Greene'S; Mr.. ana
Mrs. Daniel Coffin of Portland, are at Mrs.
Stevens; Miss M. e. Stowell is at Mrs.
Springs; Mrs. Horatio Soper. son and
of No of Miss .i71ip