The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-10
MAINE TOWNS.
Freeport.

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MIR. j. G. Stilkey has bought house lot on
Cross street of Mr.. Warren Litchfeld, and
will move the building purchased of Mr.. E.
b. Mallett, in the rear of his store on Main
street. He will remodel the building for
dwelling house.
Mr.. A. B. Weston has purchased some half
dozen nice cows for supplying milk In his re-
Gently purchased route.
Mr.. Thomas Wall has leased the new cot
tage on Park street, built last summer by
Mrs. McKenney, now Mrs. Benjamin Scott
of Brunswick.
| DIR. Witham, dentist, will move to Guilford
with his family, the first of the week. DR..
Gannett. homeopathic physician, will locate
his office in the room vacated by DR.. With
| am.
The new block to be erected on the corner
OF Main and Mechanic streets. will cover an
area of 1890 square feet, being as feet on
Main street and 100 feet on Mechanic street.
| The building will be great Improvement TO
the appearance of the village.
Inc new pump near the band stand is a
move in the right direction Let II no longer
be said mo public watering place in Free
| port village for the thirsty horse,' when
| plenty OIL water can be had for the pumping.
| :, The noise of the hammer and the ring of
tne saw are heard daily on all our principal
| streets. Stand near the post Office and lis
| ten, and believe
| The carriage and sign paint-shop of j. G.
Stllkey, on Mechanic street, has been q live
| ~ place of business since January. Mr..
| Stilkey reports he has painted nearly 100
carriages, bis work is giving general salts
| faction. and he is securing remarkably
| large share of patronage.
Mr.. Charles Gushing has so far recovered
from MS recent illness as to be out of doors.
Mr.. Henry Sturdivant is still confined to
MS nome on South street, and is reported Sc.
riously ill.,
Several prominent citizens of the village
| VISITED cortland Saturday, by special invita-
ton. The interest conferred on a certain
| we'll, claimed to have been poisoned with
| this village.
;. A carriage belonging at Mr. Willis soule's
| livery stable, South End, was badly wrecked
| Sunday, on the corner of Maine and West
streets. Both shafts were broken, and one
wheel was ruined, losing every spoke. The top
was completely crushed. The cause Of the
disaster was turning sharp corner too
abruptly. The occupant escaped injury al
most miraculously in the overturning of the
vehicle and fall of the horse.
Porter.
;. Very hot and dry fine weather tie ripen off
the corn; but the wells and streams are get
| ting very low.
Potatoes are rotting and apples are falling
from trees in such manner thatsit will ne
|
The young man Harrison d. French who
accidentally shot himself last spring with a
| pistol, died Saturday night from the effects
of the bullet which has never been found.
Mr.. William Day was found drowned In
Stanly's pond on Saturday. He had been
missing since Thursday. 1t appears that he
went out in the pond on a raft and either fell
of or jumped off, as it is not certain whether
1t IS case Of accidental drowning or sui
| eide. lie was found by Mr.. Moses Day. who
| hOdV floating cvpa
in and brought it ashore. Mr.. Day vas an
| old man nearly eighty years of age, and has
| always been an industrious hard working
man. He leaves wife and children. Some
thing quite singular in the family is that his
father hung himself and one brother COM
| mitted suicide by shooting himself with
gun and another brother by cutting his
throat with razor.
Cumberland Center.
The following members of the p. S. G.
e, have been chosen delegates to attend the
| State union of societies to be held at Bath,
Greene, Miss Carrie F. Wilson and Mr.. E. B.
Osgood.
Mr.. z. K: sweetser is laid up with felon
| on his hand.
Mrs. Annie Low has moved from the shore
road into Mr.. E. X. Sweetser's house.
Stone are being got out for repairs on the
culyert on the main road near Mr.. Jordan
Browns, work on which will be commenced
| soon.
A petition is in circulation for tribe of
Red Men.
The potato crop, although not altogether
harvested. is light and excepting early plant
ed potatoes, poor in quality on account of be-
ing struck by rust: corn for packing most
prices turning out better than was expected
| some time ago.
Brooks and wells are getting low on &C.
count of the protracted dry weather.
| South Windham.
LIVELY BLAZE AT PoPEvILLE.
! Yesterday morning Mr.. John Keene's
| dwelling at Popevllle, about mile from this
| place, was burned, and only part of the
| furniture saved. Separated from the house
by narrow alley stood building used as a
| grist and cardiDg mill that caught fire and
| was quickly burned to the ground. A. barn
| in the rear of the house caught, and being
| filled with hay burned.rapidly.
Deferred by the intense heat the neigh
bOrs were unable to approach the burning
buildings, and the bridge which crosses the
river at that point took fire and was de-
part of which will be covered by insurance.
The fire probably started from the chimney
| of Mr.. Keene's house and burned some time
| before being discovered.
Kezar Falls.
Miss Marcia Ridlon has returned to Port
| land to resume her occupation as teacher in
| the North School.
The, students of the Piper Free. High
School began their course of lyceums for this
term last Wednesday evening.
Fred T. Flint at his corn shop in this place
has put up 100000 cans this season.
The Kezar Falls Wooden Mfg. Co. are
about to change from the class of flannel
| goods which it hasIcontinued to manufacture
for the past eight years to cloaking material.
Corham.
The Cumberland County Agricultural AS
ISOLATION building on the fair grounds was
| entered Sunday night, and carpenters tools,
rope and tackle, worth $3.50 to $500 were
stolen. The thieves were probably strang-
| ers The tools were found in Mr.. Charles
Harmon's field in Buxton, but there is no
| clue to the thieves other than that two teams
were seen driving from the fair grounds at
about II O'Clock Sunday night.
| Bethel.
While the station agent, M. w. Chandler,
| and wife. were crossing the wire bridge at
Giead the horse became frightened by the
swaying of the bridge and turning suddenly
threw them out, severely injuring Mrs
Chandler in the head, legs and arm.