The Portland daily press., 1889-08-13
MAINE TOWNS.
Particulars Iof the Burglary at the
Porter Post office.
a Clergyman 81 Years Old Resides
in Cray.
Famous Talent Engaged for the
Eliot Fete.
Freeport.

| fTeeport.
There are visiting at the home of Mr.. A. l.,
Dennison Rev. j. j. Blair, with wife and
daughter, from Ambrose, Mass. Rev. DR.. j
f. Elder and Miss Marion Elder, from New
York, Mrs. Gray from Portland, Misses Den
nison and Campbell from Massachusetts.
Mrs. Eliza F. Harrington from Ohio is Wis.
iting her daughter, Mrs. John Belcher.
VIM. Demond and wife are at Amos Fields
Mrs. Helen M. Rogers and daughters, from
Massachusetts, Miss Ada Norton, daughter
Of DR.. o. W. Norton. Gardiner, have been in
town the past week.
Prof. Pennel, San Francisco, has been Wis
iting his aunt at Pleasant Hill.
Granite Commandery will take an excur-
sion to Bath and Boothbay August 14th fare
for the trip So cents. Children under II years
half rates.
was in town a few days the past week, visit
ing relatives at Flying Point.
| Our genial news agent, w. A. Mitchell,
seems very happy III his new quarters, and
Is pleased to show and sell to patrons the
leading papers of the Maine cities, as we'll
as the dailies from the Hub"
| Mr. w. II. Martin is in town closing up the
accounts due the firm of Geo. Umacke % Co.
| The cellar and foundation for Mr.. Ewing
| Curtis new house are completed; another
| week will show the outline of the new build
| ing on Main street.
| The frame of Mr.. Lewis's new house on
School street Is up and boarding.commenced
The report Is that potatoes are r0tting con-
| siderably and farmers consequently predict a
small crop in this vicinity.
The yield of hay has been considerably in
| advance OF former years, and, notwithstand-
ing the wet weather, good crop has been
| secured and in good condition.
| The local board OF health visited the High
| school building lsst week and made exami-
nation of the sanitary condition of the cellar
and surroundings and consider it necessary
| to thoroughly cleanse the cellar, and recon-
| mend to cement the floor to prevent the I'M
| wholesome damp from affecting the health of
| scholars in the Grammar School room in this
| building.
1t will be remembered that one year ago
there were quite number of cases of sore
| throat amongst the scholars in this room.
and that the supervisor at that time, Mr.. G..
| l.. Mitchell, expressed his belief that the
damp cellar was the cause of it, aud took
| great care for cleansing. The same condition
| OF the cellar obtains again, and it seems ne
cessary now to remedy the evil so that it can
not recur, hence the wise recommendation of
our local board OF health.
his recent purchases, the stores of Gore &
Davis and G. S. Soule, yesterday morning,
The building occupied by Mr.. G. FL. Tuttie
for barber shop will be removed to vacant
lot on Bow street, below the house occupied
by Mr.. keay. The store formerly occupied
by Mr.. e. s. Soule will be placed upon the
site OF the building removed and will be fitted
up for furniture shop and occupied by the
firm Of Fogg q Willis Additions will be
made to the store occupied by Gore & Davis.
covering the site made vacant nv tho rop vol
or the Soule store, and the whole will be re-
modelled into fine block, which will be I'M
der the ownership and management of Mr..
Mallett. The wants of the public will be
met with a full line Of groceries In one de-
partment and dry goods in another, thus
continuing nice place of trade in the most
prominent business part Of the village. A
few men like Mr.. Mallett, with the enter
prise and push, together with the capital,
would soon make city of the village. Ger
tainly the growth for the past two years falls
little short of miraculous.
Gray.
Mr.. r. G. Hall is putting large store
house on the brick store occupied by j. b
and L. W. Hall.
Mr. James E. Libby has torn down the
old shop known as the Clark shop, and will
Immediately erect two story building.
The store occupied by j. p. and w. l..
Merrill will be repaired while Mr. Libby is
getting the frame for his building. The end
next to the Clark shop has rotted away and
is in bad shape.
The Gray track has been put in fine con-
dition and is now open to the people to fit
their horses for trotting.
The exhibitors at she Gray Fair In 1888
who were awarded premiums and did not
call for them, are entitled to, and will be
given free ticket to the exhibition Aug. 81,
% and 10Th, this year.
Mr.. Chute of Naples, has arrived with the
stallion Vassalboro Boy and two other
He is located at the Hotel Parker.
Mr.. Horace f. Colley, the newly appointed
postmaster has hired the building owned by
Mr.. John Newhegin and will probably open
thepost office there at the expiration of the
present quarter.
The fail term Of the Pennell Institute will
begin the tirstMonday in September Mr.. Lee
b. Hunt, the principal, has secured for
assistants Miss Woodland of Lisbon and
Miss Wnslow of Cumberland. Mr.. Hunt
will spare no efforts to makesthiS one of the
most profitable terms.
Mr. Frank w. Thayer has gone to Togus
on business.
The New Gloucester cornet band will
have an excursion on Friday, Sept. 10th, to
Harpswell, via. M. c. r. r. to Portland,
thence steamer. Here is an opportunity for
the people in towns. adjoining New GlouceS-
ter to have splendid sail down Casco Bay,
at a cheap rate.
The Rev. Josiah Halves, ninety-one years
Of age. preached at the Congregational
church Sunday the 18th inst His sermon
was excellent, and show that his mental
powers have not been affected by age.
Porter.
Burglars entered the post Office in this
place ON Wednesday night of last week.
They cut out the glass in the window so as
to get at the fastenings and then forced the
window open. They then broke the glass
over the office door but failed to remove the
lock. They then broke the large glass in the
registry department and got into the Office
They forced open every drawer and over
hauled all letters and papers that they con-
tanned but got but little booty for their pains,
as the stamps, registered letters and money
had been removed to the house by the post
master. There was some seventy-fve cents
in coppers left in the drawer which they took
and some other small things. 1t does not
look much like the work of a professional,
but looks like some amateur work OF local
talent.
Mrs. Holmes, widow of the late Joseph
Holmes, who is about go years of age, was
thrown out of wagon the past week break
ing one leg near the hip joint and severely
iDjuring her otherwise She has been an in
valid for number of years and almost a
cripple from rheumatism, and as she could
not sit on the seat chair was placed in the
back part of the wagon for her to sit in
while she was taken to visit her son, who
lived but a short distance from her home.
by some means the chair tipped, throwing
her out. DIR. Moses e. Sweat was sent for
but could not set the leg, it being broken so
near the joint. 1t is thought she cannot live
but short time.
Potatoes have widowed badl- during the
long spell of wet weather, and are commence
ing to rot What looked like good crop
few weeks ago now looks like total failure
to the farmers. Beans are in the same con-
dtion and will be small crop.
West Gray.
A goody number of the members of
Mystic Division S. of t. attended the
District meeting with Pine Tree Division
last Thursday. They reported a good
attendance and good time.
The long talked of entertainment by
Mystic Div. s. of L. will come off without