The Portland daily press., 1889-10-23

Mrs. A M. Golf, an aged lady of this vii
lage is very low in consequence of a shock.
Asaph j; Walker, who has been the past
year studying dentistry with his uncle DR..
Taylor, soon leaves for Boston to enter a
Dental College.
A meeting of interested parties was held at
Central Hall Monday evening. to discuss the
matter Of raising funds and purchasing land
1or trottlng park near this village. A COM
mittee OF five leading citizens was chosen for
that purpose and the prospect seems good
that the park may be obtained.
Freeport.
BUSINESS LIVELY.
| Oats are being sold here in ten bushel lots
| at 50 cents per busheL
| 1t is reported that Mr. BENZ. w. Chandler
has purchased lot of John Burr on Bon
| season.
Quite large quantity of pressed hay is
| being shipped at tie present time The best
pressed hay brings, delivered at the Maine
Central station. the low price of $40 per ton.
1t is announced that Howard Buxton, ESQ,
well and favorably known in musical circles
Will open singing school at the club room,
| October 81.
., Presbury L. Dennison and Miss Winnie R.
Dillingham; and Miss NJ Loring of Yarmouth
were united in marriage Oct. 18th. They
will reside in Freeport.
Mrs. Caroline, wife of Edwin C. Town
oahQy uduSultI VI MT. anu MIS-. Nm, L,
Field, died very suddenly at her home at
Mast Landing on Wednesday of last week.
| She had been confined to her room for sew
eral days but was not supposed to be dan
gerously i'll. The blow falls heavily not
| only to her immediate household bat upon
the community in which she lived, for she
was one OF those choice women whose kindly
hand was ever ready to give relief to the suf-
fering everywhere.
Prof. Charles A. Byram, a graduate of
| ErepDOrt High SnhO0l and RnWdnin Na1tana
| class OF '86, has been elected principal Of
Bangor High School.
Fred b. Porter has sold his farm to Mr.. j.
| Harmon of Brunswick
A car load of marble has Just been landed
at the Steam Granite and Marble Works, re-
| ceived from Vermont
Mr.. James Gushing has some fine house
lots on Elm street which are worth seeing
| by those contemplating building, another
| season.
Knowing ones predict that 70 new houses
will be built In the village another year.
There is certainly need of more tenement
| houses at the present time.
| Middle street has been so extended and
finished as to connect School with Mechanic
street.
Andrew R. Bracket offers his farm, stu
ated near Collins Mill bridge, for sale with
immediate possession.
oape Elizabeth.
A POSSIBLE SOURCE OF WATER SUPPLY.
WI. IiCbSutI uuS db HIS mug TduCI 6Uul6-
thing over 500 hogs and pigs. The Belgian
and Irish pigs bring $40 each, the white
chesters are bred pure. The larger part run
together and are sold here and some are sent
to other markets. Considerable Of the fresh
pork Is sold in Lewiston. In the pasture
everything green is cropped off except mullen
! and birch pine shrubs. The Superintendent
thinks he has remedy for the hog cholera,
and has orders for 1t to be used in the west.
Mr.. Whitney, Statician of the department
Of agriculture, has been visiting Mrs. CIV.
Green, Oxford Street, in Portlend.
1t is reported here that several of the small
steamers plying in the harbor and vicinity
Will be fitted SO they can use the public land
ng on Portland pier.
There is no doubt but that the two cases of
diptheria at Knightville were tie result of
bad sewers. Two of the heaviest tax payers
removed to Deering ON that account. The
spring bat declined to act, not receiving the
| notice through the local board.
Nearly all the harvesting is completed
except cabbage aud turnips.
] Young ladies from Portland can be seen
pleasant days, gathering the bright leaves of
Autumn to adorn their new homes.
Lots OF our people use tight check rein
| when driving their horses loaded heavily
4 with produce for market. Every buyer should
| boycott all such marketmen.
ID. w: Foster has plotted an elaborate plan
| of Cumberland Mills village for the use of
S. ID. Warren q Co. 1t is from actual sur
/ ftyS illdut ny MI. EOSLtT, WHO Is one OIL the
best draughtsman in the State; also he has
charge of tie surveys made at Presumscot
| Falls for the company.
Bethel.
The NJ. e. quarterly meeting will be held
at the M. E. church next Sabbath. Presid-
ing Elder Adams will preside.
Rev. Mr.. Trask returned from Boston last
Friday, His wife and daughter accom-
The daughter of j. A Knapp is sick with
| typhoid fever.
Robert Carter, son of the late Timothy c.
| Carter. died last Wednesday of blood poison
| ing. He was buried Friday.
Is. Bean Is shipping two car loads of
spool strips each day from Bethel station. j.
A. q M: l.. Thurston and ID. A. Cummings
are sending one load each day.
The Phila May Concert Company of BOs-
| ton, will make their appearance at Ideal
hall the 3lst inst: Phila May the prima
| donna, Louis Miller, tenor, l.. NJ. Stanley
and Henry g. Hopper the English pianist
will appear in the programme.
The County Commissioners arrived Mon
day night and Tuesday considered the ques-
tion OF laying out a new street from Broad
to Chapman street.
Hannibal E. Grover is improving and will
| get up again.
Maud Chapman is dangerously sick of in
| flamation.
The Teachers Institute meets in Bethel
next Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct % and
| %.
George j. Haywood has leased the John B.
| Chapman shop next to his store and is filling
| 1t up for meat and provision store.
Spencer I. Bartlett is coming back to
| Bethel to live.
| William Chapman has purchased recently
| fifty Shropshire sheep from Canada includ-
| ing three fine bucks, one of which took the
| first prize at the recent fair at Sherbrooke,
Canada.
vinaI Havsn.
| Rev. Warren Applebee will exchange pull
pits next Sunday Oct. 9th with Rev. Mr..
Kimmel, UEiyersalist, of Rockland.
Rev. Mr.. Applebee is doing a good work
hero. Sunday Oct Goth he christened babe
baptised and admitted II to the Indepen-
| dent Union church, by the right hand of
| fellowship. Mr.. Applebee was presented
with fine gold watch by Mr.. Pendleton
proprietor of the Central Hotel as a present
| from several citizens here, Mr.. Pendleton
| heading the list.
| AT the home of the brides parents Wednes-
day night by Rev. Warren Applebee, Mr..
| w. III. Clark and Miss Cora K. Ames were
| Joined in matrimoDy. They took the morn
| ing boat for Boston on two weeks trip.
f. S. Walls and Superintendent Lowe OF
| the Bodwell Granite Co. were in Llncolnvllle
| this week looking at quarry there.
Miss Addie Clark went to Fairfield this
| week,
Mrs. +. NJ Dodge is visiting her parents
MIR. and Mrs. George Smith here.
The Bodwell Granite Co. have closed all
their sheds at the Harbor quarry.
Rev. W. ii. Littlefeld and wife who at
tended the Sabbath School Convention at
Augusta from here have gone from there to
Boston for a few days
W. Y. Lane photographer of Camden will
be In his rooms here this week.
East HarpswelI.
Mr.. Hammond of Brunswick has finished
the masonry on the Free Baptist church.
and 1t is now proposed to paint it, which
will complete the resairs for this year.
Misses Myra and Bertha Arey of Knight
vile nave been visiting friends in this yicin-
ity. sssa
Burning shingles from the Goddard ice
buildings were carried three-quarters of a
mile by the wind, and had it not been for
| previous rains the fire would probably have
been much extended. The dwelling houses
near the burning buildings narrowly escaped
destruction by sudden change in the wind.
| ~ nIn ~ o. Pulaifar is LAYING the fnnndn