The Portland daily press., 1889-01-08

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The following were installed officers of the
daughters of Rebekah, Friday evening:
n. G.-Mrs. Hattie Bean.
". G.-Miss Florence Osborne
hec. Sec.-Mrs. Angie Reed.
IreaS.-Miss Cora Osborne.
Fer Sec.-Mrs. Nellie Wood.
Next Friday evening will be installed as
0fhcers Of Kennebec Valley Encampment,
No. 35, 1. o. o. F.:
c. Pc. Fl. Starbird.
j. Wv. F. Tibbetts.
Treas.-M. G. Buker.
5. WV. ii. Harlow.
Scrlbe-H. c. Reed
The following are the recently elected off,
GERS OF Enterprise Grange:
Master-C. e. Dinslow.
Lecturer-Mrs Eva Hathorn.
Asst. Steward-C. III Reed.
Treasurer-S B. Hath0rn.
Gate Keeper-B. +. Randall.
Pomona-Mrs. Addle Libby.
Lady Asst. Steward-Miss Lucy Meserye
Oyerseer-W w. ii. Smith.
Steward-C 2. Lilly
Chapain,-J. w. Libby.
Secretary-W. H. Skelton.
Ceres-Mrs. G. E. Dlnslow.
Flora-Miss Lottie Curtis.
Caldwell & Libby have furnished their
shoe factory with fire buckets and blankets.
lt is expected that ID. A. Caldwell & Co.
VIII occupy the new factory about the mid
die OF this month.
Shoe shipments were unusually heavy the
up for shipment after Jan. 1st
There has been an increase over last year
OF over $1,000 In outward freight Shipments
by the Maine Central railroad from this
Der.
q. E. Avery has bought and added to his
own stock the and 10 cent goods carried by
:. A. L. Theobald, collector. has notified de-
linquent tax payers that he shall proceed
against them lQpalIv nnlacc -
time with their unpaid taxes soon.
A branch Of the "King's Daughters" Is to
be organized here this week.
The Fort Payne Coal and Iron Company
OF Alabama Is subject Of much discussion
among our business men and others. More
than $4,000 worth of its stock has already
been taken up here. Mr.. A. c. Spaulding.
brother of the president of the company, ex,
poets 70 close out his business here and re-
move to Alabama in the spring.
Mr.. Walter w. Dinsmore Of East Buwdoin-
ham intends to start for kentucky this week
to look into horse matters, and will bring
home with him blooded mare for breeding
purposes.
WatervIIIe.
The horse cars between Waterville and
falrneld are running on wheels. The re-
ceipts of the road are evidently very salts
factory to the stockholders, for there Is no
stock on the market, and none can be OBJ
tanned OF the company. The signal success
OF this road has been an incentive to other
Maine cities, which are now seriously con-
railroad.
One of the principle, ii not the most influ-
entlal elements in the success of the Water
vllie VII road, Is It's connection with Fairfield.
Inis is one OF the most striving towns of
Southern Somerset, and as the fare to Wat
eryille Is only five cents large amount OF
Fairfield trade is brought to local merchants
by the horse cars
facilities OF railway travel which Waterville
mas, ana as Fairfield people have not been
slow to recognize this, the large patronage of
travelling people Is easily explained.
The butterfly" party at Mrs. r. w.
Dunn,s, Friday evening, was a very success
full affair. A large number of guests were
entertained by shadow pantomine, songs,
and bounteous supply of refreshments.
Dodge Co., manufacturers of gvmna-
SUM apparatus, are soon to establish them
Ill. Dodge, instructor in gymnastics at Bates.
and Y. Z. Adams, A. NJ, who fills the same
position at Colby.
The new opera house at Fairfield. with
rapid connection by the horse cars, will af-
ford theatre -goers In Wateryille an opportn-
nifty to enjoy the dramatic in place where
it can be enjoyed.
@. f. Mcguire, 'S9 Colby, who has been
seriously Ill with pneumonia at his home in
East Corinth. is recovering.
ieCNs uIs DOpcS, VI DdnBOT, supplied the
Congregational pulpit Sunday.
Raymond.
At the regular meeting of Hawthorne
Lodge, X. of p, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year
O. &C. III. Skinner.
V.C.-E ID. Harmon.
P.-J. H. Hayden.
NJ. of F.-E. A. Plummer.
nj. of E.-B H. Mason.
X. of X. and ST. w. Plummer.
NJ at Alb. Il. Kimball.
Plummer & Davis have made extensive re-
pairs on and about their mill. They expect
year.
Osman Leach, of California, is visiting
friends here after 30 years absence.
Sebago Is very high, higher than ever
known at this time of the year. 1t Is within
II inches Of the high water mark Of 1887.
There will be a wood famine IL snow holds
off much longer.
j, Samuel Witham has sold his pine timber to
the New England Furniture Company.
The Portland Star Match Company win
raft 100000 feet across the Sebago pond.