The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-16
MAINE TOWNS.
West Cray.

Uinunam W the place formerly owned ny
John F. Skillings.
Miss Laura Allen, daughter of Andrew
Allen, is quite sick.
School has commenced in District No. 4,
under the tuition of Miss Addie Stevens OF
North Windham
Captain Albert Maxield has just returned
from Bangor, where he has been attending
reunion of the 18th Maine Regiment, of
which he was member.
Mr.. George Guild and wife have left AL
bert HIPS, at South Gray, and have gone to
Mountain View Farm to board. Mr.. Guild
has been an invalid for many years, vic
tim to nervous prostration brought on by
overwork. He was the proprietor of large
grocery grocery IN Boston when taken sick, and was
Maine and has spent most of the time for
| the last 10 years in Gray and at Poland
Springs where he has stopped several win
ters He Is better in Maine than anywhere
e,se ana VIII WI probably stop there the re-
| MI Edward 4. Mason, of the firm of Bag
| ley q Mason, marble dealers of Chicago, Ill,
mas joined his wife and children, who have
| peen visiting some time at Mrs. Nason's
| fathers. Mr.. Sewall Frank They have now
departed for their home.
Captain Edward l.. Field is at home ON
visit from Richmond, where he is captain of
| II SledM Qr6Qge.
Mrs. Daniel A. Foster is very low and
| there is but little prospect of recovery.
Walter ii. Libby has been to- Boston to
| visit his uncle Henry S. Lawrence, Boston
| Highlands.
Farmers are busy harvesting potatoes.
hauling sweet corn to the factory. etc. The
potato crop is very light. Not much more
tnan nall crop will be realized in this vi
elnty, and IN some localities it will be still
nurtner diminished by rot Sweet corn is
Q00n- th0nUh 10 ~
thls Immediate vicinity. The crop of apples
| Is very light indeed, not more than one
quarter as many Will be gathered in this
| neighborhood as there were last year, and the
is light, is poor
| Brunswick.
The corn factory is in full operation now.
with the prospect of successful season.
Mr.. Baxter, the owner of the factory, is also
the proprietor of similar ones in Bowdoin-
ham and Hallowell.
Brunswick people are much interested in
the trotting of Mr.. II. c. Bakers horse Free
Trade. Both at Lewiston and Bangor he
won in straight heats, and has evidently the
making OF good trotter in him. MIR. Ed
ward Woodside of this town, has been driv-
ing him until recently: AT The State Fair,
however, Scribner of Lewiston, held the
\ reins.
| The art work of Miss A. N. F. King of
Brunswick. at the State Fair, has attracted
| gnu ueii " att6utlon ana mucn favorable
comment Miss King, who is the teacher of
the Brunswick Art Associaton..is an artist
| OF unusual ability and great versatility Un-
der her instruction the art association will
open its fall and winter term September IS.
Mr.. Frank Furness, who died here last
week, was undoubtedly the oldest man in
this part OF the State. He was in the neigh
Dorhood OF 100 years old, and one gentleman
who has known him for many years thinks
his age was about 100. Mr.. Furness was a
| col0red man.
| Misses Anna z. and Helen NJ. Whitmore
OF this town, left the first of this week for
Yellowstone Park and California, travelling
| In one OF the Raymond excursion parties
| Professor Whittier of the Sargent Gymna-
SUM at Bowdoin College, has just issued a
neat little pamphlet reprint of his article
In the State Board Of Health report, on
| Light Gymnastics in Schools The pam
phlet Is illustrated with cuts, and with Mr.
| Whittler's experience, will doubtless be
very valuable little handbook.
| :. MT; Ham, the editor Of the American Sem
tnel here, has left the paper to accept posi-.
| tlonon Bath newspaper, and Mr.. Dennis
M Cole, a Bowdolngraduate, class of 'SS, will
| take his place.
The Lisbon Falls nine played the Tops
ham nine on the Fair grounds SATURDAY.
The game was very exciting and was won by
the Iopshams in the ninth inning by timely
| batting. Score 10 to 8.
Bethel.
The town of Upton situated twent, six
miles west of Bethel is going to have a rail-
| road The route will connect with the Og-
| densburg, cross the Grand Trunk between
| Gorham and Berlin Falls, pass up the An
droscoggin river through Dummer and Enrol
Dam, then over into the Lake Country. A
charter has already been granted for part
of thesroute. The Boston g. Maine railroad
company are to build it.
Z A. e. Herrick. Esq, is making improve.
mont CT nd in nf f,tf,
E. Armo is building set of buildings on
Mechanic street.
The Bethel chair factory is on the boom
running day and night to fill orders.
taken trip to Quebec on vacation which
| she spent with her friends there.
| She Is expected home the 18th inst.
The Bethel house is still full of boarders.
Miss Fancy Brock of Milford, Mass, is
stopping at the Films.
The full term of Gonld's Academy COM
menced last week with about eighty pupils
Thomas Holt has finished his house ON
Brothers for several years. Mr.. Holt and his
daughter Mrs. Reese have returned to their
home in California.
Heru Stiles, who died at the home of Grin
led at Bethel Wednesday under the auspices
of the LO.O.F His brother from New York
was. buried from the same church few
weeks ago.
| Idui N. Atues, Lsq', ol new lOTk, mas
been visiting his fathers family in Bethel.
His sister, Miss Grace Ames, returns to
Smith College, Tuesdoy, having spent her
vacation at her home in Bethel.
The grove campmeeting at Mason, held by
| Revs. Witham, Roberts, Estey and the pastor
| OF the Nj. E. church, South Paris, are very
interesting and are proving agreat blessing
to the people. Rev. Mr.. Wi.ham was called
to Bt thel last Sabbath to preach for Rev. Mr..
| Trask. who has recently been sadly afflicted
| Dy the death of his son Chandler.
| Oh last Wednesday morning, Mrs. Dorcas
| Allen, widow of the late II osea Allen, died
| very suddenly at the residence of her son,
Hon. Oliver Allen, aged 81 years A great
grandchild was taken to her room, and she
carcssed it. Some three minutes later she
was found dead. She and her husband set
tied on Tear Cap" about 1924, and were
| ever among our most thrifty, industrious and
| estimable citizens. His death in 1870 was
| j. j. p, in his excellent sketch of Hon
| Reuben b. Dunn of Waterville, in the Daily
| Press of the 18th, refers to him as the old
est living member of the Maine House of
| Representatives. Possibly he means oldest
by seniority Of service; If not, he overlooks
| Hon. Rufus Gibbs, who was the oldest men,
Der of the House in 1879, having been born
August Goth 1900. His S9th birthday was eel
ebrated byhis friends and descendants at his
| home in Bridgton, with interesting and
| appropriate exercises.
Boothbay.
The Boothbay base ball team went to
| Pemaqdid Thursday to play the G. C.'s and
came house victorious by e score of 8 to 0.
A number OF old soldiers will leave Booth
| bay next week to attend the big reunion to
| be held in Boston.