The Portland daily press., 1889-11-28
MAINE TOWNS.
Prospect for a Shoe Factory in
Corham.
A Correspondent Criticizes some
Cape Elizabeth Bookkeeping.
Rumford Entertaining Capitalists
and Is still Awaiting the Boom.


The question of system of sewerage now
engages attention, and the more it is dis
cussed the more need is recognized for some
means OF taking care of the wastes Just
| now there are four cases of typhoid fever In
one house on the bank of the river on Maine
street where the drainage in imperfect. Last
| year there were three or four cases in the
house adjoining. The fact that sanitary
precautions would prevent all these is arous-
| ing our people to the need of immediate ac-
| ton.
| A new physician hangs out his sign on Elm
| street. DR.. l.. Rand, who comes here from
| Canaan strongly recommended
Abel Hoxie, one of the leading men in
| town and a wealthy farmer, died this
morning after brief illness.
The frescoers take charge of the interior
OF the Uniyersalist church next week. put
ting the finishing touches on the walls and
ceiling.
Fairfield has an abundance of young people
wanting steady employment
Dr. l. L. fash of this village has rented
the farm and large building known as the
Luce place about one-haf mile from the vii
lage and will remove there at once, securing
room for his horses and colts, where he can
give the attention necessary His practice
| will be continued and his office hereafter will
be over S. ii. Blackwell's hardware store.
Among the many changes on the street the
most CONSPICUOUS is the store lately purchased
| by Mr.. Geo. Wilson and now ready for oc.
cupancy. Its interior decorations and
furnishing will compare favorably with any
Lumbermen are anxiously locking for cold
| weather to freeze the swamps and render
| logging possible. The heavy rains and
warm days seriously retard their work. Ii
| equal former years.
Cape elizabeth.
Mr.. Thomas Cooper has laid the stills for
a new house.
Jack the Hitter has assaulted several
ladies on Portland bridge in the evening
The boys are laying in wait for him and if
caught he will find the clam fats or, if the
tide is In, salt water enough to cool off his
insane pr0mptings.
There has been lots of blowing this fall.
The selectmen in their annual re-
port include the ferry landing as assets of
the town. They might with the same pro-
prety include the road bridges. 1t is pub
lie highway and cannot be disposed Of They
also take the town house. With this ,eckon-
Ing, the State might assume their state
house, state reform farm, agricultural college
at Orono or prison at Thomaston as assets.
Also the aims house is apprised as assets,
which the town owns only as long as it is
used and occupied for the residence OF the
poor. 1t is time that these things were cor
rected in the report giving true assets which
ehO boWn 10 fhSly W IcCclN6 tdIuc lEOm
within few years and the amount of debt
so that the citizens can see how they stand
Capt James Blake will not move to Bald
win before spring.
| We notice proposed hearing before the
| County Commissioners relative to the bound
airy lines from Libby Corner to Stevens
mill. More than hundred years ago an
elaborate plan of that road was made. The
| courses, distances. prominent monuments
| ETC.. were made, If my memory serves me
| right. There need not be much discussion as
| to the location of the road after examination
of this Previous to the laying out, by the
| city, of Franklin street from Cumberland to
| Back Cove, the street was known as Webbs
| street Lots of land were laid out adjacent
| and plan made. Can any one inform me
| where that plan can be found, also the plan
| made when Franklin street was accepted?
| On the eastern side of the proposed drive
| on the Eastern Promenade are several stone
posts in which were made holes for the in
| serti0n OF an iron fence, also close by
| foundation of building. For what pur-
| pose were those posts placed there?
Corham.
| Tickets for the Stoddard lectures to be
given in Portland, December I'd. 9th and 10th
can be obthined at r. G. Harding d Co.'s.
Mr.. George b. Emery has purchased the
property known as the Plummer block in
Gorham village.
Mr.. Willis Bickford, who recently pur-
| chased the Capt. Winslow property has also
| purchased purchased the Irving Small stand
| situated on State street which he and his
family will occupy.
The Normal School has received another
accession of students. The boarding house
| is filled to overlooking but good board can
be obtainud in private families.
Miss Lucy Waterman, daughter of Hon. j.
| A. Waterman. who has been pursuing her
| musical studies in Europe for year past
/ has returned home.
Mr. Lewis Mcclellan who has been in Cal
| ifornia for some time past has also returned
| to his home in Gorham.
A rumOr was current yesterday that one
| or more of the shoe firms burned out in Lynn
| Tuesday are making overtures to persons in
this village looking toward a possible remov-
al OF one or more of their number to Cor
| ham. This is an important rumor If 1t is
true. and it would be we'll for the Iorham
| people to think twice before permitting this
| chance to restore the material fortunes of
the village to slip through their fingers as
the last similar chance did. A shoe shop
| possesses peculiar advantages that no other
kind of manufacturing establishment does
| and no Maine town where one has been es-
ablished has ever yet had cause to regret it.
Rumford.
Mild weather and muddy roads, winter is
| lowering near.
Mt Abram, Mt Blue and the No. 6 noun
tains are snow-capped; also the mountains
between Bethel and Umbagog Lake, as seen
| from my pasture.
Quite ripple of excitement was caused,
| last week, around Rumford Falls, by two
visits made there by several capitalists, look
ing for site and water power for pulp
mill. The site of the old axe factory was
| looked upon with much favor. Such visits,
by capitalists, have been quite frequent
during the past four years, yet the power
Remain undeveloped and railroad facilities
remains the same. Rumford is waiting
patiently for boom in business. Messrs.
Chisholm 81 Brown of Portland, owners of
H.. rx.9..r nrif Nl,A Gr.f rfU
West. Paris.
Some unknown party took David Cobbits
old horse from his pasture, about q miles
from this village, last Friday night, lead
him down into Charles BacOn's d00ryard
and knocked him in the head. Mr.. Bacon
| called on the selectmen Saturday, and they
hired a man to bury the horse.
| The grand officers of the Rebecca lodge are
coming here Friday to organize a lodge.
| The w. p. Librar" Association received
| abuut $50 from the drama presented by them
| last FRIDAY evening.
VIII Hall of Norway, has purchased John
| Curtis's home.
A z. Tucker has moved his jewelry stock
| into j. c. Andrews hardware store.
| Henry Reed has returned to this place
from Portland with his bride, Miss Adella
| IL. Small.
BUXTON CENTRE.
Buxton Grange will hold an open meeting
Saturday evening Dec. 7th. The managers
of the West Buxton Creamery Association
are to be present and all interested in the
subject of cooperative dairying are invited.
South Paris.
f. c.. Briggs's grocery store in this village
was closed yesterday by an attachment put
on by Portland wholesale firm. His liabil-
tiles will be small.
WIT And WISDOM.