The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-09
THE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 8.
aaATNE TOWNS.
saccareupa.

SdCCaf Dpds
Alta meeting If the Ve,try Fund AssOcia-
tion at the Congregational yestrv on We'd
nesday evening the Ulcers Of the past year
were reelected for the ensuing year The
treasurer reported the amount IF $64L62 as
the net proceeds Of the Butterfly festival held
last week in Odd Fellows Hall.
There was sociabe and an informal re-
ception to the new pastor, Rev. A. w. Pot
tie, at the Methodist vestry on Wednesday
evening. There were many people present
and brief speeches were made by Rev. E. Z.
Bacon, Rev. Mr.. Davis and others.
The new Trust Company for the first week
OF its existence has had most satisfactory
business. Its brick building on Main street
will not be ready for occupancy for a num-
Der OF weeks.
penter and builder, who has resided in this
village for the past eight or nine years, was
stricken with paralysis on last Tuesday morn
ing and now lies at the point Of death at his
residence on Mechanic street. Mr.. Wood
man is about GA years of age and promi-
nent Mason and Knight of Pythias.
Gray.
DRY MILLS.
Charles Mason and wife have gone to Cum
berland to work.
The late rains have put stop to farming
Mrs. Mcdonald who has been keeping
house for her son, at North Gray, has re-
turned home.
Miss Fannie and Sybil Quint have returned
from South Windham.
Mr.. Charles Strout died very suddenly
Tuesday night, age "a years.
Miss Oracle Dow is teaching school at
WIndham,
Mr.. Joseph Foss, of Scarboro was visiting
In the neighborhood, Wednesday.
standIsh.
STEEP FALLS.
George Warren is building a piazza and
making other repairs on his house.
A. +. Sanborn n Co. are making extensive
repairs ON their steam dry house.
- Miss Carrie K. Staples is teaching the sum-
mer term of school in this village.
j. III. u L. Lord commenced saving in
their gang last week but have been obliged
to suspend operations on the account of high
water
Corham.
WEST GoRHAM.
The Little Women of West Gorham are
very much grf titled with the success of their
fair which was held on Tuesday and We'd
nesday evening, the re ,eipts being over
raising money for the purpose of reseating
the school-house at West Gorham, the seats
in the house being unsuitable for children
to sit in, as few years since the seats were
rearranged for the accommodation of grown
people.
Hiram.
The venerable Enoch Rankin passed to his
well.earned rest April 20, aged rs years,
from the effects of paralysis. He was
thrifty industrious farmer, who thoroughly
knew and attained his own business. Honest,
truthful, straight forward, inflexible as the
hills, in his Free Will Baptist, temperance,
Republican principles, his record in the
family, town and church is pure and clean.
Mark r. Coolbroth of Steep Falls was in
town Saturday, looking after numbering in
terests
Mrs. Bartlett Clemens is very ill.,
New Gloucester.
Mr.. James Jordan, an aged citizen of this
town, died Sunday morning, after several
years of falling health.
MIR. Jabez Woodman, station agent on the
Grand Trunk, is having cellar dug prepar-
at0ry to building new house.
The rain storm has had a good effect upon
the grass and the farmers are beginning
work in earnest,