The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-04-08


room is furnished with several daily papers
and county papers, Harper's Weekly,
literary and scientific journals.
The pupils are making arrangements to
| the benefit of the library Thursday evening,
| April 10th.
Ira W. Bean has been granted pension.
He richly deserves it. Mr.. Bean served
three years in the 4th Maine Battery Light
The Maine Benefit Association is to pay
death benefit of $4,000 to the heirs of George
| III. Brown. late postmaster of Bethel. They
| will also received $250O from the Odd Eel
| lows and Mason reliefs.
Harrison.
BoLsrER's MILLS.
The snow is fast disappearing, the ice is
breaking up in the river and all signs point
to a favorable spring.
There is large amount of long lumber
and pulp wood to be driven this season, and
| the rivermen are waiting for the ice to go
| out of the streams to begin their labors.
Pinkham q Akers have about finished
saving long lumber and win begin saving
lot to saw, as also have Brown Bros.
Mr. E. Ell. Brown, who has been confined
to the house for a long time, is out again.
This place has been having quite a boom
in the addition to its population OF three
families in the last six weeks. There is now
not vacant rent in the place.
Quite number from this place visited the
| Oxford County Pomona Grange at Norway
last Tuesday and reported an interesting
meeting. The next session, is to be held in
| this place on the first Tuesday in May. Top
| ic to be discussed. "How can the Grange
prevent the emigration from the state of our
| young men," Mr.. McKeen, one of the
the Grange in this place last Thursday and
| gave an Interesting account of Grange af-
| fairs in his county.
| There is quite an amount of sickness
among the cattle in this vicinity. We hear
| OF the death of a number and more that re-
cover. Several have lost cows and other
/ stock.
Our school is to be under the care of Miss
Virgia +. Weston of this place, who ranks
the first Monday in May.
The regular meeting of the Masonic Lodge
here was held last Thursday night with
| good attendance.
The library has been moved to the Grange
store and is much more pleasantly situated
| for its patrons.
| An effort is being made among quite
| number OF the people in that vicinity to re-
| pair the meeting house on Bell Hill in Otis
| field, which we hope will be success.
Porter.
| The annual meeting of Porter Village
| Cemetey Corporation occurred on Saturday
last and the following are the officers elected
1 y
dent; Daniel Wentworth, vice president;
Isaac l.. French, secretary: Eben Blazo,
treasurer; Sewell Sawyer, sexton; Isaac L.
French, l.. d. Stanley and Henry. Sawyer,
| trustees.
The first school district in this town held
their annual meeting on Saturday, April 9th
| and the following officers were chosen:
Moderator. Captain James French: clerk,
Samuel Stanley; agent, Isaac L. French.
They are to have three terms of school,
spring, fall and winter.
Mr.. Irving Philbrick has purchased the
| Moses b. French stand, price. $3.50. Mr..
Freeman Day has purchased a part of the
farm formerly owned by Mr.. Samuel Brooks.
| confined to the house the past winter is slow
| ly recovering.
Farmers who have sap orchards are doing
good spring for the flow of sap.
Holton P. Sawyer has enlisted, in Boston,
for the regular army for five years.
Mr.. Isaac l.. French has an old clock that
formerly belonged to his father and is some
seventy-fve years old. 1t has been out of
repair for a number of years and has been
| left alone in its quiet corner of the room and
| some two weeks since it commenced striking
| and struck seven, and did so for three days
| in succession. Since then it has remained
| quiet again as usual.
| Cape Elizabeth.
Easter was appropriately observed at the
l DhpLiSG lu6 CHURCH was very ud0u-
somely decorated with flowers and plants,
which gave great credit to the committee
| who arranged them.
Messrs. David and Joseph Stanford of
Scarboro have leased the Plaisted farm near
Mr.. George Cribby has bought the Patter-
son place, one of the pleasantest locations
In town.
Mr.. Daniel Sawyer is making large addi-
ton to his dwelling house. making it suita-
The residence Of the late T. G. Prince is
to be sold. 1t Is one of the pleasantest loca-
tions at the Centre.
Mr.. G. A, S. Orr. of Rockport. Mass, has
been spending few days at this place fit
ting up his house, which is to be occupied by
Mr.. Elmer K. Jordan.
The "hayseeders" of this part of the town
seem to be very much interested in the COM
ing town meeting, which Is to be held next
The Pond Cove school house is to be shin
gled and otherwise repaired before the COM
mencement of the spring term. Miss Lucy
| Verriil Will teach the school.
| Miss Mabel W. Jordan, graduate of Cor
ham Normal School, has been engaged to
teach the school in district No. Q, Bowery
| Beach.
Corham.
The annual meeting of the directors of the
Gorham Savings Bank was held Saturday.
| The report of the treasurer showed the bank
to be in very prosperous condition. The
following officers were elected for the ensu-
ing year:
| President-Joseph Ridlon.
| Vice President-Stephen Hinkley.
Clerk and Treasurer--John A. Waterman:
| Assistant Treasurer-Lewis Il. johnson.
Directors.S. Z. Mcclellan, Chas. johnson, Jo-
| seph Colby. Stephen Huxley Frederick Cousins,
Arthur Nj. Benson, John Shorey, George N. Low
Examining Commlttee-Joseph Ridlon, Joseph
Investing Committee Frederick Robe, Steph-
| en- Hinkley, Roscoe G. Harding.
The amount of deposits is about $293, 00O
In spite of the storm Friday a large num-
Der Of people attended the supper and enter
tainment at Ridlon's Hall, and enjoyed both
very much. The entertainment consisted Of
variety Of wax works of original designs
and reading by Mrs. Thestrup. After the
entertainment the young people INDUCED in
| a few games. About $50 in all was the
amount received.
Mr.. o. d. Sewall made a flying visit tt
Gorham, Monday. lie returned to Standisf
where he is to preach during the summer.
Naples.
The first salmon of the season was taken
| by Mr.. Samuel Shone few days ago at Son
go lake. weighing 10a pounds.
| Crooked river from Edes Falls to the lake
is now free of ice.
At the annual town meeting $3.50 was ap
propriated to purchase books for the public
schools, to be expended under the direction
lain.
The overseers of the poor have engaged
Mr.. Washington Chaplain I'd, as overseeI
OF the town farm for the following year.
Mr.. Nathaniel knight Of Naples village is
| | very sick with heart disease. There is but a
small chance of recovery.
Mrs. Esther Robinson Of Edes Falls died
March 28th, after a long and painful illness
She leaves husband and seven children. tC
whom she was very much elevated.
South Paris.
About 4.30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. thu
fre-bells rang, and j. D. Williams's stable
was found to be on fire. Water was immedi
+ ately put on from the hydrants, and although
discovered, they were eXtinguished before
other buildings adjoining took fire. TIL,
loss was slight. Some furniture belonging
to Frank White, and two moving machine
, owned by Richardson, & Kenney, wer