The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-07-21
MAINE TOWNS.
Bethel.

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Prof. A. H. Jones of Boston, stopping a
the Alpine House. had fine success fishing
Last Saturday on Bear River Branch III
caught .S5 speckled beauties, and 10 mic,
pickerel weighing two and three pounds be
Ing, caught on South Pond near Locke
Mrs: G. G. Andrews. mother and daughter
and Miss S. Goodwin, left last week for on
Orchard to spend the summer.
Rev. Mr. Hardly and family will leave OF
a vacation the first Of August. VI
Our hotels and boarding houses are films
Arrivals Thursday at Belfast House Mrs
4; A. Chapman, F. E. Twitcheli. Robert
chapman, L. w. Jack, Portland; Mrs. E.
Foster, Washington, d. c.; w. r. Aston
Il. Conkright, Miss A. Conkright and Miss
Jaae Wormell, New York.
Mr.. Sanborn, the editor of the Norway
A9vertiSer, was in town Thursday.
=, Inc City Missionary of Bath passed
through Betf ell Wednesday on his way to
the White Mountains.
Prof. w. B. Chapman of New York city is
spending the summer with his sister, Mrs.
Mr.. Grover Of West Bethel has straw
berry patch of / acre on which he will sell
this season 1000 quarts.
Green peas are plenty; but new potatoes
are still scarce article.
Never was such weather for haying as
condition.
The piping for the water company has all
been distributed up to Chapman mill. From
the mill to the dam is about three quarters
OF mile up steep hill. From the mill the
pipe will have to be hauled on sleds with
horses. Benjamin w. Bryant has taken the
job to build the dam.
:, A young man from Boston boarding at
the Alpine House, while passing hop field
remarked Amt those tall beans?"
casper l.. Cupen has an apple tree in his
orchard which has several bvshels of apples
on 1t half grown, and the same tree now con-
tains thousands of apple blossoms.
ID. X. Goodwin is making arrangements to
build several houses on Alpine street to rent.
The. chair factory company received an
order last week for one thousand of their
best chairs to be sent to parties out West.
-. j. Rich,. Esq, has opened an office In
Chapman block over Judge Fry's office,
where he will attend to pension claims.
Mexico.
There is nothing of wide interest reported
from the Byron gold fields; interest in
them seems to be abating. George 3. Sta
pies Is putting sluice in at Coos Bridge
which will enable mining to be carried on
more in accordance with the views of ex-
prove to be the eliminating test which will
"make Rome howl, "-or hide.
Thomas Weeks retired quite weary with
his work about ?; m; Thursday night:
ne was aroused by bis wife about midnight
his house and 40 feet from his barn. one
complete sheet of fame. In this building
Mr.. Weeks had covered carriage, spring
board. planet for cultivator, an Acme
harrow. pung, sleds and all his farming
tools excepting pitch forks and hand ralzes,
also five cords Of dry WOOD, his carpenter
tools. considerable lumber, hens, chickens
and one hog. The door to the Stable was
open, but he could not approach the opening
so intense was the aeat, and everything ex-
ceptlng few OF the hens, was burned.
Everything burned was nearly new. The
loss falls heavily on Mr.. Weeks, who is a
young man and had started in life very
well. His loss Is about $500; no insurance.
For considerable part of last winter Mr..
work and at large expense for medical SER
vice and nurses. Mrs. Weeks drew water
until she exhausted the well and was well
nigh exhausted herself. They had with
them Fay Weeks, young man In years but
started Daniel Oldham and wife. living about
80 rods away, became aware of the fire and
came to it. All present had to work very
hard to save the other buildings, the barn
being covered with cinders and surrounded
pacing the roof Of the barn and throwing
water brought to him by Fay. The cause Of
the fire Is unknown. Possibly the ash barrel
caused it, although Mr.. Weeks thinks it did
not, He was near the buildings open doors
several times after 9 o'clock p. m.
kittery.
1t has been suggested that the ways to be
used in launcing the new cruiser Maine be
loaded upon the old ship Juniata and lowed
around to New York. 1t is doubted that the
Fortune. viii be able to get the long sticks
there safely.
Foreman painter Thomas Christie has fin
ished the set of tar paulins for the Lancas-
ter, and they are said to be as fine a set as
ever went from this or any other yard. Mr.
Christie now has eleven men at work, and
twenty more are required.
A number of private teams are engaged
hauling off the debris from the lot where the
new government building is to be erected.
The building under the "old Willow" used
by the mariners as sentry honse is being
fitted up for the chart and plan room Of the
civil engineer and foreman mason engaged
on the new building. A sentry boy has been