The Portland daily press., 1890-11-22
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respondents of the Press.
Bethel.

The Grand Army camp fire at Gilead last
Tuesday evening was grand success. Some
forty.five members of Brown Post and
Woman's Relief Corps went up on the 4.30 ..
m. train about 45 from Willis Post and Wo-
mans Relief Corps, Gorham, N. H., came
down on the 3.45 p. m. train and met at the
new hall at Gilead station. At about p. In.
the ladies af Gilead had two long tables the
whole length of the hall heavily loaded with
army baked beans, brown bread, pies, cakes
and coffee. About one hundred and fifty sat
down and had their fill. After supper the
president for the evening called the assem-
blage to order and the following was the pre-
gramme:
Recitation by Miss Esther Peabody
Music by Drum Corps.
Address by General A, S. Twitchell, Gorham.
"Ienting on the Old Camp Ground.n
by SGm%ander Bean Of Brown Post
and VIOLIN Mrs. Burnham as organist.
Address by Rev. Mr.. Farrar.
Remarks on the Order Of the Relief Corps by
Song by Samuel HiS Wheel R I'VE Old Boys
Music by Drum Corps.
Remarks by DR.. A. J. Morton.
Music by President Relief Corps, Bethel.
Music by Mr.. and Mrs George /. Burnham.
Address by the President, Mr.. Lucas
Remarks were also made by Comrades
Clark. Chapman, Chandler, Bean. Hutching-
son and others. The next camp fire will be
held at Pattee's Hall, December 4th, Cor
ham, n. H., and Bryants Posts have been
Bethel Hose Company has been organ
lied by the choice of three engineers: G. r.
Wiley, j. G. Billings and N. F. Brown and
ten men in each division. Upper division,
7; d. Young, captain; lower division. e. =:
feet Of hose, of which eco feet will be at
tached to each carriage with 500 feet to spare.
Two houses have been secured to store their
fire material, The village corporation runs
the thing and pays the bills.
At the regular annual communication of
Bethel Lodge, No. 50, f. A. Masons, Masonic
Hall, November 18th, the following officers
were chosen for the ensuing year:
Master--D. g. Loveioy.
5. WI. +. Brown.
j. W.-Charles Mason.
TreaSurtr-E. s. Kilborn.
Secretary-David Bridge.
SD &c. M. Andrews.
j. D.-Caleb Wight
Finance Commiftee--J. c. Billings, Charles
Mason, M. w. Chandler.
Mrs. w. o. Straw returns to her home in
Ubet, Montana, this week. Mrs. Straw has
sold her home on Spring street to Mr.. Frost
of Newry for SLIGO.
Mr.. Rarl ingalls, of Portland was in town
Thursday.
Office while Miss Kate Il. Locke is away
at Chicago.
A. e. Herrick, ESQ.,, representative from
the Bethel district went to Augusta this
week to secure boarding place for the win
ter for himself and family.
The lumbermen are getting ready and
securing supplies before snow makes its APP
pearance for their winter operations. More
lumber will be put into the river than last
Writer.
Mr.. A. S. Beans new barn is most csm-
nleted. IL is 100 feet long so wide and will
contain 80 windows 1t will cost about So
900.
Calvin Blsbee has now three clerks. He
is making arrangements to fill up his new
store in Odd Fellows block the first week in
December. His stock in time will be about
$500.
The store on Main street formerly occu.
pied and owned by Charles Mason has been
leased to Mr.. Robbins Of China who will go
into 1t the first of the month.
Three new stores have been opened In our
village within three months, showing that
business In Bethel is just on the boom.
Norway.
The subscription paper swindle was tried
In this place this week with some success.
The paper was headed by the Smiley Broth
ers with So. The firm hearing that fellow
was doing the place in the interest of dis
tressed family with such a paper, at once
started with an officer for the man, who was
captured, but afterwards ESCAPED.
MIS-. D. T. Gibson and daughter OF Bethel
spent the first of the week in this village
with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Danforth.
Ii. r. Vireip, Esq, of Portland was in
town this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Hathaway are
spending the week in Portland with friends.
T. l.. Webb, our popular and enterprising
merchant, Is shortly to open. a retail
ready made clothing store at Rumford Falls.
He thinks the prospect there is more than