The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-09
MAINE TOWNS.
Bethel.

Tue programme:
TO MTs The Goiden shore
Briggs and Chandler.
'eiec' heading-Inasl Slsf Beani 0'0ry
Song-Village OF the Vale. .GibsO.
Messrs Edwards, Briggs and Chandler.
Decamation-0nly a Boy. .....................
Master Dannie Duren
Quartette-Village Bells. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Select Readlng-The Hero HEo Of the Tower......
Alforetta Farwell.
Nearer My God to Thee. Matte Gibson
After the exercises about six gallons of
ice cream were distributed among the crowd.
Mrs. Agnes NJ. Gibson and family return
ed last week from Old Orchard much i'm
proved in health.
Miss Alice G. Mason, who has been visit
ing at home several weeks, has returned to
Anoka, Mimi. She has fine position In
the Anoka high school.
Last Wednesday Mr.. Demeritt, manager
at the Locke boarding house, while on his
way to our village, saw deer which leaped
across the road in front of his team, near
Swans Corner.
Charles Walter Smith. son of Reuel Smith,
Esq, of Portland on Tuesday, August 9Th,
rode safety bicycle from Portland to
Bethel, making the entire distance in IL
hours and 20 minutes. He stopped at Harri-
SON hour and % minutes, leaving the actual
time on the road hours and 80 minutes.
Mr.. Leonard Leavitt of Norway related
the following bear story: Mr.. Leavitt is So
years old and has caught more bears than he
is years old, having trapped e5. Mr.. Leavitt
says lastJune he visited his bear traps which
were set some two weeks before, In one he
found a bears leg. The bear in her struggle
to get away pulled his fore leg from the
shoulder, tearing the skin back as far as his
back bone. The bear had two cubs with
her. They went about one mile from the
spot where the trap was where he found the
bear had been eaten up, only the head and
legs and skin being left. The cubs prob
ably devoured their own mother. Mr.. Leavitt
says he has caught since he was. boy. %
beavers, II Canada lynxes, sables and
mink without number
The Uniyersalist Society went on a trip to
Songo Pond Thursday afternoon. They had
fine time, picnic and entertainment.
Miss Mamie W. Green. teacher of music
H om T1eG d:y ohio 6u arT1 0 and the bo APne
houses are full to overlooking, and the
woods are full of them.
g. A. Grover has sold over 1900 boxes of
strawberries this season, making profit Of
$50, taken f.om ono eighth of an acre.
York.
The trial of the new marine railway at
York beach was made Tuesday afternoon
Aug. 9th. The car was started out with
about dozen passengers, and, receiving
lying near, smoothly and easily returned to
dry land with its burden. Everything
worked as was intended. The railway is
the first and only one of its kind to be con-
structed in this country, or elsewhere, and
Its inventor, J. E. Staples, ESQ.,, of New
York. holds all rights and patients upon it.
The object Of the constr uction of the rail-
way Is to convey boats and passengers over
the surf to deep and smooth water. or to
transport passengers from vessel in the
offing TO dry land. 1t is also to be used for
bathing purposes. Work was commenced
upon the ways about the middle of June, and
upon July 21 section of two hundred and
fifty feet was launched and sunk in position.
Sections have been added so that now the
entire structure measures 800 feet. This
four feet high and six feet wide, held fast to
the bottom by being filled with heavy stones.
Upon it are spiked ordinary rails of six-foot
guage. Upon the rails runs an oval-shaped
frame work car, large enough to take on two
good-sized boats. Around three sides OF the
car is built an iron framework eight feet
high, with seats on the top to accommodate
thirty passengers. In boats and all nearly
fifty persons can be carried cut, high above
the breakers, at one trip. The loc0motion
attached to stationary engine on shore.
There is little reasonable doubt but that the
structure will easily and successfully with
stand the heaviest winter storms, for it is
fast bui ying into the sand to the rock bottom
below, thus giving the waves no chance to
rush under it and get lifting power. There
was public exhibition of the working Of
the car Wednesday at three O'Clock, invited
parties going out, divers jumping from 1t in
to the sea, and boat loads of passengers
carried to the platform upon dry land.
WIndham.
SOUTH wINDHAM.
The Sebago Wood Board Co., are making
great improvements in their mill. They are
TO have an entire new set Of water-wheels
and grinders and other improve machinery.
An extension will also be added to the mill.
Eli King is the contractor for the stone work.
Our pastor Rev l.. S. Bean, will preach
next Sunday evening at Ocean Park,
Mr.. and Mrs. James M. Little have enter
tanned six guests from Massachusetts for
the past week.
Mr.. Magnusson has opened very neat
and attractive little grocery store, on the
corner of Main and Depot StrI cts.
There are large fields of oats in town
which are looking remarkably well.
From the present appearances, the crop
OF apples will be extremely light.
Mr.. Larry has received the school-books
which are to be furnished to the children at
the expense of the town.
Some seventy-five of our people went to
TIC lSlduuS Oh 1uuTSudy.
Corham.
Hon. W. W. Rice, ex-member of Congress-,
and wife, of Worcester, Mass, have been
spending few days with Hon. j. A. Water
man. Mrs. Rice fitted at Gorham Academy,
in 1896 for Powdoin College and was class
mate of JudgeWaterman, Hon. Josiah Pierce
aud Gen. Hobson.
Prof Joel Wilson, formerly principal of
Gorham Academy, is in Gorham for few
days.
John Mcclellan, an old man, tumbled from
a load at the tannery the other day and broke
his collar bone.
A Moody boy. living on South street, was
accused or stealing some hay from Phillips
farm this week. Mr.. Phillips sent two boys,
Day and Burnell, after the hay. Mrs.
Moody threatened to shoot the boys if they
took it, But they got the hay alleged to
have been stolen and as they were driving
out of the yard she fired pistol at them, the
ball hitting the seat. Mrs Moody was ar
rested.
Vinalhaven.
A game of base ball here, Wednesday,
the home team. The Rockport boys were
victorious, the score being IS to II.
The Bodwell Granite Co., started up the
harbor quarry Wednesday morning, Aug.
9th.
w. Frank Kitterage starts for Seattle,
Washington Territory, Saturday, Aug. 9.
The hook on the heavy purchase on the
sloop Yankie Girl, gave away Wednesday,
Aug. 9th, while loading a stone, weighing
about 10 tons, but fortunately no damage
was done to the vessel or crew,