The Portland daily press., 1890-02-26
MANI TOW MS.
Bethel.

MAINE TOWNS.
Bethel.
| The first heavy snow storm Of the winte
fell last week and now it will be necessar
for our town to expend the first money fo
road breaking. About ten inches fell and
was whirled into great drifts Friday by
heavy northwest gale.
| The opera company from Berlin, whic
made their appearance at Ideal hall las
week, is part of the Berlin Choral and o.
chestral Society, or club. of over fifty mem
bers. They are at present Irehearsing Barn
bys oratorio Rebekah, under the the direc
ton Of DIR. johnson, and will soon brin
out the "Chimes Of Normandy" one of tn
most popular light operas of the day.
Mr.; William w. Durfee, aged 70 years, wa
attacked with la grippe last week ant
been sick only a few days. Funeral service
were held last Wednesday at Mayville.
The house on Mill street, owned by Mr.. p
Burnham, and occupied by Joe Lamere
caught fire last Thursday, but by prompt &C
tion on the part Of the citizens was saved.
Mr.. Kingsbury T. Bryant of How's Hill
died February Goth aged 80 years. He wa
| sick only few days with pneumonia. III
funeral services were held at the house Fri
day.
Rev. Mr. Bryant of HarpsweIl, preache,
good house. Mr.. Bryant's sermon was in
teresting and full of good cheer.
There seems to be but little excitement il
our town over the annual election to tax,
place next Monday
John Il. Swain of New York has been il
town several weeks to order chairs from thu
Bethel Chair Company, and to make new
patterns. He left an order for some six hun
dred new style chairs. The company now
manufacture ninety-four different styles
chairs.
Mis- Maud A. Chapman is very low. ant
her recovery. is very doubtful. Her sistel
Emily, sent for physician from Portland tC
consult, last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Tuell of Bethel, are
spending few days with Mr.. Tuelps father
Charles T. Tuell. at West Sumner.
and large quantities OF pulp wood are being
hauled to our station destined for Yarmouth
mills. Every available man and team is EN-.
ployed in numbering of some kind.
Delmore Robertson of Naples, while al
work in the mill at Gilead, met wi4h severe
accident by saving one of his hands almost
off with circular saw.
Oxford County Pomona Grange meets with
Paris Grange the first Tuesday of March.
oU0SSOus
A delegation of members of Farragut Post
9. A. R., residing in this village, attended
the funeral of James Jordan, an old soldier
at Sandy Creek, Sunday afternoon.
The village schools will close on Friday fol
short vacation. The High School will
have public, oral examinations on Tuesday
and musical and literary entertainment
in preparation a short exercise on Longfel
low, which will be given in connection with
the usual recitati0ns and class exercises, on
Thursday.
Rev. Mr.. Harbutt of Searsport, brother OF
the pastor, preached at the Congregational
gave very interesting lecture on Samoa and
the Manners and Customs of Its People,
Illustrated by quite collection of the weap-
ons and other implements of that island.
has moved his family to this town, and will
preach for the Advent society during the
coming year.
Ella, the young daughter of George Sykes,
who has been very sick with rheumatic fever,
and who has not been expected to live for
the past week, is reported better.
The warrant for the annual town-meeting
which will be held this year on the third OF
March, Is already posled. 1t contains moth.
ing out of the usual order except the article
in the relation to the purchase of textbooks
for the schools, which all towns must have
in their warrants this year, whether they
would or no.
About sixteen hundred cords of hemlocl
bark have been delivered at the Bridgtor
Leather Works this winter, a large part Of
which has been hauled across Long Lake
from Harrison. This is all bought by weigh
and gross ton is called a cord, for whfeh thu
price is six dollars.
Gray.
About eight inches of snow fell in the las
storm.
Mr.. Edgar S. Caswell is to paint curtain
for the ladies of West Gray to hang in the
hall there.
Mr.. Grin S. Higgins was loading logs OF
the 18th inst, when he slipped and fell, a lol
rolling on his neck causing a painful in
since since. no mas Ossn unable 10 10 any "0fi
The farmers who have been selling thei
cream to the New Gloucester creamery re
Gently were paid for the months of Novem
Der and December. Mr.. Scammon Fogg say
he received 81 cents per inch for his cream
ter. Butter sold from our stores during thos'
months for "a and &c cents per pound
Mr.. James E. Libby sold his grey PAGER tt
Mr.. Frank Hill. Mr.. Libby has since pur
| chased promising three-year-old of partie
MIR. j. T. Merrill lost one of his team horse
on the ed. The horse stepped with one o
his forward feet on the end of limb Of
tree causing the other end to fly up and per
citrate the body. The horse bled to death
Mr.. Vinton =. Frank had one of his horse
injured recently in a similar way. The hors
stepped on broken hoe handle.
Miss Emma Merrill, pupil of MADAM
| D'Angeles of Boston, came home Friday tn
| 21st to sing on Sunday the 23d, at the Higl
Street Congregational Church, Lewiston.
Mr.. Mathew Morrill, has about four hun
dred cords of oak to haul from the Chipmal
lot, ON the west side of Little Sebago LAX
to the Douglass Mill. Until this last storr
1t looked very doubtful if he would accom-
plish the job but he is pushing the bushes
now in his energetic way.
Corham.
The High School closed Friday, after
term Of nine weeks, with Mr.. II. S. Card Q
this place, as principal.
The "Boys Room" will be ready for occu
pancy by Wednesday evening.
Rev. A. S. Ladd of Auburn, will lecture O.
"A Little Sin, or Plea for Charity" at tn
M. E. Church, Friday evening. Feb. %.
In spite of the bad state of the roads,
Portland sleighing party arrived here in tim
for O'clock supper, Saturday afternoon
On the way out, one of the teams tippe
doing no other damage.
The boys celebrated the evening Of th
22d, by footing horns, and dancing around
bonfire.
Fred and Pnllnp SnaWI ana irvine OSBORN
of Bowdoin, spent Saturday and Sunday {
| home.
Mr.. James Darby has been reelected 81
perintendent of the poor farm, for anothe
| year. :.
Mr.. James Wingate of Boston is spendin
| few days in Gorham.
Miss Blake of Portland has been visitin
her sister Mrs. Griffin.
At the Democratic caucus held Monda
| afternoon. Mr. John S. Leavitt was chose
chairman, and the following persons nom
| mated for town officers:
Observation-Disclosures Boothby.
Town Clerk-Theodore b. Edwards.
Selectmen-E. IL. +. Smith, Enoch Mayberr
| Samuel Libby.
Town Treasurer. S. Leavitt, Jr.
School Com.-Mrs. Rebecca K. johnson.
| Auditor-Simon Guthrie.
Collector-G George Crockett.
Fairfield.
Our town election occurs next Monda
and the political pot has already begun
simmer. The indications are now that tt