The Portland daily press., 1890-09-16
MAINE TOW MS.
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The ladies of the Methodist Society are
making arrangements to hold their annual
harvest fair.
Arrivals at the Alpine House: Mrs. Aman-
da M. Chandler. Cambridge; Miss Emma
Alley, Hartford; Mrs. and Miss Alice M
Parkman, Bangor; Mr.. A. j. Perkings Of
the Century Company, N. Y, Mr.. j. A. Toll
man, Portland.
The Bethel corn factory is now in full
blast. Teams loaded with corn are coming
into it on all roads from morning till night
About one hundred men and women are
working about the factory, 225 acres of corn
were planted in Bethel. while in Gilead, Ma
SOD, Albany and adjoining towns there are
acres up to nearly 300. As whole the crop
is good though some two weeks late.
The chair factory never twas was in a more
more than they can possibly ill.
Rev. Mr.. Barton, now living in the Mrs.
Eames'hOuse on Alpine street in front of the
Alpine House. will move In a few days into
the new Hastings house on Kimball Park.
Mills have moved in the Chapman store near
the station. occupying rooms on the second
floor.
For the past niue months everything in
In big upsetting of business changing
| hands. Fifteen new houses have been and are
being erected, something over fifty thousand
dollars of money has been spent in the
waterworks, several thousand In the corn
factory, and still the boom goes on.
The Republicans since the election feel as
General Meade did after the battle of Gettys-
burg.
sheep in back towns. One was seen in the
| road near West Bethel last Sunday The
| church-going people turned out to capture
the monster, but bruin escaped across the
| river and made for the woods.
Last Sunday was the first fair day for six
days.
LImIngton.
| Ivory Wentworth is very sick at Lewiston
| with pneumonia. His case is regarded as
very critical. He went to Lewiston to at
| tend the State Fair.
| Mrs. Levi Ledgley, whose death was an
| nounced by telegraph as taking place on
| Wednesday last at Geneseo, ILL.,, was a ma
| tive of Limington. She married and moved
TO the above place some sixteen years ago.
| Her age was 81 years.
Mr. Frank Harmon Of South Limington,
contemplates starting on a business trip to
Kansas Wednesday next.
| 1t is estimated that Col J. G. Aver of Bos-
ton, will raise on his cranberry meadow in
Hollis this season two thousand bushels of
| cranberrles.
Will T. Weston of Cleveland, Ohio, in the
| employ Of the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern railroad, is visiting friends in Linn
ington.
Mr.. Stephen Lane and family of Matipony,
Virginia, are visiting his old home at Bonny
Eagle.
Edwin Sawyer of East LimingtOp, while
handling vicious horse last Wednesday had
| the thumb Of his left hand bitten off by the
| beast.
Mrs. DIR. 81. 81. Parinton and Mrs. w. w.
| Bracket. are visiting friends in Lewiston.
Horace L. Emmons has been drawn as
| traverse juror and James F. Pillsbury as
| grand juror, to attend the York County Su-
| preme Court, holden at ALFRED on Tuesday
| the 10th inst.
stopping short time at the village.
PownaI.
Mr.. John Y. Clougb, a citizen of our town.
through the brain with a shot gun, last Sat-
| urday evening. To mind which at times
was in very unsettled condition is attribut-
| ed the cause for this rash act Funeral SER
| late residence, Sunday afternoon. Mr..
| Clough leaves widow; also two children
whom he had recently adopted.
The free text books are being distributed
In our town, and are proving very satisfact0-
ry to the scholars.
Farmers are now busily employed hauling
| their sweet corn. There is quite an acreage
in this vicinity, and it is producing fair av-
erage amount. Beans are ripening rapidly,
nearly all being beyond damage from frost,
but potatoes are rotting badly. That crop
to many In our towns will be almost total
failure.
Miss Annie Akers of Portland, formerly
of st. John, N. B.. has been spending few
days at Mr.. c. II. Hodgdon's.
MISS Kay M. Hodsdon, a teacher in the
Bracket street primary school, has returned
to Portland to resume her duties there.
Mrs: Dyer. from Portland, has been pass
Il inc q fe W Il q mif Mrs
Porter.
We are having very stormy time 1t is
very hard for the farmers who have sweet
corn to draw to the factory as the rain inter-
feres width their picking.
The factory at Keazer Falls will finish can
ming next week.
Farmers are about through with drawing
their grain to e. F. Stanley's to be threshed.
The crop will be rather below the average
yield this year.
The free school books that have been in,
| troduced in the schools in this town are CIV
Ing general satisfaction.
Mr.. Elmer E. French has gone to Newbury,
Vt, to take charge of the seminary In that
| place. Mr.. French is graduate of Tufts
| College.
The warm weather we had before the
rain has been very fine to ripen the corn,
| and although it was backward, there will
be good crop. Potatoes will be fair crop.
The average planted was rather less than
usual, SO the crop will not be large. There
are no signs of rot at the present time. There
| Will be fair crop of apples and they are
| large and fair.
1t has been poor year for bees. The
crop Of Of. honey will BE- small in comparison I ss1,
| for stock as yet and prices remain about the
| same as they have in the past.
Kittery.
Commodore Joseph s. Skerrett retired on
| Saturday from the command of the Ports
| mouth Navy Yard, and goes to Washington
| to assume command of the navy yard there.
He was succeeded by Captain G. G. Carpen-
ter, formerly In command at the Boston
navy yard.
The machine shop being fitted up in the
bell shed at the navy yard for use by the
construction department., will be ready for
occupancy in a few days. The transfer of
workmen to this building will greatly lessen
the crowded condition of the steam engi-
neering machine shop.
A detachment of marines under command
of Second Lieutenant Jacob g. McWhorter,
afternoon for New York to join the new
cruiser Philadelphia, now fitting for sea;
Second Lieutenant j. G. McWhorter, U. S.
NJ. c., is detached from duty at the marine
barracks at the Portsmouth Navy Yard and
ordered TO duty at the Boston yard.
Boothbay.
Warren A. Holton and Stephen E. WEIGH
we've drawn as grand jurors for this town 70
attens the Supreme Judicial court at WIS
casset at the October term, and DAVID Y.
Adams, Willard III. Adams and Edward G.
Dodge as traverse jurors.
Mrs. George Reed of Chelsea, Mass, is
visiting relatives in town.
Miss Gerte Seavey came home from Port
land Thursday for short vacation.
Summer visitors are leaving town fast.
Samuel Burnham. much respected citizen
of this town, died last week at the advanced
age of 81.
Several of our young men have left home
Tor the fishing grounds, hoping to make
good haul of mackerel.
Buxton.
WEST BUXTON.
AS flames Bergman was digging In a
trench, the earth caved In on him, render
ing him unconscious. lie was taken ont not
seriously hurt
Mr.. George Small, while at work at the
new mill, was struck In the head bv a mart
of the hosting gear and slightly ininrad