The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-09-02
MAINE TOW MS.


| Porter
We have had plenty of rain the past week
| +. 1; Flint started his corn factories at
| Cornish and Kezar Falls MOndav the first
| day of September. Sweet corn will be a fair
| cop II we do not get frost within two
weeks. Farmers are about through with
| threshlng their grain
Mr, q T: Stanly's mill yard has been
| crowded with teams drawing grain to be
| threshed for the past two weeks.
MT. Abram Chapman, one of the aged men
| OF this town died on the 18th inst He had
living having moved here when Young m m0m
| He married here and settled here for life.
| He was SO years of age the oldest man in
| town but one.
| Mrs John Kenesson died on Thursday
last. She has been out of health fol- some
years. She leaves husband but no children.
She was some seventy years of age.
MRS; Charles ID. French is here on visit
| from Kennebunk
The wooden factory KeZar Falls took fire
| and but for the prompt action of 1.-THE night
| Waterman in sounding the alarm the fire
would have been past control.
Mr.. King Colebath, of Dover N. H., the
celebrated violinist is here on a vacation, and
Is n entertaining the people with some very
here. this being his native place.
Mr., l. L. French the we'll known bee hunter
although rising sixty years of age is still fol-
lowing his old trade this season, with his
usual good success In the woods. Mr.. French
has found over 100 hives in the woods since he
began, and never hunted ten miles from home.
Paris.
SOUTH PARIS.
Burnham & Morrill, started their packing
factory here Monday. 1t is under the man
agement of VIM. A. rockingham. There
are about 235 acres Of corn and rs acres of
Lima beans to be canned.
U. q. Wheeler assistant principal of the
Lewiston High School is building double
tenement house on Porter street.
A. f. Shurtleff and family are visiting his
father Simeon Shurtlef. Of Portland and will
be present on his S0th birthday which oc-
ours Tuesday, September End.
oscar Royal has completed his steamer
and it is plying successfully on the Little
Androscoggin.
larger number of horses have peen sold
here than any previous year and some fancy
prices have been received.
Our village schools commence Monday,
September 8th.
T. A. Dowst an extensive vinegar manu.
to buy vinegar stock.
Choice fruit will be light this year in Ok
ford county.
The Democratic rally here last week was
failure. no one turning out, Candidate
Allen evidently thought Democrats were
scarce as not enough assembled to hold a
meeting.
Freeport.
Capt. John G. Kendall received the nomi-
nation for representative to the legislature
at the Republican caucus on Saturday even
ing. The captain is a popular man and has
held many Of the most important offices with
in the gift of the town for the past fifteen
years.
The report is now circulated and is proba-
bly, true, that contract has been made
which insures the building of new shoe
factory In our village. and that responsible
party has engaged to take the building when
completed. 1t is further stated that the
working capacity Of the proposed building
Will be for from five to six hundred opera
tiyes. 1t is reasonable to predict that the
business for the coming season will be large
ly increased.
The free high school opened Monday morn
ing with a full compliment of scholars, with
Prof Wilmot b. Mitchell as principal.
Miss Carrie Bracket will be assistant
with Prof. q. L. Mitchell in the academy at
BernardstoD, Mass.
Richmond
-Four persons were baptized in the Kenne-
pee at Richmond Sunday by Rev. R. e, Gil. |
key of the Free Bap tist church.