The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-04-21

Miss Lizzie Beal, at the Opera House this
week, Tuesday. was grand success. Nearly
seventy couples appeared in the grand march.
CharieS ID, Hayden, who has been West for
ms health, returned this week and has gone
70 Ma Massaehusett.. He is much better.
new =. L, Angel, pastor Of the Universal
ist church in this place, has gone to Chicago
1or few weeks vacation.
There is some talk of locating the munich
pal court over j. 0. Checkers hardware store
on Main street.
Geo. w. Hazelton, Nj. D., will return from
Colorado in a short time and resume his
practice. He is much improved in health
William Tbibedeau has sold his trotter
Queer, K, to Boston parties for $500.
Paul Howe Is fitting up a confectionery
store in the Hathaway block
Bethel.
DIR. Gushing Gt Auburn, was here last
week, looking alter the compilation of saw
lngs bank tGttStics in the interest of the
census cAen ration.
river drivers are In great demand. There is
Iour million Of lumber in the Androscoggin
eight miles above here. The head of the
ariye IS Just above the wire bridge in Gilead.
A pig jam has collected at the bridge and it
Plummer of Lewiston has 100000 in Sun
day river which he cut on Brill Branch riv-
er ana has now 40 men at work driving it
down the river at Newry. Mr.. Ramsey has
charge of the drive.
Judge Foster returned last week from
Skowhegan. and will go this week to Belfast
to hold the April term Of court.
MISS Maggie Libby, who has been attend
ing school at Hebron Academy, made fly
ing trip home Friday. She will leave the
first OF next week for Brunswick, where she
is engaged to take charge of large school.
Fast Day was generally observed here.
Union services were held in the Methodist
church at II a. m. Addresses were made by
Rey: Messrs. Trask. Hardy, and Barton.
been spending the winter with A. e. Her.
rick, Esq, left for home last week.
j. M. Philbrook and S. Ii. Wardwell have
been shipping cattle to Portland.
l.. b; Grover. who went to Lower Cali
fornia last fall, reports his health very much
Improved since leaving home,
Mr.. Printo of Bangor, who has spent sew
eral weeks the past winter upon his old
hunting ground in the lake region near Mt
Katahdln, is here, He said that from the
signs and tracks he should estimate that
there were % deer to the square mile or 1900
to township in that region. He said it has
been some eight years since he hunted there.
Twenty years ago he used to 60 there hunt
ing caribou and often got from six to ten
each season.
Mr.. York, our photographer, will spend at
West Paris the first week of every month,
and his wife will manage the Bethel office.
Last week the pupils of Gould's Academy
organized lsnniation the Goulds Academy Athletic
for spring meeting and exhibition.
MIR. Il. Z. Totman of Portland, Is spending
few weeks vacation at the Alpine House
Fairfield.
Within the past few days a wooden manu.
facturer has been in town looking over the
water power here, and the opportunities for
profitable investment. Meanwhile Fairfield
capital goes south and west
Mr.. IL. L. Totman has sold his interest in
the large saw mill to his brothers, taking In
exchange an additional interest in wild
land.
Fast Day services were held in the Baptist
church, the sermon being by Rev. Mr.. Davis
OF the Universalist church.
Fairfield corporations seem determined to
have an electric fire alarm system and special
meetings are In order to discuss the merits
of different appliances.
Several of our lumbermen have already
sold their logs and at a good advance over
last years prices. The cold weather has re-
tarded the driving operations and the crews
will start Monday morning for the head
waters.
The candidates for census enumerators for
this village are N. w. Brainard and A. Brad
bury, and for the outlying districts James
Plnmmer and Lewis Beal. The appointment
Of either Of these will insure efficient SER
vice.
Mr.. Albert Page, caShier-elect OF the New
National Bank in Houlton, spending few
days in town.
Hon. S. A. Nye, f. j. Savage, Everett Tot
man, G. L. Brieg- aud others started Friday
for Cardiff, Tenn.
Mr.. j. Frissell Of Marinette, Wis, is in
town putting i'll new band saw in Hon. s.
A. Nye's mill.
The insurance adiusters having settled
with the owners of the stores lately burned
the work of rebuilding will commence at
once, and upon plan very much superior to
the old buildings.
The local talent which brought out "Rose-
dale" so satisfactorily last year, present
"Messmates" at the Opera House Monday
and Tuesday evenings of this week. This
village is well stocked with dramatic talent
OF high order and pleasing entertainment
Is promised our citizens.
Kittery.
Rev. Arthur Crane left for his home at
West Medford, Mass, Thursday.
The residence of Mr.. George Grace has
been quarantined by order of the board of
health during the severe illness of his daugh-
ter with malignant diphtheria.
Chief Engineer l. r. McNary is in charge
of the department of steam engineering
during the absence of Mr., Trilley.
Lieutenant Murphy Of the marine corps,
Who has been on court martial duty at the
Boston navy yard for ten days, is expected
to return the last of the week and resume
his duties at the barracks here.